Books in series
#1
Don't Close Your Eyes
2014
An enemies to lovers series begins.
Bartender, beach bunny and college track star known as Micro Machine, Kinsley Hayes most pressing priorities are having the lowest times on the stopwatch and choosing between internship before graduation.
An encounter with a dicey stranger jolts Kinsley into the real world while she's left mystified by her magnetism to the edgy rogue.
Who is he? Will she ever see him again?
Klive King reappears in Kinsley's life as a secret admirer, tempting and teasing, rekindling their irresistible love-hate chemistry at the same time as her high school crush home from war, Jase Taylor, reveals his repressed longing to be more than friends.
What's a girl to do?
When nefarious biker gang, Inferno, set their sights on the wrong girl, Kinsley inadvertently draws both Klive and Jase into a battle to protect her while also dueling for her heart.
Set in the tropical locales of Florida, this dual POV suspenseful romance follows Klive, Kinsley and Jase into the beginning of their tumultuous love triangle and perilous conflicts between good, evil, love, hate and the bounds they break when pushed to their limits.
#2
Sweet Dreams
2014
With an unbeatable college track career and her masters degree on the horizon, Kinsley James hardly focuses on anything else. Her fierce determination and ambition have achieved amazing feats, which prove there is great reward for her ability to remain focused. However, when her attraction to an old friend crosses a line her heart and soul have drawn for years, he and his best friend take her places she would never dare venture. As a result she finds herself caught between two men and an internal battle as carnal longings the likes of which she has always avoided threaten to show a side of herself that has been undiscovered. With the unleashing of desires previously unexplored and forbidden, her morality is turned on its head, leaving her scrambling to make sense of the chaos that stirs within. She has no idea that amidst it all she has caught the eye of one of the most notoriously dangerous men this side of the country with a deceptively charming streak that leaves her heart racing and her nerves singing with every meeting.
After being harassed, a co-worker baring a striking resemblance to her is murdered, and Kinsley realizes her safety may be hanging in the balance. Protection comes in the most unexpected of forms, but could uncover an even more sinister danger. Soon she will learn that not everything around her is what it seems, and that those closest could be keeping dangerous secrets that pertain to her life.
#3
Dangerous Games
Volume 3 of Don't Close Your Eyes
2014
In the third installment of Don't Close Your Eyes, Klive's fears are realized when he unwittingly discovers Kinsley has learned his dark secret.
Authors
Lynessa Layne
Author · 10 books
USA TODAY Bestselling Indie Author living in Sweet Home Alabama 2023 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award WINNER:
- Best Book of the Year (TARGET ACQUIRED)
- Best Suspense Novel of the Year (TARGET ACQUIRED) 2022 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist:
- Best Suspense Novel of the Year (DANGEROUS GAMES)
- Readers' Choice (DANGEROUS GAMES) * Host/Organizer of TropiCon[TM] Book Expo & Writing Convention - St. Augustine, Florida 23-25 FEB 2024, and 20-23 FEB 2025. https://www.TropiConBookExpo.com * Head of Formatting/Graphic Design at Paper Raven Books. —————————————————————————————— REMAINING 2023 BOOK SIGNING TOUR DATES: >> 25-26 AUG 2023 - HOUSTON, TX (Sultry in the City) - Hilton Houston NASA Clearlake - Over 50 Authors >> 16-17 SEPT 2023 - BOSTON/SALEM/PEABODY, MA (Getting Witchy With It) - Boston Marriott Peabody Hotel & Conference Center - OVER 330 AUTHORS!!! >> 30 SEPT 2023 - ST. LOUIS, MO (Books by the Arch) - Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch >> 14 OCT - SUMITON, AL (Sumiton Book Fest) >> 28-29 OCT - PRATTVILLE, AL (42nd Annual Pumpkin Patch Festival) - Spinners Park [downtown] - over 20,000 attendees annually! >> 11 NOV 2023 - ESTES PARK, CO (Committed at The Stanley Hotel) - [Stephen King's inspiration for 'The Shining'] - OVER 120 AUTHORS!! >> 2 DEC 2023 - WEST PALM BEACH, FL (Pages In Palms) - The Original c.1923 Misener-Romaine Mansion - A Fast Layne Events Invitational Event! (Limited to 30 Authors) 2024 BOOK SIGNINGS: >> 3 FEB 2024 - KANSAS CITY, MO (Flirty In Kansas City) - Embassy Suites KC-Plaza >> 23-25 FEB 2024 - SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL (TropiCon'24 Book Expo & Writing Convention) - Renaissance Saint Augustine Historic Downtown Hotel - A Fast Layne Events production! OVER 80 AUTHORS & VENDORS! >> 2 MAR 2024 - LITTLE ROCK, AR (Authors Rocking Little Rock) - Embassy Suites Little Rock >> 8-9 MAR 2024 - RALEIGH, NC (TNT-NC) >> 18-21 APR 2024 - DENVER, CO (Readers Take Denver) - Gaylord Rockies Resort >> 18 MAY 2024 - MONTGOMERY, AL (Capital City Author Event) - Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Convention Center >> 15 JUN 2024 - DEADWOOD, SD (Wild Deadwood Reads) >> 22 JUN 2024 - CARSON CITY, NV (Locked Up in Nevada) - Nevada State Prison Historic Site >> 30-31 AUG 224 - HOUSTON, TX (Sultry in the City) - Hilton Houston NASA Clearlake >> 11-12 OCT 2024 - WACO, TX (The Great Gathering) ***************************************************** LYNESSA LAYNE is a thriller-romance novelist and Writer's Digest certified copy editor.
- Author of the DCYE thriller suspense romance series.
- Featured in Writer's Digest: https://www.writersdigest.com/aug-17/...
- Featured in Mystery & Suspense Magazine: https://www.mysteryandsuspense.com/vi... * Kirkus Review of DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES (DCYE series #1): https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re... * Killer Nashville 2x Silver Falchion Award Winner, 4x Finalist MEMBER OF:
- Royal Society of Literature (London, UK)
- Mystery Writers of America (SEMWA Chapter)
- Georgia Romance Writers
- Tuscaloosa Writers & Illustrators Guild Lynessa lives on the outskirts of Montgomery, Alabama with her husband, five children, and a plethora of furry and feathered friends.
Lynessa James
Author · 2 books
Also writes under Lynessa Layne
