*COVER REVEAL* "Stripping Her Defenses" (Ex Ops #2) by Jesse Lane

Today we are revealing the cover for Jessie Lane's upcoming romantic suspense, STRIPPING HER DEFENSES! 

Title: Stripping Her Defenses 

Series: Ex Ops #2

Author: Jessie Lane 

Expected Publication: April 2014

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Blurb: 

Riley Sullivan and the Ex Ops Team are headed to Miami undercover… as bikers. Following up a lead from a longtime friend of Commander Wall’s, the men will perform their investigation acting as nomad members of the Regulators Motorcycle Club with the club’s permission. Surrounded by hardcore bikers and investigating missing strippers, Riley finds the last person he ever expected to see again—his ex-wife.
Kara Sullivan left the man she loved after a tragic accident cost them their unborn son. After years of therapy, she’s come to grips with the loss and has re-emerged from the pain a brand new person. That doesn’t mean she’s ready to face the man who inadvertently broke her heart, and who she’s hurt in return.
Riley has never stopped loving her and he never will. He’s ready to fix their marriage and move on with their lives, however Kara’s reluctance to renew their relationship isn’t their only problem. Danger lurks just around the corner… and there’s a chance she could disappear permanently.

Goodreads Link | Goodreads Link to first book in series, Secret Maneuvers

About the Authors:

Crystal and Melissa often live half their lives with their heads in the clouds dreaming of alpha military hunks, werewolves and kick ass heroines crazy enough to chase after creatures that they unquestionably should know better than to chase.

Their first YA novel, The Burning Star, was released in May 2012. Big Bad Bite is their second novel, but their first adult paranormal romance. They are now working on their next two novels, Walk On The Striped Side and Secret Maneuvers. With these projects underway, they are looking forward to showing the rest of the world their crazy stories, heroes and heroines that often plague their minds until written, and hope you will join them on their journey!

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*$0.99 SALE* "Secret Maneuvers" by Jessie Lane

Secret Maneuvers – Released – June 14, 2013

Re-released with new cover on September 23, 2013

Goodreads page: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14741886-secret-maneuvers

Website Page: http://jessielanebooks.com/ex-ops-series/secret-maneuvers-1/

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Some mistakes from the past haunt us forever… unless fate steps in with a second chance.

One ‘Dear John’ letter haunted Bobby Baker’s every living moment. It was the letter he’d stupidly written to his high school sweetheart, Belle, right after he had left to join the Army. The letter in which he’d told her that he wasn’t so sure they were ready for forever yet. Before he could let her know that the letter, and his second thoughts, were nothing more than a mistake, she disappeared from the small Georgia town they had both been raised in.

Fifteen years after the letter, Belle unknowingly walked back into Bobby’s life when her job as an ATF Agent forced her to work with a group of men secretly headed by the CIA to help her track down whoever was involved in funneling black market weapons to a drug cartel in Mexico.

Bobby planned to use this mission to try to soothe Belle’s hurt feelings while proving to her that their love was meant to be forever. He would use every dirty trick he’d learned since he had joined the Army to maneuver her back into his life for the long haul. Belle was not making it easy, though, as she continued to keep him at arm’s length in the hopes that mistakes of her own would never come to light.

 

Heading back to the small town of Poteet, the truck was silent. When they were halfway home, Declan yawned loudly.

“Somebody say something before I fall asleep back here.”

“You’re an ass. There, something’s been said,” Bobby muttered.

I laughed as Declan attempted to smack the back of Bobby’s head in retaliation. As I maneuvered my massive truck in and out of traffic, Declan leaned forward until he was practically sitting in the middle of Bobby and me in the front seat.

“Come on, Annabelle. Entertain me here. Better yet, tell me another story for my blackmail book.”

Declan quickly ducked backwards in his seat when Bobby tried to hit him.

“I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”

“Come on, woman! I’m bored as shit back here.”

