Title: Dirty
Angels (Dirty Angels Trilogy #1)
Author: Karina
Halle
Genre: Dark Romantic
Suspense
Release Date: June 15,
2014
Synopsis
For Luisa Chavez, a twenty-three year old former
beauty queen, a better life has always been just out of her reach. Sure, she’s had men
at her feet since she was a young teenager but she’s never had the one thing she’s
craved – security. Having grown up in near poverty, her waitressing job in Cabo San
Lucas can barely let her take care of herself, let alone her ailing parents. Every day is
another unwanted advance, every day is a struggle to survive.
When Salvador Reyes, the depraved leader
of a major Mexican cartel, takes an interest in her, Luisa is presented with an
opportunity she can’t afford to pass up. She’ll become Salvador’s wife and exchange
her freedom and body for a life of riches – riches she can bestow upon her deserving
parents. But Luisa quickly finds out that even the finest wines and jewels can’t undo
the ugliness in her marriage, nor the never-ending violence that threatens her every
move.
Soon, Luisa is looking for an escape, a way out of
the carefully controlled life she’s leading. She finally gets her wish in the worst way
possible.
As it is, being the wife of Salvador makes her an
ideal target for rival cartels and there’s one particular man who needs Luisa as part
of his cartel’s expansion. One particular man whose quest for power has destroyed
lives, slit throats and gotten him out of an American prison. One particular man who
will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants.
That man is Javier Bernal. And he wants Luisa. He
wants to take her, keep her, ruin her.
Unless she ruins him first.
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Excerpt
(unedited,
subject to change before publication)
“You’re a very dirty man.”
“Filthy,” he corrected me. He smacked my ass
lightly, causing me to jump. “Oh, that’s just fucking beautiful.”
He did it again and again, not enough to hurt but
enough to sting. Each time, he licked the place where his handprint would have
been. Then, with one hand he gently pried my ass cheeks open. I couldn’t help but
cringe.
“You need to relax,” he whispered. “This won’t hurt.
And I’m sure you took a bath this morning, didn’t you?” I murmured yes in response.
“Then you’re clean and you have nothing to worry about. As for me, I’d take you
anyway I can. It’s all exquisite to me.”
He was right. He was filthy.
“Relax, Luisa,” he said again. “Relax.”
And so I tried.
The first contact from his tongue made me shudder.
The sensation was so entirely new to me, but what wasn’t at this point. Yet his
mouth, lips, tongue, were all warm and wet and gentle and I found my body
immediately relaxing into the steady motion. I pushed aside all thoughts about how
impure this was. Purity had done nothing for me, anyway. It was better to be dirty.
It was better to take what you could. It was better to embrace your lustful, needful,
animalistic side because that was the side that lived.
About the
Author
With her USA Today Bestselling The Artists Trilogy
published by Grand Central Publishing, numerous foreign publication deals, and
self-publishing success with her Experiment in Terror series, Vancouver-born
Karina Halle is a true example of the term “Hybrid Author.” Though her books
showcase her love of all things dark, sexy and edgy, she’s a closet romantic at heart
and strives to give her characters a HEA...whenever possible.
Karina holds a screenwriting degree from
Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing,
music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such
as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives
on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie
apocalypse with her husband and rescue pup.
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