Hot Target

Games Played #2

by Lisa Renee Jones

Big-league pitcher Luke Winter needs a new security detail and specialist Katie Lyons is the best in the business. Going undercover as his girlfriend is a no-brainer: she’s got to stay close. Unable to resist the hottie hurler, Katie launches into a torrid fling.

When playing at being lovers becomes the real — incredible, irresistible — thing, Katie finds that she’s taking her eye off the ball. Posing as his girlfriend and being his true-to-life lover are two very different things — and losing focus could cost them both dearly...

Genres: Romance, Harlequin Blaze, Sports, Sports Romance, Contemporary Romance, Contemporary, Harlequin

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2010

About the author

Author also writes as L.R. Jones

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series. Suzanne Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland) on the INSIDE OUT series: Lisa has created a beautiful, complicated, and sensual world that is filled with intrigue and suspense. Sara’s character is strong, flawed, complex, and sexy - a modern girl we all can identify with.

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 presently working on a dark, edgy new series, Dirty Money, for St. Martin's Press.
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.

Lisa loves to hear from her readers. You can reach her at www.lisareneejones.com and she is active on Twitter and Facebook daily.

Reviews

[Lisa Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Big-league pitcher Luke Winter needs a new security detail and specialist Katie Lyons is the best in the business. Going undercover as his girlfriend is a no-brainer: she's got to stay close. Unable to resist the hottie hurler, Katie launches into a torrid fling.When playing at being lovers becomes the real—incredible, irresistible--thing, Katie finds that she's taking her eye off the ball. Posing as his girlfriend and being his true-to-life lover are two "very" different things—and losing focus could cost them both dearly...

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[Christine B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Katie Lyons takes a job securing a baseball player from her security firm, however after being burnt and treated badly by the quarterback she dated she wants nothing to do with the arrogant players in the sports arena. Katie must protective the only family she has left so she takes it against everything her guts tells her. That is when she met pitcher Luke Winter and immediately she knew it was going to be a problem. On first impressions he was just like the others full of himself. That is until he challenged her she knew she could get the job done but could she ignore the building chemistry that is obvious between them.

Luke Winters a pitcher, a good guy that has been burnt by his last girlfriend and has been his team punching bag in the media for the last year with scandal. However his team management believes he is in danger. They want to keep it as quite as possible especially with all the negative press Luke has been in. So They hire Katie Lyons security specialist to find the threat. What they didn't realize is the cover they made for Luke & Katie wouldn't be hard to sell since the attraction between them was already there. Can Katie keep her professionalism and catch the person that is threatening Luke...

[Jim son of Jim (formerly PhotoJim) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two stars is fairly generous. No good explanation as to why they should like each other let alone fall instantly in love. Leave any hope for realism at the door.

[Phyllis Lopez · Rating 5 out of 5]

So exciting! Loved it!

Could not put it down! Katie owns her own Security Company and takes a job to protect a baseball player named Luke. There are so many people who may be threatening Luke. It is up to Katie to figure out who with her team. Katie and Luke have an electrical connection that neither can ignore. You will love this story. It kept me crazy trying to figure out who it is! Great reading on a rainy day like today or a pandemic!

[Melissa’s Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it!
Katie is hired as security for a hot baseball pitcher, Luke. He has a stalker and Katie’s crew is to protect him. Luke let his guard down when he thought he could trust the people inside the locker room, but the stalker has a plan.

[Hina · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 Stars!

[Rebecca Wheatley · Rating 5 out of 5]

He was a hot target. He throws at a hot target.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captivated

I was so captivated by the sparks between Katie and Luke I couldn’t stop reading I felt like I was part of their story I wanted more.

[Nicole Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gaurding his body sure sounded like a bad idea at first, but boy do the sparks fly. Lisa did an amazing job on this book, and the radio book sizzles! I highly recommend this book to others!

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. I liked the characters, and the power struggle between Luke and Katie - though I would have liked a bit more tension between them. I liked the who-done-it factor and the outcome. My only real complaint is that it felt a bit rushed; every tension was resolved very quickly without as much drama as I'd hoped for. I'm tempted to rate it only 3 stars, but it has something that clicked for me that I can't put my finger on. It's one of those books that I think I read while in just the right mood.

[CL · Rating 4 out of 5]

The trouble with Harlequin Blaze books is that very often they are too short to let the story really playout believably and make you fall in love/like with the characters.

However, this story worked very well under those constraints. My only gripe is the last couple of chapters - there was no need to throw a spanner in the works at that stage.

[Rockell Francis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hot Target is an okay read if one is looking for a romance novel without too much drama.It is a straight to the Point kind of book, "a little too rushed" for my taste, however I was definitely feeling the "little" chemistry between Luke and Katie - I say little because I felt there could of been more.....

[Amanda]

This was a pretty typical Harlequin. I like the female bodyguard trope but otherwise this was really bland. The hero is a baseball star with a stalker and the heroine is his bodyguard who used to be a dancer.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good, though I figured out the "stalker" early on. I tend to do that anyway.

[Shawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars – Contemporary Romance

[Shiloh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ideal to' read when you feel heartbroken! Reading about the kind of love makes you wanna smile and not think about the bad things in your love life!
Hot scenes alert!!!

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

03/06/13

[Judy Hillier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very quick read for me but enjoyed it.

Katie had a job to keep Luke safe & find out who was targeting him.

From the start you could tell there was a connection between those two.

[Jae · Rating 4 out of 5]

A straight forward story, not too much drama, but lots of hot love scenes. Loved it...

[Elizabeth Mckernan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Book

[Chris Collins]

loved it