Junior Has A Secret (Lilah Love 11) by Lisa Renee Jones-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 18, 2025

In front of you, behind you, all around you, killers everywhere.
One, two, and three, is it for you or him or them?
Red, red, red, red, red, red…
What the F?

Junior is back and stupider than ever. It’s all of us and the nonsense is irritating. Of course, I have killers in front of me and all around me. I’m me. Kane is Kane. And both of us came by our bad habits honestly. We have crappy fathers.
In other words, I push harmless Junior aside and head to a crime scene, and when I kneel beside the wealthy victim, I glance up to spy a painting that is pretty and one tone—red. When I inquire with the house manager about the artist, she can’t remember who painted it, but she does know the name of the painting itself.

It’s called Red.
The color of blood.
And now Junior has my attention.

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REVIEW:JUNIOR HAS A SECRET is the eleventh instalment in LR Jones (aka Lisa Renee Jones) contemporary, adult LILAH LOVE suspense series focusing on FBI Special Agent Lila Love-Mendez, and her husband, businessman /Cartel heir Kane Mendez. JUNIOR HAS A SECRET should not be read as a stand alone as there is an ongoing premise throughout the series.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: Throughout the series, Lilah Love has been looking into an organization known as The Society, a powerful group that controls many of the politicians, law enforcement personnel, and the rich and famous, and it is this group that may or may not be targeting the people at the top, one of which is her estranged father, a man running for Governor, a man with connections to the people in control.

Told from first person perspectives (Lilah) JUNIOR HAS A SECRET picks up after the events and cliff hanger of AGENT VS ASSASSIN follows in the wake of the election of Lilah’s estranged father as the new governor of New York but Lilah’s father’s campaign handler appears to have gone rogue, and when her father demands to be taken to the ‘new’ governor’s mansion, all does not go according to plan when death and destruction arrive before everyone else. As Lilah begins to search for the truth, someone else is determined to take down our story line heroine.
The world building follows several pathways including the fractured relationship between Lilah and her father, a man who cares only for himself; an assassin who is willing to take down the people taking aim at our story line heroine, and the return of the head of the Mendez Cartel, who has plans to destroy our story line couple.

Once again, there is another large ensemble of intriguing yet questionable secondary and supporting characters most of whom are keeping secrets: Lilah’s bodyguard Jay, Kane’s bodyguard Kit; Lilah’s brother Andrew; NYPD Chief Houston, and Lilah’s IT guru Jeff ‘TicTac’ Landers, most of whom are the hunter/gatherers of Lilah’s investigations; Lilah’s father, the new governor elect, and his ‘handler’ Pocher, and Lilah’s brother Andrew. We are introduced to an assassin who goes by Ghost, who is always one step ahead of our story line heroine; and the return of Kane’s father Roberto Mendez.

JUNIOR HAS A SECRET is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, obsession and madness, fracture family dynamics, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is compelling and riveting but covers less than twenty-four hours in the life. The characters are desperate and determined. JUNIOR HAS A SECRET ends on a cliff hanger, you have been warned.

READING ORDER and Previous Reviews
Murder Notes
Murder Girl
Love Me Dead
Love Kills
Bloody Vows
Bloody Love
Happy Death Day
The Party is Over
The Ghost Assassin
Agent Vs Assassin

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones is the author of the highly acclaimed INSIDE OUT series.

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 also the author of the bestselling the bestselling DIRTY MONEY and WHITE LIES series. And will be publishing the first book in her Lilah Love suspense series with Amazon Publishing in March 2018.

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.