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Showing posts with label romantic suspense. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Review: Revealing Us by Lisa Renee Jones


Title: Revealing Us
Series: Inside Out #3
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Published: September 10, 2013 - Gallery Books
Format: Ebook received for review

You've discovered Rebecca's secrets. You've discovered Sara's secrets. Now Sara will discover "his" deepest, darkest secrets...but will those secrets bind them together--or tear them apart?





I am a huge fan of Lisa Renee Jones’ Inside Out series, and Revealing Us has really upped the ante. This story was sexy and hot, and yet full of mystery. Lisa Renee Jones continues to keep me glued to the pages with this continuing saga.



In this book I wouldn’t say there was a lot of action, like in the other books. There was some, but to me, it felt like there was more drama than anything. Chris and Sara… *sigh* I love them, but man, they can certainly exhaust you! But I love how much they love each other, how much they are devoted, and how much they are willing to go through Hell for each other. Chris is every bit the emotional roller coaster that Sara is, maybe even more so. So when Sara is a bit gun-shy when it comes to Chris, I totally understand.

This time around the couple has moved to Paris to stay at one of Chris’s homes. But there is certainly baggage that comes with a new country and an old home. And that baggage comes in the form of new characters! Woot! Honestly, I wanted to bitchslap some of them. One has me a bit intrigued. But really, all of them just need to leave Chris and Sara alone. Cause when they are alone the heat is cranked to a thousand and they are the sexiest people on the planet!

Sara really needs to beef up her exterior defenses, because every time she thinks with her heart rather than her head she gets knocked down. Just when I think to myself that Sara has really grown by leaps and bounds, something will happen and make me want to ask her what the hell she was thinking. But no matter how obscure Sara’s thoughts run, Chris always knows exactly where they are. Is she that easy to read, or are they soul mates? It’s hard to say, maybe a little of both?

This book really focuses on the two of them even more, and their relationship grows because of it. But there are still some mysteries to solves – and there are some definitely some bombshells dropped in this book! If you haven’t picked up this series yet, I really think you should. It has so many aspects to it, there’s something for everyone. The writing is intelligent and it just grabs you and doesn’t let go. The storyline is imaginative, and I think its erotic romantic suspense at its best.


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Review: Revealing Us by Lisa Renee Jones


Title: Revealing Us
Series: Inside Out #3
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Published: September 10, 2013 - Gallery Books
Format: Ebook received for review

You've discovered Rebecca's secrets. You've discovered Sara's secrets. Now Sara will discover "his" deepest, darkest secrets...but will those secrets bind them together--or tear them apart?





I am a huge fan of Lisa Renee Jones’ Inside Out series, and Revealing Us has really upped the ante. This story was sexy and hot, and yet full of mystery. Lisa Renee Jones continues to keep me glued to the pages with this continuing saga.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Review, Deadly Offerings by Alexa Grace





Format: Ebook provided by author for review


Anne Mason thinks she’ll be safe living in the Midwest building a wind farm. She may be dead wrong. Someone is dumping bodies in her corn field and telling Anne they are gifts—for her!


As the body count rises, Anne realizes a cold-blooded serial killer is patiently waiting and watching her every move. And he won’t stop until he ends her life. It is clear there are no limits to this killer’s thirst for revenge or how far he will go to get it.


Michael Brandt, the ruggedly handsome new County Prosecutor, is the last person Anne can trust, but may offer her only chance at survival from a psychopathic killer. But will she survive the passion that rages between them?


Anne is in the process of a divorce. Her friends take her to the bar to let loose a little bit and she sees a handsome guy across the room. She is instantly attracted, but not yet ready to jump into the dating scene. Then she sees him again – in court as her soon to be ex-husband’s attorney! And wait, he shows up again and again! Michael is showing up everywhere, and seemingly always at the precisely perfect moment.

Anne and Michael are a power couple in the making. There is great chemistry, a great sexual tension, and enough drama to fill a …corn field. It’s a good thing that Michael is as persistent as he is, because he is definitely going to need it with the relationship-shy Anne. Messy divorces can do that to you. But every time these two are around each other you know it’s meant to be. I really loved how Anne is always first on Michael’s mind. He is tough and strong, yet caring and sensitive to her emotions and needs. Anne, on the other hand, began to become a bit frustrating. She is obviously attracted to Michael, but she ignores all of her own emotional and physical cues (not to mention his) and keeps thinking of him just as her ex’s attorney. Like come on girl! Get it together and kiss him!

This book has a really great mystery, with just a touch of horror in the form of a serial killer. I was really happy to see I was wrong (repeatedly) about who the killer was. That is definitely something I always appreciate when it comes to a murder mystery. The serial killer is super creepy and it seems like they are always one step ahead of the game. But then this story has so much more into it. There is a budding romance building. Not to mention another that will spin off into the sequel.

During the beginning of the book I felt it moved a bit fast. The number of events that happened in just the first chapter was quite high. But it quickly begins to even out and it turned into quite the page turner. I finished this in two days and I thought it was a really good story. I definitely recommend this if you are into romantic suspense novels!


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