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 for The Brandon Family Empire, but to a covert CIA operation, I will always be The Assassin. And to Amanda, I will be the man who made her moan, … made her moan, sigh, and beg. And I will make her beg.
***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. ****
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HOT… another blazing, sizzling, steamy read from Lisa Renee Jones! 🙂
The end just made me want to get the second one, right now. Well done…
“I don’t play cat and mouse games unless I’m the cat.”
Finally, #SexySeth get’s his own story. If you’ve read the author’s Dirty Money series, you’ve already met him. But if not, you’ll still love him. He’s bossy, badass, brutal, and suffering from a broken heart. He was betrayed by the woman he loved. His job forces him to reconnect with her, and this time he’s determined to make sure that she’s left broken and begging. Did you catch all those B-words?
He thinks their time apart has made him immune to her poison kisses, but he soon learns that he’s only fooling himself. The chemistry between them is still just as strong as it used to be. But the trust is gone. “We want each other. We hate each other.” As they battle their lust to concentrate on survival the tension and suspense build.
And that’s not all that builds. My damn curiosity is in the red zone, ready to blow the top off my Kindle if I don’t get some answers soon. What the hell happened between them? What is “the ultimate lie” and who is pulling their strings? Who are the bad guys in this intriguing tale? I guess we’ll just have to wait to find out when we get to the next phase of the story. See ya there. The line forms here…
I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads, so here is my review.
Seth Cage is a man of many talents, that is one of the reasons he works of Shane Brandon. While Shane probably doesn’t want to know all Seth is capable of, he knows he will get the job done, no matter what it is.
Seth was part of the CIA until he left a few years ago, after his last mission. When he lost a friend/team member and the woman he thought he knew and loved. Now he has to protect the woman who made him love her and then she betrayed him.
Amanda Larke has been groomed to be an agent since she was born, meeting Seth was not part of the plan. Their mission together was not supposed to include falling in love. But it was easy for them both. But the betrayal was even harder for her to handle. Now, three years later, he is back in her life to keep her safe once again.
Can they do the job at hand without letting old feelings resurface? Will they be able to stay alive without killing each other first? Will they learn the truth about what really happened that fateful night?
I loved Seth in the Dirty Money series and wanted more and this is perfect and I can’t wait to see what happens between him and Amanda. This story is sexy, hot, with an alpha male and a bad as$ female that would just as soon kick his As$ as kiss him. So pick it up and enjoy, I sure did. And you can read this as a standalone without reading the Dirty Money series.
And I loved this too: ***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. ****
**Wicked Reads Review Team**
Poison Kisses Part 1 is an intense, thrilling, sexy, and electric introduction to a side of Seth Cage that I can’t help but find irresistible! I loved him in the Dirty Money series, but I am so grateful to see him get a story of his own. This series gives us the chance to see just how lethal this man really is and I am loving every minute of it!
Three years ago, while working a covert operation for the CIA, Seth and Amanda fell in love. They were also this close to nailing a man who was a danger to national security. Until things went horribly wrong, an agent was dead, and both Seth and Amanda suffered insurmountable feelings of betrayal. Amanda went ghost and Seth has spent the last three years trying to find her, to have her answer for her sins. Now there’s another threat to the nation and Seth has been tasked with not only locating Amanda, but working with her once again. How will these two rely on each other when they’ve harbored three years of distrust? Well, that’s just one part of the fun!
Seth and Amanda were so incredibly amazing! I loved them so much. He was characteristically alpha and assertive, but she wasn’t a wallflower. She gave as good as she got. And these two together were EXPLOSIVE!! Trying to weed out the truth from fiction was just as much fun as watching them try not to fall under each other’s spell again. There was not a dull moment to be found and amidst the drama of the plot, I’m on tenterhooks to find out how this couple fares as the story develops. I’ll definitely be staying tuned for part two!
Poison Kisses: Part 1 is the first book in this 3 part series. Per Goodreads the first part is 86 pages. This is a spin off from the Dirty Money Series. You don’t have to read it to understand what is happening in this new series. Although, the Dirty Money Series is very good!
Poison Kisses: Part 1 is Amanda Larke and Seth Cage’s story. Seth is a CIA Assassin and his target is Amanda. Seth knows Amanda when they were partners in the CIA and he knows her intimately. Seth accepts the contract to kill her. Now they are enemies. I don’t want to say more because I don’t want to give away any spoilers. But, let me tell you the chemistry between the two of them is pretty HOT.
I love the first part of the story and can’t wait to start the second part.
