STEEL
by J.L. Lora
The Trinity, #3
Publication Date: March 6, 2018
Genres: Adult, Romantic Suspense, Cartel, Organized Crime
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SYNOPSIS:
Only the Devil you know has the power to really hurt you.
Strong, daring, and loyal to a fault, Amelia Solis is the soul of The Trinity. Yet, this leader of New York’s top cartel has become a pawn in the game of revenge. All to hurt Leandro, the man she wants more than life but cannot be with.
The enemy’s always watching, biding his time.
Leandro Masseur, Lieutenant in the McLean crime family, earned his position through loyalty, shrewd business, and ruthlessness. His enemies never see the bullet until it’s ready to lodge between their eyes. When a dead woman is found in Amelia’s bed, his world is flipped off its axis.
Their Devil knows what buttons to push.
Four women will die before a killer finishes a macabre target list, with Amelia as his crown piece. Leandro and Amelia must dodge the barrage of bullets and bombs to keep her safe. Tragedy has left them scarred and broken. But love won’t be denied, won’t wait, and Leandro won’t stop fighting for a chance. The only woman he’s ever loved has been marked for death. Leandro won’t let that happen.
EXCERPT
I never needed a drink to sleep before. Not the day
I shot my first guy right through the eyes. Not during the years Sebastian
tried to turn me into his little bitch. Not after I got shot, and it’d hurt
like a motherfucker. I hadn't needed a drink to sleep then.
Until Amelia Solis stormed into my life. It was
bye-bye Leandro Masseur.
One fucking day, an elevator door opened and her
laughter pealed out. God witnesses daily how much I wish I had never turned
around to see her step out of that elevator. Every fucking thing in my life
went to shit, dragged and smeared around at her will. One look at her and I’d
fallen through a hole full of obsessions, eating all my player promises.
Never-love-them-Leo would never fall in love with a
woman, let a woman call the shots, or spend hours thinking about a woman.
So how the hell do I, of all the fools in the world,
find myself here? Waking up feeling like shit and worshiping at the altar of a
woman determined not to be with me. The answer is simple and complicated.
Yes, it was the painted-on-her-skin, black dress
that spotlighted her curves. And yes, it was the way she walked to a sexy beat
like a Maxwell song. And yes, it was her Coke-can-red lips, weapons more
dangerous than the knife she carried in her leather boot strap or purse or in a
sheath under her skirts.
Last night, again, she’d driven me to the
understanding, comforting arms of whiskey. Noah married Gia, but Amelia tells
me we cannot be. We cannot be, but she eye-fucks me as our friends take their
vows. I don't blame her. I feasted on her, like a homeless man looking through
the glass of a bakery. The things I did to her with my eyes and mind…me, her,
the priest, the tent, the flowers, the chairs, all should have been on fire.
But no, the wedding's over and she hightails it back
to New York with some bullshit excuse about checking on her friend Byanca.
My phone beeps again. I snatch it and almost fall
off the bed when I see her name. My heart jabs at my chest and I turn into a
boy again. That's what she does to me.
I'm
sorry, her text says. I want to slam my phone against the
wall, over and over until it shreds into plastic and wiry ribbons. I flip the
cell on the bed away from me like it offends me. I lay back down, contemplating
texting her back, telling her not to worry about me. I won't be bothering her
with my attention anymore. Leandro Masseur will go back to not begging her. She
can have all the space she wants. As a matter of fact, I'll give her more. I'll
be so distant that it'll make all the states between New York and California
seem like a stroll down the block.
A scream bounces off the walls and my heart punches
through my chest. My hand palms the Glock under my pillow, my head already
calculating where it came from, how to get there, if the hallway's clear.
Everyone in the house scrolls through my mind at
once. Alec, the twins, but my mind settles on Carissa. I don't know when I left
the bed. My next breath, I'm at the door, securing the hallway and making my
way to the home office. Carissa wails, prickling every pore in my body and I
know it's bad. Bad enough to make my stomach clench because I don't know what
it is, or who.
Who, because someone's dead.
BOOK WORMS AND COUCH POTATOES REVIEW:
I’m going to begin this with the note that I read the entire
Trinity Series in 4 days. Yes, the entire series. All 3 novels and the short
story companion. That is how invested in this story I was. This is the third
book in the series and its focus is on Amelia aka Mel. Her story with Alec’s
right hand man, Leandro aka Leo, was introduced in the first book but was done
mysteriously. The love story is one focus in the book with the other being
finding the person trying to kill Mel. We learn a lot of back story on the
characters, particularly Leo. This book is different from the rest as it is
written from the viewpoints of Leo and Mel rather than in third person.
However, there was no indication when the views change and you suddenly had to
realize you were reading from a different viewpoint (meaning there was no
heading titled “Leo” or “Mel”). I was reading an ARC so this may have changed
in the final release of the book; I am not sure. As a whole, I loved this
series. As in all organized crime stories, there is going to be some “collateral
damage” aka dead bodies. There are some minor characters that end up dead in
all the books, but I was really upset over the one in the beginning of this
book; I really liked that character.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE TRINITY SERIES...
BOSS (Trinity, #1)
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MADE (Trinity, #2)
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ABOUT J.L. LORA
J. L. Lora is a Dominican-American author. Her stories explore the dark side of good characters, people living in the gray areas of life while playing the cards life has dealt them. She loves strong heroines and their equally powerful Men. She currently lives in Maryland, pursuing her dream of writing compelling, sexy, can’t-put-down stories about empowered, badass alpha heroines and take-your-breath-away alpha heroes
If you wish to know more information about J. L. Lora, you can visit her website: www.JLLora.com.
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