When her high maintenance boss is assaulted, manager Xena Morgan contacts the only person who can help—the sexy, arrogant, incredibly capable Stark Security agent Liam Foster. The former vigilante takes every case personally, and he’s determined to find answers—particularly since he thought he’d cleared this threat already. Xena had been thrilled when Liam completed his assignment, because he … assignment, because he affected her in ways she didn’t want to contemplate, awakening yearnings that threatened her deepest secrets.
But now she needs him, and her body won’t let her forget it.
As their attraction heats to a feverish degree, the web of lies, danger, and passion they find themselves in tangles further. Liam will stop at nothing to protect his client, even if it means sacrificing everything he holds dear … and exposing the secrets that may destroy him—and Xena—forever.
Charismatic. Dangerous. Sexy as hell.
Meet the elite team at Stark Security.
The Stark Security Series:
Shattered With You
Shadows Of You (free prequel to Broken With You!)
Broken With You
Ruined With You
Wrecked With You
Destroyed With You
Memories of You (novella)
Ravaged With You
more
Liam Foster…has been a man behind the scenes in so many books. He finally takes the spotlight and we discover who the mystery man is. We get more Damien, Ryan/Jamie, Dallas/Jane in this story too. Liam checks a threat against pop star Ella and determined it to be a publicity stunt. Soon after, she’s attacked. He’s back on the job and working with Ella and Xena, her assistant. Xena is mysterious as Liam is and has a bit of a sketchy past that has decided to play catch-up. This is a great read with mystery, suspense, and sexual tension oozing off the pages.
“I’m twenty-eight years old, and I’ve been carrying a nightmare around with me for eleven long years…”
I loved every minute of this story. Ruined With You had suspense, emotion, and passion within every page of Kenner’s story. I couldn’t ask for more. I am really enjoying the Stark Security series as we have seen these men within previous books of the Stark world and now they get their own romance edition. Bravo to Kenner!
“The more he breaks through the wall that surrounds me, the more I’m afraid he’ll discover my secrets. And that the truth will destroy everything.”
The third installment of the Stark Security series is full of dark secrets, intrigue, love & suspense.
Liam & Zena have both been living dangerous lives. Someone from her unsavory past wants her dead. His job makes anyone he loves a potential target to his enemies. Only together can they put the past to rest & find happiness. It’s a pleasure to revisit old friends and the unraveling mystery keeps you involved until the very end.
GAH! I am so in love with the entire Stark Universe! This is the third book in the Stark Security series, I would recommend reading the other books in this series to truly get everything out of this story! Liam and Xena’s story was everything! I could not put this book down! FIVE STARS!
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Review :- Ruined With You (Stark Security #3)
by J. Kenner
Liam Foster always gets his job done. And when his current job opens bad memories from the past, Xena and Liam also find them selves closer than they anticipated.
But will her traumatic past keep her on the run or can Liam convince her to trust him and let him catch and arrest the people who were responsible for her misery.
This book is a good addition to the series and a great thriller filled with an excellent amount of lies, secrets, action and hot loving. The writing was perfect and the chemistry between Liam and Xena just jumped right of the page. A definite must read.
I highly recommend this book!
‘Ruined with you’ is the third book in the Stark Security Series by J Kenner, and it was a real treat of a read!
I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review, and I honestly enjoyed the story, the characters, the twists and the romance. It had a bit of everything I like in a book.
When a celebrity is randomly assaulted on her morning job, her manager Xena calls in Liam Foster to investigate. However, Liam is not new to his clients. He believed to have banished the threat, and had been convinced that no more danger lurked for the star, so when he returns he very much wants to tie up loose ends and banish danger for good.
I loved Liam as a character, he is determined and he holds himself accountable for the assault, and won’t settle until he can close the case and pronounce everyone safe. But Xena is the one that makes things difficult, they have history and he tries hard to fight his feelings.
Xena is strong-willed, pretty and has been through a lot! She tries to convince herself, that Liam Foster is a mistake, but she is unable to deny her attraction. Their chemistry is what reels you into the book, and you are dying to know who the perpetrator is going to be.
I loved this book as it kept me guessing, and Kenner has a way of depicting chemistry that reels me in. I have read the previous books in this series, however you do not need to in order to enjoy the plot.
Amazing read and can’t wait to see how this series continues.
A Wicked Genius…that’s what J. Kenner is. The ability to continually build a series of stories that draw in the reader and just seem to get more engaging than the previous ones.
