4.5 stars.

First off, mafia books aren’t really my thing but this one intrigued me. There’s shades of Sierra Simone’s American Camelot trilogy here (in terms of political overtones, not threesomes) but I would’ve like a little more.
I also think the blurb is slightly misleading. It leads to much more of a love triangle than I think there really was.
That said, I really enjoyed the transformation of both Wolfe and Francesca, even if at times Francesca’s immaturity did grate at me.
I also felt like the book moved in fits and starts. The timeline would all of a sudden shoot forward days or weeks, when previously nothing much had happened.
There’s also a few writing style things that bothered me, but I think they’re mostly overcome by the story.
I really did love the transformation of Wolfe and Francesca and that did redeem the book for me.
Give it a go!