![]() ![]() Agent: Claire Wilson, Rogers, Coleridge & White. However, the use of an attempted sexual assault as a plot device to build romantic tension between Nic and Sophie detracts from this violent romantic mystery. With its families at war and star-crossed lovers caught in the middle, Doyle%E2%80%99s YA debut reads like a modern twist on Romeo and Juliet by way of The Sopranos. It isn%E2%80%99t long before Sophie realizes that the rift between the Gracewells and Falcones is wrapped up in why her father is in jail. Even more upsetting, Nic%E2%80%99s brothers forbid him from seeing Sophie because she%E2%80%99s a Gracewell. Sophie quickly falls for Nicoli Falcone, even as she learns his family is bad news. When the mysterious Falcone family moves into the supposedly haunted mansion in her Chicago neighborhood, Sophie and her best friend Millie are thrilled%E2%80%94now there are five new beautiful boys to ogle. It was inspired by her love of modern cinema. She is the author of the Young Adult Blood for Blood trilogy (Vendetta, Inferno and Mafiosa), which is often described as Romeo and Juliet meets the Godfather. She holds a first-class BA in Psychology and a first-class MA in Publishing. Sophie Gracewell has been trying to hold herself and her family together ever since her father was sent to jail for murdering a man at their diner. Catherine Doyle grew up in the West of Ireland. ![]()
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