Title: HARD RULES
Series: Dirty Money #1
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: Gallery Books
Publish Date: 08.09.16
Category /Genre: Contemporary Romance
Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing: book received as an
unedited ARC / errors excused
Received from: Gallery Books (via NetGalley)
Goodreads link: Hard
Rules
Date completed: 08.08.16
Description from the publisher:
Wall Street meets the Sons of
Anarchy in 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.
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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HARD RULES is the first book in the Dirty
Money series. These are not stand-alones
and they will need to be read in order of release.
“Wall Street meets the Sons of
Anarchy”… okay, that did not grab me... I’m not interested in high finance
since I’m as poor as a church mouse and I’ve never seen SOA, not even an
advertisement! On the other hand, this
is Lisa Renee Jones so, of course, I want to read it.
This book grabbed my attention from
the first page and still hasn’t let me go.
There is suspense, romance, and sexual tension. There are also secrets – a lot of
secrets. The kind that have me jumping
in my seat like a little child and whining, “Tell me!” This is what will have me grabbing the next
book as quick as it is available.
My favorite thing about this book is
that trust isn’t immediate. It has to be
earned. On the other hand both Emily and
Shane are extremely intelligent, strong, and resourceful. This makes for some interesting tug-of-war
banter and situations. Last thing: Shane is dominant, but has obviously fallen
hard for Emily at first sight. So he’s
coming to terms with that as well.
Now, maybe I want to see SOA and
read the Wall Street Journal after all – LOL.
Fair warning: there is a cliff-hanger, so be prepared to
grab DAMAGE CONTROL immediately. You’re
not going to want to wait a minute.
Note: while I was given this book as a gifted ARC,
my opinions are my own and are given freely.
Dirty
Money Series:
1.
Hard Rules
2.
Damage Control
3.
Bad Deeds
4.
End Game
Also from Lisa Renee Jones:
Careless Whispers Series:
1.
Denial
2.
Demand
3.
Surrender
Dirty
Rich Series:
3.
Dirty
Rich Obsession (coming soon)
Inside
Out Series:
2.
Being Me
3.
Revealing Us
3.1
His Secrets
3.2
Rebecca’s Lost Journals
3.4
My Hunger
4.5
My Control
6.
All of Me
The Lilah Love series:
2.
Murder Girl (coming soon)
Poison
Kisses serial:
The Secret
Life of Amy Bensen Series:
3.
Forsaken
4.
Unbroken
Tall,
Dark, & Deadly Series:
0.5 Secrets Exposed
1.
Hot Secrets
2.
Dangerous Secrets
2.5 One Dangerous Night
3.
Beneath the Secrets
Walker
Security Series:
1.
Deep Under
2.
Pulled Under
White
Lies Series:
1.
Provocative
2.
Shameless
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 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.
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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