{"id":30070,"date":"2018-02-08T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=30070"},"modified":"2018-02-06T19:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T00:30:53","slug":"blog-tour-arc-review-excerpt-poison-kisses-part-one-poison-kisses-1-by-lisa-renee-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=30070","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour, ARC Review & Excerpt: Poison Kisses: Part One (Poison Kisses, #1) by Lisa Renee Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sexy STANDALONE novel featuring Seth from the Dirty Money series<\/a>!
\nIt is not necessary to read the Dirty Money series prior to enjoying this book.
\nPOISON KISSES will be released as three novellas in back to back weeks on Feb. 6th, 13th, and 20th!<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Poison Kisses: Part One<\/strong>
\nby Lisa Renee Jones<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released January 6, 2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available Now!
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Amanda Skye made me want her. She made me trust her. She made me love her. Then she betrayed me. And now, a madman brings us together again and before our battle with him is over, I will make sure that she never forgets my name: Seth Cage. The Fixer<\/i> for The Brandon Family Empire, but to a covert CIA operation, I will always be The Assassin<\/i>. And to Amanda, I will be the man who made her moan, sigh, and beg. And I will <\/i>make her beg.<\/p>\n

***Note — Poison Kisses is part 1 of a 3 part serial: All three parts are super sexy with an alpha man who has met his match in a kickass female. There will be naked moments that may or may not include a gun, which may or may not be his gun. ****<\/p>\n

Find\u00a0Poison Kisses: Part One<\/em> on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

4 stars!<\/p>\n

Poison Kisses: Part One<\/i> is the first in a trilogy of serial novellas featuring Seth Cage and is told via his point-of-view. We first meet Seth in the Dirty Money series<\/i><\/a> as Shane Brandon\u2019s right-hand man. He\u2019s ex-CIA and a total badass.\u00a0When a terrorist named Dr. Franklin Ross resurfaces and threatens the U.S., Seth is pulled back into action by the CIA. There is a catch though. In order to get to Dr. Ross he needs to work with someone from his past, someone he knows intimately and who showed him exactly what betrayal felt like.<\/p>\n

Amanda Skye disappeared the night her CIA parents were murdered and Seth has been searching for her ever since. They share bad blood because of what went down that fateful night and Seth is willing to do what it takes to keep the U.S. safe, including killing the very person who once held his heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to know that she lives to help us and dies before she helps him.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seth is known as the Assassin and he is good at what he does. Though this smoking hot killer doesn’t usually get attached to people, he has a soft spot for Amanda. Once deeply in love, after everything that happened, they now feel like enemies. I felt Seth\u2019s betrayal and conflicted emotions when he sees Amanda again. Even though he refuses to acknowledge his feelings, he still can\u2019t move on from the affect she has on him making his job more complicated.<\/p>\n

Amanda is an interesting woman. Smart, brave, fearless, and a badass in her own right, she is known as the Scientist to most but Poison Princess to Seth. She was raised in the CIA with a solid knowledge of chemicals and a background in medicine. She is familiar with the poisons that can end a life within seconds and I love her confidence, knowing she can deal with anything thrown her way.<\/p>\n

Seth and Amanda are amazing together. They are the perfect match and both would die trying to protect the ones the love, including each other. They want to hate each other but can\u2019t resist the pull. The banter and hostility between them make the sexual tension skyrocket and as the feelings from the past merge with the present ones, conflict and confusion filter in.<\/p>\n

They have a complicated history and I was intrigued with what actually happened. I knew there would be more to the story than Seth realized. I loved the flash backs; they set the scene for the entire story and started things off with some intense emotion and excitement. I enjoyed getting bits and pieces of the story and the mystery and suspense was well developed. There were so many unanswered questions that I found myself desperate to know the truth.<\/p>\n

As the book comes to an end, we get the reason for why Amanda disappeared and an understanding of why she feels the way she does. The cliffhanger leaves us with a tidbit of information that Seth wasn\u2019t expecting and I am curious to see how things play out.\u00a0Overall, it\u2019s a great start to a trilogy and now that I\u2019m invested in the story, I need more. I can\u2019t wait to dive into Part Two<\/i>!<\/p>\n

