Amber Daulton presents Lost in His Spiderwebs--Pre Order Now!

Please welcome Amber Daulton to talk about her upcoming release Lost in His Spiderwebs, Book 2 of the Lozano Cartel series. It's available now for pre-order and will release October 14.

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 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 mother who’s raising her daughter alone. Their worlds never should’ve touched. But when Drina’s life shatters, she finds herself caught in the grip of a violent cartel. And Rubén is the only one who can help 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 ideas, inspiration struck. Drina! She was the perfect match for him. But I had some questions. What if they were lovers years ago? What if he was the father of her daughter, and he didn’t know it? I’m a huge fan of the “opposites attract” and “second chance” tropes, so the story fell together pretty easily.

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. To stay updated on new 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!

Title: Lost in His Spiderwebs

Series: Lozano Cartel (book 2)

Release Date: October 14, 2025

Publisher: Daulton Publishing

Cover Designer: Satin Rose Designs

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 drug distribution, violence, kidnapping, and attempted sexual assault may be uncomfortable for some readers.

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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Welcome Amber Daulton & Dark Hearts Aflame

Please welcome the wonderful author Amber Daulton. She’s here to talk about her latest sizzling romance Dark Hearts Aflame.

Tell us about the inspiration for your new series, Amber.

Thank you so much!

Bristol Rieger is one of my favorite heroes that I’ve ever written. Rather, he’s not a hero, but an anti-hero. I’ve always had a thing for the bad guys! Anyway, he was so awesome as a secondary character in the Arresting Onyx series that I wanted to give him his own book. After all the trauma I put him through, he deserved a bit of happiness. So I wrote this book, under a different title, fully expecting it to be the final book in the series. Only it didn’t fit well within the guidelines that I’d established for my Arresting Onyx world.

What was I to do? That question plagued me for months. Seriously. Months!

After some tears and an extremely long conversation with my supportive husband, I finally decided to listen to the niggling voice in the back of my mind and remove the book from the series. I knew deep down that I had to create a spin-off, but I resisted because of the extra work it would entail. Once I finally accepted what my head already knew, I reworked the story, re-titled it, and set it as book one in my new dark romance spin-off, the Lozano Cartel.

Book two, Lost in His Spiderwebs, is already under way. I’ve very proud of these books, and I hope you enjoy Dark Hearts Aflame as much as I do.

 

What’s the story?

Blurb:

A drug lord on the run. A cartel princess in hiding. All it takes is a spark to set their world ablaze.

Bristol Rieger left his criminal life behind for a fresh start in Mexico. Flying under the radar of the government and the cartels alike, his best-laid plans go awry when a woman from his narco days discovers his whereabouts. Carmen Lozano, however, is no longer the innocent girl he remembers.

Carmen escaped the chains of her tiara and her abusive marriage to join a group of resistance fighters. The last thing she expected was the now-retired capo setting out to seduce her with his wicked touch. Embracing the blood on his hands is easy, but his secrets wear on her patience.

When their enemies close in, Bristol will have to summon his inner monster to protect her. But can that monster be tamed again?

– Book one is an Interracial (Hispanic woman/white man) dark romance novel in the Lozano Cartel series. All the books can be read as a standalone, but are part of an interconnected series.

Excerpt:

He strode down the hall, his leather huaraches thudding on the white-and-blue mosaic tile. A flickering embossed ceiling light cast shadows across the smooth orange walls despite the explosion of sunlight pouring through the lobby windows. Taking a deep breath, he entered the laundry room and closed the door behind him with a soft snick. The racket from the heavy-duty washers and dryers along the back wall pierced his ears, the machines shaking like they had palsy. The stench of bleach stung his nostrils.

Carmen likely didn’t hear him come in. She faced away from him and dumped a basket of white towels onto a metal workstation. Then she stored the basket with several others on the bottom shelf of a shelving unit that spanned the length of the right side wall.

Folded towels, bed linens, colorful blankets and quilts, toiletries, and cleaning supplies stocked the upper shelves.

Most women couldn’t pull off her ugly gray blouse and ill-fitted black slacks with any sense of style, but somehow, she made it work. She should throw out her dour low-heeled black shoes for a pair of stilettos. The high heels would do wonders for her long legs. Her golden-brown ponytail swayed as she moved, begging him to pull it.

