The Kiss Thief - L. J. Shen

                                         

                                 "His voice was a poem,and I drank every word as if my life depended on it."

Pages: 320

Published: January 6th 2019

Kindle: 4,53 € 

Paperback: 12,20 €

Available on KU and Audible

                                                                                               Plot:

They say your first kiss should be earned.

Mine was stolen by a devil in a masquerade mask under the black Chicago sky.

They say the vows you take on your wedding day are sacred.

Mine were broken before we left church.

They say your heart only beats for one man.

Mine split and bled for two rivals who fought for it until the bitter end.

I was promised to Angelo Bandini, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the Chicago Outfit.

Then taken by Senator Wolfe Keaton, who held my father’s sins over his head to force me into marriage.

They say that all great love stories have a happy ending.

I, Francesca Rossi, found myself erasing and rewriting mine until the very last chapter.

One kiss.
Two men.
Three lives.
Entwined together.

And somewhere between these two men, I had to find my forever.

                                                                                                 Conclusion:

The Kiss Thief is an enemies-to lovers and also an age-gap romance. There is a 11-year age gap between our heroine Francesca Rossi and the male protagonist Wolfe Keaton. This story also includes Mafia stuff and a marriage of convenience. 

Francesca was a little too naive for my liking but considering that she has lived a rather sheltered live so far it is definitely understandable. I enjoyed her sarcasm a lot. She stood up for herself and actually tried to build a relationship with Wolfe.

The tradition with the small notes in the wooden box was also kinda cute.

Wolfe is a senator and because of incidents in the past he chooses Francesca to be his wife. Unfortunately I felt like he was way too mean to her a lot of the time. On the other hand he made it possible for her to get a driver's license and he made sure that she could attend college. Her father wanted her to be the "typical italian mafia housewife" which basically meant she was supposed to be a baby-machine and good housewife. He also protected her from her father and in the end did something he promised to never do just to get Francesca back.

Eventhough it might not seem like it in the beginning Francesca and Wolfe have a great chemistry. 

This book introduced me to mafia and marriage-of-convenience books and I'm glad it did because those are some of my favorite genres now. So if you also like those genres I would definitely recommend this book to you.

5 out of 5 ☆☆☆☆☆