I was supposed to marry the cartel lieutenant. Instead, I'm falling for the federal agent trying to save me.
My father's death left me trapped in a gilded cage—inheriting his luxury car empire also meant inheriting his crimes. The smuggling. The corruption. The arranged marriage to a man whose family business makes mine look innocent.
I have three months until I become property. Three months to find a way out.
Then Border Patrol Agent Booker Callahan walks into my showroom, and everything changes.
He sees through the designer clothes and family name to the woman underneath—curves, confidence, and desperation all tangled together. When he offers me a dangerous bargain—cooperation for protection'''I should run. Federal agents destroyed my father. Working with one could get me killed.
But Booker doesn't look at me like I need fixing. He doesn't suggest I lose twenty pounds before the wedding or shrink myself to fit someone else's expectations. He looks at me like I'm already perfect. Like I'm worth saving.
Testifying against my own family means losing everything—my business, my mother, possibly my life. The cartel doesn't forgive betrayal. Neither does my uncle, who controls the empire from prison.
But staying means marrying a monster. Becoming complicit in crimes that destroy lives. Abandoning the sisters counting on me to fight.
Booker promises he'll keep me safe. That together, we can dismantle the empire and build something real.
I just have to trust him with my secrets. My safety. My heart.
Can love survive when the price of freedom is everything you've ever known?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
My father's death left me trapped in a gilded cage—inheriting his luxury car empire also meant inheriting his crimes. The smuggling. The corruption. The arranged marriage to a man whose family business makes mine look innocent.
I have three months until I become property. Three months to find a way out.
Then Border Patrol Agent Booker Callahan walks into my showroom, and everything changes.
He sees through the designer clothes and family name to the woman underneath—curves, confidence, and desperation all tangled together. When he offers me a dangerous bargain—cooperation for protection'''I should run. Federal agents destroyed my father. Working with one could get me killed.
But Booker doesn't look at me like I need fixing. He doesn't suggest I lose twenty pounds before the wedding or shrink myself to fit someone else's expectations. He looks at me like I'm already perfect. Like I'm worth saving.
Testifying against my own family means losing everything—my business, my mother, possibly my life. The cartel doesn't forgive betrayal. Neither does my uncle, who controls the empire from prison.
But staying means marrying a monster. Becoming complicit in crimes that destroy lives. Abandoning the sisters counting on me to fight.
Booker promises he'll keep me safe. That together, we can dismantle the empire and build something real.
I just have to trust him with my secrets. My safety. My heart.
Can love survive when the price of freedom is everything you've ever known?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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