Bobby was studiously ignoring both of us by looking out of his passenger side window. What could it hurt? It wasn’t as if Bobby could hate me anymore than he already did. Maybe hearing some of the good times would remind him that it hadn’t always been bad between us. I could also use all the help I could get when it came to hopefully having a working relationship with the father of my only child.

“Ok, Declan, you’ll appreciate this one. See when Bobby joined our high school football team he had to go through an initiation, a hazing of sorts. What small town would be complete if they didn’t continue crazy rituals that would give all the gossipy, old, married ladies something to talk about all year long? So, anyways, all the seniors wrote embarrassing tasks to be completed, then threw them in a hat to be drawn out by the freshman.

“Bobby here was lucky enough to have to go through our local grocery store in nothing except a hot pink thong. They made him go through the checkout counter, buy a box of condoms and he couldn’t leave until he sang the school song at the register. All the while, the poor check out girl, who was sixteen, stood there staring at him with a river of drool coming out of the side of her mouth because, even at fifteen, Bobby looked and was built like a Chippendale stripper.”

Declan was roaring with laughter in the back seat. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Bobby’s cheeks turn pink as he blushed.

“But don’t feel too bad for Bobby. My best friend Teagan had it much worse. You see she was the team’s punter and the only girl in the whole state of Georgia on a high school football team. Her initiation task was to streak through the school grounds while school was being dismissed. None of the guys thought she would do it and that it would be the quickest way to get a girl off of their championship winning team, but they underestimated Teagan; like most people did. The entire school got to see her naked itty bits and I drove the getaway car she dove in when she was done streaking around the school. Lord, she couldn’t get any of the guys at school to stop hitting on her after that, no matter how many times she kicked them in the nuts.”

Declan was laughing so hard that tears rolled down his cheeks and he struggled to breathe. He promised through the entire tirade to spread that story to everyone they knew between his choking gasps for breath.

I glanced over to see Bobby watching me. “What?”

Shaking his head he mumbled, “For a minute there, I got a glimpse of the girl I used to know. Too bad that girl grew up into a deceitful woman without a heart.”

*REVIEW* "Secret Maneuvers" (Ex Ops #1) by Jessie Lane

Some mistakes from the past haunt us forever... unless fate steps in with a second chance. 

One 'dear John' letter haunts Bobby Baker's every living moment. It’s the letter he stupidly wrote to his high school sweetheart, Belle, right after he left to join the Army. The letter that he told her that he wasn't so sure if they were ready for forever yet. But before he can let her know that the letter, and his second thoughts, are nothing but a mistake, she up and disappears from the small Georgia town they were both raised in.

Fifteen years later, Belle unknowingly walks back into Bobby's life when her job as an ATF Agent forces her to work with a group of men secretly headed by the CIA to help her track down whoever is involved in funneling black market weapons to a drug cartel in Mexico. 

Bobby will use this mission to try and soothe Belle's hurt feelings while proving to her that their love is still meant for forever. He'll use every dirty trick he's learned since he joined the Army to maneuver her back into his life for the long haul. But Belle's not making it easy as she keeps him at arm's length in the hopes that mistakes of her own never come to light.

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My Thoughts

WHAT. A. BOOK!

"Secret Maneuvers" has a love story, super mega twists, heart-wrenching secrets, Military men (helloooo weakness!), crime, mystery, and basically everything I love just tied up into one teeny little package with a hot and sexy cover for a bow!

"Love was a joke. A fairytale that mother's told their daughters while tucking them into bed at night just before the man they swore was their prince charming knocked the living shit out of them because supper was cold."

That was Belle's reality. The cold hard truth of her childhood. The only good thing for her growing up was her spitfire best friend Teagan, and of course.. Bobby Baker. Fifteen years after a truly heartbreaking breakup, Bobby and Belle are face to face again, and forced to work together. Talk about bad luck for Belle, but amazing luck for Bobby. This is a legitimate "lost love" story. They both thought they would absolutely never see each other again. 

