Camelia

In the 1920s Santa Ana, Camelia Gutierrez had everything-except peace and love. At twenty-eight, Camelia is a woman of means, a cabaret performer, and mistress of a spacious house where she lives alone with the one creature she truly adores: her little white Chihuahua, Antonella.

Then her cousin Rodolph Charm arrives.

Quiet. Gentle. Impossibly well-mannered, Rodolph moves into Camelia's house and attempts to endure her constant demands for attention. But behind Camelia's arrogance lies a restless mind and a hunger for something she cannot quite name.

Rodolph never raises his voice. He never answers her cruelty with cruelty. He simply remains patient-until patience is no longer enough.

There is only one complication.
Rodolph has brought his own dog with him.
Her name is Camelia Gutierrez.

As the boundaries between affection, jealousy, pride, and possession begin to collapse, Camelia becomes determined to have Rodolph's undivided attention-even if she must destroy the very thing he loves most to get it.

But there are some games of the heart that cannot be won.

And when Rodolph finally walks away, Camelia is left alone to discover that sometimes the person you push away is the one you never imagined losing.