Pre-order Blitz: Hard Rules by Lisa Renee Jones
Title: Hard Rules
Series: Dirty Money #1
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 9,
2016
Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy
in Hard Rules, the smoldering, scorching first novel in the
explosively sexy new Dirty Money series from New York Times
bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones.
How bad do you want it?
The only man within the Brandon
empire with a moral compass, Shane Brandon is ready to take his
family's business dealings legitimate. His reckless and ruthless
brother, Derek wants to keep Brandon Enterprises cemented in lies,
deceit, and corruption. But the harder Shane fights to pull the
company back into the light, the darker he has to become. Then he
meets Emily Stevens, a woman who not only stirs a voracious sexual
need in him, but becomes the only thing anchoring him between good
and evil.
Emily is consumed by Shane, pushed
sexually in ways she never dreamed of, falling deeper into the
all-encompassing passion that is this man. She trusts him. He trusts
her, but therein lies the danger. Emily has a secret, the very thing
that brought her to him in the first place, and that secret that
could that destroy them both.
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Early Praise
"Angst-y, sexy contemporary
romance with big emotional and financial stakes set against the
backdrop of two dynamic families. Sure to leave readers desperate for
the next installment." - Kirkus Reviews
"High-octane romance set above the
glittering lights of Denver is enhanced by the dominance of a
powerful man and the cunning sweetness of a woman who isn't cowed or
swayed by his wealth...a fascinating mystery and characters with
distinct voices." - Publishers Weekly
"I was hooked from beginning to
the end and was gasping when I reached that last page. I am in
desperate need to get book two. The characters are completely
charming. Shane and Emily are perfect together," - Lindsey,
The Smut-Brarians
A Note From Lisa
This series will have FOUR full-length
books in it. The first four will be Emily and Shane's story and there
will be a fifth fir a secondary character’s story (more information
to come soon). I don't have covers or buy links for these books YET,
but I DO have titles and tentative release dates!
· Book One - Hard Rules - August 9,
2016
· Book Two - Damage Control - February
2017
· Book Three - Bad Deeds - August 2017
· Book Four - End Game - February 2018
I am SO excited for this series to come
out, because it is so unlike my other series. I am hoping my readers
love it just as much as I did when I was writing it! PLEASE be sure
to sign up for my TEXT LIST (link below). That will be where/how I
communicate when these titles, and others, are available for
pre-order, on sale or when I have a big giveaway!
XOXO,
Lisa Renee Jones
My order appears and I straighten,
intending to claim my coffee and find a seat, when a pretty
twenty-something brunette races forward in a puff of sweet,
floral-scented perfume, and grabs it.
“Miss,” I begin, “that’s—”
She takes a sip and grimaces. “What
is this?” She turns to the counter. “Excuse me,” she calls out.
“My drink is wrong.”
“Because it’s not your drink,”
Karen reprimands her, setting a new cup on the counter. “This is
your drink.” She reaches for my cup and turns it around, pointing
to the name scribbled on the side. “This one’s for Shane.” She
glances at me. “I’ll be right back to fix this. I have another
customer.”
I wave my acknowledgment and she
hurries away, while my floral-scented coffee thief faces me, her
porcelain cheeks flushed, her full, really damn distracting mouth,
painted pink. “I’m so sorry,” she offers quickly. “I thought
I was the only one without my coffee and I was in a hurry.” She
starts to hand me my coffee and then quickly sets it on the counter.
“You can’t have that. I drank out of it.”
“I saw that,” I say, picking it up.
“You grimaced with disgust after trying it.”
Her eyes, a pale blue that matches the
short-sleeved silk blouse, go wide. “Oh. I mean no. Or I did, but
not because it’s a bad cup of coffee. It’s just very strong.”
“It’s a triple-shot latte.”
“A triple,” she says, looking quite
serious. “Did you know that in some third- world countries they
bottle that stuff and sell it as a way to grow hair on your chest.”
She lowers her voice and whispers, “That’s not a good look for
me.”
“Fortunately,” I say in the midst
of a chuckle I would have claimed wasn’t possible five minutes ago,
“I don’t share that dilemma.” I lift my cup and add, “Cheers,”
before taking a drink, the heavy, rich flavor sliding over my tongue.
She pales, looking exceedingly
uncomfortable, before repeating, “I drank from that cup.”
“I know,” I say, offering it back
to her. “Try another drink.”
She takes the cup and sets it on the
counter. “I can’t drink that. And you can’t either.” She
points to the hole on top, now smudged pink. “My lipstick is all
over it and I really hate to tell you this but it’s all over you
too and . . .” She laughs, a soft, sexy sound, her hands settling
on her slender, but curvy hips, accented by a fitted black skirt.
“Sorry. I don’t mean to laugh, but it’s not a good shade for
you.”
I laugh now too, officially and
impossibly charmed by this woman in spite of being in the middle of
what feels like World War III. “Seems you know how to make a
lasting impression.”
“Thankfully it’s not lasting,”
she says. “It’ll wipe right off. And thank you for being such a
good sport. I really am sorry again for all of this.”
“Apologize by getting it off me.”
Confusion puckers her brow. “What?”
“You put it on me.” I grab a napkin
from the counter and offer it to her. “You get it off.”
“I put it on the cup,” she says,
clearly recovering her quick wit. “You put it on you.”
“I assure you, that had I put it on
me, we both would have enjoyed it much more than we are now.” I
glance at the napkin.
“Are you going to help me?”
Her cheeks flush and she hugs herself,
her sudden shyness an intriguing contrast to her confident banter.
“I’ll let you know if you don’t get it all.”
My apparently lipstick- stained lips
curve at her quick wit but I take the napkin and wipe my mouth,
arching a questioning brow when I’m done. She points to the corner
of my mouth. “A little more on the left.”
I hand her the napkin. “You do
it.”
She inhales, as if for courage, but
takes it. “Fine,” she says, stepping closer, that wicked sweet
scent of hers teasing my nostrils. Wasting no time, she reaches for
my mouth, her body swaying in my direction while my hand itches to
settle at her waist. I want this woman and I’m not letting her get
away.
“There,” she says, her arm
lowering, and not about to let her escape, I capture her hand,
holding it and the napkin between us.
Those gorgeous pale blue eyes of hers
dart to mine, wide with surprise, the connection sparking an
unmistakable charge between us…
New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly
acclaimed INSIDE OUT series, which is now in development for a
television show to be produced by Suzanne Todd of Team Todd (Alice in
Wonderland). Suzanne Todd 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. I’m
thrilled to develop a television show that will tell Sara’s whole
story - her life, her work, her friends, and her sexuality.
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 presently working on a dark, edgy new
series, Dirty Money, for St. Martin's Press.
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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