I listened to this on my way home from Book Bonanza, this was another author I got to meet, I'll be sure to share that picture below as well. When I first started playing it, I was a bit confused, because the main character was in New York. Since this series always takes place in New Orleans, it was a bit confusing. And I guess we did need some outside blood, there comes a point when you can't just keep hooking up all the characters you already know. Bishop was someone that I remembered a bit from earlier stories, and I'm pretty sure that Jason Momoa is who he is supposed to be reminiscent of. I hate man-buns, but on Jason Momoa? Eden was so sheltered from how she'd had to live as the daughter of a big Mafia boss to stay safe. Now, when she got sent away for her own safety when things were going on with her dad, I did get a bit of an off sense in how it was all done. But what turned out to be the traitor in the whole organization was definitely a twist I didn't see coming, at least not in the way that it did. I love how Eden jumped right in to what she assumed might be her only chance to live on her own and experience things that her father would never have let her if she'd been back home. And I also am pleased with how the author had Eden technically figure out how to save herself. A wonderful sweet story. Lots of drama and edge of your seat excitement at times. And while this is definitely a standalone, I loved getting all our other characters from the earlier books pulled into the story. While I kinda want an alpha male for myself, I know that I'm not at all the type they look for.