This time she really Initiated an ending that has me squirming with anticipation for what the next book will hold. Nicely done!
Back to Ruined with you. Each time I open a book by this author I swear it’s my favorite…that is to the next one comes about. This one is no exception. Liam’s and Xena’s story is intense from beginning to end with a subject matter that has been prevalent in the news a lot lately. It’s a tough and unbelievable matter to wrap your head around yet it’s true. With that said, Xena’s is a strong character. She is determined, loyal, sassy and has lived in hell and came out stronger from her ordeal. Liam’s obviously has his own demons yet he is a really good man. A man who deserves a chance at happiness. The attraction these two share seeps pheromones out of the pages of their story. If you don’t believe in the all out, over the rainbow love that is only written about in fairytales and love stories..well you’re in for a darker version with more than just a promise of love. You get it all. As I said when I began this review, J. Kenner is a Wicked Genius. And to begin reading one of her books is like being drawn into the most delicious, sometimes challenging love stories EVER!.
Not my first read by author and also I have read book 1 & 2 in the series!!! All I will first say is that his is VERY SUSPENSEFUL and SEXY!
I don’t know where to start expressing my LOVE for this book! It seriously kept me on my toes the entire time. I was hooked, like a drug to me I needed more and more and more! That suspense and the high you get with it, all the way! Then you throw in alpha male and sexy scenes and passion…*sigh* this is a very DEEP story though. Some might even have triggers in there, I was just shocked to learn what the heroine has gone through and even more shocked to learn what the hero did in his past.
Xena is a beautiful, small and delicate looking woman who has the sharpest tongue, sense of humor and isn’t afraid to stand up for herself. She is a assistant to a star and is damn good at her job. Her past is not only colorful but also something that most the percentage of people would never be going through. Having lost everything so young and having gone through hell and lived there for many years…it’s a wonder she knows how to be compassionate at all. Therefore she has been RUNNING all her life, and it somehow is crawling back up from the deep dark hole she placed it in…how will she ever feel safe again?
Liam is a man of one. No feelings, no attachments, no passion…not ever since her and the incident. So he lives his life simple, his JOB in his life. That’s all that should matter to him, until he is called BACK to an assignment he though was already taken care of. When he sees Xena again, memories flash back to one night. Then all of a sudden both their words turn up-side down! The question is will Liam be able to help her by letting go of the past, sharing and showing feelings again that he never though would be again? It’s a tug and pull he has with himself, but to what extend? Liam is very hard on himself and will he be able to prove it to himself and move on? *sign my heart*
Like I said earlier, this is very suspenseful and will keep you on your toes. I though I had it begged at the WHO but then little over half way through I wasn’t sure then back again…I loved LOVED the romance in this. It is forbidden in a sense and just plain REAL! SO REAL! You will not know what’s coming next and that is again why I love J. Kenner’s books…always a thrill! Really NEEDED MORE of that epilogue I didn’t want it to end, also the ENDING!! There may or may not be a BOMB dropped!
A MUST READ!
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Type: Book #3 of Series
Recommended: HIGHLY!
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Book #3 in the Stark Security series, Liam and Xena’s story, is suspenseful, intriguing, action packed, and steamy. I loved these two together and loved them individually as well. Xena is one tough lady…..having survived horrific events in her past that would break most people. When the past Xena thought she escaped from finds her, Liam is determined to protect her and must battle demons of his own. These two embark on a journey fraught with danger, twists and turns, mystery, and steamy passionate moments in between. This story keeps you intrigued from the first page to the last.
Ruined With You is book 3 in the Stark Security series by J. Kenner. This is Liam and Xena’s story. They both have painful past they have to work through. This book is full of suspense, action, secrets and of course romance. It will keep you hooked from the beginning. I love this author and especially all things related to the Stark world and she doesn’t disappoint with this book.
RUINED WITH YOU is the third instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult STARK SECURITY erotic, romantic suspense series, a spin off from the author’s numerous STARK romance series. This is Stark Security Agent Liam Foster, and PA Xena Morgan’s story line. RUINED WITH YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be some triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from first person perspective (Zena Morgan) and third person (Liam Foster) RUINED WITH YOU follows Stark Security Agent Liam Foster as he must return to Las Vegas following the attack on his most recent charge, singer Ellie Love. Believing they had the threat in custody, Liam soon discovers that the latest attack may not have been directed at Ellie but at the woman with whom Liam would fall in love. Enter Ellie’s manager and assistant Zena Morgan. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Zena and Liam, and the potential fall-out as Zena’s past is determined to take down our story line heroine.
