Bad Blood - The Zeta Cartel Novels, #7

She is a disgraced aristocrat fighting to rebuild her life.

He is a cartel enforcer suddenly in command of a city‑wide empire.

And a trail of murder is about to drag them into a spotlight where every secret is lethal.

Cassie Rochford has more pedigree than a Grand National winner, but scandal destroyed her family's name and sent her overseas to manage luxury estates far from London's gossip. Ten years later, an unexpected legacy pulls her home. Determined to start again, she becomes head housekeeper at the ultra‑exclusive Armitage Club—only to collide once more with the high‑society predators who ruined her life. Then she meets Luca Rovero: a quiet, controlled security consultant whose protective strength draws her in, unaware she's stepping into the orbit of a man built for violence.

Luca Rovero is the Zeta Cartel's "hidden blade" in London—loyal, lethal, and raised for war. As the cartel pivots toward corporate power, Luca fears being pushed aside. His mission to bug the Armitage Club and deliver a prestigious merchant bank is meant as his final gift to the bosses he loves. But when a mortar attack back home wipes out the chain of command, Luca is thrust into solo control of the London fief—facing street‑level chaos, corporate extortion, and a police inspector who plays dirtier than any cartel soldier.

In the rising storm, Cassie becomes the one person Luca can't ignore. But bringing a civilian into his world is a death sentence—and when a brutal murder frames her, the truth detonates. To survive, they must navigate a city where boardrooms hide cartel knives, alliances turn toxic overnight, and trust is the most dangerous weapon of all.