"Was this some cruel joke from God? Had I not been good enough over the years that I could have been blessed never to see Bobby Baker for the rest of my days?"

Now together again, HUGE.. and I mean huge, secrets will come out of the wood work. Secrets that Belle has held on to for 15 years. This is a pull and push situation between the two of them. Bobby wants nothing more than to get back his Belle, and Belle wishes she could just disappear again. 

"No, Belle, you're wrong. No one will ever make me feel the way I do with you. I know this with the certainty that the sun will set today and rise again tomorrow..."

Throughout this book I would feel bad for certain characters, and then 5 pages later, I would want to yell in their faces, then.. I would love them again. There is no sugar-coating in this story. The emotions are true to life, and I loved that about Jessie Lane's writing. There are parts that will make you swoon, parts that will make your eyes well up with tears, and parts that will have you screaming at the pages. But there are also dark parts to this story, and they hit you so much harder, because you are so wrapped up in these characters. This is an amazing story, where even the side characters have your full attention. You feel for every. single. person. in "Secret Maneuvers". 

An absolutely amazing read! I can not wait for the rest of this series!

On of the (many) quotes that hit me:

"For a minute there, I got a glimpse of the girl I used to know. Too bad that girl grew up into a deceitful woman without a heart."

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SECRET MANEUVER LINKS

Goodreads * Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Kobo

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AUTHOR LINKS

Facebook * Goodreads * Website

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COMING SOON

"Stripping Her Defenses" (Ex Ops #2)

(Riley Sullivan's Story)

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"Engaging Her Heart" (Ex Ops #3)

(Lucas Young's Story)

Add To Goodreads

Also to come, Declan's Story. (Ex Ops #4)

(I effin LOVE Declan!!!!, no title for this one as of yet)

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*COVER REVEAL* "Walk On The Striped Side" by Jessie Lane

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Walk On The Striped Side Info:

Goodreads

Jessie Lane Website

Buy links: Won’t be available until release day! 

(Projected Winter 2013)

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Does he have his claws in her for good? Or is she just yanking his tail?

Elena Demos’ life has been turned upside down. Her mother passed away, leaving Elena and her two half-sisters to deal with their mother’s will and the crazy stipulations in it. For the three sisters to inherit the substantial amount of money left behind they have to go work with two Aunts they’ve never met, in the family business they knew nothing about. Amazons Inc.. If that wasn’t bad enough, she runs into the man who broke her heart their first day on the job. 
Gage Ivanov is a stupid beast. He let the woman who should be his mate go because she couldn't be told of his Other identity. Now Elena’s back, but she refuses to give into his demands for her to be his mate. The timing for all of this couldn’t be worse. Gage and his circle of friends are trying to subdue a rogue pack of wolf shifters in Germany who threaten to out the Others to the world of humans. Will he be able to juggle the oncoming conflict and win back his mate?

Claws have never been this sexy.

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Unedited Excerpt

Gage Ivanov was in no mood to be fucked with by the woman looking blankly back at him from the other side of the desk that separated them. One would think since he’d finally caught some desperately needed zzz’s after being awake for 48 hours straight while on a mission, he’d be in a better mood. This was not the case. If anything, he felt as if he was approximately 3.2 seconds from flipping his shit. Which would involve tearing the door off of the Fort Bragg Military Police’s inner sanctum, stalking past the annoying female with a tantalizing scent that was starting to drive him insane, and collecting his Heckler & Koch MK 23 his damn self from the evidence room. Screw the harpy for saying he couldn’t have his issued side arm back.

Taking a deep breath to try and battle his building anger, he blew it out slowly and decided to give the feeble human another chance before he did something drastic. Like pin her to a wall and kiss the ever living shit out of her.

Whoa.

Gage rubbed his forehead and wondered where the hell that crazy thought had come from? That idea was flat out ridiculous. He must be loopy still from lack of sleep. He’d probably meant that he’d pin her to the wall and scare the shit out of her. Not kiss her. Yeah. That sounded better.