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Chapters (90)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Table of Contents
  6. PROLOGUE
  7. PART ONE
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  27. PART TWO
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  62. PART THREE
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  86. EPILOGUE
  87. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  88. Keep Reading …
  89. Also by Jaime Raven
  90. About the Publisher

He reached out and gently touched her arm. ‘The cartel mounted the operation in order to spring you from jail, Miss Lopez. Your attacker was paid to stab you so that you would have to be sent to hospital. Our team were on stand-by and as soon as you arrived there they launched an ambush. It was easier than we thought it would be. Two police officers were shot, but naturally we won’t be shedding any tears for them.’

Rosa was stunned. She’d thought the cartel might arrange for her to be killed to stop her talking, but she hadn’t considered the possibility of a rescue mission.

‘I’ve been asked to pass on a message from Mr Cruz,’ the man said. ‘He wants you to know that he never had any intention of abandoning you. He told me to tell you that you’re a valued member of the cartel family and that we always look after our own. He’s got a bottle of champagne on ice for when we eventually get you back to Mexico. And he’d like you to carry on working for him as long as you are able. As far as he is concerned you are his best sicaria and he doesn’t want to lose you.’

It was enough to make Rosa smile. The thought of going back to her old life was suddenly quite appealing, and was certainly preferable to wasting away in a prison cell.

It wasn’t as if she had been unhappy before coming to London. She’d enjoyed working for the cartel, and had been content doing a job that paid so well.

Alice Green, bless her, had offered something different. Something better. Safer.

But a future with Alice was no longer an option. And neither was going it alone.

Right now Rosa needed the cartel more than they needed her. And despite everything she knew that without them she would struggle to survive.

‘Can you inform Mr Cruz that I am very grateful to him,’ she said to Antonio. ‘And tell him that The Slayer will soon be back in business.’

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Once again my thanks to the team at Avon/HarperCollins for all their support during the writing of this novel. But a special thank you goes to my editor, Victoria Oundjian. Her insightful input turned The Rebel into a far better book than it would otherwise have been. The changes she suggested made such a big difference to the storyline and the development of the characters. And for that I’m really grateful.

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About the Publisher

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