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*This is a standalone book, as with the other books in the Tall, Dark and Deadly series you do not have to read the entire series to enjoy this book.
Kyle, one of the alpha men of Walker Security, is hot, bothered, and intense, and when Myla lands in his line of fire, she'll soon learn her secrets, and her passion, belong to him, from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones.
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.
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âWho are you? And I mean really. Who are you?â
My gut tells me that if I tell her right now, in this moment, it will not be well-received. âA friend,â I say, my gaze lowering to her lush mouth and lifting. âAnd the man who wants to kiss you. Really kiss you. Can I kiss you, Myla?â
âYouâre asking?â
âYes. Iâm asking. After all youâve been through-â
âHe hasnât destroyed me. He hasnât beaten me and I donât like that you think he has.â
âI donât think heâs beaten you.â
âHe hasnât,â she insists. âIâm not giving him that power and damn it, you better not either by treating me like Iâm broken and fragile. So kiss me if youâre going to kiss me or let me go, if you donât want-â
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. âMyla-â
âDonât do this,â she pleads, âDonât be the kind of hero I donât need. Give me something good to remember the next time he touches me, something that gets me through it.â
âI told you,â I grind out. âHe will never touch you again.â
âYou underestimate him.â
âYou underestimate me,â I assure her. âYou want to forget? Letâs forget.â
âDonât treat me like-â
I tangle my fingers in her hair and drag her gaze to mine. âIs that too gentle?â
âIt is until you kiss me again,â 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 âKyle,â when I nip her lip.
âThatâs what I want,â I say. âMy name on your tongue, not his. My tongue on your body, not his.â
âThatâs what I want too,â she dares, and when she adds, âvery much,â there is this sense of her claiming something outside of a world sheâd 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. Iâm 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. âWhat are you doing?â
âI canât get your shirt off while your gun is on,â she says, and then gives me an unhappy look. âDid you think that I was going for your weapon?â
âProgramming,â I say. âProtect your weapon, always. And you arenât the only one with a bad relationship baggage.â
âI can accept that and understand it, but now itâs my turn to say quid pro quo. Iâm opening the door to trusting you. You need to do the same and trust me.â
Sheâs 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, âIf you were him-â
My hands slide around her neck, dragging her mouth to mine. âObviously I need to fuck you fast and hard before I go slow and sexy, just to get him the hell out of this room.â I kiss her, a deep, demanding, stroke of tongue on tongue, I end with a challenge. âDo you want me or my gun?â
âYou,â she whispers, her hand sliding away from my weapon. âI want you.â
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âI want your trust.â
âAnd what will you do if you get it?â
His hand comes down on my leg, intimate, wrong. Right. âWhen I earn it you wonât ask that question.â
âI wish you could earn it,â I say, and my hand goes to his and I tell myself itâs to push him away, but I donât even try.
âI can and I will,â he says, leaning in, or maybe I lean in or we both do, but we are close, our faces, our lips, and our breath. âMaybe not tonight or tomorrow, but Iâm not going anywhere.â
âAnd then what?â
âAnd then, everything changes,â he promises, and suddenly his lips brush mine, a barely there touch that I feel, oh how I feel it in every part of me, before he pulls back and then heâs gone, leaving me swaying and grabbing hold of the cushion.
âFuck,â he curses, standing up and giving me his back, just long enough to run a rough hand through his hair and to face me while I try to calm my racing mind and heart. âThat canât happen,â he says.
I blink. âWhat? I didnât try... we didnâtâŠâ Confused, heat and embarrassment assail me and I stand up, rushing toward the bedroom, running this time, but I simply donât care. But I also donât escape. Heâs there before I make it into the bedroom, stepping in front of me, his hands settling at my waist, branding me, scorching me.
âIf we happen now, youâll question why. You will fear that Iâm setting you up, and fear is not what I want from you.â
âThen what do you want from me?â
âI could tell you trust again, which is true, but right now, in this moment, what I want is you. Every part of you naked, every way I can get you. Beneath me, on top of me, under my tongue, and many other ways.â
âYou canât say that to me.â
âAnd if Iâd given you some generic bullshit answer you wouldnât have believed it, I would have scared you just as much as actually doing what I want.â
âI wouldnât have let you.â
âWeâre fire, sweetheart. We both know it. Itâs inconvenient, but itâs undeniable, which means weâre going to have to find a way to deal with it because I meant what I said. Iâm here. Iâm not leaving.â
My hands go to his wrist. âLet me go.â
âIâll stop touching you, sweetheart, but Iâm not letting you go.â
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About the 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.
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.
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 at on her website and she is active on twitter and Facebook daily.
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