Complicated Moonlight

by Lynessa Layne

His name is Klive King and my insides flip-flop every time we meet. I sense something is ... amiss, that he's keeping secrets, but like a mortal fool drawn to a vampire, I cannot fight the pull of Klive's mysterious danger. But Jase is hiding something, too, and I'm beginning to wonder if I have a thing for dangerous men. Who is the better bad decision?
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I should leave Kinsley to Jase. He loves her. She'd never love me if she learned my true identity. Nightshade ordered me to sever all ties to her, however, the further I push her away, the more tempted I am to violate their deadly command and throw us both into peril that forces us together.

Genres: Romance, Dark Romance, Thriller

287 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 30, 2020

About the author

USA TODAY Bestselling Indie Author
2x Silver Falchion Award Winner
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LYNESSA LAYNE is a mystery-thriller-suspense-romance novelist and Writer's Digest certified copy editor.
- Author of the DCYE romantic suspense series.
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MEMBER OF:
- Royal Society of Literature (London, UK)
- Mystery Writers of America (SEMWA Chapter)
- Georgia Romance Writers

Reviews

[Beach Reads Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 2 is BETTER than Book 1! So intertwined, and some serious ass-kicking, badassery, hot temptation and, ahem, 'ball bustin'. -KliveKing is freakin' BRUTAL! I'm still squirming in uncomfortable manhood about that scene! 😨

[Debbie Pasternak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Following up on my review of book 1 of the new version, my take on book 2: I’m hooked! Book 2 is even better than book 1! I’m in serious book hangover waiting for book 3! Need my DCYE fix Lynessa! Jase...OMG what a badass! IN LOVE (LUST really)! Pleeeez don’t stop! Smacking inside elbow feverishly anticipating the next injection of hawt manscape! My kindle is screaming for mercy! When is book 3 release date ?!

[Carolyn Breckinridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Complicated Moonlight' is the second in author Lynessa Layne's 'Don't Close Your Eyes' series. Written for young adults and those who enjoy romance and suspense, this book is smoothly written and moves forward at warp speed. The story is fueled primarily by sexual tension between 24-year-old track star, Kinsley and a mysterious and seemingly dangerous older man nicknamed 'Moonlight,' and between Kinsley and Jase, a major crush and the brother of her best friend. Of course, this is not to mention the tension and odd companionship found between Moonlight and Jase. For those of us who may have forgotten some of the stresses of being adolescent and post-adolescent, author Layne nails the emotional and physical turmoil of these years through exceptional characterization. And she also creates mystery through them, because as the reader moves into book 3, 'Mad Love,' s/he still has no idea why Moonlight is behaving like he is a paramilitary leader fighting a rogue band of dangerous men who keep showing up around Kinsley. I still question why Kinsley tends to call the males around her 'sir' at times, but assume this is an odd quirk of her character. For those who are not prone to reading intentional violence, there is a disturbing scene in this book that some may choose to skip. I already have 'Mad Love' purchased and ready to read!

[Selena (Fae✨inmysparetime) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant page turner! Love this characters, the plot and this series it’s the kind where it leaves you wanting more and luckily there is much more! Smooth, modern & sexy mystery suspense.

[Stacy Hudson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fave chapters:

Chapter 8 - the sensual tension is palpable, and what girl doesn't love a hot rocker / SEAL taking you to the beach with a little flair...hot-rodding the '70 Charger and breaking a few laws gets the juices flowing! INVIGORATING!

Chapter 9 - Jase...what can I say? Chill bumps and swoon shivers! When Kinsley's is hunted by a dangerous stalker, who better to clothesline a would-be woman killer and whoop an ass in the most SEAL-worthy fashion! The action is BRUTAL, but oh so satisfying. Jase is definitely in my top 10 of badass book boyfriends now!

KINSLEY! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, GIRL! Get off the dang fence and cowgirl up! Book 3 should be VERY interesting. Got some unresolved frustrations building over here!

[Daquita Benson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oooh Jase! My man! But Rustin watchu doin mackin on Kinsley in front of her boy when u got a date with Constance? That sistah gonna slap the stupid outta u! So glad Jase did what he did to that biker tho! Mmmm that’s how a MAN handle his biz to protect his girl! Mmm!

[Graciella Sanchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aye dios mio! Mas por favor! Caliente! Caliente! Caliente! Incluso mejor de lo esperado!

[Terrie Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok this is not my normal age group type of book I would read but it fell into my lap so I thought I love reading so I will give it a try. Wow! This book as all the feels and sexual ones too. I couldn’t put it down snd read it in lighting speed. At least faster than most books. From start to finish it takes you in a ride with suspense, passion, and edge of seat “what next” vibes. The author is very talented snd this book was very thought out . Now I will read the first one. Even though some reviews say this is better I need to see how this started. 💯🥰👍

[Selena (Fae✨inmysparetime) · Rating 5 out of 5]

In some ways this is the best slow burn. In others it’s a reverse harem that’s way too hot to handle. Relatable characters that get themselves into ‘on the edge of your seat with anticipation’ situations. This was my favorite in the series and I read it twice. It’s so good. Romance-suspense and so edgy!

[WildKat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Book 1 was really good, but Book 2, wow! Can you make these men real, pleeease? Loved it! 💗

[Jahnavi]

i want to read

[Niya · Rating 5 out of 5]

No

[L. Staci · Rating 5 out of 5]

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 <> [𝘻𝘪𝘲𝘤.𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰@𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮] 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘈𝘱𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥—𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

[Debbie Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Complicated is an understatement

Torn between the attraction of 2 men, both polar opposites, Kingsley finds she must decide where her heart lies. She has known Jase for years as she is best friends with his sister and has known him to be quite the womanizer. Now, Jase is in hot pursuit to win her as his girlfriend. Mr. Complicated enters her life only 2 years ago, but she can’t deny the effect that Klive King has on her. She is learning about herself, her needs and her desires, but who will truly win her heart. Complicated by not only her feelings, but 2 rival motorcycle gangs come into play. Lynessa weaves a story that is captivating and fascinating.

[Magasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is definitely an interesting and captivating story.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve read all the way through book 8. It gets so much better as you go and I didn’t even think that was possible. Love love this author.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[ARAGANCA3 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is actually great.