Publisher's Synopsis
There was a fine line between love and hate, we walked it together.Unforgiving.Relentless.I'm to be feared.When your family is as much a friend as an enemy, there is no one to trust.I am Javier Almanza. Cartel kingpin.No one can touch me.No one can hurt me ...Except her.Mari Belle Dominguez.He was raised as family. My brother's best friend, my first kiss, and my first betrayal. He planned to make me his Cartel Bitch. The joke was on him; I'd never break nor would I bend. I would fight until the end for myself.My will was stronger than his want.He would soon see...Cartel QueenHardened.Persistent.I refuse to break at the hands of a man.I am Mari Belle Dominguez. Strong woman.My situation made me his.He'll never really have me.I'll never let him hurt me again.That is ... until he claims more than my house, my body, and my life.When Javier Almanza claims my heart, I'm no longer his cartel bitch.No, I am the queen.I thought she wasn't ready for my world. I thought she needed my protection. I am Javier Almanza, kingpin with a woman who didn't need a single thing from me, but my love.The hardest fought wars are the biggest lessons learned. She was my lesson in forgiveness.
