COZEN
by Bethany-Kris Publication Date: June 4, 2018 Genres: Adult, Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime. Erotic, Heist Romance
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SYNOPSIS:
coz-en (kuz-uhn) verb 1. trick or deceive. • obtain by deception.
She was named most appropriately.
Cozen Taylor has more than earned her place as one of North America’s most successful thieves. Her name is whispered amongst criminal elite as the go-to thief when someone needs a heist.
She has never failed.
A call from the Miami-based Astor family could change all that with a job that seems almost impossible to complete. The mark should be simple—a stolen family heirloom, the man who has kept it hidden for over twenty years, and six months to return the piece to its rightful owners.
Nothing is ever that easy.
Three-hundred million for a successful heist. No smart thief would turn the offer down. Cozen didn’t expect a complication like him to put a kink in her plans, though. Sargon Makri—tall, dark, gorgeous, and entirely dangerous. For her life, her heart, and for the success of the heist.
The last thing Cozen needs to be thinking about is Sargon, and how she can get him into her bed … especially when he just happens to be her mark’s bodyguard. The thrill of the job has never been more addicting to Cozen, and she will risk everything to make the heist a success.
But at what cost?
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From author Bethany-Kris comes a whole new world. A North American network full of criminals battling to stay on top, and painting the streets red in war as they dabble in the game of betrayal. Malicious, cunning, forbidden, and violent—welcome to The Empires and Badlands.
EXCERPT #1:
“Who is the one
playing dangerous games now, Jett?”
His boss didn’t
answer because his attention was now captured by something else entirely.
Sargon chanced a look over his shoulder to see what it was that had Jett so
moved he was willing to drop an entire conversation.
A woman,
apparently.
A very beautiful woman.
At least five
foot nine, the russet brunette with the same shade eyes simpered a smile. Her
bow-shaped lips curved at the edges as she entered the private dining area.
First, Sargon
noticed the perfect cupid’s bow on her top lip, and then the way her dainty
features set off the rest of her face. High cheekbones, and perfectly arched
brows. She swayed a little when she walked—some women learned how to do that, and others were just born with the ability
to look sensual when they moved.
This woman was
clearly in the latter group.
Her sway drew
his gaze down over her body—a trim waist, hips with enough curve to grab onto,
and legs for days. All covered by a tight, black body-con dress. The silver
shoes, ones that matched the color of the serving plate in her hand, set the
entire ensemble off for her.
It was not the
first time Sargon had seen the girls in the restaurant wearing their uniform.
It was the first time Sargon had seen this
woman wearing it, and she looked far better than any of them, frankly.
To him, anyway.
Sargon was not
the type to be silenced by a woman, or the look of her. He was not a boy who
got his cock tied up over a woman.
Shit.
He might enjoy
letting this one do it to him, though.
“Where is
Rowena?” Jett asked.
The woman’s gaze
lingered on Sargon’s face for a moment, and then jumped back to Jett. Her voice
sounded like a melody when she spoke. “Rowena and Chase had a bit of a falling
out. I am here to serve you today, sir.”
“Jett.”
The woman
smiled. “I know your name. I thought it appropriate to address you respectfully
unless you wished for me to do differently.”
Jett smiled
widely—clearly pleased with the woman. “Call me Jett.”
“Sure, Jett.”
Jett cocked a
brow. “And what’s your name?”
“Cozen, but you
may address me with Zen, if you prefer. I don’t mind either.”
“Cozen,” Sargon
said.
All eyes drifted
in his direction. He couldn’t help himself but to look up at the woman. For the
first time since she had walked into the room and looked at him, her eyes were
back on his face. Piercing within their russet pools. Pinning him in place.
“To obtain by
deception,” Sargon added. “That’s what the word means.”
Cozen nodded.
“So I have been told, although all the name has given me is a lot of strange
stares when people ask me about it.”
Jett laughed,
drawing the attention back to him for the moment. “Interesting.”
“I’m glad you
like it, Jett.”
Sargon’s throat
felt damn tight for a reason he couldn’t name. This woman carefully chose her
words with every single sentence. He didn’t miss it. She offered Jett something
the man liked in women—submission. The ability to be the person in control, and
above everyone else around him.
“It is a strange
name, though,” Jett murmured. “Seems that’s a common theme in my life lately.
Meeting people with strange names, I mean.”
Cozen laughed.
It too was a
musical sound.
Like wind
chimes, really.
“I don’t
understand,” Cozen said.
Jett gestured in
Sargon’s direction, saying, “His name is Sargon. Sargon Makri. But don’t call
him Sarg, as he doesn’t like it.”
Cozen laughed
again, and her hand came down to brush against Jett’s shoulder over his suit
jacket. Her loose, wavy hair fell over her shoulder and exposed the delicate
line of her throat. Her skin looked soft, and sweet.
He bet it would
taste just like that, too.
It was in that
moment that Sargon finally understood the strange burst of heat radiating
through his bloodstream.
Anger.
Possessiveness.
Jealousy.
He was jealous
over this woman.
He had no reason
to be.
Yet, there he
was.
Jealous.
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ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS
Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.
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