He came to collect a debt in blood. He decided to take my hand instead.
My brother made a fatal mistake. He stole millions from the city's most ruthless syndicate and left me to pay the ultimate price. I expected a bullet when the cartel's top cleaner kicked in my apartment door. I did not expect a wedding ring.
Mateo is cold, calculating, and completely lethal. He needs a respectable, clean wife to legitimize his violent rise to power. I need his name to keep the rest of the syndicate from executing me in the streets. It was supposed to be a simple business transaction. We share a house, a name, and a cold bed.
But forced proximity breeds a dangerous obsession. Mateo watches my every move. He slaughters anyone who looks in my direction. He thinks he can lock me in his gilded cage forever, but he underestimates exactly how much I am willing to fight back.
Arranged Marriage
Debt Inheritance
Touch Her and Die
Forced Proximity
Morally Grey Hero