Night Sins by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Sandy

NIGHT SINS by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

Night Sins

ABOUT THE BOOK: Re-Release Date June 21, 2016

A man of darkness, a man of passion, trapped by temptation and desire. It’s an inviting, achingly pleasurable alchemy no woman can refuse . . .

In the battle between good and evil, Kayla Ward knows vampires are strictly off limits. As a Watcher she is sworn to protect humankind from the nightwalkers. But a series of murders–the victims all women–leaves Kayla with only one choice: to join forces with the dark side. It isn’t her fault that Ethan’s seductive allure triggers every zone of pleasure in her body .

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REVIEW: NIGHT SINS by Lisa Renee Jones is a stand alone, paranormal erotic romance novella. This is vampire Ethan, and Watcher Kayla Ward’s story line.

Told from several third person points of view NIGHT SINS focuses on a series of murders committed by a group of rogue vampires known as the Blood Brothers. Kayla is a watcher; a protector who has been assigned to Las Vegas, where the murders are taking place, leading her to the sexy and powerful vampire Ethan- a man with close ties to all of the female victims. What ensues is the search for the people responsible before the next murder.

NIGHT SINS is a quick and sexy read; approximately twenty four hours in the life wherein our leading couple uncover the who and why behind the recent string of events. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative; the premise is intriguing and suspenseful; the romance is a quick build to a happily ever after- for now. Here’s hoping Kayla and Ethan’s story continues. If you love paranormal romances, give NIGHT SINS a try.

I will add that both of today’s story lines (Amber Fire and Night Sins) have similar premises with equally similar romance/mating/hidden DNA plot points, and there is a familiarity to the jaguar story line that I have read before.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Amber Fire by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Sandy

AMBER FIRE by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

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Broad and all-powerful, a man who knows how to thrive in the wild–and bring to the edge of ecstasy the woman he claims as his own . . .

Determined to defend her late father’s work, Amber Green heads into the heat of the Nevada canyons to prove the existence of the Yaguara, a shape-shifting race of jaguars. There she meets the one man more hell-bent on protecting the jaguars than she is: Jareth, a force of raw male nature to be reckoned with–an animal worth pursuing

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REVIEW: AMBER FIRE by Lisa Renee Jones is a contemporary, adult, erotic, paranormal romance novella focusing on a group of jaguar shifters known as the Yaguara. This is jaguar shifter Jareth, and archeologist Amber Green’s story line.

Told from dual third person points of view (Amber and Jareth) AMBER FIRE follows the search for the mythical creature known as the Yaguara-a shape shifter feline once known to inhabit the Nevada Canyons. Amber is a woman who is currently heading up the archeological dig, following the death of her father, and to her surprise she will discover that the man with whom she is falling in love, is the very ‘ creature’ she is hoping to discover. What ensues is a quick build up ( 24 hours at most) of a relationship between Amber and Jareth, and the hunt for our couple by the people she once trusted the most.

AMBER FIRE is a quick read; a sexy story about discrimination and betrayal; murder and revenge; falling in love and letting go of the past. The character development is limited due to the nature of the novella length-let’s hope Lisa Renee Jones will extend our couple’s story line in a future installment. The premise is imaginative; the characters are magical; the romance is fast and furious.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Demand (Careless Whispers #2) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review & Giveaway

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Sandy

DEMAND (Careless Whispers #2) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Giveaway

DEMAND
Careless Whispers #2
by Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: adult, contemporary, romantic suspsense
Release Date : May 31, 2016

Demand

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The sexy, breathtaking mystery continues in New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones’s stunning second novel in the suspenseful Careless Whispers series—where shocking revelations will reveal themselves and nothing, and no one, will ever be the same.

Still struggling with amnesia, Ella questions everything she’s known about Kayden Wilkens—the alluring stranger who claims to have found her unconscious in an alleyway a month earlier. But was he truly a stranger—or did Kayden know her before his supposed rescue? Tormented by the potential betrayal he denies, with fleeting memories of a bombshell in her recent past, Ella must face a hard reality. Every action has consequences . . . and trusting Kayden, the one thing she most desires, might result in the direst consequences of all.

