Marty has lived and worked at Frankie's Homestyle Pizzeria for 5 years. Ever since Frankie Garibaldi rescued him in the alley where he was being beaten up by cops. Cops who'd been hired to stop Marty from making love to Philip Flambard's daughter Emma in the back of her SUV. The pair had been college students in love.

Now Frankie has been murdered and his wife and daughter raped. The suspects are the Marconi brothers. It seems there is a vendetta between the two Italian families. But Detective Ian Flambard thinks there may be someone else behind the crimes when the Marconi brothers are found in their red car at the bottom of a lake. Their car has a large dent in it. Ian is looking for a big truck with red paint on its front bumper.

Ian befriends Marty and introduces him to his cousin Emma. But Marty already knows her. And he still loves her. The problem is that he's starting to realize that Frankie's daughter Bell isn't a little girl anymore. She's all grown up now. 

Can Marty be in love with two women at the same time? What happens when he meets Philip Flambard face to face? Was Frankie's murder really vendetta and if not, who is responsible?

❗Content warning:

Off page rapes

Off page murder 

Main character gets beaten 

Main character is threatened and kidnapped 

Minor character is shot