LORD!!!! Oh, how I wish this was being released in it’s entirety. But at least I can thank the stars that I’ll only have to wait a week in between installments. Poison Kisses is packed with intrigue, espionage, sex and secrets. Seth is an ex- CIA agent (as ex as they let you be). Three years after the night that caused him to leave the agency, he is forced to team up once again with the woman he believes abandoned him and their mission all those years ago to catch the bad guy. I am super excited to see how this will all play out. I already have so many questions and can’t wait to get the answers
Poison Kisses or poisonous lies…
Each one is something. He is the killer and she’s the scientist. Together they were…more. Were. Now they are at odds.
This steamy first part is going to leave you with tons of questions and maybe even some unfinished fulfillment.
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This was a fast read with a lot of suspense. I can’t wait to read part 2!
Dark. Deep. Rich with conflict. A great read which left me wanting Part 2. Now!
Just to be clear, this has always been designed to be a series with cliffhangers but the release dates are only one week apart. If you are someone who wants to wait until the end, there is no need. They are so close to each other.
This series can be read as a standalone but if you’ve read the Dirty Money Series, you will know Seth from those books as Shane’s right hand man. And let me tell you. From the moment I was introduced to Seth, I was hooked. He was mysterious yet powerful and commanding during that series. I must have been living under a rock not to make the connection that this is the same Seth in the Poison Kisses Series but I’m going to chalk that up to the fact that I sign up for Lisa’s work regardless and have been know not to read the blurb beforehand.
Poison Kisses Part 1 starts in present day where Seth is asked to complete a job for the CIA that brings him back into the world of his former love from three years ago. We get glimpses into what happened back then and why these two now both love and hate each other. I was left constantly begging for more information and what caused their past to end the way it did. And just when I thought I was going to get some answers, I get that cliffy. To be clear, I knew it was coming and I actually love cliff hangers. So I’m extremely happy where it left off. I was intrigued and left wanting more. Exactly how I should be feeling.
If you are looking for a possible second chance romance (still too early to decide but looking good) that will leave you craving for more and teetering along that love/hate line along with the main characters, then this is the book/series for you. I love a good story when the couple don’t know whether to love each other or kill each other. I can’t wait to see what is in store for Seth and Amanda!
Poison Kisses is a novella length edition book, the first part of a trilogy By Lisa Renee Jones.
So we have Amanda Skye AKA The Scientist and Seth Cage The assassin.
After a mission gone wrong which leaves a friend of Seth’s dead and Amanda the woman he thought loved him gone.
Seth wanted out of the game but he is called back in for one last mission when the CIA gets a heads up on Amanda whereabouts and he’s definitely the man for this job.
Each thinking the other has betrayed them the two lock heads from the get-go.
Poison kisses may be short but it does pack a punch.
It is told in a series of flashbacks which works but I would have preferred to have seen more now time rather than then.
I struggled to feel a connection between Amanda and Seth at times,maybe because this was so short.
I’m not really sure why if I’m honest I just wasn’t feeling the love here.
I also wasn’t overly fond of the opening scene which Shows Seth getting down and dirty with some random woman.
I didn’t feel it added anything and was just there for added shock value and to say look at me I’m a douchebag player, love them and leave them thats me readers.
I felt this could have been portrayed in a much better way, just my opinion know.
So I don’t really know if I’m invested enough to read part two.
We’ll see, a bonus is it’s not long to wait really, so that good news.
Overall this was an ok read for me that passed a pleasant hour.
It was short, but certainly was action paced throughout.
So that’s about it from me.
I was provided with an ARC of “Poison Kisses: Part 1 ” By Netgalley of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.
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I LOVED this book!!!!! What an amazing start to this series. I have always found this author to write well written books that grab me from page one and keep me guessing till the end and this book is no exception. I can’t wait to read the additional books in this series and see what happens with Amanda and Cage and if they both survive their missions
Everything I have come to expect from this author. Couldn’t put it down
Poison Kisses Part 1 by Lisa Renee Jones is the first of a three-part serialized story surrounding Seth, whom we met in her Dirty Money series and Amanda the woman that broke this super-spy’s heart.
Seth is a dirty talking ALPHA male who is on a mission, revenge and possibly revenge sex too. Finally being with Amanda again after their three years apart changes things, even though he is loathe to admit it, to her and especially to himself. Well-written and extremely well-paced for a serial length novel, the story drops you right into the action and then slowly pieces together their past with flashbacks as the current storyline progresses. Loved this and am on tenter-hooks for the next two books, Poison Kisses: Part 2 and Poison Kisses: Part 3. Enjoy!
