They'd always said Gabriella Giovanni was her mother's daughter ... 

In this Gabriella Giovanni Mystery novella prequel, we see why.

Maria was no saint.

From the time she came out of her mother’s womb, red-faced and kicking, all she wanted was to scrap with anyone who stood in her way.

Now, on the brink of adulthood, there was only one thing Maria wanted. Or rather, only one person she wanted: Vincenzo Santangelo.

The most exciting and dangerous boy she’d ever met.

But everything and everyone stood in her way: The Saint was the only boy in town her father had deemed off limits. And he was her boyfriend’s best friend.