Pretty Hostage

Mateo Ignazio. Fierce cartel enforcer. My teenage crush. And my captor. My entire world implodes when I’m kidnapped by Mateo, the massive, brooding bad boy I’ve been infatuated with for five years. But tattooed, brawny Mateo isn’t a bad boy. He’s a seriously dangerous man. My father tried to betray their boss, and Mateo has taken me hostage as collateral. I’m a pawn, a commodity to be traded by brutal, heartless men. But the longer I’m trapped in Mateo’s home, the more I’m tempted to believe that he’s not heartless. He treats me like his most treasured possession, someone to be protected and cherished. My father wants to sell me into marriage without my consent. Mateo says he’ll start a war to keep me for himself. I don’t think I want him to let me go…