Blog Tour + Excerpt: The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan
“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.
RITA® Award-winning author 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 would 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 Top 25 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy Ryan writes about 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 and Frolic, 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 Autism families, 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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