Carrigan O'Malley has fallen in love with family enemy #1, James Halloran and he has absolutely no intention of letting her get away. THE WEDDING PACT is the second book in a smoking-hot series about the O'Malleys—wealthy, powerful, and full of scandalous family secrets from New York Times Bestseller Katee Robert and Forever Romance.
Series: The O’Malley Series #2
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing- Forever
Carrigan O'Malley has always known her arranged marriage would be more about power and prestige than passion. But after one taste of the hard-bodied, whiskey-voiced James Halloran, she's ruined for anyone else. Too bad James and his family are enemy number 1.
Hallorans vs. O'Malleys—that's how it's always been. James should be thinking more about how to expand his family's empire instead of how silky Carrigan's skin is against his and how he can next get her into his bed. Those are dangerous thoughts. But not nearly as dangerous as he'll be if he can't get what he wants: Carrigan by his side for the rest of their lives.
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Excerpt
“What are you wearing?”
A pause, as if she’d shocked him. “You’re
hitting on me.”
“Are you complaining?” She twisted around in
her chair and stared into the mirror on the wall across from her. When he
didn’t immediately respond, she kept going. The only alternative was to back
down, and Carrigan was so goddamn tired of backing down. The only reason she
kept taking James’s calls was because of the distraction he offered her. If he
wasn’t going to play, there was no reason for her to stay on the phone.
She really wanted him to stay on the phone.
“Shy? That’s okay, I’ll go first. I’m wearing a thin white tank top and a pair
of black panties.” She was a liar, but it would take all of five seconds to
make it the truth.
“Lovely, you’re testing me.” His voice gained
an edge.
Good. At least someone was feeling as out of
control as she was. “I suppose you’d like photographic proof.” She stood and
shimmied out of her long skirt, and then pinned the phone between her ear and
shoulder while she unhooked her bra and took it off. “Hold, please.”
Ignoring his cursing, she adjusted her angle
so he would have to be blind to miss the faint outline of her nipples against
the fabric of her tank top, and snapped a picture. She knew she was playing
with fire. Good lord, of course she knew. But she wasn’t about to stop. She
grinned as she sent the picture.
Carrigan put the phone back to her ear in
time to hear his sharp inhale. “Your turn.” She held her breath, waiting to see
if he’d actually do it. Receiving pictures was one thing. Putting them out in
the world was entirely another. Really, she shouldn’t have taken the risk in
the first place. There was no telling what he would do with them—they might
show up on the Internet. Then who would want to marry her?
Funny, but the idea of countless men checking
out her rack didn’t bother her nearly as much if it meant she dodged the
marriage bullet. The shame on her family might be enough that her father would
send her away permanently. She’d like to spend some time in New York or LA or
even New Orleans. Maybe Rome or Paris or Tokyo. The world was so damn big and
she’d only seen a little slice of it.
Her phone beeped, pulling her out of her
thoughts. She glanced at the picture he’d sent and started to shake. Oh my
God. James was shirtless, wearing only those goddamn jeans she couldn’t
seem to get enough of. And they were unbuttoned—a clear invitation if she ever
saw one. An invitation she desperately wanted to accept. “Damn, James. Somebody
taught you how to selfie.”
“Maybe I’m a natural.” His voice was little
more than a growl. “You started this, lovely. Tell me what’s next.”
The strange mix of command and handing her
the reins got her head back in the game. She walked over to her bed and climbed
onto it, trying to ignore the trembling in her legs. She could be in charge.
She wanted to be. “I’m lying on my bed.”
“What color are the sheets?”
The question seemed to carry far more import
than it should. “White.”
“They don’t suit you. Red is your color. Go
on.” He sounded so damn imperial, as if he actually knew her. He didn’t. No one
did, really. She wore so many masks, sometimes she worried she’d forget the
woman at the center of them all.
But this time he was right. She would have
chosen red for herself.
Carrigan put the thought away and focused on
the now. “You talk too much.”
“My mistake.” He didn’t sound the least bit
sorry. Good. She wasn’t, either. “How do you want it, lovely? Rough, I’d
bet. You’re not fucking breakable, and I think you love to be reminded of that
fact.” Something rustled on his end of the line. “Close your eyes.”
She obeyed without thinking, and then instantly
snapped them open. “I thought I was in charge.”
“You let me know if I get something wrong.”
His laugh told her how unlikely he found the possibility.
Meet the O’Malley family in book one of the O’Malley series, The Marriage Contract:
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Coming in July 2016, An Indecent Proposal
Get to know another O’Malley sibling- Cillian O’Malley
Greed. Ambition. Violence. Those are the "values" Olivia Rashidi learned from her Russian mob family-and the values she must leave behind for the sake of her daughter. When she meets Cillian O'Malley, she recognizes the red flag of his family name . . . yet she still can't stop herself from seeing the smoldering, tortured man. To save her family, Olivia sets out to discover Cillian's own secrets, but the real revelation is how fast-and how hard-she's falling for him.
Plagued by a violent past, Cillian is more vulnerable than anyone realizes. Anyone except Olivia, whose beauty, compassion, and pride have him at "hello," even if she's more inclined to say good-bye to an O'Malley. While his proposal of sex with no strings seems simple, what he feels for her isn't, especially after he learns that she belongs to a rival crime family. Cillian knows that there is no escape from the life, but Olivia may be worth trying-and dying-for . . .
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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. She found romance novels at age twelve and it changed her life. When not writing sexy contemporary and speculative fiction romance novels, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her wee ones, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
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