ARC received for an honest review
Welcome back to Lisa's world of corporate high flyers, dirty deals and even dirtier relationships.
Reid and Carrie's relationship is full of sexual tension and lust and hatred. We pick up right where their first book ended, with a proposal.
There was so much happening at the end of the first book, so I knew that we were going to be hitting the ground running with this one.
It did take me a little while to get into this one - this is probably me and a dose of end of year blogger burnout, or if there was a bit too much going on and I just wasn't keeping up well? However I got over that pretty quickly.
I liked that yes, though there were things going on around Reid and Carrie and business, they didn't let that break them. I loved how much stronger Carrie seemed to be in this installment.
I love seeing more of Cat and Reese and Gabe in this book, and I hope to see more of them all again soon.
♥ EXCERPT ♥
Reid pulls me close, his fingers tunneling into my
hair before he says, “Ever fucked in a limo, baby?” and before I can answer,
his mouth closes down on mine and he’s crazy, hot kissing me.
“Well?” Reid challenges, his lips parting mine after a
scorching kiss. “Have you ever fucked in a limo?”
“No,” I say, my hand flattening on his really hard and
perfect chest, while my sex clenches in denial of my rejection about to follow.
“I have not and I’m not starting now. Have you?”
“No,” he says. “Which makes it all the better that I do it
with you. The only woman I plan to ever fuck again in this lifetime.” He kisses
me and his hand slides under my shirt and over my breast.
“We paid a lot of money for this private limo,” he says.
“Let’s enjoy it.”
“We?” I ask, catching his hand under my shirt but it does no
good to stop him. His fingers shove down the lace of my bra.
“Yes. We. What’s mine is yours and just to be clear, you’re
mine now.” He latches onto my nipple with his fingers and I moan with the sweet
friction.
“Reid,” I whisper huskily.
“More, baby?” He rolls me to my back onto the long leather
seat and then comes down on top of me. “You want my mouth on your nipple?”
“Stop,” I warn, clenching my thighs to no avail. His big
body is separating them, and both of us have a leg dangling off the seat. “We
can’t—”
He kisses me again, a deep, drugging kiss, while his hand
squeezes my breast, and his thick cock nestles against my sex. I moan and he
presses his cheek to mine, his lips at my ear. “I do believe you need my mouth
on your nipple right now.”
“Reid,” I hiss, but it’s too late. He’s dragging my shirt up
and over my head, tossing it aside and almost immediately his mouth is on one
of my nipples, suckling, and licking. “What if—”
He kisses me. “I paid for privacy.”
I push on his chest. “We’re in Japan. How do you know you
really paid for privacy?”
“It’s Japan, baby. They respect agreements here, more than
Americans.” He kisses me again and his hand slides around my backside,
squeezing and lifting me against him. “Maybe I should spank you right here.”
“No!” I say urgently, shoving on his chest again. “Not a
chance in hell.”
He laughs low and sexy. “But I can fuck you?”
“Are you really trying to negotiate right now?” I
challenge.
“I’m just trying to get inside my future wife.” He strokes a
lock of hair from my face, his expression softening, his voice tender now. “Wife,
Carrie. I never thought I’d call anyone that. I never thought I’d want
anyone like that.”
My heart squeezes. “Husband,” I whisper. “From asshole to
husband. I never—”
“You changed me, Carrie. You. Just you. And I need you to
know that I will protect you. That I will never hurt you.”
My fingers splay on his cheek and I know he’s thinking of
the girlfriend that gave up her life for him. “Reid, you can’t walk around
afraid for me. That’s not living.”
“I will protect you,” he promises, his tone guttural,
as if I haven’t even spoken, his mouth covering mine in a deep kiss, before he
returns to my nipple, this time I don’t fight the pleasure. He needs this right
now. Maybe I do, too. I arch into the intimate touch of his lips, his tongue,
into the taut pull of his teeth against my nipple. My fingers dive into his
blond hair but he moves down my body, his lips on my belly, his tongue
flickering into my belly button even as he unsnaps my jeans.
This jolts me and I grab his hand, lifting my head to look
at him. “Are you sure we’re safe in here?”
Those beautiful blue eyes of his meet mine. “I promise,
baby. No one will interrupt us.”
“You’re sure?”
“I promise and—”
“You never break a promise,” I say, stopping him there.
“That’s a very marrying quality, by the way.”
His lips, those brutally sexy lips, curve. “Good to know.
Trust me now, Carrie.”
Trust him.
There is a question in his eyes, a roughness to his voice.
He proposed, but on the heels of so many opportunities for me to question him.
This appeal to “trust him now” isn’t about sex in a limo. It’s about so much
more. “I do trust you,” I say, and my voice isn’t a whisper, just a tremble of
emotion spoken quite clearly.
He studies me for several long beats and then tugs my jeans
down, taking the tiny strip of silk I’m wearing with them, with my shoes
following. I barely have time to process just how vulnerable I am before Reid
pulls his shirt over his head. “So you know you’re never naked alone, not
again. Not ever.”
Emotion wells in my chest and he is already on top of me,
kissing me, his cheek pressing to mine as he whispers, “I love you.”
“I love you, too,” I whisper back, only to have him slide
down my body again…
↓ Links to the Book & Author ↓
Reid & Carrie Book #1 aka #3
Book #1
Book #2
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#9 aka Filthy Duet #2
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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.
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