Hold Me Like a Breath

Description:

In Penelope Landlow's world, almost anything can be bought or sold. She's the daughter of one of the three crime families controlling the black market for organ transplants. Because of an autoimmune disorder that causes her to bruise easily, Penny is considered too "delicate" to handle the family business or even to step foot outside their estate. All Penny has ever wanted is independence, until she's suddenly thrust into the dangerous world all alone, forced to stay one step ahead of her family's enemies. As she struggles to survive the power plays of rival crime families, she realizes there's nothing she won't risk for the people she loves. (Book Jacket)

subjects: Organized crime,  Transplantation of organs, tissues,  Families,  Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Fiction,  Sick,  Self-reliance,  Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Racketeering, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Sick, fiction,  Family, fiction