Zena Morgan hides a dark and dangerous past that have finally caught up with our story line heroine. On the run with Liam Foster, Zena begins to fall in love but Liam struggles with his own darkened history.
The relationship between Zena and Liam is one of second chances, of a sorts, having fallen for one another while working together for Ellie Love. When Ellie is attacked, Zena battles between head and heart knowing she will have to face the man that had stolen her heart. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
Once again, we are reintroduced to the Stark Security Team, as well as several characters from other series and books: Quincy Radcliffe and Eliza Tucker, Ryan and Jamie Hunter, Cass, Sylvia and Jackson Steele, Dallas and Jane Sykes, Nikki and Damien Stark.
RUINED WITH YOU is a story of betrayal and vengeance; power and control; seduction, secrets and lies. The premise is intriguing and energetic; the romance is passionate and captivating; the characters are colorful, dynamic and engaging.
This is the third book in the Stark Security Series, a great and addictive Romantic Suspense! This is a great addition to this amazing Series. Liam and Xena are great characters. Liam is handsome, very protective and supportive. Xena is a wonderful woman, survivor, strong and ressourceful. I love the exceptional chemistry between these two damaged characters. The story is emotional, intriguing, action packed, and suspenseful, filled with danger, secrets and mystery. I loved to see again some characters from the amazing Stark’s World. I enjoyed reading this story. I can’t wait for the next book!
Fear is a powerful feeling; so much so that it forces people to live life differently than they would if that overwhelming emotion didn’t guide their choices and make them fearful of being fully themselves in a way that allows others to see who they truly are. With panic comes secrets and lies, which means that doing anything to protect the information that is solely theirs is something they’ll fight to the death for, but when a threat to unravel more than their past seems imminent, Xena Morgan and Stark Security Agent Liam Foster will have to decide which is more inevitable – revealing every sordid detail of who they are or losing the chance to see what they could be together.
By design, every member of Stark Security is trained to protect and serve, not only their clients but also those who they’re involved with, whether it be on a professional or personal level. And while it seems that these guys try not to get too close to anyone because entanglements of that kind were long ago forgotten due to a number of reasons and secrets that these men hold close to the chest, always fighting to keep their demons at bay while going all in to ensure that no one gets hurt on their watch, including themselves.
The dynamic between Xena and Liam is electric from the start, not only because they’ve worked together before, but also because their hearts and minds seemed more aligned to one another, almost like their bond was forged long before they even realized and that’s why they’re constantly in each other’s thoughts and want each other as desperately as they seem to, even if they’re afraid to give into that emotion because they don’t do love or relationships.
J Kenner definitely knows how to write romantic suspense and the newest release in her Stark Security series, Ruined With You, finally gives readers Liam Foster’s story – Dallas’ best friend and one hell of a protective vigilante. And with the amount of baggage both he and the heroine have amidst fighting to outrun the danger that she seems to be in, we watch their undeniable chemistry become something that will either ruin or heal them.
The way J Kenner’s series and worlds co-exist with one another allows for readers to catch special appearances by some of their favorite Kenner characters and see how they interact with the newest recruits to the Stark team or other associates who work with the Stark conglomerate. And because I’m a huge fan of all things and people associated with Damien Stark, I always love getting the chance to see how some of my favorite people and couples are doing, especially after all that they have weathered.
4.5 Poison Apples
Liam and Xena ! When you think that J Kenner can’t possibly expand the Stark World any further, she introduces another amazing couple and love story. Both Liam and Xena have been through traumatic experiences and have closed themselves off from the notion of ever being in a relationship. Their world collides when a client of Liam’s is attacked and both he and Xena realize she was the target. While on their journey to find those after her, they develop a deep love and understanding of each other’s past and find that love can conquer all. Ruined With You includes suspense and love with an interesting tease for the next adventure for this series.
HOLY SUSPENSE!!! This story was full of twists and turns but it was soooooo freaking good!!! Liam Foster and Xena Morgan are amazing!!! I absolutely love them!!!
I think I say it every time but I love all things Stark!!! Liam loves his work, so when Xena calls for his help he’s there. Now Liam is back working to find out who assaulted Xena’s boss, but is it the boss they are after? I loved everything about this book – the attraction, the chemistry and the suspense. Everyone needs Stark in their life.
