Please welcome back Amber Daulton to This Writer’s Life and check out her new release Lost in His Spiderwebs…
Lost in His Spiderwebs is the second book in the Lozano Cartel series and follows the gripping love story of Rubén Lozano and Drina Cabrera in an unexpected, intense second-chance dark romance.
Rubén is not a man to cross. A ruthless, enigmatic cartel kingpin, he’ll stop at nothing to achieve his objectives. Drina, on the other hand, is a career-focused widowed mother who’s raising her daughter alone. Their worlds are far apart. But when Drina’s life shatters, she finds herself caught in the grip of a violent cartel. Fate places Rubén, the last person she ever wanted to see, right in her path. Yet, he’s the only one who can save her.
Readers first meet Rubén and Drina as secondary characters in Dark Hearts Aflame, the first book in the series. Even then, I knew Rubén deserved his own story, though I wasn’t sure who his heroine would be. After considering and discarding a few different ideas, inspiration hit. Drina! She was the perfect match for him. I’m a huge fan of the “opposites attract” trope, so I plotted out the story with her as his love interest. But something wasn’t quite right. At that point in my brainstorming, Rubén and Drina were strangers when they meet in Chapter One. That didn’t sit well with me. The lack of immediate emotional connection felt off and mediocre.
I spent weeks wrestling with this—literally weeks—trying to find the spark I needed. Then, out of nowhere, it clicked: second-chance romance! Another favorite trope of mine. What if Rubén and Drina had been lovers years ago? What if he was the father of her daughter—and didn’t even know it?
Once the foundation of the book was set, everything else came together quickly. Of course, I had to trim some ideas for pacing and word count, but the final product is a sultry, edgy, and emotionally charged dark romance that I’m so excited to share with you.
Lost in His Spiderwebs is now available for preorder and will be released on October 14, 2025. The next book, Corrupting His Wife, is currently in draft form, and the Lozano Cartel series will continue with several standalone novels. To stay up to date on upcoming releases, be sure to subscribe to my newsletter or follow me on social media. In the meantime, don’t forget to add Lost in His Spiderwebs to your reading list. You won’t regret it!
Lost in His Spiderwebs
Series: Lozano Cartel (book 2)
Release Date: October 14, 2025
Publisher: Daulton Publishing
Cover Designer: Satin Rose Designs
ASIN: B0F5SBP3TS
Genre: Dark Romance
Length: 90k
Heat Rating: 5 Flames
Blurb
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.
Tagline: The cartel king has finally found his queen.
EXCERPT
“Smile,” Rubén told her. “It’s showtime.”
She nodded and lifted her chin, wincing a little in the flashing camera lights.
As three hand-picked paparazzi snapped pictures of him and Drina from all angles, Rubén counted to thirty before he steered Drina past them to the music room.
“Wow,” Drina murmured as they passed the piano for the ballroom.
A massive chandelier gleamed from the lofty ceiling, its decorative crystals reflecting the soft white light and dancing spots across the ivory walls and the chattering, laughing guests. The live band played instrumental music at the far end of the rectangular room, where Esme’s team had set up fancy tables and chairs for the speech and dinner portion of the evening.
“Why do you keep this room locked up? It’s magnificent.”
He shrugged. “It’s a bitch to clean.”
His blunt answer steepled Drina’s eyebrows. “My, what consideration. I’m sure the housekeeping staff appreciates it,” she teased and pulled him onto the dance floor alongside several other couples. “Let’s dance.”
As her arms slid around his shoulders, he rested his hands on her waist. Her body heat and strawberry aroma enveloped him. Groaning, he gripped the thick fabric of her dress so hard that it bunched and the band of his rings bit into his skin. She rested her head against his chest, and her hair teased his nose. They swayed, lost in each other as though they were the only people around. A foolish notion, one he shouldn’t revel in. If he did, he would ravage her on the floor.
“You have a good turnout,” she murmured while he twirled her about. She spun back into his embrace. “Are any of these people your friends?”
“Hardly.” This was his world. Glamour, power, prestige. The public mask he wore to hide his sinister nature. “You’re swimming in dangerous waters. The sooner you realize I can buy and discard all these sharks and guppies with a flick of my wrist, the better off you’ll be.”
“I’m well aware you’re king of the sharks.”
He snorted, holding her closer. “You’re a barracuda. Lithe grace and sharp teeth.”
“Ooh, I like that.” She nipped at his chin. “I’ll never be a guppy.”
Damn right. As the song ended, he guided her off the dance floor. Duty called.
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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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