A Sinful Encore (Brilliance #3) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review tour

A Sinful Encore (Brilliance #3) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review & Excerpt tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 22, 2020

You only thought you knew how this was going to end, but their story is far from over. The explosive finale is bound to leave you breathless. A Sinful Encore is the third and final book in the Brilliance trilogy.

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REVIEW:A SINFUL ENCORE is the third and final instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult BRILLIANCE erotic, romantic suspense trilogy focusing on musician/violinist Kace August, and twenty eight year old collector Aria Alard. A SINFUL ENCORE should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book two A WICKED SONG. Several characters from the author’s Inside Out, Savage Trilogy, Careless Whispers, and the Walker Brothers series cross over for familiarity.

NOTE: If you have not read the previous instalments there may be some spoilers in my review.

Told from first person perspective (Aria Alard Stradivari) A SINFUL ENCORE picks up immediately after the events of book two A WICKED SONG wherein Aria’s brother Gio’s return from Europe sparked anger and mistrust for our story line couple. Gio has been on the hunt for the elusive Stradivari formula, a formula known only to the Stradivari heirs but with their father missing and presumed dead, Gio and Aria Stradivari are not the only treasure hunters searching for the sought-after formula. Gio believes he has reason to distrust our story line hero, and in doing so, brings dangers to America, placing his sister’s life in jeopardy, forcing her to run. As Aria and Kace’s relationship turns more passionate and intense, their trip to Europe is fraught with questions and new acquaintances who reveal more than anyone could have imagined.

A SINFUL ENCORE is a story of family and friendships; betrayal and revenge; secrets, lies, romance and love. The character driven premise is intriguing, engaging and fascinating; the romance is tender, spicy and erotic; the characters are spirited, edgy and energetic. Most of the conflict resolution was behind the scene so the reader is not privy to the smaller nuances. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Gio’s story. A SINFUL ENCORE and the Brilliance Trilogy is a thrilling and sensual story of love, life and happily ever after.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
A Reckless Note
A Wicked Song

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

I swallow hard, my lashes lower, my lips dry. Me and him. It’s just me and him and God, I do need the escape and I know, I just know, that he needs the trust. Still, I can’t believe I’m going to do this. I can’t believe how much I want to do this. “Yes.”

He doesn’t speak but I can feel his approval wash over me. He kisses my neck, the earthy scent of him seducing me and promising to test my limits. He unzips my skirt, and a second later, he’s sliding it down my hips, and with only a tiny pair of panties and thigh-high tights on, he’s easily exposing my naked backside. Nerves and anticipation overwhelm me and I’m all but shaking, but I don’t feel fear. His fingers caress down the silk strip between my cheeks and I yelp as he yanks it away with a biting tug. But already, he’s made me forget that bite.

His hands are on my backside and he leans in, his lips close, so very close to my ear, his warm breath fanning my skin, and promising forbidden fantasies I didn’t even know to call my own until now.

“What are you thinking, Aria?” he asks, the same way he’d asked me one time before when I was in the wrong place when I needed an escape.

“About us, Kace. About what you’re going to do to me.”

He turns me to face him, his expression pure possession, his eyes meeting mine. And I could swim forever in the sea of his blue eyes, as every wave breaking around me only sends me crashing right back to him. “What am I going to do to you?” he asks as if he needs to know I can say it as if he needs to know I want this.

I wet my parched lips and say, “Spank me.”

“And do you want me to spank you?” The question is a mixed challenge and a raw seduction.

Suddenly, I’m drowning in my own confusing desire, and my lashes lower, heat rushing to my cheeks when his hand cups my face and he tilts his gaze back to his. “Do you,” he says, enunciating the words, “want me to spank you?”

“I want to get out of my head. I want to escape. I want you.”

His eyes darkens. “That’s not an answer.”

The waves are breaking again and when I might drown, I don’t. I really do crash right back into him. “Yes.”

“Yes? Yes what, Aria?”

“I want you to spank me.”

His eye light with approval and that approval splays over me like blessed sunshine in the chilly snowfall. I don’t know why his approval arouses or pleases me, I don’t know what that says about me, or him for that matter, but there is no denying the burn in my belly. There is no denying his control, and my submission sends a thrill through me like no other. His hands fit my waist, possessiveness in his touch, a branding that feels right when with anyone else it would be wrong. His cheek presses to my cheek, the roughness of his newly formed stubble an erotic pinch on my sensitive skin. “Who’s in control?”

“I am,” I say, and I mean it. This is about choice. I know that when I say yes or no to with Kace, he will listen. “And right now, for just a little bit, I don’t want it,” I add, and for once in my life, I mean it. “Take it,” I add softly. “It’s yours.”

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Lisa Renee JonesNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling the bestselling DIRTY MONEY and WHITE LIES series. And will be publishing the first book in her Lilah Love suspense series with Amazon Publishing in March 2018.

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.

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A Wicked Song (Brilliance 2) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review Tour

A Wicked Song (Brilliance Trilogy 2) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review & Excerpt Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 18, 2020

Kace August: famous, intense, dark, addictive. Aria Alard: a woman with secrets, passion, and a dangerous past. Passion. Secrets. Mystery. Aria fell hard for Kace. She trusted him. But did he deserve that trust? And where is Gio?

A Wicked Song is the second book in the Brilliance Trilogy

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REVIEW:A WICKED SONG is the second instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult BRILLIANCE erotic, romantic suspense trilogy focusing on musician/violinist Kace August, and twenty eight year old collector Aria Alard. A WICKED SONG should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book one A RECKLESS NOTE. Several characters from the author’s Inside Out, Savage Trilogy and Walker Brothers series cross over for familiarity.

