Celebrate the Release of THE BASTARD’S BARGAIN!
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert delivers the final installment in her sizzling O'Malleys family series, hailed as "The Godfather meets Romeo & Juliet." In THE BASTARD’S BARGAIN Dmitri Romanov must use his legendary focus and control to stay one step ahead of everyone else in the ever-shifting power plays of New York City.
What readers are saying:
“The Bastard's Bargain presents a seductive escape and a fulfilling fantasy for that bad boy craving a girl can never outgrow.”—Isha at Book Likes
“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
Meet Dmitri and Keira!
The Bastard’s Bargain by 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
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.
I've been waiting forever for this story! And it's just so bitterssweet. The last installment in The O'Malleys series is here and it couldn't be more perfect. When We first met The O'Malleys and the crime families in Boston I was intrigued by the sibilings and their characters but honestly, each secondary character and each love interest made everything better.
When Dmitri was introduced I hated him. But he was the kind of character you love to hate because he was so bad and so good at being bad I couldn't help but want to see more of him. And the more I read the more this character stole the show. Dmitri became as important as all the O'Malleys for this series.
As the only son and heir of his family he has a lot to prove and a city to keep under control. Dmitri made a big mistake in the past, thinking he could advance on Boston and trying to marry Carrigan but when he met Keira he needed to have her and not just to save his reputation and power.
Kiera is the youngest of the 6, and the one who's Devlin death affected the most. They were closer than the rest and when she lost him and his family went crazy and falling in love she felt abandoned, alone and powerless to do or say what she wanted. Broken and lost in her own pain Keira takes drugs and alcohol to make it all go away until Dmitri crosses her path and she wants him ore than anything.
I loved loved loved reading the two of them come together. They are stubborn, vulnerable, calculating and so hot!
Dmitri sees Keira as a way of regaining power and making the O'Malleys pay. Keira sees him as the only way to keep her family safe from a war they know they won't be able to win. And then, they see each other. Not as enemies and not just as everyone else sees them but the person thei are inside and is just freaking explosive.
Dmitri's cold and calculating personality works for him, he's bad and he won't apologise for it. And while his methods may be not be the best he wants to help and protect Keira. He sees beyond the rebel girl and what she can be. He believes in Keira before she does. And she does see the quiet lonely man that lives in a big mansion and rules New York. That doesn't mean it's easy for them but watching them go round after round trying to get the upper hand is so FUN and trheir chemestry is off the charts, this two know how to turn up the heat.
I loved the development of both them here, we get to see Keira face her demons and a whole new side of Dmitri that has turn him into my favorite guy in this series.
And while I loved reading this one, I can't believe is over. It's been a while since I felt so bad after a series ended and I really really hope Katee gives some more because I'm not ready to say goodbye to all this characters!!
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The Bastard’s
Bargain Excerpt
Copyright © 2018
Katee Robert
Dmitri Romanov
didn’t permit himself to breathe a sigh of relief. This was only the first step
in a path that could potentially span years. It didn’t matter. Keira was
here—was his. He had time.
He watched
her look around the inside of the town car, cataloging everything with those
witchy hazel eyes of hers. The faint scent of pot filled the car, giving
evidence to what she’d been up to when he called. The woman was a mess, but
he’d known that from the moment he met her. Dmitri didn’t do projects. He
preferred to be the one holding all the cards—it allowed him to anticipate how
the people around him would act in any given situation.
He’d never
been able to anticipate Keira. Not from the moment she picked his pocket and
walked away from him as if she didn’t give a fuck about the danger he posed to
her.
Likely because she has a goddamn death wish.
He’d deal
with that, just like he’d deal with the rest of Keira’s issues. In time.
Right that moment,
time was the one thing they didn’t have. Keira’s oldest brother would be
returning to Boston within hours, and Dmitri fully intended to marry her before
Aiden realized she was gone. It was significantly more difficult to oust a wife
than it was a fiancée.
He had Keira
now. He wasn’t going to let anyone take her.
She kicked
her feet out, propping her chunky black boots on the seat. The long line of her
bare legs drew his gaze up to her tiny sleep shorts. They were barely more than
underwear, hugging her hips and ass. Her shirt wasn’t much better, for all that
it was long-sleeved. It revealed a slice of pale stomach and was fitted enough
that he had absolutely no doubts about the fact that Keira wore no bra. Her
small breasts pressed against the fabric, and she shivered beneath the weight
of his gaze.
