Guns 'n' Lovers Series by Tracy Cooper-Posey

If they give in to their desires a whole country will fall. Calli Munro, soon-to-be-economics-professor, arrives in Vistaria during La Fiesta de la Luna, a combination of Mardi Gras and Carnival, and is arrested for violently resisting the amorous advances of strangers. She’s sprung from jail by a commanding civilian the Loyalist military refer to only as leopardo rojo. Calli is inexplicably drawn to him... moreIf they give in to their desires a whole country will fall. Calli Munro, soon-to-be-economics-professor, arrives in Vistaria during La Fiesta de la Luna, a combination of Mardi Gras and Carnival, and is arrested for violently resisting the amorous advances of strangers. She’s sprung from jail by a commanding civilian the Loyalist military refer to only as leopardo rojo. Calli is inexplicably drawn to him. When Calli formally meets Nicolás Escobedo, the bastard half-brother of Vistaria’s president, she realizes she is in trouble for it is the mysterious leopardo rojo. Their attraction is powerful and mutual, despite everything they do to deny its existence. Vistaria totters on the very brink of revolution and anarchy. It needs only a tiny nudge to tumble the country into the abyss of bloody war. Then the Insurrectos learn that the President’s brother is having an affair with a hated Americano. .. Red Leopard is Book 1 of The Vistarian Affair series. It was previously published, but has now been re-edited, repackaged with new front and end matter and re-released along with the other two books in the first half of the series. less

Black Heart is the sequel to Red Leopard. Vistaria is now controlled by the insurrectos. Their leader, Serrano, holds his power with the help of his shadowy security officer, Colonel Bruno Zalaya. Zalaya is a cool-headed man of secrets and strong sexual appetites. Minerva Benning is the only one who believes her beloved army captain, Duardo, is still alive, and no one will help her return to Vistaria to find him... moreBlack Heart is the sequel to Red Leopard. Vistaria is now controlled by the insurrectos. Their leader, Serrano, holds his power with the help of his shadowy security officer, Colonel Bruno Zalaya. Zalaya is a cool-headed man of secrets and strong sexual appetites. Minerva Benning is the only one who believes her beloved army captain, Duardo, is still alive, and no one will help her return to Vistaria to find him. Nicols Escobedo, the brother of Vistaria's recently assassinated president, is too busy trying to win back his country. Calli, Minnie's cousin and Nick's lover, is too busy learning to be the partner of a national leader. Desperate and out of time, Minnie steals her way into Vistaria to find Duardo. But Zalaya finds her instead. Chained to his bed as Zalaya's latest toy, Minnie watches Zalaya's control over Serrano begin to crumble. As the danger surrounding both of them grows, Zalaya's manipulations and Minnie's quest to find Duardo are set to collide. .. and the fallout will be fatal. less

Book 3 in the Guns 'n' Lovers series. Held hostage by the Insurrectos for weeks and forgotten by the world, Olivia has watched Daniel bed everyone women but her, who he can’t see. Daniel lives dangerously and is forced to use her window one night to avoid the guards. Naked and faced with a long-legged woman who doesn’t want him, his curiosity is piqued... moreBook 3 in the Guns 'n' Lovers series. Held hostage by the Insurrectos for weeks and forgotten by the world, Olivia has watched Daniel bed everyone women but her, who he can’t see. Daniel lives dangerously and is forced to use her window one night to avoid the guards. Naked and faced with a long-legged woman who doesn’t want him, his curiosity is piqued. Under the hostile, suspicious gazes of the guards, they begin a game of heated seduction where the stakes are so high no one, not even their fellow hostages, must suspect there is a connection between them. As Daniel teaches her how to defy the guards the tension between them, both sexual and personal, spirals until it threatens to shatter. Olivia learns that Daniel is not quite who she thought he was. Now she is fighting for Daniel’s life too, for if the Insurrectos find out who he really is, then the man she has come to love will be instantly executed…. less