“Powerful, gripping, unflinchingly honest and
sensuously gorgeous writing.”
-- Kristan Higgins, New York Times Bestselling Author
The Kingmaker, the first book in the
addicting All The King’s Men Duet, from RITA ® Award-winning author Kennedy
Ryan,
is available now!
Power. Passion. Betrayal.
Kennedy Ryan delivers the epic first installment of the All the King's Men Duet.
Raised to rule, bred to lead
and weaned on a diet of ruthless ambition.
In a world of haves and have
nots, my family has it all, and I want nothing to do with it.
My path takes me far from
home and paints me as the black sheep. At odds with my father, I'm determined
to build my own empire. I have rules, but Lennix Hunter is the exception to
every one of them. From the moment we meet, something sparks between us. But my
family stole from hers and my father is the man she hates most. I lied to have
her, and will do anything to keep her. Though she tries to hate me, too, the
inexorable pull between us will not be denied.
And neither will I.
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Excerpt
“What do you want?”
The
look he pours over me is hot oil, burning me even through serviceable layers of
cotton. His heated perusal caresses my face, sluices over my breasts and hips,
and then pools at my feet.
“Oh,
that you won’t ever get again,” I say, my voice a soft, certain promise. “I
don’t screw liars. I’m particular that way.”
“Never
say never,” he drawls, tilting up my chin with his finger.
“Nev–”
He
crushes the word between our mouths. It falls apart in the scorching, sweet
tangle of lips and teeth. With one hand, he digs his fingers into my hair. The
other splays across my lower back, his grip on me almost convulsive, urging me
up and closer. I’m in stasis. I’m completely startled by the kiss, unable to
respond. I send a desperate message to my brain.
Move. Pull back. Push him away.
But
the urgent glide of his hand down my spine to cup my ass melts my thoughts to
liquid and they swim in my head. I can’t pull back, and all hope of resistance
dissolves when he presses his thumb to my chin, prying me open. He stalks my
tongue, hunts down a response, licking and sucking and groaning and growling.
His hands tighten on me until I strain up to seek him, yanking his hair,
pulling him even closer.
“Dammit,
Nix,” he mutters between kisses. His hand wanders down my neck and across my
shoulder, and cups my breast, twisting the nipple through flimsy barriers of
cotton and lace. He shoves up my skirt, pulling my legs wider, and pushes my
panties aside, his fingers invading me. My body remembers this mad craving that
claws out of my bones—that wants out. That wants him. Under his rough touch, my
body blooms and my hips rock.
“That’s
it,” he says, taking my earlobe between his lips.
My
head falls back and I moan. It’s so damn good. His touch awakens me. His hands,
his kisses bring me to life. It feels like I’m taking my first deep breath
since we were last together, and it fills my lungs, seeps into my pores.
“I
missed you,” he says, sucking my lips and kissing the corners, quick, hungry.
“I’m sorry. Baby, I—”
“Stop talking.” I reach between us to loosen his belt,
catching his zipper and dragging it down, dragging him out. “Shut up.”
About Kennedy
A RITA® Award Winner and Top 25 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy Ryan writes
for women from all walks of life, empowering them and placing them firmly at
the center of each story and in charge of their own destinies. Her heroes
respect, cherish and lose their minds for the women who capture their hearts.
She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son.
She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for charity and
non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. A
contributor for Modern Mom Magazine, Kennedy's writings have appeared in
Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive
director of a foundation serving Atlanta families living with Autism, she has
appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as an
advocate for families living with autism.
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