Título: Dirty Promises: (Dirty Angels #3)
Autor: Karina Halle
Sinopse: Blood. Sex. Revenge. It ain't easy being king. Drug lord Javier Bernal has sliced and diced his way to the top of the Mexican drug trade, presiding over the country's largest cartel. But his rise to power comes at a brutal price: the death of his sister, Alana. Devastated and wracked with guilt, he turns away from his new wife, Luisa, forcing their marriage into a steady decline. But it isn't until she's pushed into the waiting arms of Esteban Mendoza, his right-hand man, that Javier realizes everything he's lost. And it isn't until he learns the truth about Alana, that he realizes everything there is to gain. Blood will spill. Cities will burn. Heads will roll. Because Javier will stop at nothing until he gets what he wants. And what he wants is raw, ruthless revenge. The most dangerous man is the one with nothing left to lose. ____________________ PROLOGUE (unedited): My wife was a liar. Then again, I was a liar too. Perhaps the greatest liar of them all. And because of this, I can’t blame her for anything that happened. I lied and pretended everything was normal. Our lives ebbed and flowed in this state of organized chaos but within that chaos, under the guise of mundane brutality and usual depravity, something was wrong. Yes, the violence kept my teeth sharp and my mind sharper. The two of us sat in our thrones, King and Queen, with the kind of ease you’d find of an old married couple on a broken-down porch, mosquitos buzzing hungrily at their ears but they’re too tired, too content, to swat at them. But the mosquitos draw more blood each time. One drop here, one suck there. Eventually you’d be hollowed out. It didn’t matter how content you were, how little they took. Blood-suckers never rest until they’re full. I made two mistakes. I pretended everything was fine, that I, Javier Bernal, was fine. I also let the mosquitos too close. I let them rob me of everything that mattered most. Two mistakes cost me all that I’d worked for, all that I’d ever loved. But I was not done yet. There was enough blood left in me to keep me alive. And that blood boiled hot, red, rank with revenge. Rage. It fueled me. It whipped me. It begged me. I would not stop until everything was mine again. Until the heads rolled on the dusty floor.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Dirty Promises: (Dirty Angels #3)”, de Karina Halle, publicado pela editora Smashwords Edition, em 2015 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Smashwords Edition
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2015
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 1310204020
ISBN13: 9781310204029
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Smashwords Edition oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que exploram emoções intensas e conflitos pessoais profundos, muitas vezes ambientados em universos que transitam entre o real e o fantástico. O catálogo privilegia histórias com personagens que enfrentam desafios internos e externos, como lutos, amores complexos e jornadas de autodescoberta, em tons que vão do drama contemporâneo ao romance erótico e à fantasia. A linguagem tende a ser direta, com ritmo que ora se concentra na tensão emocional, ora se abre para cenas mais sensuais ou de ação, sugerindo uma variedade que atende a leitores que buscam tanto envolvimento afetivo quanto escapismo.
