Literaria: TEASE ME with dangerous romance

Hi, book buddies :-) How are you doing? I am going to tease you with a new story from J. Kenner. She's always hitting this blog :-D

MY OPINION

I am thoroughly impressed. And satisfied with this Hitchcock-style suspense romance.

Marriage between Ryan and Jamie was never boring, but this is a rollercoaster of secrets, dangers, and espionage. Set against the backdrop of London and the shadow of Middle East political upheaval, the story takes off on a shocking scene filled with raw emotions and lethal action.

From there, the married couple faces personal uncertainties about trust and intimacy that lead to burning-hot bedtimes and keen conversations. Only to mingle their romantic epiphany with a bomb from the past that threatens their bond along with their lives.

It's intense. It's tension drenched in adrenaline and love put to the test and a puzzling mystery that appears to be one thing and then another and pulls the reader into a pit of convoluted, exciting clues.

I was totally engrossed in the plot, not knowing who was the culprit, but smiling and yeahing over every new detail. The final chapters rush through molten heat and incredible tension. I loved how the connections were made to unknot the evil plan, the vivid survival escape, and the role of characters from other novels in this author’s universe. Very impressive.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Kenner comes a new story in her Stark International series…

Tease Me, an all-new steamy, full length standalone in the Stark World from New York Times and #1 International bestselling author J. Kenner, is coming March 10th!

Entertainment reporter Jamie Archer knew it would be hard when her husband, Stark Security Chief Ryan Hunter, was called away for a long-term project in London. The distance is difficult to endure, but Jamie trusts the deep and passionate love that has always burned between them. At least until a mysterious woman from Ryan’s past shows up at his doorstep, her very presence threatening to destroy everything that Jamie holds dear.

Ryan never expected to see Felicia Randall again, a woman with whom he shared a dark past and a dangerous secret. The first and only woman he ever truly failed.

Desperate and on the run, Felicia’s come to plead for his help. But while Ryan knows that helping her is the only way to heal old wounds, he also knows that the mission will not only endanger the life of the woman he holds most dear, but will brutally test the deep trust that binds Jamie and Ryan together.

WHERE TO FIND IT

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ENJOY AN EXCERPT

His low chuckle reverberates through me, settling between my thighs. “Careful, Kitten. I’m in public. The hotel bar.”

“What a coincidence,” I say as I cross the tiled floor, passing men and women all dressed to the nines and ready for an evening out. “I’m in a hotel, too.”

“You’re not working?” I hear the frown in his voice. “I thought you were editing this week.”

It’s a fair question. For a while now I’ve been pulling exceptionally long hours doing the on-camera work and producing a series of celebrity interviews that air on various news and entertainment programs under the umbrella of Hardline Entertainment, a company owned by Hollywood mogul Matthew Holt. It’s a semi-open secret that he owns a high-end sex club, and he’s known around town as a total manwhore, but he’s been nothing but decent to me. So decent, in fact, that he is co-producing a two-hour special on the top three box office hits last year—with me as the intrepid reporter interviewing actors and off-screen talent as we try to find the secret sauce.

It’s a great project and Matthew has not only been a total gentleman, he’s been downright encouraging. And he’s completely respectful of Ryan. Sometimes I wonder if his manwhore, not-with-the-whole-metoo-thing rep is some sort of manufactured facade.

Then again, Ryan has the skill set to kill a man with his bare hands, and he’s best friends with Damien Stark. So maybe Holt just makes a point of showing me his shiny side.

Either way, the job is great and I love it. Yes, I’d love to land the acting gig I was telling Nikki about, but after being bounced around various positions in Hollywood, I finally feel like I’ve landed on my feet. No matter what happens with the Carson project, I’m happy. Which makes Holt something like a ridiculously good-looking fairy godfather to me.

ABOUT THE MASTERMIND

Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over one hundred novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A six time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy) and in 2017 for Wicked Dirty in the same category. Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development as a television show.

Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.