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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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“The Bastard's Bargain presents a seductive
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“Keira and Dmitri are everything.
What develops between them is raw and carnal and wanton. The way they need each
other and the way they connect is beyond sexy. It’s something deep and dark and
heartbreakingly beautiful.”—Eva, Goodreads Reviewer
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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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