Thursday, August 20, 2020

Wicked Song ~ Lisa Renee Jones ~ Blog Tour

 

Title: A Wicked Song
Series: The Brilliance Trilogy #2
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: August 18, 2020

ABOUT A WICKED SONG
Kace August: famous, intense, dark, addictive. Aria Alard: a woman with secrets, passion, and a dangerous past. 

Passion. Secrets. Mystery. Aria fell hard for Kace. She trusted him. But did he deserve that trust? And where is Gio?

A Wicked Song is the second book in the Brilliance Trilogy.

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EXCERPT
“I want you,” he says. “Just you.”

“How do I know that?”

A low, frustrated sound escapes his lips and he drops the medication bag, and spikes fingers into my hair, a low curse escaping his lips. His eyes meet mine, and the depth of the emotion he then spikes in me steals my breath. Before I can catch it again, he’s breathing for me. His mouth slants over my mouth, his tongue licking a wicked, seductive note against my tongue. And despite my injured hand and my burdened heart, I melt the way I always melt for this man. I melt and I moan, and when he tears his mouth from mine, I am panting.

“That is how you know,” he declares. “We are connected, you and me. We both feel it.”

“All that says is that I want you and that I have the potential to be foolish because of that desire, but I won’t live up to that potential, Kace.”

“How do I know you aren’t after my money?”

I blanch. “Because I’m not. You know I’m not.”

“Can you prove it?”

“You know I’m not,” I repeat.

His hands come down on my shoulders and he pulls back to look at me as he says, “I do know you, but that still requires me trusting you and I’ve had plenty of reasons in my life not to offer you that trust. Reasons you don’t know. Many reasons, Aria. Many betrayals. But I give you my trust anyway. I’m not after the formula, but all I have to offer is my word. You have to decide if you trust me.”

My hand settles on his chest, and his heart beats a rowdy song beneath my palm. “I’m very confused right now,” I confess, and it’s as honest as I have ever been with him or me. “And my head is spinning.”

His hand covers my hand on his chest. “Then let me take care of you. Let me take you home.”

There is a library filled with books the size of all the reasons I should say no, but even as I have that thought, he says, “Don’t say no.”

Words he’s said to me every moment of indecision I’ve ever shared with him. And right or wrong, like every time before, I don’t say no. I say, “Yes.”
THE SERIES
A Reckless Note (book one) – Available Now 

A Wicked Song (book two) – Available Now 

A Sinful Encore (book three) – September 22, 2020 

ABOUT LISA
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

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 WHITE LIES, DIRTY RICH, and LILAH LOVE series.

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.

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Elizabeth's Review

My rating: 3 of 5 stars - Average Read*


Review Copy Provided by Author


Before I get started talking about what I liked (or didn’t) about this book - let me give a disclaimer- the best this book had a chance of getting from me was 4 stars. Why the auto deduction of a full star? Because it’s NOT an independent story. Wicked Song is the middle book of a trilogy, so it jumps right into the story AND ends in a cliffhanger.

With that out of the way....
I’m going to be a bit brutal and tell you that I’m not sure we needed Wicked Song to be a separate book. We do see more character development from both Aria and Kace, and I was able to embrace them more. The main purpose of this book seems to be entrenching Aria in Kace’s social circle. There are also more pieces of the intrigue element peeled back, but....

Even with all of the elements here that advance the story, there is also a lot of filler. The story itself is entertaining and well written, I’m just not sure a full book was necessary. I will withhold my full judgement until the third and final book comes out and see how the story resolves itself.

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