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It all begins when she gives her first kiss willingly then finding out it was stolen by the wrong man at a masquerade ball. She is nineteen and acts nineteen until situations beyond her control demands her to grow up, which she does somewhat in defiance. This girl has a real inner strength and an unrivalled determination. There’s so much more to her than what first meets the eye. A mafia princess waiting to learn her fate, which is not of her choosing. Naïve, sweet but with a wicked rebellious streak, nineteen year old Francesca is living a life pre-determined by her parents. “Because if you stop trusting, you’ll end up like me, and that’s a miserable existence.” The captivating writing, the complex characters and the emotionally raw story is why we love when LJ Shen writes mafia romance! The Kiss Thief is intense, riddled with angst and so very passionate. Deception, vengeance, and redemption written with real flair.
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Yet, it was also beautiful, romantic with a sense of vulnerability. It was raw, it was dirty, it was tragic and it was uncomfortable. She has such a knack for writing a compelling and gritty romance set in this world and once again we were riveted whilst we fell down the rabbit hole with the ‘Villain’ – Wolfe Keaton and ‘Nemesis’ – Francesca Rossi.
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We have to say that we have a real weakness for mafia anti-hero books and that’s how we first fell in love with LJ Shen after reading Sparrow. It was spacious, but locked, nonetheless.