Beckett and Samara’s story is now available!
Ultra wealthy and super powerful, the King family is like
royalty in Texas. But who will keep the throne? New York Times bestselling author Katee Robert introduces a
red-hot new series.
Keep reading to get a sneak peek excerpt and
enter the giveaway for one of ten (10) print copies of THE LAST KING!
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Publisher: Forever
Series: The Kings
Page Count: 336 pages
Format: Digital
ASIN: B074M69QLF
ISBN:
978-1455597109
THE MAN SHE HATES
TO LOVE
Beckett King just inherited his
father's fortune, his company-and all his enemies. If he's going to stay on
top, he needs someone he can trust beside him. And though they've been rivals
for years, there's no one he trusts more than Samara Mallick.
The rebel. That's how Samara has
always thought of Beckett. And he's absolutely living up to his unpredictable
ways when he strides into her office and asks for help. She can't help
wondering if it's a legit request or just a ploy to get her into bed. Not that she'd
mind either one. After all, she likes to live on the edge too.
But soon the threats to the King
empire are mounting, and the two find family secrets darker than they ever
imagined and dangerous enough to get them both killed.
Praise for The Last King:
“Top Pick!
Beckett and Samara are a fantastic, modern couple. They clash in the boardroom
and the bedroom, are total equals, and their bring-it-on spirit makes every
interaction lively and exciting — whether clothes are on or off. ... The
heart of this romance is the development of trust between Beckett and Samara,
and Robert expertly unfolds it, revealing the emotional connection on both
sides under the flash and fire of their irresistible chemistry. 4 1/2 stars.”—RT Book Reviews
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The last king is a fast paced mystery and love story.
Samara and Beckett have come up against each other a lot through the years. Working for two companies that compete for the oil market, they fight to get the contracts, but one night they let all that energy focus on something else they can’t deny: their attraction.
When Beckett’s father dies suddenly and he has to take over the company Samara is tasked by his aunt and competition, and Samara’s boss, to try and distract Beckett and get as much information about the company.
The Last King is part corporative spionage, part epic love story. Beckett has to decide who he can trust and who’s after him and Samara’s loyalty is tested when she has to decide between her company and the guy she likes.
I was hooked from the start with the relationship between these two. I mean, the chemestry if off the charts and both are confident, but not coming across as arrogant about what their strenghs are and how they go after what they want. In many ways they are the perfect fit for each other. They can push each other to do better and their competition makes them clash harder when they get to the bedroom (or whatever room they find).
Watching them trying to figure out how to move forward and weather they could trust in each other was a bit painful (I’m impatient) but so perfect. While the book has a fast pace, their relationship develops nicely, they already know each other so it makes it easier for them to move that way.
Samara’s reservations were understandable and easy to relate, and Becket while determined, never came off as pushy in their relationship. I loved how they could be these cold corporate people and then so caring and vulnerable when alone.
The Last King is a great start to this new series and introduces a dangerous world, and lots of characters I can’t wait to see more of.
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The Last King Excerpt
Copyright © 2018 Katee Robert
Heaven was Samara in a
little green dress.
Beckett watched her
walk across the lobby, her mile-long legs eating up the distance with ease. That
glimpse of wildness she’d given him last night was in full effect today, her
hair a mass of black waves that seemed to curl and snap around her shoulders
with each step. Her dress fitted her like a second skin, sloping down over her
breasts, her stomach, to her hips and thighs.
But it was her dark
eyes that drew and held him. Anger and desire and something like guilt lingered
there, and she held his gaze as she stopped in front of him. “Do I meet your
expectation?”
“You’re beautiful.”
She arched a single
eyebrow. “I know.”
That surprised a laugh
out of him. Beckett turned to the elevator bank and offered his elbow. The
gentlemanly move was over-the-top for their current circumstances, but he
couldn’t be this close to her without touching her. Kissing her now, here, was
a terrible damn idea, so he’d settle for the small touch. “No false modesty. I
like that.”
“I think we’ve
established that I don’t operate based on what you like.” Despite her words,
amusement pulled at the edges of her lips, and she set her hand carefully on
his forearm. “Every time I think I have your number down, you surprise me. Most
guys get pissy pants if a woman doesn’t fall at their feet when they call her
beautiful.”
“I’m not most guys.” He
waited for the elevator door to open and led her onto it. “You can’t fit me
into a box and write me off, Samara.”
“I’m beginning to see
that.” She shook her head, her hair brushing against his shoulder. “My life
would be a whole lot easier if I could.”
He couldn’t argue that,
so he didn’t bother. Beckett took them up to the executive level. He noted the
way she studied everything, obviously filing away every bit of information she
could lay her eyes on. “What does Lydia pay you these days?”
She dropped her arm and
stepped back. “Oh no. I don’t think so.” She pointed at him. “We went over this
last night. I’m not for sale.”
“It’s an innocent
question.”
“It is most definitely
not an innocent question.” She looked like she wanted to take off her shoe and
throw it at his head. “I don’t care what issue you and your aunt have. I’m not
part of it. You don’t get to use me as leverage. I’m not a pawn for either of
you to sacrifice in this pissing match you have going on.”
Shame tried to take
hold, but he wouldn’t let it. Samara knew the game, no matter how much it
apparently offended her. “I’m the bad guy for trying to offer you a job, but
I’m sure you agreed to show up here solely out of the goodness of your heart.”
He pretended to think about it. “Wait, no you didn’t—which you already
admitted. You’re here because Lydia wants to do whatever it takes to sink
Morningstar. Full stop.” He motioned at the offices behind him. “Wake up,
Samara. I’m only playing the game she
made the rules for.”
She took in the empty
COO office on the other side of the glass wall. “She poached your employees.”
“Convenient timing,
don’t you think?”
“You’re not still
harping on that paranoid talk about Lydia meeting Nathaniel.” Samara hesitated
and then moved to stand in front of him. She pressed her lips together and then
very gently said, “Do you think maybe it’s a good idea for you to talk to
someone?”
Beckett jerked back.
“What?”
There was nothing but
sympathy in her dark eyes. “I’m serious, Beckett. I’ve known you a long time,
at least by reputation, and this delusion you have going isn’t like you. Is it
possible that Nathaniel’s death is hitting you harder than you realize? That
you’re fixating on Lydia instead of your own grief because it’s easier to deal
with an enemy than face the fact you can never make things right with your father?”
Every word flayed him,
cutting to the quick. Beckett gritted his teeth against the need to tell Samara
that she was the one who wasn’t
thinking clearly. To yell. To expel some of the ugliness that had been brewing
in him for a very, very long time. “I didn’t call you here to offer you a job,
and I sure as hell don’t need a shrink.”
She stood her ground as
he advanced. Her heels put them at the same height and she still managed to
look down her nose at him. “Then why did
you call me here?”
Because I can’t spend another moment alone without going out of my
mind.
He didn’t say it. To
admit how long it had been since he’d felt a connection with another person was
to hand Samara—Lydia—a loaded gun and invite her to point it directly at him.
He didn’t answer her verbally at all. Beckett cupped her waist and slowly
pulled her against him, giving her plenty of time to register his intentions.
“Beckett.” Despair
colored her tone and she gave a desperate laugh. “What are we doing?”
“I don’t know.” Using a
hand on the small of her back, he pressed her firmly against him. “I don’t want
to stop.”
Samara hesitated, but
finally placed her hands gingerly against his chest. He waited, letting her
decide. Yes or no. Push or pull. Stay or go. She hitched a breath. “I don’t
want to stop, either.”
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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