Amber Daulton is here to talk about her hot dark romance Lost in His Spiderwebs, book 2 in the Lozano Cartel series.
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Lost in His Spiderwebs
Lozano Cartel (book 2)
Dark Romance
Heat Rating: 5 Flames
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“Behind the Creation of Lost in His Spiderwebs”
Lost in His Spiderwebs is the second book in the Lozano Cartel series,
where we dive into the lives of Rubén Lozano and Drina Cabrera in a dark,
second-chance romance neither one of them saw coming.
Rubén is not someone you want to
cross. A cold, calculating cartel kingpin, he’s willing to do whatever it takes
to achieve his goals. Flip the coin and you got Drina—a widowed mother who’s
raising her daughter alone while struggling to keep the darkness of her own
mother’s anti-cartel resistance group out of their lives. These two couldn’t be
more different. But when Drina’s world falls apart, she finds herself tangled
in a dangerous cartel web, with none other than Rubén as her unlikely savior.
The twist? He’s the one man she’s tried to forget.
Rubén and Drina are introduced as
secondary characters in Dark
Hearts Aflame, the first book in the series. From the moment Rubén
showed up on the page, I knew he deserved his own story, but at first, I
couldn’t figure out who his heroine would be. After playing around with a few
ideas and scrapping them, inspiration finally struck—Drina! She was the perfect
fit for him. I’ve always loved the “opposites attract” trope, so I started
plotting their story with her as his love interest. But something just didn’t
feel right. At this point, Rubén and Drina were complete strangers when they
meet in Chapter One, and that bothered me. There wasn’t enough depth or
chemistry between them to make the story truly compelling.
I spent weeks, literally weeks,
brainstorming how to make this connection feel real. And then, it hit me.
Second-chance romance! Another favorite trope. What if Rubén and Drina had a
past? What if they were once lovers, and he’s the father of her daughter,
though he doesn’t know it? That idea sparked everything I needed to take the
story in a fresh direction.
Once that major plot point clicked
into place, the rest of the book came together more smoothly. Of course, I had
to refine and cut a few elements for pacing and word count, but the final
result is a dark, intense, and deeply emotional romance that fits perfectly
within the genre.
Lost in His Spiderwebs is now available for preorder
and will officially release on October 14, 2025. I’m already working on the
next book, Corrupting His
Wife, which is currently in the draft phase. The Lozano Cartel series
will span several standalone novels, so be sure to subscribe to my newsletter
or follow me on social media to stay updated. In the meantime, add Lost in His Spiderwebs
to your reading list. You won’t want to miss it!
Blurb:
The cartel king has finally found his queen.
Kidnapped by the enemy. Bought by the jefe.
Will his smoldering touch thaw her frozen heart?
Rubén Lozano, the new leader of the Lozano Cartel, craves peace amidst a legacy of bloodshed and death. He never expected to find his ex-lover, Drina Cabrera, in the clutches of his vicious rivals. Her haunted eyes compel him to rescue her, but freeing her is another matter.
After five months of captivity, Drina trades one captor for another. Though she succumbs to Rubén’s masterful touch, the bittersweet memory of her daughter and the life she was stolen from is a constant wedge between them.
When Rubén’s darkest secret comes out, he will have to wash his hands in crimson. Will Drina let her king face the danger alone, or stand at his side as his cartel queen?
– Book two in the dark romance series, the Lozano Cartel. All the books can be read as a standalone, but are part of an interconnected series.
– Scenes featuring forced seduction, drug distribution, torture/violence, kidnapping/captivity, and attempted sexual assault may be uncomfortable for some readers.
– No cheating and HEA guaranteed!
– Written in 3rd POV.
Excerpt:
He kissed her forehead,
snatched up his pants, and withdrew a crinkly foil packet from his wallet to
rip open. “If it didn’t take seven days for birth control to
become effective, I would take you bareback.” He slid on the condom and slammed home between her thighs.
Air
clogged her throat. His skin flared hot beneath her desperately gripping
fingers. He filled her so completely. It hurt, an erotic blend of pleasure
and pain snapping through her. The kind that made her feel alive. Wanted.
Desired. She wrapped her legs around him. He shifted his hips, stroking deeper
and stretching her more than any man ever had—including himself.
The room
blurred, the light and shadow a never-ending swirl of sensual bliss. The sound of their bodies slapped together in
sharp harmonious bliss, the past and present colliding. Sweat slicked their skin, aiding
their fast, rough slide and joining them as one.
“Harder,”
she begged.
“You’re
so tight.” He rammed his hips against hers, growling like an animal. “Tomorrow,
you will feel me in every step you take. You won’t be able to sit without
squirming.”
Dirty
talk! Perfect. Just what she wanted. She met his every thrust, giving as good
as she got, and squeezed her thighs to pin him inside her.
Another
growl ripped from his mouth. “You’re hotter than fire, Drina.”
Her
heart soared. “Damn right.” He grabbed her legs and pushed them back over her
head, spreading them so wide she feared she’d never be able to close them. “¡Dios mío!” she
shouted, the prayer and curse wrapped into one. The tension coiling in her belly tightened.
Licks of fiery heat raced under her skin. So close. Almost there. Just a little
more. She tilted her hips, altering her rhythm. As he thrust again, he struck
her so deep that a supernova blasted behind her eyes. Shouting at the top of
her lungs, she arched her back and smashed her breasts against him.
“Fuck,
fuck, fuck,” he chanted, rutting harder, then finding his own relief.
“Rubén!”
Tremors seized her, the feel of him in her arms, her lifeline in the storm.
Exhaustion liquefied her bones. Pliant beneath him, she grunted as he thrust
twice more before he released her legs and rolled away to sprawl out beside
her. Cool air assailed her raw, tender core. She pressed her legs together, her
thigh muscles twitching.
Breathing
heavily, Rubén flung his arm over his eyes. “You okay?”
“I-I
think so,” she croaked and coughed to steady her voice. “That was incredible.”
“Told you.”
Laughing, she swatted his
arm and scooted closer to lay her head on his heaving chest. “I’ve edited romance
books with sex scenes like this. They’re always my favorite.”
“Books?”
He stiffened and lightly rested his hand on her shoulder as though unsure where
to touch her.
“Before
my life turned upside down, I was an editor for a publishing company. I’ve read
so many wonderful stories and helped get them published. You cannot imagine
that sense of accomplishment. Err—maybe you can,” she amended. He hadn’t fought
his way to the top of his chosen field without celebrating who knew how many
achievements. “I had over ten full-time authors on my roster, who I’m sure were
transferred to other editors after I disappeared.”
“Writing
and literature, I remember you studying that in school.”
“It
seems
like a lifetime ago.”
He sighed, then slid out
from under her and swung his feet to the floor. The muscles in his back rippled
as he grabbed his pants and stood to step into them.
“You’re leaving?” Her heart
sank. She’d just told herself to keep that foolish organ away
from him, yet she brought up her past as though they would cuddle and indulge in pillow talk as they had used to. She was his captive, not his
girlfriend. She pulled the sheet around her as his cold, detached gaze skewered
her like chips of ice.
After he dressed and left his shirt undone, he clutched
the spent condom in one hand and crushed his lips to hers in a bruising kiss—a
reminder of his authority, of who held the power in whatever it was between
them. Then he walked out through the connecting narrow doorway for his room,
leaving her alone with the silence and soiled sheets. And worst of all—regret.
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About the Author:
Amber Daulton is the
author of the Lozano Cartel, the Arresting Onyx, the Embracing You, and the Ramseys
in Time series, as well as several standalone novellas. Her books are
available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats.
She lives in
North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats.
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