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When the smoke clears after the devastation Cartier Timmons and her Cartier Cartel experienced in New York, she's determined to leave the fast life behind once and for all. Now in South Beach, Miami, Cartier is living the peaceful, yet lavish life in paradise when her daughter is snatched away by the hands of ruthless criminals looking for an epic payday. Cartier jumps back into the game with Lil Mama and Quinn, a new member of the Cartel, at her...
203) Shoebox money
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When Domeko's mother Dorothy is blindsided by a severe illness, it renders her incapable of being able to adequately provide for Domeko and his twin sister Dameka, any longer. Thus Domeko concocts a plan for quick and sufficient, funds. All of which he finds in the drug game. Dameka offers to assist her brother in his new business venture. A decision she struggles with at first, but eventually comes to accept after her mother Dorothy's passing. As...
205) Nowhere nice
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The last time Nick Reid and his pal Desmond tangled with crazy meth-dealer Boudrot, Boudrot landed in jail and Nick and Desmond helped themselves to the several hundred grand in cash hidden in his trailer. Now Boudrot's made a jailbreak and escaped into the bayou. In pure spiteful nastiness, Boudrot is three cuts above your regular dime-a-dozen lowlife, and it's a sure bet he's out for revenge on everyone involved in last year's incident. Nick and...
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"Este libro forma parte del largo recorrido periodístico de Anabel Hernández en su incesante búsqeuda por entender el complejo imperio del crimen organizado y los cárteles de la droga en México, los cuales desde hace décadas tienen sumida a la nación en una espiral de violencia en la que todos los días son explotadas, desaparecidas o asesinadas decenas de personas inocentes, muchas de ellas del sexo femenino" -- Back of cover.
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"How did Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, a hardworking young father, become the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil's most wanted criminal, known to all as "Nem"? Nemesis is the riveting account of his ruthless ascent in Rio's terrifying underworld, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and his accidental fall. Nem tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution,...
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"It's the beginning of the end for Netta, the self-proclaimed leader of the Pussy Pound, as she lay in a hospital bed, in a coma, fighting for her life. As her life flashes before her eyes, Netta comes face to face with her own bad karma as she tries to untangle herself from the tangled web she has woven, desperately trying to free herself from the streets once and for all. However, it might be too late to get out the game alive. She's played a dangerous...
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"Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quizá varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesión el día en que éste es asesinado. Convencido de que resolver el enigma de Laverde le señalará un camino en su encrucijada vital, Yammara emprende una investigación que se remonta...
211) Dallas
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Tiara Rogers is the daughter of a kingpin, which makes her a target. She falls hard for a boy, but isn't aware of his true plans for her. She becomes lost in the underworld, and her father's empire is being fought over by people she once trusted.
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From the moment Hector Guzman entered a coma, Sophie Brinkmann has regretted joining his crime family. Hector's right hand, Aron Geisler, is doing all he can to keep the sinking ship afloat and keep Sophie in their steely grip. But when Hector's brother is murdered in Biarritz, Sophie gains the upper hand, and intends to use it. Sophie becomes a player in a game where the rules are constantly changing, where loyalty and friendship are rendered meaningless....
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"Ayda Levy, viuda de Roberto Suárez, de quien se separó al enterarse de que el acaudalado empresario, descendiente del imperio del caucho, estaba involucrado en el narcotráfico, narra en estas páginas sus vivencias y las revelaciones que el productor de la droga más pura del mundo compartió con ella."--Back cover.
Ayda Levy, widow of Roberto Suarez, who separated from him when she learned that the wealthy businessman was involved in drug trafficking,...
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"Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade.After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape from the drug life, she settles down to a quiet existence in Florida with her children--until her second husband tries to cut short his prison term by giving her name over to...
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The prominent yet deadly Collins family is back in The Legacy Part 2. Patriarch Allen Collins, fights to maintain control over his family but the lengths he's willing to go, might prove detrimental. With betrayal, deception and distrust, it will take more than love, to keep the family close.