Review: Interesting beginning....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 6, 2013
Volumes 1-3 are offered for free, then the rest will be available for purchase.  In this promising beginning,  17 yr old Emily is given 3 months to live, afflicted with the same mystery virus that killed her only living family member, her aunt. She and her aunt were both witnesses against an organized crime boss who is in jail awaiting trial. Now, facing the end of her life, Emily turns to the crime boss's son, Paul, who is also testifying against his father. She asks him to help her complete her "bucket list", and the first item is to get married. (Even though she's a month away from turning 18, she's an emancipated minor.) Paul feels a mixture of friendship and compassion for her and since he's rich and can afford to help, he agrees, as long as she'll testify against his father.  Paul also has suspicions that his weapons running father infected Emily and her aunt with some sort of bioterror virus and he feels responsible. They agree to a friends only marriage, based on mutual help and support.Emily is young and has a lot of things being thrown at her, but part of the book is her personal growth as she faces her death. Paul is also going through growing pains as he struggles to become a respected businessman and outgrow his previous playboy antics.  Working for his mother's family company, caring for Emily and his torn feelings about his father are also forcing him to be a responsible adult. I'm interested to see what the next installments bring, and if I'll want to follow this series to the end. So far, so good....Heat factor mild