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Dirty Dealings (A Zeta Cartel Novel Book 3) Kindle Edition

by AJ Adams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
Warm-hearted Natalia Truelove will do anything for family, so when her ex-father-in-law is sent to prison, she shelves her restaurant plans and manages the family pub. But when she runs foul of a local gangster, and her niece is targeted, the gloves are off. As the police won’t help, Nats embarks on a lethal game: blackmailing the Zeta Cartel’s top hit man to do her bidding.

Enrique ‘Quique’ Ramas is having a bad time. Back in Mexico his marriage has fallen apart and his wife has made him a laughing stock by cheating on him. Now he’s in London and out of his depth with a complex commercial deal. To make things worse, Natalia Truelove, a chef and pub manager, is blackmailing him. Quique is ready to commit murder and he’s pretty sure who his first victim will be.

Dirty Dealings is an enthralling tale of deceit, murder, cartel violence and finding love in the darkest of times. It is the third Zeta Cartel novel, and can be read as a standalone.
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  1. Book 3 of 6
    A Zeta Cartel Novel
  2. Print length
    343 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    27 June 2016
  5. File size
    651 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HORLNAC
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 651 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 343 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B084DG2MBN
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 52 ratings

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AJ Adams writes twisted love stories set in the violent world of the Cartel, Camorra, Belial's MC and Prydain.

All AJ Adams novels are self-standing and although some feature the same families, you need not read them all - but it would be awesome if you did.

If you enjoy these novels and want to stalk, please know that AJ is the pen name for Ellen Whyte.

Ellen married her best friend and moved to the tropics where they are living their own Happily Ever After. When she’s not writing, she’s cooking and pandering to her rescue cats Target, Swooner and Tic Tac.

She loves to chat, so feel free to drop in on her personal Facebook timeline, no Friend Request needed: https://www.facebook.com/ewhyte

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  • Shiftybugger
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Dealings.
    Reviewed in Australia on 10 March 2021
    Loved the book it was great, the story was written well and the characters were interesting. Natalie and Enrique have both had horrible marriages will they ever trust someone again and with all that is going on will they both find love. Nat is blackmailing Enrique and now his after the person blackmailing him will he kill or want he when he sees her.

    I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  • Chrissi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Devoured it!
    Reviewed in Australia on 6 November 2018
    You know what I love about this series? It's that the author has not only written alpha men who live their lives by a code of honour, loyalty and violence- BUT that the women are as equally strong and determined! The storylines are twisty and full of action, drama, romance and a whole lot of other things. You really should be reading this series!
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  • C.S Cyan
    5.0 out of 5 stars More spice shall we??
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 March 2024
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    I love AJ Adam's style of writing, spicing things up, giving us more intrigue and going darker as well. This one had me rooting all the way for both characters and made me want to pick up a cricket bat myself a few times too! Great story that ticked all my boxes!
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  • StarFlower
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superb - danger, thrills, romance and humour.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2016
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    I always enjoy A J Adams books but this one surprised me because it was even better than I was expecting, and that's saying something! Having met Quique in the previous Zeta cartel novels of "The Bonus" and "Songbird" I had not found him to be a particularly stand out character so I was a little surprised to see that he was the hero of this story but I needn't have worried. This novel was superb, as usual. If anything, it was perhaps more detailed and interwoven than some of the other books as the story was perhaps a bit more complex. Quique was fleshed out perfectly, just the right amount of hard man badness with the glimpses of a softer side that A J Adams excels at, and Natalia was the usual intelligent, feisty heroine with some great one liners. The London setting contrasted nicely with the Mexican parts to produce a very flavoursome story. This book had it all, thrills, romance, humour, some darkness, and wonderfully strong characters. Definitely one of my favourite authors and definitely recommend.
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  • charlenepb
    5.0 out of 5 stars 6 STARS!!
    Reviewed in Canada on 4 July 2016
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    I would give this 6 stars if I could!! I bought it and sat down and read the whole book in one sitting. I never get bored and start skimming ahead when I read an A J Adams book!!
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  • Mackenzie's Mountain
    4.0 out of 5 stars A slow burn with humour and lots of plot
    Reviewed in Canada on 29 October 2017
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    I somehow completely missed the release of this book last year. I just picked up and started book four and realized that Quique was now married to someone new, and went back to one-click this book. No wonder it seemed like such a long time between book releases in this series.

    Dirty Dealings features an antihero who is familiar to readers of the Zeta Cartel. Quique is a surprising revelation within the macho Latino world of the Cartel. He has a thing against hitting women, and is amazingly lighthearted and sweet when not in work mode. He also likes his woman to be independent, a partner in life, when most of his colleagues view a woman as an ornament.

    This book is mostly set in Britain, with lots of dry Brit humour and colloquialisms throughout. The heroine is a tough, brash woman with a disreputable backstory and an extended family of ex-inlaws with reputations of their own. Natalia reminds me of a workhorse, in the nicest of ways. She just doesn't stop. She doesn't acknowledge the obstacles in her way, she is always looking for solutions, searching for better, and will drag her family along with her no matter how much feet-dragging they do. She truly cares about them and their BS, even when they treat her horribly and have been the cause of much past suffering.

    I felt like Quique and Natalia were well-matched and once they got over being on separate sides of a business deal, they realized it as well. Bruja mala leche (evil, little witch) is one of my favourite insults to use IRL so I was vastly amused as Quique's use of this term gradually changed from a hate-filled curse to an endearment.

    Dirty Dealings is very plot-driven, more so than the previous two books. I felt that the romance took a backseat, and should have been brought forward more. The couple don't fall into bed together until nearly 60% of the way in, so if you like super steamy books, that is something to take note of ahead of time.

    ** getting darker ... **

    I also wish that the issue of rape had been examined more. Adams wrote Quique mostly as a dark hero, a baddy who would still drop everything to rescue a child, but he is also a high-ranking member of the most powerful Cartel in the world, and a former Guatemalan special forces soldier. He doesn't like rape, but had used it in the past as a tool of war, of intimidation and interrogation. Unfortunately, this subject is examined in a couple of short, introspective paragraphs and I think it is something that should have more of a big deal in the plot. Hopefully Adams will bring it up again with a future character in the Zeta Cartel.
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  • Jaydee
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2022
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    I love this series, i thought the Bonus and Songbird couldn't be topped how wrong I was these books just get better the characters are so good, great dialogue and the English sayings and words are quite authentic not like a lot of cringe worthy Americanised 'English' i often read, well done. Looking forward to reading more by this talented author
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