LOVE ME DEAD by Lisa Renee Jones

Title:  LOVE ME DEAD
Series:  Lilah Love #3
Author:  Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher:  Julie Patra Publishing
Publish Date:   07.23.2019
Category /Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect
Received from:  Lisa Renee Jones (as a gifted copy)
Goodreads link: Love Me Dead
Date completed: 01.19.2021
 
Description from the publisher:
Women are dying.

The killer wants to play a game with Lilah Love. Lilah doesn't play games; she doesn't submit to demands. The love of her life, her ex-lover, that isn't so ex at all, Kane Mendez, knows that all too well, but like the hero, or perhaps criminal that he is, he'll try to play the game for her.

​But this killer isn't playing with Kane, demanding Lilah step up or more blood will be shed. Lilah claims her role on the game board, and she'll do it to save lives, but she isn't happy. And when Lilah isn't happy, someone is going to die alright, and it won't be her fault. It will, however, be her duty. 
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LOVE ME DEAD is the third book in the Lilah Love series.  This series must be read in the order of release.  LOVE ME DEAD and LOVE KILLS are the Umbrella Man duet – these two could be read as a duet without reading the rest of the series, but I don’t recommend doing that.  There is a lot of reference to actions in the previous books.
 
Loving Kane Menendez is the ultimate in loving the bad boy.  Lilah isn’t really the good girl, though she looks great in pink, her father was the police chief, and her mother was a Hollywood darling.  Lilah and Kane are good for each other.  They keep each other from the darkest parts of what life could bring them into.
 
Then there is the Umbrella Man.  This serial killer has decided to play a game of wits with Lilah and he seems to know too much, be everywhere, and is determined to show that he has all of the control.  Control is not something that either Lilah or Kane cede to anyone.
 
The end – this is the first book in a duet within the series.  There is a cliff-hanger.  Lisa Renee Jones blames Lilah Love.  I blame Lisa Renee Jones.  After all, she has the track record for being the cliffie queen..  I only thank the good Lord that I already have the next book and don’t have to wait at all to continue the fight against the Umbrella Man.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted copy, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Lilah Love series:
1.      Murder Notes
2.      Murder Girl
3.      Love Me Dead
4.      Love Kills
5.      Bloody Vows (releases 01.26.2021) 
6.      Bloody Love (releases 06.29.2021)  
Also from Lisa Renee Jones:
·         Amber Fire
·         Need You Now
·         A Perfect Lie
·         Play with Me
·         The Poet (releases 03.09.2021)
·         Purple Magic
·         Santa Baby (releases 11.24.2020) AMAZON
·         Unwrapping Holly
Brilliance Series:
1.      A Reckless Note
2.      A Wicked Song
3.      A Sinful Encore
Careless Whispers Series:
1.      Denial
2.      Demand
3.      Surrender
Dance Series:
1.      Follow My Lead
2.      Winning Moves
Dirty Money Series:
1.      Hard Rules
2.      Damage Control
3.      Bad Deeds
4.      End Game
Dirty Rich Series:
1.      Dirty Rich One Night Stand
2.      Dirty Rich Cinderella Story
3.      Dirty Rich Obsession
4.      Dirty Rich Betrayal
5.      Dirty Rich Cinderella Story, Ever After
6.      Dirty Rich Bastard (Filthy #1)
7.      Dirty Rich One Night Stand, Two Years Later
8.      Dirty Rich Obsession, All Mine
9.      The Princess (Filthy #2)
10.  The Empire (Filthy #3)
11.  His Demand (Dirtier Duet #1)
12.  Her Submission (Dirtier Duet #2)
13.  Dirty Rich Secrets, Part 1
14.  Dirty Rich Secrets , Part 2
15.  Dirty Rich Secrets, Part 3
16.  Dirty Rich Betrayal: Love Me Forever
Games Played Series:
1.      Hard and Fast
2.      Hot Target
Inside Out Series:
1.      If I Were You
2.      Being Me
3.      Revealing Us
a.       His Secrets
b.      Rebecca’s Lost Journals
c.       The Master Undone
d.      My Hunger
4.      No In Between
4.5  My Control
5.      I Belong to You
6.      All of Me
Naked Series:
1.      One Man
2.      One Woman
3.      Two Together
Poison Kisses serial:
1.      Part One
2.      Part Two
3.      Part Three
Savage Series:
1.      Savage Hunger
2.      Savage Burn
3.      Savage Love
4.      Savage Ending (releases 04.27. 2021)
The Secret Life of Amy Bensen Series:
1.      Escaping Reality
2.      Infinite Possibilities
3.      Forsaken
4.      Unbroken
Sweetwater Series:
1.      The Truth About Cowboys
2.      Tangled Up in Christmas
Tall, Dark, & Deadly Series:
0.5 Secrets Exposed
1.      Hot Secrets
2.      Dangerous Secrets
2.5 One Dangerous Night
3.      Beneath the Secrets
Texas Hotzone Series:
1.      Jump Start (releases ) 
2.      High Octane (releases 02.16.2021) 
3.      Breathless Descent (releases 02.16.2021) 
Walker Security Series:
1.      Deep Under
2.      Pulled Under
3.      Falling Under
Walker Security Adrian’s Trilogy:
1.      When He’s Dirty  
2.      When He’s Bad  
3.      When He’s Wild (releases 03.23.2021)
White Lies Series:
1.      Provocative
2.      Shameless
Zodius Series:
1.      Michael
2.      Sterling
3.      Kel
4.      Damion
 

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