Crossing Stars — Nicole Williams

***From New York Times and USATODAY best-selling author Nicole Williams, a modern spin on a classic story.***

While the city of Chicago sleeps, a war wages in the streets between two powerful families. While the public assumes organized crime is nothing more than a chapter torn out of America's history, the Costa and Moran families battle for territory and domination.

Caught up in the middle of this sinister world is Josette, the only child of Salvatore Costa, the ringleader and notorious godfather of Chicago's Italian mafia. After the Irish Morans attempted to assassinate her when she was a child, Josette's parents hid her behind the walls of their sprawling estate and kept her contact with outsiders to a minimum. But now Josette's eighteen, and she's questioning if a long life behind walls is worth trading for a potentially short one filled with excitement and adventure and all the things she's only lived in her dreams.

On the night she decides to risk becoming just an anonymous face in the crowd, Josette realizes that death isn't only a possibility -- it's a certainty. Yet when a young man comes to her rescue, the turbulent waters between life and death are further muddied.

Rylan is everything Josette isn't . . . and she's everything he isn't. She's sheltered; he's worldly. She's thoughtful; he's hot-headed. She's sweet; he's rough around the edges. She's harmless; he's dangerous.

Despite all of their differences, one overshadows them all. One difference means they can never be together unless they're ready to accept being hunted by the entire crime world for as long as they live.

She's a Costa. And he's a Moran