The Devoted & Damned Series by Lola Dresden

Six names. One blade. Zoe Marin spent eight years as a military operative learning how to disappear. Now she's back in San Diego with a kill list and a ceramic blade, hunting the cartel that murdered her sister. Camila, the artist, the girl who painted sunrises she'd never finish. Mateo Reyes is the son his father can't afford to lose. Brilliant, dangerous in ways he's trying not to be, he's been tasked with finding whoever is gutting the family empire one body at a time... moreSix names. One blade. Zoe Marin spent eight years as a military operative learning how to disappear. Now she's back in San Diego with a kill list and a ceramic blade, hunting the cartel that murdered her sister. Camila, the artist, the girl who painted sunrises she'd never finish. Mateo Reyes is the son his father can't afford to lose. Brilliant, dangerous in ways he's trying not to be, he's been tasked with finding whoever is gutting the family empire one body at a time. He's not supposed to want her. He's supposed to find her. And kill her. She knows who he is. He knows who she is. Neither says it. Because saying it would mean stopping, and stopping is the one thing their bodies won't do. His father's is at the top of her list. And every night she spends memorizing the scars on Mateo's skin is a night she isn't finishing what she came home to do. Something is going to give. The blade or the man. The mission or the mouth she can still taste at 3 a. m. She already knows which one she'll choose. less

Three weeks after choosing Mateo Reyes over her mission, Zoe Marin is living a lie with a heartbeat. She wakes up beside the cartel heir whose father's fentanyl killed her sister. She tracks his movements while he cooks her dinner. She loves him in the dark and plans the destruction of everything he comes from in the light. But Zoe isn't the only one hunting. Santiago Reyes has taken over the investigation his brother stalled—and he's methodical, relentless, and closing in... moreThree weeks after choosing Mateo Reyes over her mission, Zoe Marin is living a lie with a heartbeat. She wakes up beside the cartel heir whose father's fentanyl killed her sister. She tracks his movements while he cooks her dinner. She loves him in the dark and plans the destruction of everything he comes from in the light. But Zoe isn't the only one hunting. Santiago Reyes has taken over the investigation his brother stalled—and he's methodical, relentless, and closing in. Worse, a new predator has entered the Joaquín Salazar, brother of Zoe's first kill, who doesn't want justice. He wants balance. And he'll use anyone Zoe loves to get it. When Joaquín takes someone close to her, Zoe is forced out of the shadows and into a war on three fronts—against a cartel dynasty, a man who mirrors her darkness, and the terrifying truth that the person she trusts most may be the one she can't save. Burning Saints is Book Two of the Devoted & Damned Series. less