Waiting on Wednesday (#44)

Vendetta
by Catherine Doyle
Series: Vendetta #1
Publication Date: 1 January 2015
by Scholastic Inc.

Blood Will Spill, Hearts Will Break: With a fierce rivalry raging between two warring families, falling in love is the deadliest thing Sophie could do. An epic debut set outside modern-day Chicago.

For Sophie, it feels like another slow, hot summer in Cedar Hill, waitressing at her family’s diner and hanging out with her best friend Millie. But then someone moves into the long-abandoned mansion up the block–a family of five Italian brothers, each one hotter than the last. Unable to resist caramel-eyed Nicoli, Sophie finds herself falling for him — and willfully ignoring the warning signs. Why are Nic’s knuckles cut and bruised? Why does he carry an engraved switchblade? And why does his arrogant and infuriating older brother, Luca, refuse to let her see him? As the boys’ dark secrets begin to come to light, Sophie is confronted with stinging truths about her own family, too. Suddenly, she’s torn between two warring dynasties: the one she’s related to and the one she’s now in love with. She’ll have to choose between loyalty and passione. When she does, blood will spill, hearts will break. Because in this twisted underworld, dishonor can be the difference between life and death.

I’m getting a strong hunch that the dangerous secrets mentioned probably has something to do with the mafia. *Nudges JZ*

She has a thing for books involving the mafia. And the synopsis, plus the cover, somehow makes me pretty excited to read Vendetta. Even though I felt the cover seemed more R&J-ish than mafia-ish (still gorgeous, though).

What are you waiting for this Wednesday?