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The year is 1982.

This town has a distinct border, the good side and the shady side, where the townspeople battle rats for scraps of food. Mario used to live among the rich, but he now resides on the wrong side of the tracks thanks to the father who left him behind. Worst of all, he’s mourning his mother’s death and what he thinks is the loss of his lifelong dream, becoming a chef.

My Review:

Avon has penned a story full of the darker sides of and the openly raw feelings of all the individuals in this book. Mario – damaged mentally and emotionally from his father, raw wounds he tried to keep blocked away. Tess – beautiful and loving woman, loved Mario like she’d never loved a man before. Sultry is just that in the hot climate, and combined with explosive sex, this book was on fire before I opened it. Scents and flavors of Italian cooking, a bistro, a father never knowing his oldest son, the son not knowing that his father had loved his mother. Racism splits a family apart. How do fractured pieces heal and move on with life? You get to read and find out.