Spotlight & Giveaway: A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones

Posted June 23rd, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 55 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Lisa Renee Jones to HJ!
Spotlight&Giveaway

Hi Lisa Renee and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, A Reckless Note!

 
Thank you so much for having me to chat about my new Brilliance Trilogy.
 

Please summarize the book a la Twitter style for the readers here:

She’s in hiding. He calls to her darkest desires. But because of who he is, he’s also a danger to her secret and what’s she’s running from. Together, their passion is undeniable, but the past is going to try to tear them apart.
 

Please share the opening lines of this book:

When you touch me, I tremble. When I close my eyes and you’re not here, I remember your touch, your hands on my body, your tongue on my skin. And when you kiss me, as silly as it might sound, I melt. I go places with you, do things with you, that I never knew I could welcome in my life.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • This series is loosely tied to my Inside Out series, which is in development for television! Readers who loved my Inside Out series will see a lot of fun and familiar faces, but no worries to those who haven’t read it, this series stands completely on its own!
  • I listened to a lot of classical music while writing book one due to the hero being a violinist
  • This book is only in the heroine’s point of view. More mystery that way 🙂
  • I had to change the covers for the entire series before the first book ever released for marketing purposes

 

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

Kace to Aria: Her knowledge about music, violins, and guts to approach one of his friends for a business favor.

Aria to Kace: Kace is a famous musician, so Aria knows who he is on sight, she’s drawn to his connection to her past, and his enigmatic personality, and let’s face it, his sexiness.
 

Using just 5 words, how would you describe Hero and Heroine’s love affair?

Passionate, forbidden, dangerous, angsty, demanding.
 

The First Kiss…

“What about you, Kace? Do you have an agenda?”
His eyes darken, burn, heat. His gaze lowers to my mouth and lingers before it lifts. “Yes. I do.” And before I know his intent, he’s stepped into me, tangling fingers into my hair and leaning in close, his breath a warm fan on my lips and cheek. “This,” he murmurs. “I’ve wanted to do this every damn second I’ve been with you.”
Instantly I’m melting like chocolate under the hot sun for this man and doing it in the middle of a cold October wind. I sink into him, his hard body absorbing mine. And then he’s kissing me, his tongue licking against my tongue, a delicious caress that tastes of passion and hunger. His hand slides up my back, molding me closer, possession in that touch that should scare me, but it doesn’t. I’m lost in the intensity of my need for this man, a stranger I should resist, but I can’t remember why. Why was I supposed to resist?
A horn honks, and Kace pulls back. “You are my only agenda,” he says. “Don’t forget that.” And then he’s setting me away from him, leaving me cold where I was hot only moments before. “Good night, Aria.” He turns and walks away, leaving me panting and stunned.
What just happened?

 

Without revealing too much, what is your favorite scene in the book?

The piano scene *wink wink*

He grips the piano behind me, “Do you know what I want, Aria?”
There’s an edge to him again now, a dark edge that shouldn’t appeal to me, but it does, it so does. I ask the question he’s demanded. “What do you want, Kace?”
“Too much,” he says. “Too much, Aria.”
He means it. It’s in this moment that I understand the hot and cold I’ve experienced with this man is far more than I realized. He wants me. He doesn’t want to want me. He doesn’t believe I should be here. My defenses flare and my hand presses to his bare chest. “Why am I here then? You don’t want me here.”
“I want you, Aria. Very much. Too much. That’s the point.”
“But you don’t want me here.”
He cups my face and stares down at me, the hardness, somehow tender. “I do very much want you here.”
“You’re confusing me.”
“The feeling is mutual, baby,” he says, his voice thick with emotion that I don’t understand, that I’m not sure I’ll ever understand. But it moves me. He moves me and I reach up and cup his hand on my face.
“What are we doing, Kace?” I whisper.
He leans in and brushes his lips over my lips, a feather-light seduction that trembles through me. “This.” His mouth closes down on mine and his tongue licks past my teeth, a long, deep stroke that is seduction and power, passion, and dominance. I’m panting when his lips part from mine, linger there, his finger stroking my cheek.
“You, woman,” he murmurs, a hint of torment in his voice. “You are going to be my undoing.”

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would be absolutely crucial to include?

Their first kiss. It’s one of passion, and confusion (for her), and a lot of chemistry. It would showcase a lot of the emotions the actors in questions would need to emulate in order to get the job.

 

Readers should read this book …

If they love steamy romances, with a hefty dose of mystery!

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

The second book in the Brilliance Trilogy, A Wicked Song. Other releases besides this trilogy are: The Poet a straight thriller I’m so excited about which will be out in March of next year, and more from the men of my Walker Security series most likely coming out at the end of this year.

 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

 

Giveaway: 2 swag pens and a $10 Amazon gift card

 

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Excerpt from A Reckless Note:

“Kace—”
“I’m not good for you, Aria. I’m ten shades of wrong.”
I should run with that confession that defines every hot and cold moment with this man, but he’s not running. He’s standing right here, and there’s this rough, edgy quality to him that calls to me in ways I cannot explain. “Then why are we standing here?”
His eyes, those potent blue eyes, lower to my mouth where they linger, and I know—I just know—that he is thinking about kissing me, and I can barely breathe with the eternal moments that tick between us.
“Because,” he says, his gaze lifting to mine. “I can’t stop tasting you on my tongue.” Suddenly, his fingers are tangling into my hair and our lips are a breath from touching. “And I want more. So damn much more.” And then he’s kissing me, his tongue pressing past my teeth, caressing deep, a sensual stroke I feel in every part of me. I’m melting into the hard lines of his body.
I can taste his hunger, his need, that darkness beneath his surface I have sensed, and it draws me to him, it burns me alive. Maybe it’s the good girl in me, captive to a life not of my choosing, but that edge in him pulls me under, drugs me. I’m all in for these moments with this man, and I forget all the reserve I’ve lived with my entire life. I’m nothing but this moment, nothing but pure submission, pure need for this man. Pure need for escape.

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Book Info:

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.

Book one in the Brilliance trilogy…
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Meet the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy – a modern girl we all can identify with. Inside Out has been optioned to STARZ, Paramount, and now Marvista Entertainment. Marvista has also optioned the spin-off series, Careless Whispers.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.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.
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55 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: A Reckless Note by Lisa Renee Jones”

  2. Mary Preston

    I’d love to visit England first of all. Immerse myself in the history, visit sites and family.

  20. Christina Boronkas

    Rome!!!!! I am so obsessed with Rome I hope one day to travel there after things are better in the world.

  21. Mari Ann

    My family originated from Portugal but I’ve never been so I’d love to be able to visit someday.

  26. Pammie R.

    I would like to visit Ireland. My family came from there. I might also want to visit S. Korea, since I was made there. My Dad was stationed there and my mom and sister got to live there with him. I should have a label that says “Made in Korea.”

  35. Nina Lewis

    My father was born in Italy too. And I love to visit! Especially in the summer! Sadly, we won’t be making the trip this year. Maybe for Christmas, we’ll see. 🙂

  43. laurieg72

    Switzerland. I worked with a woman from there. She had beautiful pictures and stories. Love to hike in the Alps!

  44. dbranigan

    I would love to visit many places, with Australia and New Zealand among them.