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Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse seriesโ€”the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBOยฎ original series True Blood.


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The bear is unleashed. The danger is real. The attraction is impossible to resist.

THE DEVIL TO PAY
By: K.C. Bateman

Author Self-Published
September 2018
On Sale: August 28, 2018
340 pages
ISBN: 1732637814
EAN: 9781732637818
Kindle: B07G5K94JW
Trade Size / e-Book
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Romance Historical | Romance Suspense | Mystery Historical

Italy, 1492. A ruthless mercenary skilled in the art of conquest. An heiress who refuses to be tamed. The Devilโ€™s own bargain . . .

Cara di Montessori has a price upon her head. Her traitorous uncle has murdered her father and seized her home. Her only hope of survival, and of regaining her birthright, is an alliance with her childhood nemesis, the infamous mercenary Il Diavolo. The most irritatingโ€”and seductiveโ€”man Caraโ€™s ever met.

Battle hardened and world-weary, Alessandro del Sarto has earned the sobriquet Il Diavolo. He needs a politically expedient marriage to secure the lasting peace he craves, but the simpering ladies of court hold little interest. More than anything, he longs for a challenge.

Headstrong beauty Cara has always been Il Diavoloโ€™s only weakness, the one woman heโ€™s never been able to forget. When she appears at his door begging for help, the two strike a devilโ€™s bargain. In return for his assistance, for two weeks Cara must entertain his guests, relieve his boredomโ€”and warm his bed.

Cara has no intention of succumbing to del Sartoโ€™s studied seduction, but the passion that simmers between them is more potent than her paper twists of gunpowder. Surrounded by danger and intrigue, she must choose between what sheโ€™s always thought of as her destiny, and what could be the greatest prize of allโ€”her heartโ€™s desire.

From #1 Bestselling author K C Bateman comes a witty romantic adventure filled with passion, vengeance, and redemption.

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