Vargas Cartel, Series by Lisa Cardiff

Three weeks, twenty-one days, or five hundred and four hours… That’s all it took to derail my life and twist it into something unrecognizable. One moment I had Evan, the man I thought I’d marry. The next moment shattered the illusion. Now I have no one. Except him. Ryker Vargas, and I don’t really have him. He’d never belong to any one but himself. He sucked me into a web of lies and now it’s too late. I took the bait. I’m a prisoner of the Vargas Cartel... moreThree weeks, twenty-one days, or five hundred and four hours… That’s all it took to derail my life and twist it into something unrecognizable. One moment I had Evan, the man I thought I’d marry. The next moment shattered the illusion. Now I have no one. Except him. Ryker Vargas, and I don’t really have him. He’d never belong to any one but himself. He sucked me into a web of lies and now it’s too late. I took the bait. I’m a prisoner of the Vargas Cartel. I never thought I’d be another statistic, another girl abducted in a foreign country, my entire future washed away by an impulsive, split second in time. But it’s true. My name is Hattie Covington and I’m a statistic, but statistics never tell the whole story. less

Revenge will be sought. Love will be tested. Lives will be lost. One minute, I could see my future with Hattie and our baby. The next, moment cured me of the illusion. Vargas blood ran through my veins and regardless of what I wanted, the darkness would always win. Make no mistake. I will save Hattie. I will kill every last person affiliated with the Alvarez Cartel. But then, I will set her free… Because that’s the only way to save her from me.