

He grew up in the cartel and is expected to take over the reins. Vicente Bernal is the prodigal son, of Javier Bernal one of the great drug lords of Mexico. Strangely amidst the chaos of her life, she feels safe with him. The chemistry between these two is immediate and he seems different from everyone else that Violet knows. She is confused on who she is, what she should do about the new information until she meets a beautiful Hispanic man named Vicente. But, something has always been off with her family and she soon discovers she has been raised in a house of lies. Violet McQueen is a photography student in her second year at the Art Institute of San Francisco and she is generally content with her life.

This book much like their parents’ books are dark and gritty and you aren’t sure what is coming next as you turn the pages. If you are a fan of these, we get to meet children of some of Karina’s best characters: Violet and Vincente. I have devoured everything Karina Halle has written except her Experiment in Terror series and I adored The Artists and Dirty Angels Trilogies. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review. Someone has to pay for the sins of the fathers.Īnd they’ll be paying the price with their souls.Ĭocktails and Books received this book for free from Provided by Author in exchange for an honest review. Soon his wants turn into an obsession, one that sweeps Violet into his games as they fall madly, deeply in love with each other, the type of first love that can drive a person mad.īut it’s a love with tragic consequences.īoth the truth – and the lies – not only threaten to tear them apart, but threaten their very lives. Besides, Vicente has always gotten everything he wants – why shouldn’t he have Violet too? Beautiful and edgy with a vulnerability he can’t resist, Violet tempts Vicente from afar and though he promised himself he’d stay away from her, curiosity and lust are powerful forces. What Vicente doesn’t expect to find in San Francisco is Violet McQueen, the woman’s twenty-year old daughter.

But when Vicente stumbles across someone he’s not supposed to know about – a woman from his father’s checkered past – he sets out to California to find her behind his father’s back. The son of an infamous drug lord, Vicente was born to help run the family business, which means he’s been raised on a throne of sordid pasts and dirty laundry, violence and pride. Published by Metal Blonde Books Publication Date: February 19th 2017īuy on Amazon | Barnes & Noble | The Book Depositoryīlack Hearts is a BRAND NEW STANDALONE DUET - the second book and conclusion, Dirty Souls, releases March 17th.įor Vicente Bernal, truth is all he’s known.
