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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EXCERPT:
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…
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
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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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