Queens and Monsters — Aleatha Romig

Arranged-marriage, love triangle, forbidden Mafia/cartel romanceReinaldo Roríguez.Emiliano Ruiz.Both dangerous, deadly, and powerful. Both second-generation soldiers proving themselves in the Roríguez cartel. Both, forbidden. I try not to think about how when I'm near them, the air crackles and my skin warms with stinging electricity, stirring something deep inside me that never before existed. I'd have to be blind not to notice their bulging muscles, sharp jawlines, and strikingly dark stares. However, it's their deep voices that call to me in my dreams, waking me in a sweat, wondering which one I'll answer.Even in slumber I'm torn between them.It's all a fantasy. There will never be anything between either one of them and me. A war is coming to our world, brought to the Luciano famiglia because of the alliance with the Roríguez cartel. Dario Luciano, my guardian, wants me far away from Kansas City, safe and secure.To disobey him would be my first mistake. Falling for either of the two hottest men I'd ever known would be my second. Besides, I'm Jasmine Renner. The cartel would never approve of me, a stray without the last name Luciano, to marry one of their princes. I'm not a Mafia princess and life isn't a fairy tale. It's best for me to go back to university in New York and forget about both of them.If the cartel demands a second bride from the famiglia, would they want me, a stray? Which man would I chose? Will the choice be mine? Or will this war destroy everything we know?Have you been Aleatha'd?QUEENS AND MONSTERS is a stand-alone dangerous Mafia/cartel romance in the Brutal Vows series. Each arranged-marriage story is filled with the suspense, intrigue, and heat you've come to expect from New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig.