King's Rule
A guilty secret……gives way to guilty pleasures!Reformed conman Xander King and his stepsister Poppy both sense the electric chemistry between them. So when they start working together it's not long before meetings in the boardroom become steamy trysts in the bedroom! But Xander's hiding a secret about the death of Poppy's father and the guilt is tearing him apart. Will Xander's dark past ruin it all, or is their red-hot passion fierce enough to redeem this King?
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A guilty secret...
...gives way to guilty pleasures!
Reformed con man Xander King and his stepsister, Poppy, both sense the electric chemistry between them. So when they start working together, itâs not long before meetings in the boardroom become steamy trysts in the bedroom! But Xanderâs hiding a secret about the death of Poppyâs father and the guilt is tearing him apart. Will Xanderâs dark past ruin it all, or is their red-hot passion fierce enough to redeem this King?
JACKIE ASHENDEN writes dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes whoâve just gotten the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband, the inimitable Dr. Jax, two kids and two rats. When sheâs not torturing alpha males and their gutsy heroines she can be found drinking chocolate martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, wasting time on social media or being forced to go mountain biking with her husband. To keep up-to-date with Jackieâs new releases and other news, sign up to her newsletter at jackieashenden.com.
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ISBN: 978-1-474-08677-6
KINGâS RULE
© 2019 Jackie Ashenden
Published in Great Britain 2019
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Contents
Xander
I HATED POPPY VALENTINE.
First there was her name. I had no idea what her mother, Lily, had been thinking at the time. Poppy as a first name was fine. Valentine as a surname, also fine. But together? Showy. A name for a burlesque dancer not an actual person.
Just my opinion naturally, but it made me cringe every time I heard it.
Second, she was my stepsister. Right from the very first day Dad had introduced her to me and my two brothers, Poppy had been nothing but rude. Sheâd been ten to my fifteen and snarky as hell even then. Iâd been unfortunate in that Dad had chosen me to look after her, and she made no bones about how unimpressed she was with me in particular and the King family in general.
Again, fine. I was unimpressed with her and her attitude.
Third, all that snark and sarcasm was wrapped up in the most phenomenally beautiful package. She had a cloud of curly black hair that looked as soft to the touch as the barbs she spat out were sharp; skin that looked in some lights like deep gold, in others like polished bronze; eyes the colour of molten copper coins and killer curves designed specifically to drive a man to distraction. Not that Iâd noticed. At all.
Fourth, I needed a personal assistant and even though she was the very last person in the world I wanted to hire, it was starting to look like I had no choice in the matter, since no temping agency in Sydney wanted to work with a King.