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REVIEW: DEMAND is the second installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s contemporary, adult Careless Whispers romantic suspense series focusing on billionaire Kayden Wilkens, and Ella Ferguson. The Careless Whispers series is a spin off from Lisa’s INSIDE OUT series. Ella is Sara McMillan’s (Inside Out Series) best friend and has gone missing following a trip to Europe. You do not have to have read the INSIDE OUT SERIES to follow the premise of DENIAL. DEMAND should not be read as a stand alone as the story line continues upon the events of book one. The author prefaces the book with a quick synopsis of the previous book, and a breakdown of the characters already introduced.

SOME BACKGROUND: While in Italy, American citizen Ella Ferguson was found battered and bruised from an attack that left our heroine with a concussion and traumatic amnesia. Waking up in the hospital beside a beautiful stranger found Ella in a world of confusion with no memories including her own identity and the reasons for her present situation. Enter Kayden Wilkens, American billionaire and the man who claims to have saved Ella’s life.

Told from first person point of view (Ella) DEMAND continues to focus on Ella and the recovery of her memories as well as the issues of trust between Ella and the man with whom she is falling in love. Kayden Wilkens is a man of mystery, power, and money, with direct connections to the Italian mob that may or may not have something to do with Ella’s current dilemma. While Ella struggles with flashbacks and the slow recovery of her past, she refuses to heed the warnings of the local police about the man who owns her –heart and soul.

DENIAL is a story of mystery, intrigue, secrets and lies. The story line advances the series but a few days wherein Ella’s memories slowly return but with it the possibility that her past is catching up with her present. The premise is revealing and engaging; the characters are emotional and intense; the romance is provocative and passionate. The $ex scenes are seductive and erotic. Lisa Renee Jones adds another spirited installment to our reading library.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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About the author

ABOUT LISA RENEE JONES

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

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

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her through her website and she is active on twitter and facebook daily.

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Deep Under (Walker Security #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Book Tour

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Sandy

DEEP UNDER (Walker Security #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Book Tour

DEEP UNDER
Walker Security #1 (Tall, Dark and Deadly 4)
by Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: adult, contemporary, romantic suspense
Release Date: April 18, 2016

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Myla is beautiful, a dove with clipped wings, captive by the wolf, a vicious drug lord. One look into her eyes and Kyle could see the pain, the fear…the desperation. Or so it seems. He’s been fooled before by a woman and it cost him everything and everyone he loved. He won’t be fooled again.

Tall, dark, and deadly, these are the stories of the men who run Walker security. Each man is unique in his methods and skills, but all share key similarities. They are passionate about those they love, relentless when fighting for a cause they believe in, and all believe that no case is too hard, no danger too dark. Dedication is what they deliver, results are their reward.

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REVIEW: DEEP UNDER is the first installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s adult, contemporary Walker Security romantic suspense series- a spin off from her Tall, Dark and Deadly series. This is Walker Security specialist and former FBI agent Kyle, and missing fashion designer Myla’s story line. DEEP UNDER continues a story line that began in Lisa’s BENEATH THE SECRETS serial, and runs parallel to some of the events in Lisa’s CARELESS WHISPERS series (wherein the Walker Brothers have been hired to locate another missing person) –a spin off from her best selling Inside Out series. DEEP UNDER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person points of view (Kyle and Myla) DEEP UNDER follows the search for Myla- Kara’s sister (Beneath the Secrets) and a woman who has been missing and presumed dead for fourteen months. Kyle is a former FBI agent, now working for his best friend Blake Walker at Walker Security, and a man who believes that Myla is very much alive. Kyle is desperate to get inside the Alvarez cartel and search for the woman whose last video camera image revealed determination and fear. What ensues is Kyle’s infiltration of the cartel as Myla’s personal bodyguard, and the take down of a man and his organization that has claimed too many lives, for too many years.

