** Special Note ** This story will be edited at a later date to fit my current writing style, however, I am leaving this first very rough draft up until then. Highest Ranking -- # 1 in General Fiction - Feb 2015 to April 2015 Twenty-two year old Lea Mason didn't mind living a boring life far from the limelight that her parents enjoyed. In fact, she thrived in the solitude and mundane routines that she surrounded herself with. Carter Stephens, crime boss extraordinaire, enjoyed dishing out pain and punishment to those that dared to cross him. His only rules for life were simple: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, know their every weakness and use that weakness to destroy them, never leave a witness alive, and never, under absolutely no circumstance, feel. **All rights reserved. No part of 'A Cartel Affair' may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher.** **Please note - All Photos and Media content are owned by their respective photographers and/or artist.

Lieutenant Ray Hodges was a beast of a man. In fact, he was known as 'Beast' around the Air Force base and over the last ten years of hard work he had earned the name. He lived and breathed the Air Force... but that life came to a screeching halt when he found himself close to dead and shipped back to his hometown by the beach with nothing to do but recover and work his way back to the air force. What happens when his life collides with Seychelles Roberts, a woman who lived to help anyone and everyone into a better lifestyle? And what will Seychelles do when she sees that this beast of a man needs her help? Or maybe she's the one who needs him?

Hearing she has four months to find a potential husband, get engaged and everything set for a wedding in order to keep her current position as CEO, Lucienne 'Lucy' Harrington has her work cut out for her. In the business world, she's known as a fierce and cold-hearted woman but those characteristics disappear the minute she steps out of her office and into the real world. Once a part of the dating community, Lucy learns that not everyone can keep business and private separate. When the truth hits that it's hard to find love when people are hungry for money or intimidated by women like her, Lucy tries a different approach. One that will bring its own struggles and problems. In the world of dating, nothing is as it seems. Will Lucy make her deadline and be able to find real and genuine love, or will she have to resign from her position as a CEO?