The Cartel's Bride

<p><strong>The Cartel's Bride</strong></p><p>She was meant to be nothing more than a <strong>bargaining chip</strong>.<br>He was the ruthless cartel king who swore he'd never love.</p><p><strong>Hortensia</strong> has always been the perfect daughter-obedient gentle and raised to be useful. When her family trades her away to seal an alliance with Medellín's most feared cartel boss she becomes a prisoner of power... and of a man she should never want.</p><p><strong>Sebastian</strong> was born in blood. The bastard son of a prostitute and the cartel's former leader he clawed his way to the throne through violence and betrayal. Cold. Merciless. Untouchable. Nothing and no one has ever shaken him-until her.</p><p>He demands her submission. He expects her silence. But Hortensia's spirit refuses to break.</p><p>Every glance ignites a war between them. Every touch burns hotter than the danger surrounding them. And in a world ruled by jealousy power and revenge the most forbidden thing of all begins to take root: <strong>love.</strong></p><p>If he falls the cartel won't be his greatest risk.<br>It will be the heart of the woman he was never meant to claim.</p>