Hello dear readers,
Recently, I had the chance to interview a USA Today Bestselling author. I have met this author and upon meeting her, I knew I had to share her with the world!
She is such a nice person and she writes great stuff, too! Be sure to check out her featured book and one click your copy, today.
Welcome Lynessa Layne.
1. How long have you been writing and what got you started?
I’ve been writing since I was a teen, but didn’t try my hand at novels until my 30th birthday. It was one of those, ‘what do I want to do with the rest of my life now that I’ve had babies’ type of introspections. Figured I’d get about five pages in and applaud my author heroes for what I could never do. Ten novels later, voila! I could write!
2. What genres do you write and why?
Cross-genre blending of romance, suspense, mystery and thriller is my favorite to write because I need a lot of stimulation when I read. I’m able to solve crime novels way too early, predict endings or plot twists, read way too fast and wish it would’ve lasted longer. I wrote the Don’t Close Your Eyes series for myself because of that need, then decided to share it with other readers. I didn’t even know the ending to my own series until I arrived upon it, so it’s fun when readers speculate the who-dun-it or marvel at twists they cannot predict.
When I’m not working on DCYE, I’m trying my hand at several projects of different genres including paranormal and Southern Gothic. Jury’s still out on whether I’ll use different pen names for those.
3. Tell me about the moment you found out you were a USA Today Bestselling author.
Wow. What to say? Even reading this question, I still get butterflies in the pit of my stomach along with the need to double check that it really happened LOL! One of my author besties, Mariah Kingsley, was the one to notify me. I hadn’t even seen it. Ironically, it was the brightest spot on the same day my husband lost his job, like a silver lining against a storm cloud. I’m supremely grateful and still tear up.
4. Which book would you like readers to know more about and where can they buy it (buy link).
Off the bat, I’d say Don’t Close Your Eyes Don’t Close Your Eyes : Volume 1 of the Don’t Close Your Eyes Series (Don’t Close Your Eyes – A Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Series) – Kindle edition by Layne, Lynessa, Cassidy, TK, Alford, AJ. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. but first I’d point to Killer Kiss Killer Kiss (Don’t Close Your Eyes – A Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Series) – Kindle edition by Layne, Lynessa. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Don’t Close Your Eyes is a series about a co-ed who falls in love with a hitman/crime syndicate don without knowing his true identity. Simultaneously, she falls for the undercover cop working to bring the hitman to justice. Killer Kiss, however, is a flirty (AND FREE) peek behind the curtain of the series in that you, as the reader, know something Kinsley, the heroine, doesn’t throughout a good portion of the series.
Readers who love MC villains, dueling crime syndicates, naive yet strong heroines and series along the lines of the Sookie Stackhouse (sans paranormal) sort, should enjoy this tumultuous slow burn that ignites into spicy, forbidden romance.
5. How can readers contact you?
website https://lynessalayne.com
Twitter@LynessaLayne
Don’t Close Your Eyes blurb
“A thrilling tale about an independent woman in a love triangle.” – Kirkus Reviews
Love at first sight is for hopeless romantics, not a hitman who’s amassed a fortune leading a double life. If only Kinsley Hayes hadn’t stumbled into my crosshairs ….
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He was edgy, intense, older than me.
Since the night I’d fled my attraction to the handsome stranger, I prayed I’d see him again.
Then, one day, while I mixed drinks behind the bar, he walked in on the same night my crush confessed his feelings for me.
My simple life of college and track drained into an underworld of peril and passion so dangerous, I risked everything for him, including my life.
This is our story.
Don’t Close Your Eyes buy link: Don’t Close Your Eyes : Volume 1 of the Don’t Close Your Eyes Series (Don’t Close Your Eyes – A Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Series) – Kindle edition by Layne, Lynessa, Cassidy, TK, Alford, AJ. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Price will increase after book release.
TK Lawyer 