Told from first person perspective (Aria Alard) A WICKED SONG continues to follow the building romance and relationship between musician/violinist Kace August, and twenty eight year old collector Aria Alard. At the end of book one A RECKLESS NOTE Aria, believing her family heritage and her life on the run continues to remain a dangerous secret, quickly discovers that the man with whom she is falling in love knows more about her family than she could have ever imagined. Preparing for an upcoming concert with artist Chris Merit, Kace will come face to face with his own darkened past, a past that is desperate to destroy Kace’s relationship with our story line heroine, claiming betrayal and revenge, for sins of the past.

Meanwhile, Aria’s brother Gio is still missing. Presumably on the hunt for treasure with a woman whose identity remains a mystery to our story line heroine, Gio has not responded to Aria’s attempts at contact, and with this, Gio’s disappearance becomes Aria’s number one problem.

A WICKED SONG is a story of haunting secrets, issues of trust and heart breaking lies; betrayal and vengeance; relationships and love. The premise is spirited, edgy and intense; the characters are charismatic, energetic and flawed; the romance is intimate, erotic and provocative . A WICKED SONG ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one A RECKLESS NOTE

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

“I want you,” he says. “Just you.”“How do I know that?”

A low, frustrated sound escapes his lips and he drops the medication bag, and spikes fingers into my hair, a low curse escaping his lips. His eyes meet mine, and the depth of the emotion he then spikes in me steals my breath. Before I can catch it again, he’s breathing for me. His mouth slants over my mouth, his tongue licking a wicked, seductive note against my tongue. And despite my injured hand and my burdened heart, I melt the way I always melt for this man. I melt and I moan, and when he tears his mouth from mine, I am panting.

“That is how you know,” he declares. “We are connected, you and me. We both feel it.”

“All that says is that I want you and that I have the potential to be foolish because of that desire, but I won’t live up to that potential, Kace.”

“How do I know you aren’t after my money?”

I blanch. “Because I’m not. You know I’m not.”

“Can you prove it?”

“You know I’m not,” I repeat.

His hands come down on my shoulders and he pulls back to look at me as he says, “I do know you, but that still requires me trusting you and I’ve had plenty of reasons in my life not to offer you that trust. Reasons you don’t know. Many reasons, Aria. Many betrayals. But I give you my trust anyway. I’m not after the formula, but all I have to offer is my word. You have to decide if you trust me.”

My hand settles on his chest, and his heart beats a rowdy song beneath my palm. “I’m very confused right now,” I confess, and it’s as honest as I have ever been with him or me. “And my head is spinning.”

His hand covers my hand on his chest. “Then let me take care of you. Let me take you home.”

There is a library filled with books the size of all the reasons I should say no, but even as I have that thought, he says, “Don’t say no.”

Words he’s said to me every moment of indecision I’ve ever shared with him. And right or wrong, like every time before, I don’t say no. I say, “Yes.”

 

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Lisa Renee JonesNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling the bestselling DIRTY MONEY and WHITE LIES series. And will be publishing the first book in her Lilah Love suspense series with Amazon Publishing in March 2018.

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.

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A Reckless Note (Brilliance #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review tour

A Reckless Note (Brilliance #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 23, 2020

Passion, seduction, and my family’s secret that could change everything. I went looking for my missing brother, but I found him: Kace August. He’s dark. He’s dangerous. He makes me want things I can’t have and brings me into a world of forbidden seduction. But I just can’t seem to walk away.

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REVIEW:A RECKLESS NOTE is the first instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult BRILLIANCE erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on musician/violinist Kace August, and twenty eight year old collector Aria Alard. Several characters from the author’s Inside Out,Savage Trilogy and Walker Brothers series cross over for familiarity.

Told from first person perspective (Aria Alard) A RECKLESS NOTE follows musician/violinist Kace August, and collector Aria Alard. Aria Alard is a collector, a procurer of rare items and artifacts, including vintage wine and the Stradivarius violin. At a recent auction where a rare Stradivarius violin was supposed to be auctioned, Aria will meet violinist Kace August, a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine but Aria is searching for the pieces of her family history, pieces that are rare and often hard to find including her brother Gio who hasn’t returned any of her calls. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Kace and Aria, and the potential fall-out as Kace knows more about our heroine than she could have ever imagined.

Kace August is tired of the concert circuit, and is finishing the current tour with artist Chris Marek, as they raise funds for various charities around the world. Kace is a man who knows what he wants, and he wants our heroine, no matter the cost. But like our heroine, Kace is keeping secrets, secrets that could very well destroy the building romance between our leading couple as Kace’s secrets directly affect Aria Alard.

The relationship between Kace and Aria is one of immediate attraction but Aria is on a mission to locate several items for her current client when a competitor sees an opportunity to pull Aria from her ongoing search in an effort to gain her knowledge in a search for himself. Aria’s rapidly building relationship with Kace August reveals the potential for bad blood in the world of priceless collectibles, a revelation that is about to directly affect our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of familiar and colorful secondary and supporting characters including Mark and Crystal Compton, Chris and Sara Merit, and Alexander Voss (Inside Out), and Rick Savage (Savage Trilogy).

A RECKLESS NOTE is a story of secrets and lies, money and competition, relationship, friendships, family and love. The premise is captivating and intriguing; the characters are energetic, spirited and charismatic; the romance is seductive, spicy and hot. A RECKLESS NOTE ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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Lisa Renee JonesNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling the bestselling DIRTY MONEY and WHITE LIES series. And will be publishing the first book in her Lilah Love suspense series with Amazon Publishing in March 2018.

Prior to publishing Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by the Dallas Women’s Magazine. In 1998 Lisa was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.

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