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Blog Tour: Savage Ending by Lisa Renee Jones

 

ABOUT SAVAGE ENDING
Title: Savage Ending
Series: The Savage Series #4
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Release Date: April 25, 2021

The fourth and final book in the Savage Series...

They say all is fair in love and war, but I really don't give a damn about fair. In fact, when protecting those I love, fair is the last thing on my mind. Now that I'm back in Candace's life, those who have used her to try to control me, may well put up a final fight, but they will not win. They will lose and badly.

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EXCERPT
I stand willingly in front of Rick, naked while he is not. His gaze is hot, intimate. When his eyes meet mine, he says, ā€œYou hesitated.ā€

ā€œI did not hesitate,ā€ I say, closing the space between us and pressing my hand to his jaw. ā€œI was thinking about the very first time you told me to undress for you. Do you remember?ā€

Tension slides from his shoulders as if my answer is the exact one he needs, and he wraps his arms around my waist. ā€œI remember that night well.ā€ His voice lowers seductively. ā€œI spanked you.ā€ His lips curve. ā€œAnd you liked it.ā€

ā€œAre you going to spank me now?ā€ I dare, so far from intimidated by anything that happens between me and this man. He demands. And I have learned over time that while it defies my strong will and independence in the bedroom, I like when heā€™s in control.

ā€œNot tonight,ā€ he says, easing me onto his lap so Iā€™m straddling him.

I wrap my arms around his neck and he adds, ā€œAll or nothing.ā€

ā€œAll or nothing,ā€ I repeat.

His lashes lower, the lines of his face sharp. ā€œIā€™m still Savage, Candace,ā€ he says, his eyes meeting mine again. ā€œThat part of me still exists.ā€

ā€œWhy are you saying this?ā€ I ask.

ā€œBecause this mission, this blast from the past, reminded me of who I am.ā€

ā€œAnd you think I need to be reminded?ā€

ā€œYes,ā€ he says without hesitation. ā€œYou do. You're about to marry me.ā€

ā€œIā€™m marrying the love of my life. And thatā€™s you, Rick. All of you.ā€

ā€œLove is blind.ā€

ā€œI know who you are, Rick Savage. And for the record, you canā€™t deny who you are. Not and live a happy life. And I donā€™t want you to deny who you are. Thatā€™s never been my message.ā€

ā€œI know that, too,ā€ he says. ā€œBut Iā€™ve tried anyway.ā€

That one statement terrifies me. Iā€™ve tried anyway. Itā€™s like a ball rolling toward a waterfall in slow motion, but eventually, it tumbles over the edge. My hands go to his shoulders, his muscles flexing beneath my touch. ā€œThatā€™s a problem for us. Itā€™s a big problem.ā€

I try to climb off of him, but he catches my waist with a powerful arm around my body. ā€œItā€™s not a problem,ā€ he insists.

ā€œNo one should marry someone they canā€™t be themselves with. Every time you think you have to be something youā€™re not for me, it divides us.ā€

ā€œI donā€™t want to be something Iā€™m not with you, Candace. I want to be a better man for you.ā€

ā€œI just want you to be you.ā€

ā€œI want to be a better man for me, too. But you know, sometimes some people just need to die, Candace.ā€

I blink with the sudden shift from being a better man to wanting to kill someone. But thatā€™s the point of all of this. Thatā€™s where he was taking me and us.

Iā€™m flying blind right now, unsure about what happened to place him in this state of mind, but I know one thing: Rick is a good man. He doesnā€™t kill for money or pleasure. ā€œI love you, Rick Savage. Be who you are and do what you do for the right reasons. And you do. Always.ā€

ā€œEven if it means hunting down a bastard and killing him?ā€

He says it so matter-of-factly, but I know him. Itā€™s anything but. Someone has made Rickā€™s personal hit list. There are no names on that list, at least, none that are living. ā€œCan it be after the honeymoon?ā€ I ask, quite seriously.

He laughs and cups my head and presses our foreheads together. ā€œYou really get me, donā€™t you?ā€

My hand finds his face. ā€œAnd you get me. Rickā€”ā€

I never finish my sentence. I donā€™t even remember what I was going to say. He pulls me closer and claims my mouth, and itā€™s a tender kiss, a kiss void of the dominance Iā€™d expected from him only minutes before. I moan with the sensations that spiral through me and just that easily, the air shifts, and our mood darkens, roughens. Suddenly, we are wild, kissing as if we will never again. Touching each other everywhere, and Iā€™m tugging at his shirt. He pulls it over his head and tosses it, and my gaze falls on the heart that says San Antonio in the center, the heart I know he got for me. Because thatā€™s where we met, thatā€™s where he left me and found me again.

My fingers curl on top of it and I whisper, ā€œYou really never forgot me.ā€

ā€œNever,ā€ he says, and as our eyes collide, he says it again, a rasp of emotion in his voice. ā€œNever.ā€ And then heā€™s kissing me again and Iā€™m touching him and arching into him...

THE SAVAGE SERIES
Savage Hunger (book one) ā€“ Available Now 
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Savage Burn (book two) ā€“ Available Now 
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Paperback ā†’ http://mybook.to/Savage2PB

Savage Love (book three) ā€“ Available Now 
Paperback ā†’ http://mybook.to/Savage2PB

Savage Ending (book four) ā€“ Available Now
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ABOUT LISA
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

In addition to the success of Lisa's INSIDE OUT series, she has published many successful titles. The TALL, DARK AND DEADLY series and THE SECRET LIFE OF AMY BENSEN series, both spent several months on a combination of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling lists. Lisa is also the author of the bestselling WHITE LIES and LILAH LOVE series.

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

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