The Last King

Katee Robert

Apr 2018 · Sold by Forever

About this ebook

Opposites attract in this sexy new contemporary romance series from the New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage Contract.

The rebel. That's how Samara Mallick has always thought of Beckett King. And he's absolutely living up to his unpredictable ways when he strides into her office and asks for help after inheriting his father's company. She can't help wondering if it's a legit request or just a ploy to get her into bed. Not that she'd mind either one. After all, she likes to live on the edge too.
But soon the threats to the Kings are mounting, and the two find family secrets darker than they ever imagined and dangerous enough to get them both killed.
"The Last King is an exceptionally well-paced romance full of passion, intrigue, drama and a page-turning plot that kept me reading into the very early hours of the morning." -- Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews
What readers are saying about The Last King... "The Last King has everything I love in a book suspense, angst, romance." "If you like your romances steamy with some hate-to-love dynamics, scandalous family feuds and headstrong characters, this is a book for you." "The fire, the angst, the PASSION. The Last King has all that and so, so much more." "An intense, thrilling and passionate read...I couldn't get enough of Beckett and Samara!"

Ratings and reviews

THE LAST KING is the first instalment in Katee Robert’s contemporary, adult THE KINGS erotic, romance series focusing on the King siblings and cousins. This is businessman Beckett King, and Samara Mallick’s story line. Told from several third person points of view including Beckett and Samara THE LAST KING follows the building relationship between business rivals Beckett King, and Samara Mallick. With the recent, and questionable death of his father Nathaniel King, Beckett King was now CEO of Morningstar Enterprises but a change to his late father’s will found the family owned Villa went to his father’s estranged sister Lydia King- CEO of Kingdom Corp, and a woman whose reputation in the business was as fierce as his father’s. With a bid for a large oil contract on the horizon, Beckett King will come face to face with the woman who has starred in all of his fantasies since their one-night stand six months earlier- Samara Mallick-his aunt’s employee and overly protective assistant. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Beckett and Samara; and the increasing threats against Beckett King’s life as he begins looking into the events surrounding his father’s demise. Samara Mallick is good at her job and her earlier hunger to win comes across as cold and malevolent but her attraction to Beckett is complicating her relationship with Lydia King-an attraction that Lydia is determined to use against her grieving nephew. Lydia is a power hungry CEO who will do anything to get back what she thinks she deserves, and gaining control of the Morningstar empire is on the top of the list. Beckett King knows that not all is well with the King family dynamics but his investigation into his father’s death reveals an inside connection that has targeted Beckett himself. Beckett is captivated by Samara Mallick, a captivation that could go horribly wrong, if Samara becomes collateral damage in the family feud. The relationship between Beckett and Samara is one of immediate attraction; a forbidden romance between competitors in the high-stakes world of oil and finance. Beckett suspects that Samara has become a puppet and a pawn but Samara refuses to be controlled by anyone including the man with whom she is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, and intense. The chemistry is palpable between our leading couple. We are introduced to Beckett’s best friend, business owner and security expert Frank Evans, as well as Beckett’s cousins Anderson and Journey (Samara’s best friend), and Beckett’s aunt Lydia King. Journey and Frank’s story line is next. The world building focuses on the fractured family dynamics of the King family that go back several generations affecting each successive generation in its wake. Jealousy and rivals; infidelity and threats mar relationships that would have been better off never existing. THE LAST KING is an exciting, suspense filled story of betrayal and vengeance; a broken family cursed by jealousy, hatred and greed but a story that is all too predictable about the who, how and why. The premise is entertaining and engaging; the characters are charismatic, enchanting and intelligent; the romance is seductive and provocative.

***5 ‘Long Live the Kings’ Stars*** I loved The O’Malley’s and was quite sad that there would be no more books coming from the dysfunctional yet fascinating world and family, and then The King’s series was announced and the sadness started to dissipate and I made it a point to keep an eye out for The Last King and I was not disappointed! It was a fun, smexy, intense and kind of crazy read that was filled with characters I really want to know more about (like Frank...js) and kept me turning the pages to see not only what would happen next in Beckett and Samara’s dance, but also what crazy thing the baddie would do next. I Adored Beckett! Adored. Yes, he’s grown up with a silver spoon and can be quite the shark when it comes to how he handles things when it comes to his company, but there is also this streak of...I hate to use the word, but goodness that is an inherent part of who he is. He definitely has his Alpha AF moments and, as I’ve said, can play dirty, but he’s a good man down to his very soul. Samara. I loved her, I did, but she frustrated the hell out of me She’s determined, hard working and gives as good as she gets ~ if not more when the situation calls for and I absolutely loved all of that. But she needed to stop having conversations with herself in her head. Seriously, she was driving me batshit crazy with it. I understood why she felt the way she did, I did, but girlfriend needed to have a come to Jesus talk with herself a lot sooner than she did because I was ready to reach out and Gibbs smack her. I am thankful I didn’t have to, but it was close. Beckett and Samara’s enemies(ish) to lovers journey was a fun one. The chemistry between them was intense, but what made it even more was the simple fact that despite everything they actually respected the hell out of each other. They’d never admit it, at least in the beginning, but it was there. Their bantering was sharp, but fun and the smexy was all kinds of panty melting goodness. Their road is a bumpy one and the push/pull is real, but in the end they end up exactly where they were supposed to be. So, as you can tell, I’m totally excited about this series ~ and really, really happy that Frank’s book is up next (even if the is significant ~ it’s up next) ~ but that isn’t to say the rest of the King’s didn’t intrigue me, because they did, but it’s Frank. *BSEG* As for the storyline and the baddie ~ cray, cray but fun and when everything came together it all made sense to me. I loved the 3rd person dual POV’s with a smattering of other POV’s added in, which only helped to give the world more depth ~ at least as far as I am concerned. In the end, this was a great start to a new series and I can’t wait to see what the next book brings! ~ Copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley & voluntarily reviewed ~

He looked like a drowning man clinging to life preserver and watching a mountain of a wave descend upon him. Lost. Found. All at the same time. In Katee Robert's latest novel, The Last King, she grabs you by the proverbial ankles and hauls you right into her world! Being a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author she’s really great at what she does and on top of that she always finds a way to surprise you with something original, packed with drama and love and a strong set of characters, this one is no different. We meet the two main characters, Beckett King and Samara Mallick, two powerful respectable personas in their respective positions at two opposite companies at the forefront of the oil industry. Being powerful and born into the right family means you sometimes have it easy and sometimes a little harder than it should be. Beckett King was born a King and with such a name comes a lot of responsibly. He’s brilliant and fearless when going after what he wants and doesn’t back down for anyone else. Or so he thinks. Samara is a wonderful breath of fresh air and she presents every kind of ability you’d want as someone’s main female character. Strong-willed and not anyone’s walkover, she manages to make you love her ever more. The story backdates to something that happened 30 years ago and still the consequences are felt years later. There is enough of everything to keep you well hooked on this story! This book is an absolutely unexpected surprise wrapped between two covers! Worth 5-unforgettable stars! **Review by Angelique, Late Night Reviewer for Up All Night w/ Books**

About the author

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who learned to tell stories at her grandpa's knee. Her novel The Marriage Contract was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it "a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.