I thought I would share a Adult novel called Don’t Close Your Eyes by Lynessa Layne and if you like steamy novels this is it. I received a PDF Copy of the book from Voracious Readers and the Author in exchange for this review. Inside this post are my affiliate links if you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage off the items you purchase.

My mother n law and my niece Alice and my step-daughter Leslie love the 50 Shades books/ movies which I’ve never watched but after reading this story I can’t wait to share this book with them. The only problem is there is 9 books in the series and after all the slutty parts I honestly am not sure if I will read the entire chapter or even if my family will either.

Klive King the local crime boss who has a chance encounter with our heroine Kinsley in a lift and he kicks himself for not getting her name and finding out more about her. Our story then skips forward a few years where Klive finds out who his mystery woman is. The story carries on with Kinsley who works in a bar and her best friends brother Jase who is in a band in the bar and his best friend Keane. The book ends in an intriguing cliffhanger.

About the book:

Love at first sight is for hopeless romantics, not a hitman who’s amassed a fortune leading a double life. If only Kinsley Hayes hadn’t stumbled into my crosshairs ….
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He was edgy, intense, older than me.
Since the night I’d fled my attraction to the handsome stranger, I prayed I’d see him again.
Then, one day, while I mixed drinks behind the bar, he walked in on the same night my crush confessed his feelings for me.
My simple life of college and track drained into an underworld of peril and passion so dangerous, I risked everything for him, including my life.
This is our story.

Meet the Author:

Lynessa Layne

USA Today Bestselling author Lynessa Layne is a native Texan from the small town of Plantersville. She’s a fan of exploration, history, the beach (though she’s photosensitive), Jesus, and America too (RIP Tom). In addition to being an avid reader, she’s obsessed with music of all types (hence her reference to Tom Petty).

As a child, she created music videos in her mind and played Barbies perhaps a little longer than most with her little sister not yet realizing she was writing and enacting stories all along. Though she’s put away the dolls, she now uses her novels as an updated, grown-up version of the same play.

A military wife, she’s bounced around the US, including the settings in her Don’t Close Your Eyes series, currently landing in the heart of sweet home Alabama where she and her husband are raising their blended family.

Best known as the author of the romantic suspense mystery series, Don’t Close Your Eyes, Lynessa is also a certified copy editor and a member of Mystery Writers of America with work featured by Writer’s Digest and Mystery and Suspense Magazine. She has also graced the cover of GEMS (Godly Entrepreneurs & Marketers) Magazine and was a finalist for Killer Nashville’s 2022 Silver Falchion Awards for Best Suspense and 2022 Reader’s Choice.

To dive deeper into Lynessa’s past and what made her the writer she is today, check out her feature in the Knoxville Voyager Meet Lynessa Layne – Voyage Knoxville Magazine (knoxvillevoyager.com).

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Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates