The boss you hate to love

Hi, book buddies :-) New book by Lisa Renee Jones! This is always good news for me :-D It's intense and steamy and emotional. Gimme.

Bastard Boss

Series: Tyler and Bella Duet #1

Author: Lisa Renee Jones

Release Date: November 21st, 2022

THE APPEALING PREMISE

A sexy, dirty talking alpha. The beautiful, sweet, and fiery Bella.

Her boss.

A contract that forces

him to marry. An arrangement that will change them forever.

Meet Tyler Hawk...

Tyler Hawk is a man with secrets and a dark past.

A man who has known tragedy and betrayal. He wants for little, but

what he wants is more power, a legacy that is his own, and not his father's.

There are obstacles in his way,

one of which is the scandal his father

left behind and a will with certain demands.

Behind the scenes he is a man on edge,

and only one woman sees the truth

hidden beneath his strong will and dominant rule.

Bella is somehow demanding and submissive, fiery and yet sweet.

She can give him everything he wants, she just doesn't know it,

not yet, but she will.

If she'll just say yes and sign

on the dotted line.

MY OPINION

Isn't it exciting when a secondary character in a story grabs you so hard that you want him starring in his own book? Well, I have great news. Tyler Hawk is such an inspiring character. He got his book! And his chance to prove that he's as complicated, hot and deserving as the best.

A troubled man, Tyler, burdened with sins and regrets. Just the kind of literary man who's ripe for an epic love story. In comes Bella, with all her wits, charm and good heart, eager to soothe his soul and take care of his muscular, excel-at-how-to-please-a-woman body. Oh, what a clash they have! 

I loved how this first book in a duology is crafted. It starts with this duel of wills where she wants to help him as a friend and he tries to fight her good intentions because he's too aloof and cannot cope with intimacy. 

The best thing about this situation is their crackling attraction, the teasing dialogues, and the intensity of what's brewing between the characters. No matter how impossible their relationship seems, there's a gravitational pull that destroys all their best efforts to keep away from each other. Then, Tyler's demons come to haunt him in a very efficient, shocking way that involves his company, his future and his reputation. And all this threatens to overflow into their budding relationship that is as explosive and ardent as it is dangerous. 

I loved seeing Dash and Allison from the Necklace trilogy, and enjoyed Tyler and Bella working together while juggling their forbidden attraction. Finally, the desperate and emotional cliffhanger is just perfect to highlight the volatile circumstances in this couple's lives. I am more than ready for the next book :-D

FIND IT 

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There's more!

Tyler & Bella Duet is available for pre-order NOW!
Amazon: http://mybook.to/TylerBella1/opt/1
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Nook: https://bit.ly/3MWAVmi
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Sweet Sinner (book two)
Amazon: http://mybook.to/TylerBella2/opt/1
Apple: https://apple.co/3woFjV8
Nook: https://bit.ly/3CPo8NK
Kobo: https://bit.ly/361cMul 

WHAT ABOUT AN EXCERPT, BABEL?

“You’re going to have to share your room with me, sweetheart,” he says, and he doesn’t allow me time to object or even savor that endearment, not that objection is on my mind. I’m thinking of nothing but his mouth and hands on

my body and this time, mine on his. He opens the door and enters the room, maneuvering me along with him. The door slams shut behind us, and he’s already kissing me again. This time when his fingers find my hair, he gives the long strands an erotic tug and drags my gaze to his. “Control in all things, Bella.

It’s who I am. It’s what I need, not a want.”

“And as you remember,” I say, my fingers curling on his chest, “I don’t like what I can’t control, which I guess actually means I like control, too.”

“And you have it with me,” he promises. “Always. All you have to say is no, and we find what feels like ayes to you. You asked if I trust you. I’m asking you now, if you trust me.”

I consider the complexity of the question. Do I trust him to listen when I say no? Yes. Do I trust him not to break my heart? I’m pretty sure that’s signed, sealed, and delivered, so, no. Do I trust him to make tonight all about pleasure? The kind of pleasure I’ll remember long after he is married off to his future fiancée. Yes. That’s a brutal yes because of where this is headed, which is nowhere but right here, right now, but one I can’t walk away from, either.

“Yes,” I say. “I trust you.”

“I don’t think you do, Bella,” he murmurs, and the way he uses my name—it’s as if he wants me to know I’m not just sex to him. Or maybe I just want to believe that—even need to believe that—to be here with him, to be this intimate with him. Because I’m still me. I’m still not the “sex is sex” kind of girl, even if he aspires to change that in me. “But I want you to trust me so damn badly it’s insane,” he adds roughly, an edge of frustration in him, as if this statement somehow contradicts the control he so values.It shakes me just how much I’m pleased that I’ve tormented him in some way,

as if it’s selfish of me. I know this, but Lord also knows I’m tormented over this marriage agreement he’s obviously accepted.

And if I think too hard about it, I will run. I will leave.

I don’t want to leave.

I press to my toes, desperate for his mouth and body, for that oblivion he’s shown me once that I crave once again.

His grip tightens gently round my hair, the act both arousing and brutal, as he denies me his mouth.

“I’m going to make you trust me, Bella,” he declares, and then, thank you Lord, his mouth slants over my mouth, his tongue caressing my tongue. And it’s a toe-curling, deep,

drugging kiss that leaves me breathless when his lips part mine.

“Undress, baby,” he orders. “I want to watch.” 

WHO'S THE CLEVER LADY WHO WROTE IT?

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones writes dark, edgy fiction including the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series and the upcoming, crime thriller The Poet. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland and Bad Mom's) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. 

Prior to publishing Lisa owned a 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. She lives in Colorado with her husband, a cat that talks too much, and a Golden Retriever who is afraid of trash bags.

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