DEEP UNDER is an exciting story of suspense; a tale about missing women, the illegal sex trade, and a powerful cartel kingpin whose deadly rule is never to be questioned. Lisa Renee Jones writes a fascinating story with an impassioned hero, and a determined heroine where family is targeted in a game of betrayal and revenge. The premise is captivating and intense; the characters are passionate and animated; the romance is intimate and moving. Lisa Renee Jones adds another exciting and sexy dimension to her Tall, Dark and Deadly romantic suspense series.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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“Who are you? And I mean really. Who are you?”
My gut tells me that if I tell her right now, in this moment, it will not be well-received. “A friend,” I say, my gaze lowering to her lush mouth and lifting. “And the man who wants to kiss you. Really kiss you. Can I kiss you, Myla?”
“You’re asking?”
“Yes. I’m asking. After all you’ve been through-”
“He hasn’t destroyed me. He hasn’t beaten me and I don’t like that you think he has.”
“I don’t think he’s beaten you.”
“He hasn’t,” she insists. “I’m not giving him that power and damn it, you better not either by treating me like I’m broken and fragile. So kiss me if you’re going to kiss me or let me go, if you don’t want-”
I cup the back of her head, and slant my mouth over hers, my tongue sliding against hers, stroking, caressing, and the taste of her, one part hunger I welcome, but the other part, the torment, I intend to drive away. I deepen the kiss, my hand pressing beneath her tank top, finding warm, soft skin. My fingers splay over her rib cage, while my mind reminds me that no matter how big she talks, she wants this escape for a reason. She has been abused, used, hurt.
I tear my mouth from hers, my breathing and hers ragged, my hands settling at her waist. “Myla-”
“Don’t do this,” she pleads, “Don’t be the kind of hero I don’t need. Give me something good to remember the next time he touches me, something that gets me through it.”
“I told you,” I grind out. “He will never touch you again.”
“You underestimate him.”
“You underestimate me,” I assure her. “You want to forget? Let’s forget.”
“Don’t treat me like-”
I tangle my fingers in her hair and drag her gaze to mine. “Is that too gentle?”
“It is until you kiss me again,” she challenges, and so I do, holding nothing back. My tongue stroking, taking, demanding, and she rewards me by giving me no fear, but rather a soft moan, and a whisper of “Kyle,” when I nip her lip.
“That’s what I want,” I say. “My name on your tongue, not his. My tongue on your body, not his.”
“That’s what I want too,” she dares, and when she adds, “very much,” there is this sense of her claiming something outside of a world she’d accepted but hated that empowers me, to help her go there, be there. I reach down and pull her tank top over her head, tossing it away. And she is not shy, timid or scared. She tugs my shirt up, but my shoulder strap and weapon, hold it in place. I’m far from detoured though, unhooking her sports bra and dragging it down her arms, my gaze raking over her high full breasts and pebbled pink nipples. And the minute our gazes collide, the fire between us ignites, and we are kissing again, my hand flattening over her back, melting her naked breasts to my chest.
She tries a new approach to getting me naked, shoving at my jacket and I shrug it over my shoulders, letting it fall to the ground, but when her hand goes for the clasp on my shoulder strap, my reaction is automatic. I grab her hand and stop her. “What are you doing?”
“I can’t get your shirt off while your gun is on,” she says, and then gives me an unhappy look. “Did you think that I was going for your weapon?”
“Programming,” I say. “Protect your weapon, always. And you aren’t the only one with a bad relationship baggage.”
“I can accept that and understand it, but now it’s my turn to say quid pro quo. I’m opening the door to trusting you. You need to do the same and trust me.”
She’s right. A hand for a hand. I let mine fall away now, leaving hers at my strap, a move from my gun. She closes her hand over the butt of my gun, daring me to challenge her, her chin lifting, gaze meeting mine as she says, “If you were him-”
My hands slide around her neck, dragging her mouth to mine. “Obviously I need to fuck you fast and hard before I go slow and sexy, just to get him the hell out of this room.” I kiss her, a deep, demanding, stroke of tongue on tongue, I end with a challenge. “Do you want me or my gun?”
“You,” she whispers, her hand sliding away from my weapon. “I want you.”

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Lisa Renee Jones New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT SERIES, and is now in development by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland) for cable TV. In addition, her Tall, Dark and Deadly series and The Secret Life of Amy Bensen series, both spent several months on a combination of the NY Times and USA Today lists.

Watch the video on casting for the INSIDE TV Show HERE

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 40 books translated around the world. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at on her website and she is active on twitter and facebook daily.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her through her website and she is active on twitter and facebook daily.