Have you ever got to the end of a book and yelled “NOOO” while smacking your palm to your forehead? I so did that with this story. As much as I hate cliffhangers I loved this one! Of course, this is to be expected when reading a trilogy by this author. Even though this series can be read as a standalone, Seth was introduced in the “Dirty Money” series and will give you a sneak peek at his character. This story is told in a series of flashbacks which helps us understand the relationship between Seth and Amanda and why Seth has become so cold. I love that the author has put this kind of twist to her story. Even though this story is a short story the author has given us the readers a whole lot of background. I look forward to reading what happens next in this series and seeing who really betrayed them all…
***I voluntarily reviewed this ARC for an honest review from St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley, this is my honest opinion and has not been influenced by the author, Publishers or NetGalley in anyway.*** Thank you!
This book is a bit different in the way it’s being released, instead of one long novel it is being broken down into three novellas that can be read in an afternoon…at least that is how I have read it. Book one is available now, book two will be out next week, and book three will be out the following week. It’s up to you how you would like to enjoy them, separately or all together.
This book is about Amanda Skye, The Scientist, and Seth Cage, The assassin, some of you may recognize Seth from the Dirty Money series. This book goes back and forth between the present day and three years earlier when Seth and Amanda worked for the CIA on an assignment portraying a couple, husband and wife, in order to get some Intel needed when they fell in love but due to circumstances beyond their control their relationship came to a unexpected end and left a fellow agent dead. Fast forward to the present day and Seth is being called in by the agency for one more job, his assignment is to find Amanda and work with her to finish one last assignment.
I am really enjoying the chemistry between Seth and Amanda, these two really know how to keep spice in their life and in between the sheets. We are left with a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of part 1, but honestly that is to be expected since everything will unfold in three books. I look forward to jumping into book two, not only for more of the great chemistry but I really am curious on what they will find when they get the person they are looking for.
**I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book**
Lisa Renée Jones has captured my attention with “Poison Kisses 1 “, the intrigue, the secrets and the betrayal drawing me in just as surely as former CIA agent Seth cage and Amanda Skye are as equally captured . Captured by what they each believe to be true; captured by a shared nemesis and captured by the past, a past filled with secrets, passion and love and betrayal.
However Seth’s motto is “Fuck or be fucked” and to spite what he may have felt for Amanda in the past he can not allow his feelings to interfere with his mission; He is after all , the Assassin.
Ms Jones has set the stage for a wild ride with this novella and I am waiting with baited breathe for part two and three!
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Seriously intense. We finally get to know more about Seth Cage. He was Shane Brandon’s head of security; smart, cunning and deadly. Now we meet the man behind the name and the mask. Although he’s former CIA he’s been tapped to stop a deadly attack in Texas along with another agent, Amanda Skye, AKA Scientist or as he called her Poison Princess. They have a history, not a good one, and don’t trust each other. Now he needs to get her to Texas so she can neutralize the attack. Once that’s done, he is to kill her, if she doesn’t kill him first.
Lots of mystery, intrigue and unanswered questions going on here. These two are intense together not to mention off the charts sexy. Looking forwardcto how this plays out!
4.5 stars–POISON KISSES part 1 is the first instalment in Lisa Renee Jones’ contemporary, adult serialized POISON KISSES romantic suspense story line focusing on two former CIA agents: 31 year old scientist Amanda Skye aka Poison Princess, and thirty five year old Seth Cage aka The Assassin. Working for Brandon Enterprises, Seth comes into some information that will place him in the direct line of fire when he is forced to work with the woman he once loved. Seth Cage was first introduced in the author’s Dirty Money series.
Told from first person point of view (Seth Cage) using present day and memories from the past, POISON KISSES Part 1 introduces some of the background history between our leading couple. Three years earlier CIA agents Seth Cage and Amanda Skye were partnered together but betrayal would tear them apart forcing our heroine to go into hiding fearing for her life, and the life of the people that she loves. Fast forward to present day wherein Seth Cage, now the head of security at Brandon Enterprises, and university professor Amanda Skye are forced to work together when Amanda’s whereabouts have been compromised, her parent have come under government scrutiny, and threats of a biological pandemic are on the horizon.
POISON KISSES Part 1 is a story of intrigue with action, suspense, barely veiled sexual tension, and one couple whose past is no longer buried but slowly revealing a betrayal at the highest level. The premise is suspenseful and energetic; the characters are dynamic and intense; the sexual tension is arousing and electric. Lisa adds a little personal touch with the homage inclusion of her beloved fur-baby Julie.