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Don't Close Your Eyes book cover
Don't Close Your Eyes
2014
First Published
3.77
Average Rating
354
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Part of Series

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.

Avg Rating
3.77
Number of Ratings
604
5 STARS
45%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author

Lynessa Layne
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.
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