Denial (Careless Whispers #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review, Book Tour & Giveaway

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Sandy

DENIAL (Careless Whispers #1) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review, Book Tour & Giveaway

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DENIAL
Careless Whispers #1
by Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romantic suspense
Release Date: November 24, 2015

Denial

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Ella Ferguson awakes alone in Italy, unsure of who she is, and a gorgeous man has claimed her as his own. He’s tall, dark, and sexy, with money and power, the kind of man who makes a girl want to be possessed. And he does possess her, whispering wicked wonderful promises to her, stealing her trust and her heart. Soon though, the past finds her, yanking her from a cocoon of passion and safety. Everything is not how it seems. The truth will shatter her world, but it can set her free, if it doesn’t destroy her first.

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REVIEW: DENIAL is the first installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s contemporary adult CARELESS WHISPERS romantic suspense series focusing on Ella Ferguson. DENIAL is a spin off from Lisa’s INSIDE OUT SERIES. Ella is Sara McMillan’s (Inside Out Series) best friend and has gone missing following a trip to Europe. You do not have to have read the INSIDE OUT SERIES to follow the premise of DENIAL.

Told from first person point of view (Ella) DENIAL follows American citizen Ella Ferguson in the first few days following a back alley attack in Italy that left our heroine with a concussion and traumatic amnesia. Waking up in the hospital beside a beautiful stranger found Ella in a world of confusion with no memories including her own identity and the reasons for her present situation. Enter Kayden Wilkens, American billionaire and the man who claims to have saved Ella’s life. What ensues is the search for Ella’s identity and the truth behind the attack that left our heroine without her memories or any personal belongings, unable to understand the language, and in the care of a man with a dark and dangerous past.

DENIAL is a passionate and intriguing storyline about trust, secrets, lies and suspense; the search for the truth; and a woman who is caught in a world of unknowns. As Ella’s memories slowly return, she is confronted with too many unanswered questions, and bits and pieces of a life that she cannot remember. The dark images lead our heroine to believe that she has jumped from the frying pan into the proverbial fire, and into the arms of a man more dangerous than she could have ever imagined. Trusting Kayden Wilkens may have been a mistake.

Lisa Renee Jones builds the suspense with twists and turns, and the introduction of Kayden’s team of ‘retrievers’ and ‘hunters’. Kayden and his men procure the unattainable, and Ella may be one his Kayden’s most prized possessions.

DENIAL is an unpredictable storyline that will seduce you into a web of mystery, intrigue and suspense; a compelling tale that will intoxicate and amaze with its’ secrets, lies and intensely passionate romance. Lisa Renee Jones has another hit with the release of DENIAL and the Careless Whispers Series.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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I couldn’t sleep. I meant to go to the kitchen and then I ended up here because I wanted . . .” His reaction cuts like his anger. “Just never mind.” I try to move around him but his hands press to the wall beside me, caging me, and now I’m angry. “Are we doing this again? Don’t bully me. My stupid flashbacks are doing a fine job of that on their own. I said I’m sorry. Just let me go back to my room.”
“You wanted what?”
“I wanted you to do what you swore you could,” I blurt, having nothing to lose when everything is already gone.
“Only I don’t want you to fuck me until I can’t remember my name. I want you to fuck me until I stop thinking about that man and the gun. Because you were right. Memories are the enemies that never die. But I know you don’t want—”
His hand slides under my hair and he drags me to him, my hand flattening on the hard wall of his chest. “I do want. So fucking bad it’s killing me.”
My palm is directly over his heart, and I can feel it racing, the air around us crackling with barely contained passion. “I don’t need a hero to save my virtue tonight. I need you. So please. Fuck me and then fuck with my head so no one else can. Let me choose my own sins.”
He is stone, unmoving, his body steel, his expression unreadable, the sexual tension crackling between us. “You want sin, sweetheart,” he says. “I’ll give you sin.” His mouth closes down on mine, his tongue licking into my mouth, wicked with demand, and I can taste his hunger, his need. A deep, aching need I want to fill.

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ABOUT LISA RENEE JONES

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Unbroken (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 4) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Book Tour

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Sandy

UNBROKEN (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #4) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Book Tour

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Unbroken
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #4
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romantic suspense

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From bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones comes the fourth and final part in the sexy, suspenseful The Secret Life of Amy Bensen series—finally revealing the long-awaited wedding between Amy and Liam. But with the explosive secret they’re hiding, will their enemies ever let them live happily ever after?

