Black Collar Queen Synopsis:
Claiming
the Morgan Syndicate was supposed to be the hardest part—but now they have to
keep it.
Seth
Morgan has taken his place as the head of the Morgan syndicate, with his cousin
Emma by his side. But the change of regime came at a heavy price: Emma’s mother
is missing, and the Oliver syndicate wants Emma’s head on a platter.
And
there are secrets—skeletons from their parents coming to haunt them. Seth is
moving pieces, struggling to keep Emma safe and peace in the city while Emma
alienates her lover and grapples with her past.
With
threats on every side, and unable to trust their allies, Emma makes a misstep
that could cost more than the syndicate is willing to pay: the life of it’s
young queen.
Excerpt
The car slows and for a moment, she stares out the window, and it doesn’t look
right.
It doesn’t look like the house she has spent so many summers in,
where she learned to ride and swim. She was in the garden the first time she
got high, with a second or third cousin.
Caleb caught them, and even though he didn’t yell, she didn’t see
that cousin again, except for at the required family functions, and even then,
Caleb was close by or the cousin kept his distance.
Whatever anger Caleb had over the princess sampling the family
product, he had settled it squarely on the other boy’s shoulders.
“Emma?”
She blinks slowly, coming out of her memories to stare at Dom.
He’s watching her with worried, alert eyes. “I haven’t been back here since
last year. Before Caleb died, we came up here for a weekend,” she says, her
voice rusty from the long, silent ride. “Beth hates this place.”
She falls quiet, and she can feel Dom as he watches her. He’s been
quietly concerned about his boss, and she’s trying to reassure him. She puts on
a good face when she’s with Rama or Seth. Smiles and acts the part when the
board is around. But in her private moments—when there is just her and her
thoughts, she falls quiet and troubled, and he is seeing that more than she
would like.
She wonders, vaguely, if this is why Tinney was so close to Gabe.
Guarding another, seeing the powerful at their most vulnerable—it breeds a
special sort of intimacy that she hadn’t expected.
Seth has noticed her mood. Of course he’s noticed—he notices
everything about her, even when she tries to shield him.
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AN Latro Bio:
I
loathe writing bios. So let’s play a game. One of these three are true…
AN
Latro lives in Ireland with her dog and cat and an over abundance of books. She
loves solitude and boy bands, and hearing from readers.
AN
Latro lives in Florida, where the ocean is her favorite muse. She enjoys wine
and tequila, and old movies about the mafia. She loves hearing from readers on
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Latro is the pen name of two friends. They love hearing from readers, and are
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Giveaway!!
Sounds like a great series! I love the covers too!
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