Heiress of Roses

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Lexie</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Most cartel women have one purpose: be the perfect wife to the most eligible made man available. That's far from </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>my</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> purpose.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After years of climbing up the ropes and proving my worth to my father's organization I was more than trophy wife material. Still that hasn't stopped my father from searching for the ideal husband to have by my side.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Dante Harris the infamous son of our enemy approaches my father with an offer he can't ignore he receives my unwilling hand in marriage.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm not sure whether this is another one of Dante's schemes or if his intentions are sincere but I know I'm not walking down the aisle without a fight.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Dante</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Ruiz family has been the bane of my father's existence since they first swept into town over twenty years ago. They stole his city his men and for a point in time his son. He's never stopped looking for strategies to take them down for good.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ten years ago he regained what he lost but caused me to lose the people I cared about.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now with a new plan for their demise he's throwing me back into their den.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Perceived as a traitor and hated by all I need to put on my best charm. But trust is hard to fix once it's been broken and my fiancé has made it clear I'll need to work hard to earn hers.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm up for the challenge but I want more than Lexie's trust - I want her heart.</span></p><p><br></p>