The boy who held a knife to her throat

She never thought her heart would race, not for the boy who held a knife to her throat..

Karina Foti is a somewhat withdrawn 17 year old American girl. Clever and witty yet incredibly lazy, she has a startling temper and some bones to pick. She harbors a dark secret however, a family secret that she has sworn to protect, and must carry to the grave.
The start of senior year brings with it Alfonso Capillio, notorious flirt and estranged member of the infamous Capillio family. What will become of this peculiar pair; will family loyalties and prejudice cloud their way, or will an unlikely love blossom?