For six long years I lived on the run, in fear and devastated by loss. That began to change the day I met Liam Stone, who is so much more than his money and power, and even the protection he has offered me. He is passion. He is friendship. He is love and happiness, and the man who made my enemies his own. And now with his help, the secret that drove me into hiding is buried, our enemies contained. Liam and I can finally start our life and put this behind us. The nightmare is over. Unless…it’s not.

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REVIEW: UNBROKEN is the fourth and final installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s adult, contemporary The Secret Life of Amy Bensen romantic suspense series focusing on Amy Bensen and billionaire businessman Liam Stone. UNBROKEN should not be read as a stand alone as much of the series premise and prior history is revealed in the previous three installments. UNBROKEN overlaps some of the events of FORSAKEN (book three) where the truth about what happened to Amy’s brother Chad, and Amy’s life on the run is revealed.

Told from first person point of view (Amy Bensen) UNBROKEN is the conclusion of Amy and Liam’s adventure. Throughout the series we are witness to Amy’s need to hide from the people who are hoping to end Amy and her brother Chad’s life. Chad has something the most powerful people in the world are hoping to find, but with it comes heartbreak and grief in the wake of their parent’s murder, destructive fire and Chad’s presumed death. UNBROKEN focuses on the Amy’s life following the loss of her brother Chad, and the continuing relationship with the love of her life Liam Stone.

UNBROKEN is a storyline that focuses on Amy and Liam’s preparations for their upcoming nuptials but it also finds our couple proactive as it pertains to their personal safety and the appearance of the CIA and an agent who may or may not be on their side. Chad’s loss finds Amy the target of some powerful government agencies, and Liam is consumed with the need to keep Amy safe. Amy and Liam’s backstories are heartbreaking-both are broken souls who found one another at a time when it was needed the most.

The relationship between Amy and Liam continues to be sexually aggressive. Liam is a man who expresses his love for Amy through $ex and physical contact; Amy is a woman who has fallen for a man whose overriding need to protect what is his finds Amy surrounded by body guards at all times. The $ex scenes are erotic and intense.

UNBROKEN is the culmination of Amy’s life on the run in the hopes of staying one step ahead of the people who destroyed her life. The premise is intriguing and suspenseful-the truth about what happened is a mystery until book three. There are moments of action and drama wrapped in a bubble of questions and mystery. The characters are colorful, engaging and charismatic; the romance is the stuff of fairy tales and happily ever afters.

Lisa Renee Jones UNBROKEN is a satisfying conclusion to The Secret Life of Amy Bensen- a series in which the heroine’s story is shrouded in mystery-revealed in layers of intrigue and suspense-ending with Christmas celebration no one will forget.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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“Let’s make more good memories, baby.”
“Yes. Please,” I say, and my words land on his tongue as he kisses me tenderly. His mouth lingers over mine, my body coming alive, and I feel him breathing with me. Sometimes it feels as if he’s the only way I can breathe.
Liam shifts the spell between us to new places, turning me to face the massive four-poster bed that stirs wonderful, intimate memories, and I am most definitely ready to make more. He unzips my skirt and with deft fingers undresses me, removing one of the barriers between us. Slowly. Seductively. Somehow he never touches my skin but I feel him everywhere. My skin tingles the way my backside had when he smacked it. I know he’s teasing me, driving me to a place where there is only this man, this room, and me. I feel the energy shift and know that he’s no longer directly behind me, leaving me naked and untouched. The freedom to be vulnerable with this man, which I don’t dare with anyone else, is sexy in a thrilling way.
“Turn around,” he orders, and the rough, aroused quality of his voice tells me I affect him, too. I like that even when he’s in control, there’s a part of him that I set free.
I face him, finding him close, but not close enough. He shrugs out of his jacket and I’m mesmerized by him, his power, his grace. Every move he makes is controlled. Every action calculated. And I realize something I think I’ve known all along: we are the same. Both damaged. Both shattered in some deep way. Both defending ourselves from future wounds with our self-control.
He tugs his tie off and wraps it around his hand, silently promising me that soon I’ll be at his mercy. It’s not the first time he’s tied me up, and each encounter is different in a good way. Yet tonight feels like the first time—as if we really are starting a new chapter.
During our first encounter, he’d said, “Sometimes having a safe place to give it away is the best way to block everything else out. I’m asking you to let me show you that I’m that safe place.”
And Liam is my safe place.
“Amy.”
His voice commands my attention, and I look up to find I’ve missed the delicious moments leading up to him now being gloriously naked. My gaze lands on the “pi” tattoo on his belly, the 3.14 etched above a row of numbers in an upside-down triangle that is all about the infinite possibilities of life. It’s both thrilling and terrifying at times when I consider them with this man.
“Hold out your hands,” he orders, and it speaks volumes that I no longer hesitate to give myself fully to Liam.
He twists his tie around one of my wrists, and I think of the many ways he has helped me escape my past. But what about his past, which is just as etched in heartache as mine? He doesn’t talk about his mother, not since his sole emotional breakdown. Since then, he’s protected me—but who protects him?
He completes the knot binding my hands and pulls me to him. “And now, you’re mine to please and tease.”
“Yes, I am,” I agree.