*ARC\u00a0generously provided by the author via NetGalley*<\/i><\/p>\n

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Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u201cI hate you, Seth Cage,\u201d she proclaims in what I know to be an out-of-character emotional outburst that tells me I\u2019ve rattled her.<\/span><\/p>\n

And earns her my cool reply. \u201cThere\u2019s a fine line between love and hate, sweetheart,\u201d I say, but I don\u2019t want her to hate me and it pisses me off. What is it about this woman that makes her my weakness? \u201cI wonder if I missed the taste of poison on your lips, or did I just choose to ignore it?\u201d And I need to know that answer. I close my mouth down on hers, my tongue sliding into her mouth, rough, angry, but she doesn\u2019t respond. She doesn\u2019t even touch me, and I won\u2019t allow her that win. I fold her against me, cupping the back of her head, my tongue licking against hers until she finally fucking moans, and responds.<\/span><\/p>\n

And damn it, she still tastes just as good as she did, just as right when she\u2019s wrong, but at least I know now. Everything right about this woman will always be wrong, including the moment she bites my lips, drawing blood. \u201cI still hate you,\u201d she hisses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wiping my lip, I\u2019m wildly aroused by what just happened, which proves how fucked in the head this woman makes me. And while I\u2019m certain we\u2019d both be more than comfortable with the idea of me pulling her skirt up and fucking her right now, and letting her think she\u2019s manipulating me again, that has to wait until I have her someplace to myself. I release her, snatching up her gun and shoving it under my jacket, inside my holster. \u201cMeet me at the south exit. If you aren\u2019t there, I\u2019ll kill you and then move on to Plan B and kill Franklin. And yes. This is a test. Pass it or you\u2019ll be in my bed, in handcuffs for the rest of your life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou said you\u2019d kill me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I cuff you to my bed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I move to the door and exit into the staff hallway, and then the main school hallway, the scent of her, sweet jasmine, clinging to my skin. Damn it, I used to love that smell.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m halfway to the exit when suddenly she\u2019s beside me. \u201cAs I know you know from whatever file they gave you on me,\u201d she says without looking at me, \u201cI watched people die because of that man in China seven years ago when he set off poison gas in the subway. I\u2019m not sitting back while he does it again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t reply. I just keep walking, but now she\u2019s by my side again, as she was for three solid months, three years ago. Her words and actions are reminding me of what I\u2019d found so damn appealing about this woman: her conviction and her moral compass that were greater than mine, that made her too good for me, and yet, made me want her all the more. Only, it was an act, a fa\u00e7ade maintained even now and well. She\u2019s an enemy in an uncomfortable alliance. I don\u2019t believe a word she has said.<\/span><\/p>\n

We reach the exit and I pause with her directly to my right, my eyes capturing hers. \u201cYou\u2019re with me now and no one gets to take you from me. And I\u2019m the only one who gets to kill you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re so damn romantic,\u201d she says. \u201cNo wonder I missed you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou missed me, sweetheart?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat wasn\u2019t literal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My lips curve. \u201cAnd yet you kissed me like you missed me.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Poison Kisses<\/strong><\/h4>\n

*Poison Kisses<\/em>\u00a0features Seth Cage, right-hand man of Shane Brandon from the\u00a0Dirty Money<\/em><\/a> series*<\/p>\n

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Poison Kisses: Part 1
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0| Amazon UK<\/a> |\u00a0Amazon CA<\/a> |\u00a0B&N<\/a> | iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n

Poison Kisses: Part 2\u00a0<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:: Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0| Amazon UK<\/a> |\u00a0Amazon CA<\/a> |\u00a0B&N<\/a> | iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n

Poison Kisses: Part 3
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\nBuy: Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| Amazon UK<\/a> |\u00a0Amazon CA<\/a> |\u00a0B&N<\/a> | iBooks<\/a><\/p>\n

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About Lisa Renee Jones<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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 also the author of the bestselling DIRTY MONEY<\/a> and WHITE LIES series. Presently, Lisa is working on her Murder Girl\/Lilah Love<\/a> series to be published by Montlake.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at\u00a0www.lisareneejones.com<\/a>\u00a0and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.<\/p>\n

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