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legendary focus and control to stay one step ahead of everyone else in the
ever-shifting power plays of New York City.
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Title: The
Bastard’s Bargain
Author: Katee
Robert
Genre: Dark Contemporary
Romance
Release
Date: February 6, 2018
Publisher:
Grand Central/Forever
Series: The
O’Malleys
Format: Digitial
and Print
ASIN: B071ZYWPL5
Synopsis:
Married to the
enemy
When Keira O'Malley was a child, she used to picture her perfect wedding.
The flowers. The dress. Her husband. But nothing could have prepared her for
saying "I do" to Dmitri Romanov-cold, domineering, and always one
step ahead of everyone else in the ever-shifting power plays of New York City.
She agreed to his bargain to secure peace for her family, and she may want the
bastard more than she'd ever admit, but she'll be damned if she'll make this
marriage easy for him.
Dmitri knows better than to underestimate Keira for one second. Molten
desire smolders between them, a dangerous addiction neither can resist. But his
enemies are already on the move, and he needs every ounce of his legendary
focus and control to keep them alive. Keira could just be his secret weapon-if
she doesn't bring him to his knees first.
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The Bastard’s Bargain Excerpt
Copyright © 2018 Katee Robert
It wasn’t until the front door closed
behind Ivan that the reality of her situation sank in. Dmitri was furious. He might have faked it for his
friend, but he stood next to her, a pillar of stone with anger coming off him
in waves. His grip on her elbow didn’t hurt, but if she’d tried to leave, he
would have restrained her.
She should be afraid. She should be terrified.
Keira’s heartbeat picked up, adrenaline
kicking in. She swung to face him with a fierce smile on her face. “You didn’t compliment
me on my dress.” It was a work of fucking art. She smoothed her free hand over
her hip and up her side. “Actually, you called me a high-class sex worker. Is
that any way to speak to your beloved
wife?”
His gray eyes followed the movement, a
muscle ticking in his jaw when she cupped her breast. “I meant it when I said
you’re playing with fire.”
That wasn’t just anger on his face now.
No, it was rapidly being overtaken by sheer lust. An answering feeling sent a
bolt straight to her core. She stepped back, and he released her instantly. A
strange feeling coursed through her, straightening her spine and making her
want to laugh out loud. Power. This is
what power feels like.
He wanted her. He wanted her so badly,
he had his hands clenched at his sides to keep from touching her again. But he
wouldn’t until she gave the green light. Keira took another step back. “I have
a hypothetical question.”
“Ask.” His voice was rough. The way he
watched her made her feel like prey, and she liked it far more than she
should—because she wasn’t prey. Keira
had her own teeth and claws, and Dmitri would learn that as time went on.
“Hypothetical, if I said yes tonight…how
do you imagine that would go?”
He stared at her a long moment. “Nyet. I’m not playing this game with
you.” She blinked and he was on her, one hand snaking around to press against
the exposed small of her back, the other tangling in her hair. “We are not
children, moya koroleva. These games
don’t become us.”
He kissed her. There was no cautious
exploration or easing into it. Dmitri kissed her like a conquering warlord who
was sure of his welcome because he owned everything in the room—including her.
There was no fighting this. She didn’t even want to try. Keira slid her arms around
his neck and pressed herself more firmly against him. His cock was a hard
length with too many layers between them. She rolled her hips, an invitation
she wasn’t sure she was ready to follow through on.
Dmitri slid his hand down to cup her
ass, guiding her movements. Long slides up the length of his cock and back down
again. The stupid goddamn dress kept her from spreading her legs wider, from
getting him exactly where she needed him. Her nipples rubbed against his shirt,
the silk incredibly decadent across her sensitized skin.
“Keira. Moya koroleva.” He kissed down her jawline, tilting her head back
until she had to arch her spine to accommodate the position. “Did you enjoy their
eyes on you? Ivan’s. The men who owe allegiance to me. Anyone who cared to
look.”
It took her desire-drugged brain a beat
to catch up, but by then he was already growling out more words against her
skin. “Did it make you feel powerful to know they were imagining stroking the
nipples you flash with such impunity?” He moved his hand from her ass to do
exactly that, dragging a finger over her puckered nipple. “They wanted the body
you so proudly put on display.” His voice roughened. “They wanted what’s mine.”
Say something. If you don’t say something right now, you’re going to give in tonight and then it will all be over.
He moved his hand to her back
and bent her until she relied solely on his strength to keep her off the
ground. And then Dmitri’s wicked, wicked mouth closed around her nipple. The
weight of the beaded design seemed heavier with his tongue flicking the
engorged bud, making his touch that much hotter. She couldn’t hold back a moan
as he moved to her other breast.
Dmitri dragged his mouth up the
center of her chest, the only part of her not caged in the dress, stopping at
the thick collar. He flicked the hollow of her throat with his tongue. “This is
my favorite part of the dress.” He ran his thumb over it. “This, more than
anything else, marks you as mine.”
A collar for a kept pet.
It was as if he’d doused her in icy
water. Keira went rigid and shoved Dmitri away. She almost fell when he
released her, but she regained her balance at the last second. They stood mere
feet apart, breathing hard and staring at each other. I am no one’s pet. She slashed her
hand through the air. “I might be your wife, Russian, but I’m not yours. I’ll never
be yours.”
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About Katee Robert
New
York Times and USA
TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her
grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and
RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the
right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing
sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary
games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and
planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
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