Get control of yourself. He leaned forward and nudged her boots back to the floorboard.
Taking Keira was part of the plan—fucking her in the backseat was not. “There’s no need for an adolescent
tantrum.”
She laughed,
the sound rough and pain filled. “God, would you listen to yourself? You just
showed up at my window to lure me into the night—to a chapel—and now you’re bitching about my shoes on the seats?
Russian, you have your priorities seriously out of order.” She flicked her long
hair off her shoulder. She’d dyed it a harsh blond that seemed designed to
highlight how unhealthily skinny she’d become in the last year.
She’s spiraling.
Not anymore.
“Our current
situation is no reason to throw propriety out the window.” He sounded stuffy,
and he hated it, but with her sitting so close, wearing clothing she’d just
been sleeping in…Dmitri dragged in a breath. “Keep your shoes on the floor.”
“Or what?”
She turned to face him. The move pulled her shirt even tighter against her
chest, revealing the faintest outline of her nipples. Keira saw where his gaze
went, and gave a bitter smile. “All the games, all the bullshit, and that hasn’t changed.” She leaned forward
and hooked his collar with her finger, drawing him closer despite himself.
“Tell me something, Romanov.”
“Hmm?” He
dragged his gaze up to her mouth. The wicked curve of her lips was matched only
by the words she threw into the space between them with such abandon. The woman
wouldn’t know caution if it slapped her in the face.
“You’re
dragging me to your cave to be your Bride of Frankenstein.” She shifted closer,
her bare leg sliding over his slacks until her thigh came into contact with his
cock.
He should
move her. Set her back and explain that no matter what she thought of the
situation, she wasn’t in control. But
the ring he’d put on her finger winked at him, a reminder that Keira wasn’t the
sister of his enemy anymore. She was his.
Or she would
be in a few short hours.
He bracketed
her thigh with a hand, keeping her in place, but didn’t touch her anywhere
else. There was no masking his reaction to her, not in their position. Dmitri
didn’t bother trying. “Calling me Frankenstein is more than a bit dramatic.”
She looked up
at him, her eyes holding a question he didn’t have a satisfying answer to. “I
think it’s time to stop being in denial, don’t you?”
He recognized
the direction she was headed. “You know I want you. I wouldn’t be doing this if
I didn’t.”
Just like
that, the shutters slammed down on her expression. She sat back and he let her
go, watching her pull herself together. Her spine went ramrod straight, and she
stared at the back of the driver’s head rather than at Dmitri. She crossed her
arms over her chest. “No lies between us. That’s what you said. You want me,
sure, but don’t pretend any of this bullshit has to do with sex. You need to
prove what an international badass you are by marrying the sister of your
enemy. An eye for an eye—a wife and a sister. Remember?”
He knew
exactly what she was quoting. The note he’d had delivered to Aiden O’Malley
just over a year ago. By my count, you
owe me both a wife and a sister. I’ll be content with one of yours. He hadn’t realized Keira had seen it.
Twin possibilities spun out between them.
She was scared and vulnerable, and if he told her that it was her he wanted and not what she
represented, she would believe him. It would even be the truth, at least in
part. He hadn’t been able to get Keira out of his head from the moment he met
her, and he’d manipulated events to ensure they reached this exact moment.
Telling her that wasn’t telling her the full
truth, though. This wasn’t some great love story where he’d been pining for her
while her family kept them apart. Dmitri wanted her, yes. He craved the feeling
of her body beneath his hands, her taste on his tongue, and her smart mouth
around his cock.
But his craving her had no real relevance in
the grand scheme of things. He needed one of the O’Malley daughters to regain
his status after the blows the family had dealt him over the last two years.
Keira was the only option left.
Liar.
It didn’t matter what the truth was, full or
otherwise. What mattered was ensuring Keira toed the line. He sat back, trying
to ignore the throbbing of his cock, and studied her. “You knew what this was
when you climbed out your window and stepped between me and your brother.”
She finally met his gaze, her
hazel eyes fiery in their defiance. “Yes, I did.”
Read all the books in The O’Malleys Series
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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