Final Score – 4 Stars
Where do I even begin? This book had me on an emotional rollercoaster due to the subject matter. And while I normally enjoy these types of books, I don’t know – I found myself having a difficult time getting into the mindspace to read this book. But I pushed thru and I’m glad I did. I enjoyed it, but it’s not my favorite of J. Kenner’s.
I wanted to enjoy the story, but the chemistry between Liam and Xena felt somewhat forced and fizzed out for me after about two chapters. I’m really hoping that there is another installment to the series (the epilogue seems to hint at one) – as I’d love to see these characters again and get back that fire and passion I’ve felt from the previous books.
Overall Grade:
If you were to go back and look at all my Stark Security novel reviews, you’d probably see that I’ve rated them 4 to 4 1/2 stars. I’ve loved them all, partly because, as I’ve noted in other reviews, they are like “going home,” back to Stark and his right-hand man, Ryan Hunter. I am a sucker for what I call “extended universe” series. To a certain degree, it makes you seem like you’re watching a Marvel movie in the MCU with all of its interconnectedness. That’s a J. Kenner Stark book. And this series doesn’t just give us access to the characters of her universe, she also creates romantic suspense that drives your reading forward. J. Kenner’s newest book, Ruined with You, does this well.
I have to admit that I went into this book with a preconceived notion based on the last book in the series, Broken with You. It seemed as though Liam, one of the main security folk, might find love with the singer he’s tasked to protect. In hindsight, Kenner doesn’t really allude to it, but it seemed rational for his story. Boy, was I wrong. Yes, Ellie Love, the singer that Liam is tasked to protect, figures dramatically into this story, but she isn’t his love interest; his love interest is Xena Morgan, Ellie Love’s personal assistant. And there are three things clear from the start of the story: (1) she isn’t who she seems to be, (2) Liam and Xena are drawn deeply to each other, and (3) Liam and Xena are going to fight their attraction to the end. With a set up like that, you know that angst is on the menu with this book. And Kenner delivers. There is a reason that out of the four books thus far, this is my first 5 star review. Here goes:
The story. This is a heart-wrenching one, folks. I am not going to share Xena’s secret. It’s one of the best parts of the book as she tells her story. Just know it will break your heart.
Liam and Xena’s chemistry flies off the page. I’m not spoiling this terribly by telling you this, but know that they act on that chemistry earlier in the book than you expect. It’s the “feelings” part of a relationship that takes the entire book for them to reconcile.
This is, once again, romantic suspense. Liam and Xena, along with the other security force, are going after some bad guys, and it keeps you on the edge of your seat, literally and figuratively.
Everyone is here, even Damian and Nikki at the end. But we get more information on the other couplings we’ve read about in the other Stark Security series. We also get more Dallas and Jane. This book figures in nicely to the Kenner Stark universe.
Liam. I love him in this book, especially when Xena’s story is revealed. He’s compassionate and caring, albeit incredibly stubborn. For the most part, you’ll love him, but he will also frustrate you. He fights his connection with Xena more than she fights against his.
The message. This book is an important one because it’s difficult to love yourself, to accept yourself, after you’ve endured trauma. Yet, Kenner helps her readers see that, with love, you can fully accept yourself as you are. It’s the message that won me over to the additional star for this book. For me, Xena’s story, along with Liam’s background, push this over the edge of “better” than the other books.
If you are a J. Kenner fan, then this book will remind you why you love her Stark series so much. Ruined with You is an important story about self-love and acceptance, but also allowing yourself to love after trauma. Kenner has a way of bringing you into her world and leaving behind a little bit of you in the midst of her stories.
Whew boy! I was excited to dive back into the Stark Security series! This time we see the quiet Liam. I was looking forward to his journey. Liam thought he was done assessing danger for popstar Ellie Love, but when he goes back to investigate he finds more than he bargains for. The heat between him and Xena is still there and they’re still ignoring it. (You know how that goes!) Liam knows Xena needs his help and he’s willing to do whatever it takes. I enjoyed the mystery/danger surrounding Xena and the way in which J. Kenner tells her story. I was completely hooked and didn’t want to put this book down! If you like a lot of action and scary dudes getting their comeuppance, be sure not to miss this read!
Liam Foster works for Stark Security. Xena Morgan is the manager for music star Ellie Love. Xena has to call Liam back and tell the job is not done. Xena and Liam have some great chemistry and this really make this job for both of them hard.
This is a good read. J. Kenner never disappoints. I always enjoy checking in with Nikki and Damien and all the other Stark family.