<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>The Serpent:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em>Thief. Liar. Villain</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>The minute I laid my cruel and jaded eyes on her I knew she would be mine. And no one will stop me from having her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>I take what I want with no regrets. My pretty broken doll has become an obsession one that I can no longer live without.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Isabella Stratford doesn't know it yet but she's about to become my prisoner. And soon she'll help me control the cartels.&nbsp;</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>The Queen:</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em>Trophy. Doll. Icon.</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>I'm the perfect picture of wealth elegance and privilege yet damaged on the inside. Nothing but a beautiful tool for my family to grow our empire.&nbsp;</span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>Our power</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>. Until an unhinged villain steals me right out from under them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>My survival depends on a cruel and vicious man. He wants to break me down piece by piece until I'm fit to rule the underworld at his side.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)>His obsession holds no restraint while his brand of affection is toxic and depraved. But if I don't play along his world may be the end of me. And I may never again see the ones I left behind.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(14 16 26 1)><em>The Queen must find a way to tame the Serpent to survive or else she's checkmate.</em></strong></p><p></p>