Release Event: An Indecent Proposal by Katee Robert {Review, Excerpt,+Giveaway}
An Indecent Proposal (The O'Malleys #3)
by: Katee Robert
Publication Date: Aug. 30, 2016
Publisher: Forever
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Age Group: Adult
Source: e-ARC provided via Barclay Publicity and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Page Count: 352 pages
Order Links: Amazon | B&N | Kobo | iTunes
My Rating: 4/5 stars
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert continues her smoking-hot series about the O'Malleys-wealthy, powerful, and full of scandalous family secrets.
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 . . .
I just can't get enough of the O'Malley family. Seriously. Their stories are not only addicting and super sexy, but I am FASCINATED by their lives. The O'Malleys are one of the three most powerful families in Boston and after tragedy struck their family in book one, they are all handling their grief in different ways.
Perhaps one of the hardest hit is Cillian. He feels responsible for what happened and it killed me to see him carry so much of that weight on his shoulders. He is trying to be better and doesn't want to be known as the screw up of the family. Meeting Olivia ends up changing a lot for him and not just because he falls for her. He shows how selfless he really is by putting her needs first and working to protect her and I just loved him for that. He was such a swoonworthy hero and I am so happy with how his story turned out!
Olivia is my girl! She was fierce, didn't take crap from anyone and is an amazing mom to her adorable daughter. I loved the dynamic there and it just felt right for this particular story. Olivia has a past and while she isn't proud of it, she wouldn't trade it for the world because of the outcome: Hadley, her daughter. While she is tough, she does have a vulnerable side too. She doesn't want to be chained to her family and just wants to be free to live her life without constantly looking over her shoulder to see if her ex is going to drag her back to where she 'belongs'. Cillian may have started out as a way of releasing tension, but I really liked how she let him in and allowed herself to fall for him.
They have steaming chemistry together and like all of Robert's couples, are not lacking in sexy times together. This book is definitely intense and I liked that the story drove itself. There was no unnecessary drama or angst and I think that says a lot.
I am beyond excited for Sloan's book. That girl has quite the story to tell and after the preview we got I am SO ready. It's going to be scorching hot and I can already feel the tension oozing off the pages!
I can't recommend this series enough guys. I love the mob element and the characters are so well written and developed. I am going to be devastated when I have to say to goodbye to these characters.
“Hey, stop!”
She ran after him, thankful she’d put on her badass studded
boots instead of the pair of heels she’d been jonesing after. An eight-hour
shift on her feet would have her hating herself if she’d gone with the pretty
shoes—and they would have made it impossible to catch up with the O’Malley.
She grabbed his arm and froze at the feel of his muscles
flexing in her grip. Holy wow.
He finally turned to face her and it struck her that, without
the bar between them, he was so much larger than she was. Not large like her
ex, Sergei—this man was built lean instead of for brute strength—but he still
dwarfed her. And he smelled good, like some kind of spicy men’s cologne that
instantly had her thinking thoughts she had no business entertaining.
Like what it would be like to bury her nose in his neck and
inhale deeply. The insane desire to do so almost overwhelmed her.
Everything about him was overwhelming, from
his beautiful face, to his impeccably styled dark hair, to the tattoos peeking
out of his clothes at neck and wrists. The ink creeping up the side of his neck
was like a wild thing trying to escape from his insanely expensive suit, a
strange combination of brutal strength and poised polish that she should have
known better than to be attracted to.
Except, apparently, her body hadn’t gotten the memo.
She realized she was still clutching his arm and made herself
let go so she could offer back the cash. Right, because that’s why you
chased him down a dark street. “I don’t want your money.”
“It’s called a tip, sweetheart. It’s just good manners.”
“I don’t want it.” Even as she said it, she wondered why she
was being so damn stubborn about this. He hadn’t asked anything of her. All
he’d done was throw too much money at a bartender, which was something plenty
of drunks did from time to time. Except he wasn’t drunk. She should be elated
at having the extra cash—God knew she needed it. Instead, there was a growing
recklessness in her chest, one she’d thought she’d outgrown a long time ago.
“Just take it, okay?”
“No.” His gaze narrowed on her face, giving her the sudden
thought that he saw too much. Before she could decide what to do with that, he
moved closer, giving her another whiff of that cologne that made her whole body
break out in goose bumps. Or maybe it was the man himself, the streetlights
creating a skeleton’s mask of his face, turning his eyes into dark pits of
shadows. “Why do you care so much?”
“Oh my God, just take it back.” She should drop the cash and
head for home. Or, hell, at least take a few steps away so that she wasn’t in
danger of brushing against him if she took a deep breath.
But she couldn’t force her hand to unclench or her feet to
create any distance between them. She cleared her throat, trying to get her
thoughts back on track. “I didn’t ask for your charity.”
“Yeah, I got it. You win. I’m an asshole.”
“I didn’t say that.”
“Not in so many words, no.” His gaze raked her body much the
same way it had back at the bar, making every alarm in her head go off.
Spending any more time in this man’s presence was dangerous, though she
couldn’t say for sure what she was most afraid of. She lifted her chin in
challenge, demanding…She wasn’t sure what she was demanding. Her gaze dropped
to his mouth, and she licked her lips. What am I doing? Walk away. Walk away
right now.
No. Not yet.
He murmured, “If the shoe fits…”
And then he gripped her jaw and kissed her.
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. Connect
with Katee at: Website | Facebook | Twitter| GoodReads | Instagram
2 comments
I keep meaning to start this series and then keep forgetting about it. I seriously need more hours in the day. Great review!
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I've only read book 2 so far in this series but I still want to read this one and the first book! Glad you liked this ♥
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