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release of Tara Leigh’s DEAL BREAKER! Follow the tour as we share reviews,
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book one in the Billionaire Bosses series, PENTHOUSE PLAYER.
Nash is Wall Street,
Nixie is Williamsburg. In DEAL BREAKER, the next standalone installment of Tara
Leigh’s Billionaire Bosses series, these two opposites definitely
attract. When lust becomes love, will their untamed emotions be a deal
breaker? Fans of Keeland and Ward’s STUCK UP SUIT and Lauren Blakely’s
MOST VALUABLE PLAYBOY will devour this smart and steamy marriage of convenience
romance.
Title: Deal Breaker
Author: Tara Leigh
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, SWERVE
Series: Billionaire Bosses #2
Genres: Romance
Format: Digital
Synopsis:
Nixie Rowland is having a bad day. Rushing home to drown her
sorrows in ice cream and reality television, she decides to take a shortcut to
the subway where things take a turn for the worst. But Nixie’s bad luck doesn’t
end there—the white knight who comes to her rescue is none other than the Dark
Knight of Wall Street, a cocky Manhattan mogul whose ego barely fits inside his
penthouse. To her horror, Nixie discovers the sizzling attraction between them
is off the charts, and rising fast. Spending the night in his bed does nothing
to lower the heat… And everything to set her heart on fire.
Nash Knight doesn’t have room in his life, or his heart, for
anything beyond one-night stands or casual flings. And he certainly doesn’t
make a habit of rescuing damsels in distress. Except that this particular
damsel slips beneath his armor, the vulnerability she covers with a false show
of bravado hitting him somewhere deep. Nixie is everything he never wanted… And
exactly what he needs.
With Nixie on the run from a controlling ex, and
Nash trying to salvage a business deal at risk because his conquests in the
bedroom are overshadowing his wins in the boardroom, there’s one simple
solution for them both: a marriage in name only. But when lust becomes love,
will their untamed emotions be a deal breaker?
More about the Billionaire
Bosses series:
This series offers a
passionate peek into the tumultuous world of New York’s most beautiful bankers.
Stocks and bonds aren’t the only commodities traded on Wall Street. Money,
power, prestige, sex—they’re all available to the highest bidder. Each book in
the series will feature sexy scions of Manhattan moguls struggling to find love
and success on their own terms.
DEAL BREAKER
Excerpt
Copyright © 2017 Tara Leigh
“Do you need help?”
“No,” I grumbled,
struggling to free my hands so I could button the damn thing. But it was no
use. After a minute of trying, I gave up, defeated by the swath of starched
cotton engulfing my fingertips. So much for pushing through the pain. I sighed.
“Yes.”
“What was that? I
couldn’t hear you.”
I looked up, getting
lost in mischievous eyes that had to be evidence of a snarky leprechaun
residing somewhere inside his brawny exterior. “Yes.” I swallowed. “Please.”
He gave a satisfied nod
and folded the cuffs back, several times, until I could see my wrists. Pulling
the two sides together, he blew out a sigh and began fastening the buttons.
“This isn’t as much fun as the other way around.” I held my breath as his hands
hovered over my breasts, the sight of his long, nimble fingers throwing my
stomach into somersaults. Once he’d finished, he stepped away and jerked his
head to the right. “The bathroom is just down there.”
“’Kay.” If I could have
given my bladder to him, I would have. With the painkiller slipping through my
bloodstream, I pushed my legs out from under the covers and slowly scooted
myself toward the edge of the mattress.
He stood back a
respectful distance as I hoisted myself upright, but was at my side the instant
I swayed on my feet. “I gotcha.”
One muscled arm wrapped
around me, hugging me into his side. I barely reached his shoulder. “I should
probably know your name.”
“You’re right, you
should.”
I blinked. “And?”
“Oh, was that you
actually asking my name? I couldn’t tell.”
A flush started at my
chest and rose above the stiff white collar of his shirt. Was I getting
etiquette lessons now? “Well then, Sam it is.”
He sighed. “Nash. My
name’s Nash.”
“Nice to meet you,
Nash.”
“Good to meet you too,
Nixie.” I wanted to laugh at the absurdity of our conversation. I was wearing
his shirt, leaning on his arm as he walked me to the bathroom. On paper, we
sounded like a geriatric couple. Until I realized what he’d said and stopped
moving forward, my feet suddenly rooted to the ground. “How do you know my
name?”
He didn’t have the grace
to look chagrined in the slightest. “Because that’s what it said on your
student ID.”
“You rifled through my
clothes?”
“No, I did not rifle. I
emptied your pockets before throwing your jeans in the wash. It’s been a while
since I’ve done my own laundry, but I remember that much.”
My mind caught on the
sliver of information Nash had let slip. Who did his laundry? A girlfriend?
Wife? None of your business, Nixie. “So what, did you do a Google search
on me, too?”
This time, a tiny
flicker of guilt crossed his too-damn-handsome-for-words face. “Oh my god—you
did!” I turned slightly, so that I was facing him.
Nash’s jaw clenched as
he stared down at me, sending a shiver down my spine. “I did.” I swayed within
his embrace at the gritty tone of his voice. The tips of my breasts brushed
against his shirt, and they puckered immediately. Of course he noticed, the
corner of his mouth pulling upward. Damn the man. “Want to know what I found?”
The breath punched from
my lungs. What did he find? I’d worked so hard to cover my tracks. My mind
raced. If all it took was one Google search to—
“Nothing. I found
nothing.”
I sagged in relief.
Thank god. “Exactly. It was a waste of your time.”
His eyes narrowed. “No,
I don’t think so.”
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Tara
Leigh attended Washington University in St. Louis and Columbia Business School
in New York, and worked on Wall Street and Main Street before “retiring” to
become a wife and mother. When the people in her head became just as real as
the people in her life, she decided to put their stories on paper. Tara
currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children and
fur-baby, Pixie.
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