ANNOTATION: Vince Luca is the son of the Mob Boss in New York. He wants nothing to do with the Mob Lifestyle. He decides to go to college at Santa Monica, California with his girlfriend. Kendra is the daughter of the FBI agent who has been tailing Anthony Luca for years, they are arch enemies. Is it also a coincidence that Vince's roommate is the son of a well known congressman? Why do all his Dad's goons keep
showing up at his college dorm room? How are all these people CONNECTED?
JUSTIFICATION FOR NOMINATION: Organized crime is a serious business and has been for centuries. Finding out that this story is sarcastic and humorous, instead of all the gore you would expect from a Mob story, makes for a light read with funny characters. Vince, the protagonist, takes the reader on a mysterious adventure, and intermingles between college life and the Mob, that not only he knows what to expect. He wants to become a film editor and leaves New York to go to college in L.A., California. Vincent can't get far enough away from his families mob lifestyle. In a strange series of events Vince ends up in Mob wars with the Union Boss and his Dad's goons and a crooked Senator. Wavering between turning in his Dad, his brother and a klepto roommate, he finds himself in the arms of a very sexy secret agent. Vince's life quickly goes from looser to hero in a short time without a scratch on him. Sarcasm and mockery are his friends, but he forgot just how protected he is as the Mafia prince to the Mob Boss, Anthony Luca.
Genre: Humor, Young Adult, Action & Adventure.
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