As he studied her now from behind, she could be anyone. Just another woman working a dead-end job to survive. Had his mind played tricks on him? Did he see Carmen in the woman’s face because he wanted to believe she was alive and well somewhere in the world?

Heat slicked sweat on his nape, despite the air chugging from the floor vents and the industrial-sized floor fan oscillating in the corner. Opposite the workstation and storage space, a kitchenette resembling the one in his hotel room lined the wall. However, the old whirring refrigerator needed replacing, and the cabinets required a fresh coat of paint.

He tsked. Back in the States, his employees never had to work in such a hot, dingy environment or relax in a shitty break room. Nor did the housekeeping staff at Sky Resorts Hotel, his family’s legitimate hotel chain that his relatives now managed. But that ship had long sailed.

Bristol bypassed a cart stocked with toiletries and two empty wheeled canvas hampers in the middle of the workroom. Itching to grab her close and demand to know her interest in him, he would rather not scare her. He coughed to gain her attention.

She sloppily folded a face towel, then grabbed a washcloth, her hands visibly shaking.

“May I have some towels?” Bristol asked in Spanish.

The maid ducked her gaze, grabbed a few recently folded items, pulled two bath towels from the shelf, and closed the distance between them. Without glancing up, she thrust everything into his outstretched arms, the scent of bleach and lavender clinging to the fabric. She pivoted and returned to her workstation.

He sighed hard, rolling his eyes. “Are you Carmen Lozano Sanchez?” His voice sharpened as her full given name ripped off his tongue. He couldn’t stomach tacking on her husband’s surname.

Her hands stilled, and a towel slid from her grasp. She shook her head and grabbed the fabric. “No hablo Inglés.”

“Given the way you stopped dead, you speak English and understood my question just fine.” He set the soft, fragrant towels aside and stomped toward her. “You’re Carmen, I know—”

She flipped around with a small dagger in her hand and glared at him. The overhead light glinted on the blade. Shoulders hunched, she braced her feet in a wide stance.

He stepped back, hands up to placate her.

Anger and fear blazed in her hazel eyes, the specks of emerald turning molten in her brown irises. He wasn’t mistaken. This fiery woman was Carmen Lozano, cartel princess.

Title: Dark Hearts Aflame

Series: Lozano Cartel (book 1)

Release Date: April 8, 2025

Publisher: Daulton Publishing

Cover Designer: Satin Rose Designs

ASIN:  B0D18CB8CF

Genre: Dark Romance

Length: 90k

Heat Rating: 5 Flames

 

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About the Author

Amber Daulton is the author of the Lozano Cartel, the Arresting Onyx, and the Ramseys in Time series, as well as several standalone novellas. Her books are published through Daulton Publishing, The Wild Rose Press, and Books to Go Now, and 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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Welcome Amber Daulton & her Upcoming Release Arresting Alan

Please welcome my guest Amber Daulton, who will tell us all about her upcoming romantic suspense release, Arresting Alan. This is Book 4 of her popular series Arresting Onyx. Arresting Alan is available for pre-order now, and will release April 9. The floor is yours, Amber.

His darkest secret is exposed. Will he find love and redemption in the arms of the woman who could destroy him?

Blurb

A hacker, a federal agent, and a crime boss. The time has come to fight.

Computer technician Alan Harding is no saint, but his squeaky-clean image is unshakable in the eyes of his family and especially his young son. After he agrees to assist a drug lord-turned-snitch and hack into a criminal database, he’s faced with an impossible challenge—keeping his hands and heart away from his sexy-as-sin bodyguard, DEA Special Agent Hannah Adler.

Hannah would rather go hand-to-hand with an assailant than go undercover as Alan’s girlfriend, but she’s determined to keep him safe and his illegal activities on the down-low. The handsome man and his adorable child, however, are more than she bargained for.

Once their enemies learn the truth and retaliate by kidnapping Alan’s son, they’ll have to race against the clock to save the boy and bring a dangerous empire to its knees.

Arresting Alan

Daulton Publishing, Release Date: April 9, 2024
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Length: 85,000 words
Heat Rating: 5 Flames
Series: Arresting Onyx (Book 4)
ASIN: B0C887HXK9

Excerpt: The bad guy and even badder guys

Alan and Hannah have spent all day working on their assignment and then overhear something they shouldn’t have. Tension mounts as they demand answers from a dangerous drug lord. 

