FEBRUARY 2019 - AudioFile
Narrator Brooke Hayden gives voice to the second installment of the Kings series. The King siblings’ world is turned upside down when their abusive father comes back to Houston to facilitate a hostile takeover of their company. Eldest sister Journey hopes, with business rival Frank Evans’s assistance, to keep her father from destroying their family. Hayden’s odd pronunciations and unusual pacing may distract the listener from the story’s intrigue and romance. However, her raspy timbre and Southern drawl help to set the Texas location, and she animates the steamy exchanges between Frank and Journey. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
11/19/2018
In the tense second King contemporary romantic thriller, Robert threatens the peace brokered in The Last King by plunging the King siblings into danger. Journey King’s role in Kingdom Corp keeps her centered. When her sadistic father, Elliot, returns from a long absence, intent on seizing control of the company by terrorizing his children, a shaken Journey turns to Frank Evans, a powerful frenemy, for help. Frank desires Journey but doesn’t trust the Kings. However, when an emotionally battered Journey asks him to dig up Elliot’s secrets to protect her family, Frank agrees to wade in. It quickly becomes apparent that the danger Elliot poses is very real. Robert uses the gripping passion between Frank and Journey to force them to confront their fears and admit they need each other. There’s nothing typical about this damsel/knight romance, and watching Journey learn to trust herself and Frank choose to let down his guard when each has so much at stake is deeply satisfying. This suspenseful installment stands alone, but new readers will definitely want to read the first book in the series. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary. (Feb.)
From the Publisher
"There's nothing typical about this damsel/knight romance, and watching Journey learn to trust herself and Frank choose to let down his guard when each has so much at stake is deeply satisfying."— Publishers Weekly
"The O'Malley series is one of my all-time favorites. The stories are fast-paced, gritty, sexy and downright riveting."—USA Today Happy Ever After
"There's glitz, glamour, and machinations aplenty in this soapy, highly entertaining tale."—BookPage
"Katee Robert writes some of the most enthralling and sexiest romantic suspense."—Frolic
"Two business rivals, matched in wits, passion and emotional scars, must let down their guards and trust each other in order to save one's company."—Shelf Awareness
"This romantic thriller full of dark secrets and sizzling tension keeps the pulse rate high."—Amazon Book Review
"Off-the-charts sensuality and potent danger."—The Booklist Reader
"Robert combines strong chemistry, snappy plotting, and imperfect yet appealing characters... This installment is easily readable as a standalone, and it's a worthy addition to a sexy series."—Publishers Weekly on Undercover Attraction
"Dark, dirty, and dead sexy."—Tiffany Reisz, bestselling author of The Original Sinners series, on The Marriage Contract
"Robert proves she is one of the bright new stars of romance, and readers who love tortured heroes ...will snap up the latest in her brilliantly imaginative and blisteringly hot O'Malley series."—Booklist on An Indecent Proposal
FEBRUARY 2019 - AudioFile
Narrator Brooke Hayden gives voice to the second installment of the Kings series. The King siblings’ world is turned upside down when their abusive father comes back to Houston to facilitate a hostile takeover of their company. Eldest sister Journey hopes, with business rival Frank Evans’s assistance, to keep her father from destroying their family. Hayden’s odd pronunciations and unusual pacing may distract the listener from the story’s intrigue and romance. However, her raspy timbre and Southern drawl help to set the Texas location, and she animates the steamy exchanges between Frank and Journey. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
