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

by AJ Adams (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 55 ratings

Book 3 of 6: A Zeta Cartel Novel

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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.

Book 3 of 6

A Zeta Cartel Novel
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June 27 2016
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HORLNAC
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 651 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 343 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B084DG2MBN

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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.

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charlenepb

6 STARS!!

Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 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

A slow burn with humour and lots of plot

Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 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.

Reviewed in Canada on November 6, 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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Deb_B_Me

I would give this 6 STARS if I could! A fantastic, fast-paced, MUST READ for all fans of fiction! Adults 18+

Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2016

I was totally blown away by how magnificent this book is!! This is the best book I've ever read, in decades in this genre!!! Action packed contemporary fiction with romance, suspense, the cartel, mafia just to name a few situations ;) I loved the strong kick-ass female heroine, and bad-ass hero - not just the wild, smoking hot sexy scenes, but under their steel exteriors, each has a heart & softer touch for family & friends! A wild roller-coaster ride of emotions will keep the pages turning! A unique storyline with great attention to detail hooked me from the get-go! Well-defined characters with entertaining dialogue & witty banter will keep the reader engaged & the pages turning! As a member of this author's fan club, I was fortunate to receive an ecopy to read in exchange for my honest review. I truly loved "Dirty Dealings" & highly recommend this to all Adult 18+ fiction lovers! I cannot wait for more from this talented author!

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Sandra Hould

A real page turner that will leave you breathless.

Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2016

This book was my favorite in the Los Zetas Cartel series. The action was non stop and I fell in love with the main characters. Yes, it was at times brutal, but it is perfectly normal when it comes to cartel type of books. It was a real page turner and I was not bored with it one second. In fact, this book just stole my breath in each and every chapter. It was not only a page turner, it was an obsession for me to get to the end of it. A great job by AJ Adams. This book rocked!

Reviewed in Canada on May 7, 2020

This was a really interesting story. Quique is part of the Mexican mafia sent to London to take care of a project while there he runs into Natalia a normal everyday British chick except she's not normal. She's done some things to protect her family and she would do it again. So Quique and Natalia have this love/hate relationship until about half way through the book and that's where most of the action happens. I found the second half of the book more interesting because it was one thing after another after another. The first half of the book is more the set up and description of both characters and their lives. I'm not used to reading mafia type stories so this was a really cool read.

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C.S Cyan

More spice shall we??

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 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!

StarFlower

Superb - danger, thrills, romance and humour.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 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.

Jaydee

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 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

Darlene

DOES NAT GIVE INTO QUIQUE AND THE ZETA CARTEL? IS SHE ABLE TO SAVE HER NIECE WILL NAT FIND LOVE? HOT MUST READ!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2016

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Ms Adams is a pure genius once she takes pen to paper as she creates this cartel .The way in which she has brought her characters to life - with such emotions and feelings. They have depth and detail - you are ale to picture them right before your eyes. As for the scenes in the story- they are detailed right to the smallest detail. You are able to Nat being beaten up by Smith and Quique having a hard time dealing with it.
Dirty Dealings is about Nat and Quique . Nat is running her families bar . So that her ex-sister-in-law and niece will be able to have money to live on. The guys that were suppose to run. Well they were running it into the ground and almost lost it. So she took it over for Millie. Now Quique has been sent to London by Zeta cartel to take care of some issues. Quique wants to buy the property she has just bought but she's not selling. In the mean time Nat has alot more issues and trouble to deal. Some one has kidnapped her niece. She has asked for help from the Zeta.
What will happen between Nat and Quique? IS Nat able to get her niece back?

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Jobie Baldwin

Lighter than previous but just as enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2021

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Nat and Quique's story was sweeter than what I'm used to from this author but it still had the usual high stakes and action. Nat was a hard edged girl whose nickname of Frosty was well deserved. Quique was a serious player in the Zeta cartel but was rocked by a secret shame. Their romance, which as usual was caught up within a violet struggle between rival gangs, was slow burn but when it came it certainly didn't disappoint. I would recommend this as an enjoyable addition to the series.

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