Rose's Food & Book Blog: Review: Being Me By Lisa Renee Jones

Being Me by Lisa Renee Jones

Erotica, Romantic Suspense

Release date: June 11, 2013

ARC provided by author

Synopsis: Fascinated by the dark fantasies in the journals she’s discovered, and the two men who have now found a place in her life, Sara McMillan finds herself torn between her new life and her past. Now, more than ever, Sara identifies with the missing journal writer, Rebecca, and is certain that something sinister has happened.

In the arms of the sexy, tormented artist Chris Merit, Sara seeks answers about Rebecca and ends up discovering things about herself she never knew existed. Chris forces Sara to reconsider who she is and what she truly wants from life, but his dark desires threaten to tear them apart. Her boss, Mark Compton, offers her the shelter to understand just what those needs mean to her, and what they might have meant to Rebecca—but can she trust him to lead her to a final conclusion to Rebecca’s story?

About the Author: New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT TRILOGY which has sold to more than ten countries for translation with negotiations in process for more, and has now been optioned by STARZ Network for a cable television show, to be produced by Suzanne Todd (Alice in Wonderland).

Since beginning her publishing career in 2007, Lisa has published more than 30 books with publishers such as Simon and Schuster, Avon, Kensington, Harlequin, NAL, Berkley and Elloras Cave, as well as crafting a successful indie career. Booklist says that Jones suspense truly sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann.

Prior to publishing, Lisa owned multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. In 1998 LRJ was listed as the #7 growing women owned business in Entrepreneur Magazine.

Review:

***If you have not read If I Were You you will need to go back and read it. Being me is not a stand alone book and in order to understand fully what is going on in the story you will need to go back and read book one and also the journals Vol 1-4 really help with the story as well.***

Let me start off by saying this I thought that If I Were You was a great book, Being Me was AMAZING! The story takes you more into the depth of the lives of the characters in the story. You watch as Sara begins to make a life for herself and really find who is she. Unlike with Rebecca and the journal entries in which she seems to lose more of herself as time goes by, Sara seems to be discovering who she is. I really went back and forth with my feelings towards both Chris and Mark. With Chris it was like one minute I loved him and the next I hated him but as you learn more about the demons of his past you begin to discover why he is the way that he is which leaves me wondering if he will ever be able to open himself up completely to Sara or if he will always keep the darker portion of himself hidden from the world. I loved Mark in this book I felt like I got to see some of his softer side he wasn’t so much of the dominant male he was in the first book. Don’t get me wrong he’s all alpha male but there were moments when it was like he was a different person, which made me wonder throughout the book if he really had it in him to be “master” as it’s so much implied. Which leads me back to the who is “master”? The other question I have is what role does Ava play in all of this. She seems to be a lot more hostile in this book and left me wondering if she had something to do with Rebecca’s disappearance.

I really loved reading more about Chris and Sara in this book and what this book shows is that sometimes it’s not the demons of your lover’s past that you much work through sometimes it’s the demons from your own past that will push your relationship to it’s ultimate breaking point, it’s not just what secrets Chris has but also what Sara is hiding as well. Believe me when you read it you’ll know what I am talking about I sat in front of my computer for a good five minutes with my mouth hanging open unable to believe what had happened. Within the span of five chapters you will find yourself shaking your head in amazement. Am I going to spoil it for you? NOPE! You have to read this story it’s full of twist and turns, lots of suspense, and plenty of HOTT sex! A great read that will keep you reading right straight through to the end and leave you wanting oh so much more!!! The wait for Revealing Us and the 5th journal will be soooo LONG I’m going to spend a long time relating future books I read to this book!

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