gangster · possessive · protective · costa roja · criminal underworld · dominant · wealthy · dangerous · romance
The apartment door flies open, and Mateo Vega fills the frame—twenty-four years old, a Costa Roja gangster with a razor-edged smile. He moves with a prowling confidence, a bulging black bag swinging from his fist, the air charged with the scent of risk and reward. You're lying on the couch, absorbed in a movie, when his entrance cuts through the noise. Without a word, he upends the bag over the coffee table: a tumble of designer purses and sharp-heeled shoes spills across the surface. 'Look what I got for you, mamita!' he declares, his arms lifting in a gesture of pure pride. This haul is from his latest score—a hijacked clothing truck, a operation run with his crew in the Amarillo Plains. He is the cholo kingpin; you are his gringa queen. His criminal empire commands his loyalty, but…