Bravery’s Sin: Masters’ Admiralty, book 5, page 33
Prior to his marriage, Mateo had been captain of the Spartan Guard, a position he’d had to give up upon marrying Cecilia and Dimitri. Mateo, who hoped to be a doctor one day, like his parents, had taken a leave of absence from medical school to come to Hungary with his spouses. Unfortunately, he couldn’t transfer to a medical school here, as he didn’t speak Hungarian.
Cecilia had fared better because she had a job she could do from anywhere. Which was fortunate because while Nyx had no financial acumen, Cecilia did. She was, in secret, teaching Nyx the basics of accounting and how to read budgets, quarterly reports, and other common financial documents.
Luckily, it turned out money wasn’t one of Hungary’s problems. Petro had amassed a fortune both personally and for the territory. Nikolett had asked Nyx to figure out if any of that money had been obtained illegally so they could return it.
It was on Nyx’s list. Her very long list. Her list used to consist of making sure to peer review articles for various academic journals, not checking for blood money.
“There’s something we have to talk about,” Grigoris said. “I told Nikolett it would be better if I talked to you about it.”
Nyx looked up at her new husband. Outside the window behind him, she could see the skyline of Budapest.
“What is it?”
“They officially found Petro’s body. Well, his head. It was ruled an accidental drowning.”
“And Hanna?”
“I don’t know. Do you want me to look into it?”
“No, I will. It’s my job.”
“A job I’m happy to help you with.”
They hadn’t talked about it yet, but Nyx hoped that once he was fully fluent in Hungarian, and conversational in at least one other language spoken in the territory, Grigoris would apply to be one of the harcosok. “Thank you,” she replied.
“There’s more.” Grigoris’ face was serious. “You were Petro’s heir.”
“What?” Shock made her shoulders tight.
“In his will, all his money, property…it all came to you.”
“That can’t be right. Hanna was his legal wife.”
“She wasn’t. He never legally married her, and she’s not listed in his will.”
“Why would he…” There was no point in asking that question.
“I’ll deal with it,” Grigoris assured her. “You don’t have to do anything.”
“Does it include the property in Lake Balaton?”
“Yes, why?”
Nyx stood and walked out of her office, across the hall, to Nikolett’s office. They’d decided to set up their new headquarters in a modest three-story building, with a nice café around the corner.
“Admiral,” Nyx said. “Would you like to go with me to blow up a building?”
“What building and why?” Nikolett didn’t look up from her computer screen.
“Petro’s estate in Lake Balaton. Apparently it’s mine. And I would like to blow it up.”
Nikolett tapped the last few keys, then turned and grinned. “Let me get my coat.”
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And for those of you who are curious about what’s coming next in this series, we can tell you in two words - THE TRIPLETS! We are returning to the Trinity Masters world to tell the stories of Langston, Oscar and Walt, but don’t worry! We also have big plans for future Masters’ Admiralty books, including Colum, Eric, Nikolett, featuring the librarians and other beloved characters as well.
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In the meantime, Lila and Mari both have new releases in their other series coming out in January 2020. Fancy some kidnapping/BDSM role play? Or maybe a red hot menage? Then read on…
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From Lila Dubois.
K is for…
Is it really a kidnapping if you know it’s coming?
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Oliver Sanz is intrigued by the opportunity his BDSM club’s new checklist game presents. Assigned to the letter K, he gets to kidnap the lovely submissive Kumiko. One weekend together with a list of items and a new sub—a touch of novelty, which for an experienced Dom can be hard to come by—and then they’ll part ways.
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Kumiko Alcott doesn’t know who her Dom is, but she knows she’s been assigned “K”, and kidnapping. Too bad she doesn’t need, or want, fantasy role play. What she needs is a serious Dom to help her get out of her head. There have been far too many changes in her once carefully planned life. A new partner, and a new game, might be one adjustment too many.
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The first time they touch they realize there’s a problem—what’s between them is explosive, making their scenes too intense, and the kidnapping seem all too real.
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And from Mari Carr.
Wild Side
How can “no strings attached” feel so confining?
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Layla moved to Baltimore in search of a fresh start. After too many years in a lackluster relationship, she’s ready to embrace her wild side. Casual is her new middle name and the last thing she wants or needs is a serious relationship.
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Finn and his best friend, Miguel are ALL IN on showing Layla a good time. After all, neither one of them is looking for love either. Or so they think.
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Until Finn falls for Layla and Miguel falls for Finn and Layla falls for...both men. Then it’s a wild side freefall as the three lovers try to make one plus one plus one equal the perfect match.
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Afterword
We, the authors of this book, apologize for any mistaken translations. Due to potential compatibility issues with different e-readers and software, we elected to use the English alphabet for all. For example, Greek words are presented in their English translation, rather than in the Greek alphabet. And because we are barely fluent in English, we relied heavily on Google translate and travel blogs.
About the Authors
Virginia native Mari Carr is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller of contemporary sexy romance novels. With over one million copies of her books sold, Mari was the winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Plume for her novella, Erotic Research.
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Lila Dubois is a top selling author of contemporary erotic romance. Having spent extensive time in France, Egypt, Turkey, England and Ireland Lila speaks five languages, none of them (including English) fluently. She now lives in Los Angeles with a cute Irishman.
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