Forsaken
By Lisa Renee Jones
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Blurb
In this third book in the sexy,
suspenseful “The Secret Life of Amy Bensen” series from New York Times
bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones, we meet Amy’s brother Chad—and the woman
who either loves him or wants him dead.
Six years ago, Chad’s hunt for a
dangerous treasure turned deadly when his family home was set on fire, his
parents killed. Faking his and his sister Amy’s death to protect her from
further retaliation, he set her up in a new life with a friend’s help, letting
her believe he’d died.
But now the men who hired Chad to find
the treasure have found him, imprisoning and torturing him to learn where it’s
hidden. A dark-haired beauty named Gia helps him escape, promising him access
to his worst enemy. And as he tries to unravel the deep secrets of the past, he
starts falling for her…only to discover she’s not what she seems.
Unable to trust anyone, Chad focuses on
only two things: protecting his sister Amy and getting revenge. Is love even
possible in the midst of heartache?
Excerpt
#1
I cross the room to enter the master bedroom and Gia greets
me at the door, her pale skin like ivory, her dark brown hair draping her
shoulders, and worry etched in the furrow of her brow. She is beautiful. She is
here. She is mine, if only for now, and I have every intention of keeping her.
I kick the door shut and she takes a step backwards,
giving me space I do not want. “You have to know that party is a setup. You
can’t show up there.”
“I take it you listened in on our conversation.”
“Yes. I did. Chad—”
She yelps as I grab her, rotating her to press her against
the door, trapping her legs with mine. “He hacked your personnel file.”
“Of course he did. I don’t trust him.”
I tangle rough fingers into her hair, tugging just enough
to force her blue eyes to mine. “He doesn’t trust you.”
“Like you?”
My answer is a deep, hungry kiss. The taste of her,
addictively sweet, fills my senses, stirs a craving for more. She makes me crave more. Escape.
Passion. That indefinable sense of needing what only she can give me. She
moans, a soft, sexy sound I feel in the tightening of my body, the burn in my
limbs. My free hand caresses her hip, her waist, the curve of her breast, and I
want nothing more than to be lost at sea with this woman, floating on an ocean
of waves, so far away from the rest of the world we can’t be found. But I have
to settle for here. Now. Lost in her. With
her.
Only, she’s not
with me. I feel it in the tentative
caress of her tongue, the uncertainty and reserve of her fingers barely flexing
against my chest, and I tear my mouth from hers. “I fucked up in the lobby. But
Gia, in a very short time, you’ve gotten inside my head and under my skin in a
way no one else has. You know the real me, and that’s dangerous for both of
us.”
“I’m a part of this
world now, too, and I need to understand to survive.”
“You aren’t. You can’t be. I won’t allow it.”
“You can’t change what already is. You think that if I’m
out of your sight, I’m safe? That’s a fantasy, Chad, and I’m not willing to
live in a fantasy that could kill me.” She balls her fingers around my shirt.
We stare at each other, the sound of our breaths mingling
together, the sun starting to dim beyond the windows, like the resistance I
once had to this woman. “I want your help. I even need it, but I won’t lie to
you anymore. You need to know that the first chance I have to make it happen, I will get you out of this.”
“If I don’t want to go?”
“You’ll go.”
She inhales and lets it out. “And never see you again.”
“It has to be that way.”
“If I resist?”
“Then we’ll go to war,” I assure her, “and I’ll win.”
“If you send me away, I’ll go after him on my own.”
I lean back, pressing my hands on the wall beside her.
“That would be foolish, and you’re not foolish.”
“So is your thinking that you can take on something this
big on your own. And don’t say you have Jared. You didn’t even tell him what
you were hiding for six years.”
“What he doesn’t know can’t get him killed.”
“That’s bullshit, Chad. They’ll kill him to get to you,
just like they’ll kill me, or your sister. You do have to destroy them, and I
don’t even know how you do that.”
“I’ll figure it out.”
“Damn you and your stubbornness,” she hisses. “You’re
going to end up dead.”
I slide my hands to her hair. “You need to stop talking.
Right here, this moment, is about just that: the moment.”
“This moment won’t erase the facts. This is bigger than
you and me. I have to be a weapon if I can be.”
“But not another loss,” I declare. “You give me the
information. I risk myself. End of story.” She opens her mouth to argue and I
silence her with a kiss, and I swear I can almost taste the blood I won’t let
be hers, almost hear the piercing scream of my mother’s agony in my head. I cup
Gia’s head, deepening the connection between us. Needing again. Demanding.
Taking. Relieved when she goes from stiff and unyielding to wildly responsive,
her tongue stroking mine, her hands sliding under my shirt, her palms soft and
warm. Her touch is somehow like a calm summer breeze on a hot Texas night and
at the same time it’s the fire that makes it hotter.
But Gia isn’t calm. She’s all over me—kissing me, touching
me, possessive in her own right, as if she is trying to hold onto me beyond the
moment.
Escaping Reality (book 1)
is available to "Read Free" on NetGalley right now - https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book/62595
Infinite Possibilities
(book 2) is on sale for $1.99 (reg. $7.99) until 8/16
For More information on The Secret Life of Amy
Bensen series page including: buy links, and excerpts for the previous two and
also upcoming releases. Visit Lisa’s
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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.
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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