The Bargain Bride

By V. Vaughn

Chelsea Jenkins was a successful businesswoman. After inheriting her father's tire store when he passed away, she tried to keep the failing business from going under.  Until …. A new auto garage takes over the empty building across the street.

 

Victor Morales was the son of an arrogant Spanish Mafia Boss of La Maldad, a well respected dynasty of organized crime.  Victor was as scandalous as they come, surrounded by women, dealing in drugs, gambling, and strip clubs.  When Victor moves one of his money laundering businesses across the street from his competitor, tempers flare.  Ms. Jenkins is unhappy, she doesn't miss an opportunity to let Victor know how furious she was.

 

But when Chelsea realizes she can't come up with the money her father owes on a loan, Chelsea is extended an offer she can't turn down.

 

Book 1 of Crossover Characters.  "Second in Command" and "Evenly Matched" also in this series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ardent Artist Books
• Release date: May 15, 2024
• ISBN: 9798223506485

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The Bargain Bride

the bargain bride

A Spanish Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance

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D O L L A R • P R I N C E S S

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The Misguided Bride - Book 2

The Marquess Made For Me - Book 3

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A Matchless Match - Book 2

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Swept Away - Book 1

Fire & Rescue - Book 2

The Domain King - Book 3

C R O S S O V E R • C H A R A C T E R S

The Bargain Bride - Book 1

Evenly Matched - Book 2

Second in Command - Book 3

L A T I N • L A D I E S

The Family Fix - Book 1

A Taste of Fire - Book 2

Songs of the Heart - Book 3

T H E • P R O T E C T O R

The Dark Side of Him - Book 1

Guarded by Shadows - Book 2

Tangled Loyalties - Book 3

A G E • G A P • R O M A N C E

His Encore, Her Ecstasy - Book 1

Against the Wind - Book 2

contents

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

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prologue

Los Angeles, California

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Victor didn’t mind the thumping in his ears. The loud bass of the music matched the gyration of the stripper’s hips. She was giving him a private lap dance, her glittered bikini top barely covered her 34-C’s. Her sexual thrusts only enhanced his wicked thoughts. He would have her at the end of all this—he just wanted to see her little show.

Business was good, money was flowing, and no one had been arrested in the past couple of years.

Giving the girl a slap on her thonged behind, he lifted her wide open legs off his midriff and set her aside. Giving her a small peck