Cover of Skeletons of Society

Skeletons of Society

Marie Maravilla · Toxic Paradise #1

322 pagesdark romance
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A cartel arms dealer and an MC Sergeant at Arms are forced together — morally grey, dangerous, and undeniably drawn to e

Content Warnings
violence/goretraffickingsexual assault (past or present)abuse (physical)abuse (emotional)dubious consent

Description

So the streets taint another soul...RyanTo survive in the Los Muertos Cartel, you have to stay useful, especially when you're a woman. So I made sure I couldn't be replaced. Now my name is whispered about in the shadows— La Brujita de Los Muertos. Too bad I forgot that lies and deceit are the lifeblood of this toxic paradise.I should have seen the betrayal coming.My hands were always destined to be drenched in the blood of guilty men. GunnerSometimes it takes someone willing to walk in the dark to allow others to live in the light. She is a beautiful savage. All the things I am not supposed to have and maybe never will. Meeting her changed all of my plans, altered the very fabric of my future.Skeletons of Society is book 1 in the Toxic Paradise Series. The couple gets wrapped up in this book but the story arc will continue through the series. It's a contemporary crime romance (think mafia romance) featuring a strong female lead whose an arms dealer for the cartel and a male lead who is the Sergeant at Arms of the motorcycle club she's forced to work with. You will love this book if you like your characters to be morally grey, lots of action, and a woman with an attitude. This book revolves around a cartel and due to the nature of that, this story is on the darker side of romance. And it is for those 18+ as it contains explicit sex/language, violence, and death. Trigger warnings: graphic torture/death, sex trafficking (this does not occur to the main characters but it is a subject addressed in this book more than once. No graphic details are given) mentions of sexual assault (does not occur to the main FMC or MMC. No details are given), manipulation, and abuse.

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