Valerie
A year ago, I fell in love with Arellano Mendoza - the infamous and notorious Mexican cartel boss known as El León.
Seven-feet-tall, built like a bull, and covered in a gallery of tattoos, he commands fear and respect from everybody he meets.
Well, almost everybody.
Because today, he meets my parents - and Martin and Amy Hopkins are not easily impressed.
They don't care that Arellano has turned his back on his violent, criminal past. They're not impressed that he's using his p...
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Valerie
A year ago, I fell in love with Arellano Mendoza - the infamous and notorious Mexican cartel boss known as El León.
Seven-feet-tall, built like a bull, and covered in a gallery of tattoos, he commands fear and respect from everybody he meets.
Well, almost everybody.
Because today, he meets my parents - and Martin and Amy Hopkins are not easily impressed.
They don't care that Arellano has turned his back on his violent, criminal past. They're not impressed that he's using his power and influence to try and rebuild Mexico, and bring an end to the decades-long drug war.
All they want to know is that their daughter and infant grandson are safe with him.
That should have been easy to prove. That's why we'd come here in the first place - to an American-owned, luxury resort in Cancun that was a thousand miles from Arellano's sprawling, criminal empire.
Here - amidst laughing tourists and happy families - it should have been easy to convince my parents that a heart of gold beats beneath Arellano's terrifying exterior...
Only, there's one problem.
Shadowy figures from our troubled past have decided to use this opportunity to enact their bloody revenge. With El León alone and unprotected - with only his two loyal bodyguards to defend him - there's never been a better chance to take out the only man who offers Mexico a bright, crime-free future.
Arellano and I came here so we could convince my parents that life with El León was safe. Instead, we're all now fighting for our lives.
And the worst part? Even if we do manage to survive this onslaught - will my parents ever let my son and I stay with Arellano?
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Mendoza
Two days - that's all I needed.
Two days to convince Martin and Amy Hopkins that their daughter and grandson were safe with me - that my love for them was without limits, and that I'd protect them with my life.
I've spent the last year and a half making amends for my criminal past - partnering with the American government to end this endless drug war, and bring peace and prosperity back to Mexico. All I wanted to do was rebuild my homeland for the sake of my infant son. Surely Valerie's parents could respect that, right?
Wrong.
Because in turning my back on my cruel and violent past, I've made powerful enemies - and they've followed me to this luxurious Cancun resort. I came here to try and convince señor y Señora Hopkins that their daughter was safe with me - and instead, I've put them all in danger.
Only my loyal bodyguards Joaquín and Luis stand by my side - and with the lives of my parents-in-law, my wife, and my infant son at stake, the three of us are in a battle for our lives.
And the worst part? Even if we do make it out alive; will Mr and Mrs Hopkins ever let their daughter and grandson come home with me?
El León is a 40,000 word full-length bad-boy romance novel, filled with steamy scenes of explicit sensuality and wildly thrilling action and adventure. Enjoy!
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