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Escaping Reality
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #1
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: July 22, 2013

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Infinite possibilities….

Infinite passion…..

Infinite danger….

His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn’t trust him. I shouldn’t tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breathe? He is what I need.

At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loves to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she’s finally dared to believe she is forgotten–even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets down her guard down, the ghost’s of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run.

On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing recluse billionaire, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take “no” as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give? And what if there is more to Liam than meets the eyes.

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Infinite Possibilities
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #2
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Genre: New Adult, contemporary, romance, suspense

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INFINITE POSSIBILITIES (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #2) by Lisa Renee Jones

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 11, 2013

Secrets and lies. They are everywhere: haunting her, tormenting her. In the midst of it all, he’d been her escape, her passion. The only person she’d trusted in six years. And then he’d made her doubt that trust, cutting her deeply. But as she’d once told him, she was damaged, not broken. She is ready to fight and not just for survival. She is fighting for the truth and she won’t stop until she has it, not even for…him.

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Forsaken
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 3
by Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: new adult, contemporary, romantic suspense
Release Date: August 18, 2015

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 18, 2015

In this third book in the sexy, suspenseful “The Secret Life of Amy Bensen” series from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones, we meet Amy’s brother Chad—and the woman who either loves him or wants him dead.

Six years ago, Chad’s hunt for a dangerous treasure turned deadly when his family home was set on fire, his parents killed. Faking his and his sister Amy’s death to protect her from further retaliation, he set her up in a new life with a friend’s help, letting her believe he’d died.

But now the men who hired Chad to find the treasure have found him, imprisoning and torturing him to learn where it’s hidden. A dark-haired beauty named Gia helps him escape, promising him access to his worst enemy. And as he tries to unravel the deep secrets of the past, he starts falling for her…only to discover she’s not what she seems.

Unable to trust anyone, Chad focuses on only two things: protecting his sister Amy and getting revenge. Is love even possible in the midst of heartache?

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Forsaken (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 3) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Giveaway

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Sandy

FORSAKEN (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 3) by Lisa Renee Jones-Review and Giveaway

Forsaken
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen 3
by Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: new adult, contemporary, romantic suspense
Release Date: August 18, 2015

Forsaken

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Unable to trust anyone, Chad focuses on only two things: protecting his sister Amy and getting revenge. Is love even possible in the midst of heartache?

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REVIEW: FORSAKEN is the third installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s new adult, contemporary The Secret Life of Amy Bensen romantic, suspense series. This is Chad and Gia’s storyline. Chad is Amy’s (aka Lara) brother and one of the reasons Amy has had to go into hiding. Although FORSAKEN can be read as a stand alone I would recommend reading the series in order for cohesion and history as some of the events in FORSAKEN answer many of the questions in the first two installments -ESCAPING REALITY and INFINITE POSSIBILITIES.