    Voices carried from down the dimly lit corridor.

As they neared the armory, the rough voices grew louder. The sound of metal clanked in his ears. His gut clenched. He grasped Hannah’s hand to keep her at his side in case she tried to jump in front of him with some harebrained notion that he needed protection. Harsh white light shone from the open doorway. His pulse thrummed faster as he paused at the threshold.

Five bulky men in SWAT gear pulled a few semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles from a corrugated-metal cabinet.

“It’s about time Thorn fucks with the Jestons.” One thug jammed a clip into a gleaming black gun. “I never liked their store—too damn expensive.”

“Got that right.” A dark-haired man stuffed on a ski cap.

Hannah stiffened and whispered to Alan, “What’s going on?”

He stepped back and pulled her with him before anyone could bitch at them for intruding. Chills raked his skin. “I don’t know, but it’s not our business.”

“Like hell, it’s not. They’re prepping for war. I can’t let this go.”

Neither could he since those assholes were going after the Jestons. He tightened his grip on Hannah and stomped back the way they came. The two dead-eyed guards in the vestibule outside Bristol’s office sneered as he stopped in front of them.

Hannah tugged her hand free and spread her feet in a battle stance.

“I need to speak with Thorn. Tell him I’m here.” Alan waited for a guard to open the doors or phone the man, but they continued to skewer him with their beady glares. The high-tech camera in the corner with the blinking LED light inside the globe fed the footage to Bristol’s computer—a system Alan had designed for each camera in the compound. “Damn it, I have no beef with you, but I’m getting into that room. Move, or I’ll make you.”

The blond bastard smirked.

All right, then. Alan fisted his hands. There was no time like the present to test out his boxing skills.

The barrier swung open from the inside, and the guards stepped away.

Bristol blocked the entryway with his broad shoulders, six-foot-five height, and his fuck-off scowl. Deep creases bracketed his cold brown eyes like craters.

Unfazed, Alan gazed past him to the four angry lieutenants near the desk. The heat of their stares burned as hot as the noonday sun.

He focused on the captain. “Why are your henchmen dressed for war?”

“You’re supposed to be gone by now. We’ll speak tomorrow.”

Alan pushed past him to enter the room with Hannah at his heels. “Now, in private.”

Bristol’s eyes bugged out. “Have you lost your fucking mind?” He grabbed Alan by his coat’s lapel and dragged him closer until barely an inch separated them.

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About the Author 

Amber Daulton

Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic suspense series Arresting Onyx and several stand-alone novellas. Her books are published through Daulton Publishing, The Wild Rose Press, and Books to Go Now, and 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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Amber Daulton’s new romantic suspense has a cover!

Wait for it.... 

And Now: Cover Revealed!

Amber Daulton’s brand new romance, Arresting Jeremiah—coming October 14 from the Wild Rose press—has a cover.

 

When threats escalate, will Jim and Calista succumb, or fight for a love they can’t deny?

Arresting Jeremiah is Book 2 of the Arresting Onyx series. Here’s the story:

Injured Parole Officer Jeremiah “Jim” Borden never expected Calista Barlow, the sassy blonde waitress he’s craved for months, to ring his doorbell. She slips into his heart—and his bed—but he’s obsessed with a gangland investigation that threatens his career and maybe even his life.
Calista doesn’t trust easily, not with a daughter to protect and the stalker who keeps calling her. After her violent ex-boyfriend returns, she finds solace in Jim’s arms.

Jim may have to forego his need for answers to protect the ready-made family he adores, but how will he and Calista escape an unseen enemy that is always one step ahead of them?

 

Arresting Jeremiah is a romantic suspense novel (98,000 words) with a heat rating of five flames.

Cryptids! Cryptids in the Jungle! Orion's Foot at Amber Daulton's Today

Ready for a new and exciting excerpt from my new mystery romance ORION’S FOOT: MYTH, MYSTERY, AND ROMANCE IN THE AMAZON? Okay then! 

Drop by Amber Daulton’s fabulous site today and you’ll have your wish. 

We’re talking cryptids in the jungle!

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