Book Review: If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones (ADULTS ONLY)

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Gallery Books, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it

This is NOT the normal book review for BTHM.

This is an erotic adult book, in EVERY meaning of that word. 
So read on, only if you are comfortable with that topic!

Synopsis: 
The steamy first installment in the Inside Out erotic romance trilogy by Lisa Renee Jones, in the bestselling tradition of Fifty Shades of Grey.

When Sara McMillan finds a stack of journals in a storage unit, she’s shocked and enthralled by the erotic life the writer led. Unable to stop reading, she vicariously lives out dark fantasies through Rebecca, the writer—until the terrifying final entry.

Certain something sinister has happened, Sara sets out to discover the facts, immersing herself in Rebecca’s life. Soon she’s working at the art gallery Rebecca worked at and meeting Rebecca’s friends. Finding herself drawn to two dangerously sexy men, the manager of the gallery and a famed artist, Sara realizes she’s going down the same path Rebecca took. But with the promise of her dark needs being met by a man with confident good looks and a desire for control, she’s not sure anything else matters. Just the burn for more.

You can read more about the series on Lisa's website!

Review: Sometimes a book sounds interesting enough, that I will go ahead and review it, even if the content is not what is normally presented here on this blog. This one sounded like it fit that criteria, so I went ahead and said yes!  Had I know there was going to be a maddening, aggravating, total definition of a cliffhanger at the end, I would have said NO. I HATE cliffhangers, especially in the MIDDLE of a SCENE! Seriously, I threw the book across the room in aggravation when I realized there was NO ending.

Now having said that, the story was actually pretty decent- Jones is a great story teller and she wraps the characters around the reader's psyche, twisting back and forth- Are they good? Are they evil? Why are they acting the way they are? Where is Rebecca? She keeps you turning pages...

I'd love to say she gives you answers to those questions, but I imagine based on this book, that the answers will only come in Book THREE of this trilogy! GRRRRRR. The erotic adult scenes are VERY VERY intense and if those type of scenes bother you, I would say SKIP this book, as they are part and parcel, so to speak, in carrying the storyline.

But if you're looking for a sexy, 100 % ADULTS ONLY read, this one may be JUST what the doctor ordered!  The next book in the series, Being Me, will be released on June 11th!

About the Author:   Jones is the author of this INSIDE OUT TRILOGY, which 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. Prior to publishing, Lisa owned a multi-state staffing agency that was recognized many times by The Austin Business Journal and also praised by Dallas Women Magazine. Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at 

www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on twitter and facebook daily


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