Told from Chad’s first person point of view FORSAKEN focuses on Chad’s need to run. Escaping from the people who are currently searching for the ‘treasure’ they believe Chad has in his possession, Chad finds himself allied with Gia-a woman who claims to want the same things as Chad- but a woman who hides many secrets beneath a false bravado. Chad and Gia’s action packed adventure slowly reveals the players in a game of international espionage and domination.

Chad is an anti-hero; a treasure hunter, like his father, whose past dominates his present placing everyone he loves in danger. Following the murder of his parents from a deliberate house fire set by the people gunning for Chad, Chad sends his beloved sister, now known Amy, into hiding. While Chad tries to stay one step ahead of the bad guys, he finds himself falling for the woman whose past is almost as dark as his own. Gia is on the run, and hopes Chad is the man in whom she can confide.

If I had one complaint, it is Chad’s attitude and constant need to threaten our storyline heroine. Chad has issues of trust but his back and forth personality, and deep seated hatred directed at a woman he barely knows was a point of contention with this reader. Sometimes too much is just too much; in the end I had a difficult time liking our storyline ‘hero’.

FORSAKEN is an intriguing, suspense-filled, action packed storyline of betrayal, revenge, power and control. Chad has something everyone wants but only a few are aware of its’ existence. FORSAKEN also reveals the background and history into what sparked Amy’s need to go into hiding, and the players in a battle of power and greed. Chad’s overriding need to protect his sister and Gia uncovers a potential betrayal at the heart of everything that has gone wrong.

Lisa Renee Jones writes an intense, dramatic and revealing storyline. FORSAKEN will captivate your imagination as you enter a world of suspense, betrayal and overwhelming guilt. The premise is exciting and engaging; the characters are colorful and charismatic; their tenacity is relentless. The building romance is emotional and oft-times heartbreaking; the happily ever after has yet to be told.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Escaping Reality
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #1
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: July 22, 2013

Escaping Reality

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 22, 2013

Infinite possibilities….

Infinite passion…..

Infinite danger….

His touch spirals through me, warm and sweet, wicked and hot. I shouldn’t trust him. I shouldn’t tell him my secrets. But how do I not when he is the reason I breathe? He is what I need.

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Infinite Possibilities
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #2
by Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Genre: New Adult, contemporary, romance, suspense

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INFINITE POSSIBILITIES (The Secret Life of Amy Bensen #2) by Lisa Renee Jones

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 11, 2013

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All of Me (Inside Out #6) by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Sandy

All of Me (Inside Out #6) by Lisa Renee Jones-a review

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Passion. Mystery. It all collides in the breathtaking ALL OF ME.

He’s rich and famous, his past dark, but so is hers. Can they save each other? Or will the darkness tear them apart?

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REVIEW: ALL OF ME is the final installment in Lisa Renee Jones’s contemporary, adult Inside Out erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on artist and millionaire Chris Merit and high school English teacher Sara McMillan. Their continuing story and final chapter focuses on wrapping up the investigation into Rebecca’s death, closing doors and opening new ones. For cohesion and backstory, the series must be read in order; the history regarding Rebecca’s disappearance, and her connection to Mark, Chris and Sara is revealed and documented throughout the series.

Lisa Renee Jones wraps up Chris and Sara’s love story looking towards the future and their own happily ever after. Chris is an artist whose past and present collide forcing him to take a long, hard look at what it is he wants and he wants Sara McMillan in his life; but first he must process and accept that which he cannot change. Guilt, misdirected as it is, weighs heavily upon our hero’s heart and soul.

Mark and Crystal play a cameo role, along with Chris’s godparents, and the security personnel from Walker Brothers Security. There is some resolution into the death of Rebecca and subsequent arrest of those responsible but Ella’s story is only beginning. Lisa Renee Jones has plans for another spin off series focusing on Sara’s still missing, best friend Ella.

Sara and Chris have grown throughout the series taking the reader through a retrospective of their lives as well as the people with whom they have forged friendships and alliances; disappointments and loss. Rebecca’s final words are woven throughout the final installment-acceptance and sorrow woefully interlaced into a love story that she will never be able call her own.

Lisa Renee Jones takes the reader from America to Europe, San Francisco to Paris, France. We tag along on Chris and Sara’s journey from misunderstanding to realization; acknowledgment and acceptance; friendship to love and through it all we have a front row seat into the mind of the characters we have grown to love.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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