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THE KINGMAKER by Selena Laurence
Scheduled to release: April 26, 2016
Erotic Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
He's America's golden boy. A power broker. A Kingmaker.
She's America's dirty little secret. A sex broker. A scandal maker.
Together they are headline news.
Lies, deceptions.
A Presidency hangs in the balance.
Then, there is the chemistry.
It's combustible, incendiary, explosive.
She.
Will.
Ruin.
Him.
He might not care.
Excerpt:
He stared at a pair of legs—long and shapely, with dark olive skin that glowed
in the low light of the room. They ended in a pair of very strappy stiletto heeled
shoes, and toe nails the color of a fine burgundy. Unfortunately, those
spectacular legs were currently pressed against a wall while his client—his very
married client—mauled the owner of said legs in a swanky hotel suite in
southwest D.C.
“You have got to be kidding me,” Derek groaned as he stood in the doorway
viewing the clusterfuck that had just exploded all of his plans.
“Unh,” Jason Melville grunted as he stopped ravishing the woman’s neck and
raised his eyes to gaze over his shoulder at his very pissed campaign consultant.
“Derek,” he gritted out. “This isn’t what it looks like.”
Derek slammed the door and strode across the room to glower at Jason and the
woman splayed against the wall.
“What exactly is it then, Jason? Because it looks to me like you’re about to
screw a woman who is not your wife hours before we’re supposed to announce
your candidacy for president of the fucking United States. Did it ever occur to
you that she could blow your entire campaign to hell before it even starts?”
Derek’s gaze drifted from Jason’s rapidly reddening face to the brunette he had
pinned, hands above her head against the expensive wallpaper. As Jason
released her and she straightened her clothes with a huff, Derek could see that
the rest of her was as exquisite as her legs. Classic bone structure covered with
smooth as silk, flawless skin. Exotic eyes the color of dark chocolate, tipped up
at the outside corners, the lashes long and luxurious. And below all of that, a
pair of tits that would tempt any president—well, maybe not the current one,
since she seemed to swing toward men.
“I’m a professional escort,” she hissed. “And I’ll have you know that I’m very
discreet. I would never discuss a client’s business with anyone, whether he’s
the president or a janitor.”
Jesus. A hooker? Could it get any worse?
“Look, sweetheart, I’m sure you’re the picture of discretion, but the presidency
is not something to risk over a tumble with an escort.” He squeezed out the last
word like he could hardly tolerate saying it, and her cheeks turned pink in
response, her mouth tightening and eyes narrowing.
Jason exhaled a big breath and stepped further from the brunette.
The woman pursed her plump lips and nudged Jason out of the way before
brushing by Derek heading for the bathroom, her perfectly firm and round ass
swaying in the pencil skirt that hugged her like a second skin.
Derek whipped around to glower at his candidate who blatantly adjusted
himself in his $1000 Armani dress slacks.
“What the fuck were you thinking?” Derek snarled. “Do you realize what
you’ve done?”
“Come on,” Jason muttered. “Like every other presidential candidate for the
last fifty years hasn’t done the same damn thing. It’s a high stress job, you have
to find some way to relieve that stress.”
Derek walked to the thermostat on the wall and turned on the AC to rid the
room of the scent of the hooker’s perfume which was perversely turning him on
even in the midst of his anger.
“Well, if this is how you handle your stress, I’m not sure you’re cut out to be
president. You’ll recall that behavior like this may be commonplace in D.C.,
but it also nearly always ends in scandal that ruins careers. Particularly for a
young, good-looking candidate with little kids at home. Do I need to mention
Gary Hart and John Edwards to you?”
Jason grabbed his jacket off of the bed. Derek heard the water turn on in the
bathroom and wondered exactly how much money he’d have to cough up to
make this woman go away, and how long it would be until she came around
again wanting more.
“London is known for her discretion,” Jason said as he unrolled his shirt
sleeves. “No one will ever find out. I swear.”
Derek raised an eyebrow.
“Fine. I’ll stop, okay? Is that what you want to hear? I won’t see her again, and
I’ll be a good boy and jack off in the shower instead. God knows Angela’s not
going to help me out.”
Derek thought of Jason’s Patrician blonde wife and their two preschool aged
children. His stomach churned. Why the fuck did these guys get married if they
weren’t going to make the commitment? It wasn’t essential to have a wife in
order to be successful in politics these days. He shook off the thoughts and
focused on the problem at hand.
“How much?” he asked.
“How much what?” Jason responded, searching for something on the floor next
to the bed.
“How much do you normally pay her?”
Jason muttered “Got it!” in triumph and stood to put on a pair of diamond
cufflinks. “Oh, London? She’s a grand an hour.” He checked his watch. “And
she’s been here about twenty-two minutes.”
Jesus. A grand? The last time he’d gotten laid, Derek had spent fifty bucks on
two cocktails, and then taken the pretty young reporter home for a couple of
hours before sliding her into a taxi and saying goodnight. Final total? Maybe a
hundred dollars. A grand seemed excessive.
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About the Author:
Selena Laurence is the USA Today Bestselling author of Edgy
Contemporary Romance. In 2014 she was awarded the Reader’s Crown
Award for Contemporary Romance of the Year. In 2015 her rock star
romance A Lush Betrayal was a finalist in three national contests.
Selena lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her kids, Mr. L,
“Goldendoodle” and “Demon Cat.” When she’s not writing she can be
found at soccer games and tennis matches, or one of her favorite coffee
shops.
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My Review:
This is like a cross between Scandal and House of Cards with a lot of romance and angst. It is so good that it draws you right into the book and keeps you on the hook until the end. And I love how the President is a WOMAN in this novel.
London is a professional escort at night but by day she is a socialist but all that came to an end when somebody blew her nighttime activities up and on blast and told everyone who she was. All because her activities at night were with a possible Senator in running and those out to cause damage didn’t care who got taken down.
Derek is a powerful man in Washington; he is known to fix scandals and make things go away. He is the one you see if you are trying to get your man into office or clean up a mess. He is powerful, very sexy and oh so ambitious. Another thing that he is known for is being cocky but that is something he has had to be in order to get his business up and off the ground. The way Derek sees it is in order to shut the scandal down is to pretend London is his girlfriend in order to protect the Senator and London from further scandal BUT London is hiding a bigger secret that could take out Derek for even being known in her presence.
London is so independent and she takes care of herself, she has always had to do this ; when Derek comes into her life and tries to make her see that she is able to be known for bigger and better things that prostitution- she sees it and thinks he just wants to sleep with her and then move her on down the road by making her his next pet project but something about it finally gets to London. But before she can confess her secret, it explodes and I have to say, it was so painful seeing how cut off London was from everyone, how she was treated and how Derek was treated. Do they get their HEA in the end? I do recommend this story if you love 2nd chance romances that come with a theme of political drama/romance. Derek is the ultimate alpha and London is the heroine who is emotionally battled scarred and just desires for love.
My rating: 4.6 stars ****
**I was given an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review***
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