Title: High Stakes (The
Kingdom, #2)
Author: Nikki Groom
Release Date: October 24,
2014
Genre: Adult Contemporary
Romance
“Stupid. Beautiful. Girl. How did you ever think you could be free?”
The last words I heard before the darkness took me and my dreams were shattered
I was on my way to having it all.
Friends, family and a future.
Everything I had wished for but never thought possible.
Denham King showed me just how good life could be. A life where love and happiness were within reach.
Almost.
I should have known it would never last.
My past is a dark, damp cloud, that has seeped into my skin and left a cold promise.
A promise of hurt and pain.
A promise of a long, hard fight, where the stakes are high and the risks threaten lives.
When your world gets thrown in all directions, and your dreams for the future are torn from your grasp; how do you go on?
Can I fight the demons that haunt me?
Can love save me from fate’s cruel path?
The last words I heard before the darkness took me and my dreams were shattered
I was on my way to having it all.
Friends, family and a future.
Everything I had wished for but never thought possible.
Denham King showed me just how good life could be. A life where love and happiness were within reach.
Almost.
I should have known it would never last.
My past is a dark, damp cloud, that has seeped into my skin and left a cold promise.
A promise of hurt and pain.
A promise of a long, hard fight, where the stakes are high and the risks threaten lives.
When your world gets thrown in all directions, and your dreams for the future are torn from your grasp; how do you go on?
Can I fight the demons that haunt me?
Can love save me from fate’s cruel path?
High Stakes is the conclusion to The Kingdom Series. It is not a stand alone. Holding Aces is book 1 and should be read first.
“Arianna,
dear. It’s nice to see you again.” Amy pushes past my shoulder, inviting
herself in and taking ownership of the air around us. “Although, I wasn’t
expecting to see so much,” she sneers, letting her eyes drift down the length
of my legs.
I stand tall, trying not to be intimidated by her, trying to
stand my ground in my apartment, but instantly feeling threatened by the way
her body reacts to me, and the way her gaze makes me feel cold and
uncomfortable.
She lifts her
hand toward me, and tucks a long, red, predatory nail under the collar of the
white shirt I am wearing, lifting it between her fingertips and gently brushing
against my collarbone through the fabric as she does. It sends chills through
me. She’s cold. Her aura, her demeanor, and her intentions are all icy and it
radiates from her in steady pulses.
“I bet he
likes you in this. I bet he asked you to wear it, am I wrong?”
Of course, she’s not wrong. She’s pretty much as correct as
can fucking be. I swallow hard. Shards of her persona stick into me like little
icy pins. Her words, like little needles of reality, stab into my veins. She
knows him better than I do. She knows what he likes, and what he doesn’t. Has
he asked her to wear his shirt for him?
Has he told
her to dress in nothing but heels and diamonds for him?
The thoughts make me feel sick. But, I know that she’s
playing me. I've seen Denham’s reaction to her. I’ve seen the contempt in his
eyes when her name is mentioned, and I’ve felt the tension radiate from him
when he encounters her. She’s a bitch. Pure and simple.
Nikki Groom is
a hopeless romantic, lover of all things happily ever after and firm believer
that love makes the world go around.
In her spare time, you will find Nikki laughing with her
very treasured family, walking with her beloved dog in the hundred acre wood or
curled up in a cosy corner with words and wine.
She lives in East Sussex with her husband and two children.
Having turned her hand to many things over the years, Nikki is now proud to add
‘author’ to that list.
Having always been a dreamer, Nikki’s imagination stretches
far and wide, which enables her to get lost in faraway places and imaginary
people.
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