Today we are excited to present an exclusive extra scene from Jennifer Lane's The CONduct Series!
This particular scene follows the conclusion of On Best Behavior:
Grant Madsen and Sophie Taylor take their nephew Ben Barberi
on a college visit.
Sophie: I guess Notre
Dame’s not bad, Grant. I mean, it’s no Northwestern…
Grant: Not bad? How can you so easily dismiss the beauty
of the University of Notre Dame? The Basilica? The Golden Dome? (He points up
as they walk across the quad.) They’re stunning!
Ben: Relax, Uncle
Grant. You can rag on Northwestern when we visit Sophie’s alma mater next.
Sophie: You
better not! We have some beautiful buildings, too.
Grant: But no
Touchdown Jesus.
Ben: Or First
Down Moses.
Sophie: (Rolls
eyes) I can’t believe how football and religion go hand in hand here. Blasphemy.
Grant: We
Catholics know how to poke fun at ourselves. Take this statue, here. (Points
straight ahead) This is Jesus, of course, with the famous Bible verse about
‘come to me all who are weary’. Now, look up to the top of the dome. See the Virgin
Mary up there? And look back at the Jesus statue. See how his arms are
outstretched as he looks up at his mother?
Ben: Yeah. What’s
the deal?
Grant: We refer
to this statue as ‘Jump mama, I’ll catch you.’
Sophie: (Laughs)
Okay, I gotta admit I like that one. (Eyes Grant) Almost as much as I love you
in that sexy uniform.
Grant: C’mon,
you’ve seen me wear my khakis for months now.
Sophie: It never
gets old, McSailor. I bet you were adorable as an undergrad, with your cute
Navy uniform...
Ben: You guys
said you wouldn’t do that! Gross.
Sophie: Oh, Ben. When
you get your ROTC scholarship, you’ll be in uniform, too. The girls will be all
over you.
Grant: Ooh, don’t
let your girlfriend Lindsay hear that.
Ben: Yeah, she’d
kill me. Are we gonna visit the ROTC building next?
Grant: First I
want to stop at the grotto.
Ben: What’s that?
Grant: It’s a rocky
cave where you can light a candle and say a prayer. A real spiritual place I
used to visit when I was in school here.
Sophie: (Scoops
Grant’s hand in hers) I bet you lit many candles for your mom.
Grant: (Looks
down). You know me well. But today…today I thought we could light a candle for
your dad, Ben. (Ben is quiet.) He’d be real proud you’re off to college soon.
Sophie: To Logan.
(Squeezes Ben’s shoulder)
Ben: Okay, I
guess. (They head to the grotto.)
Sophie: And after
the grotto and ROTC, let’s return to the hotel. To our rooms. Our separate rooms.
Grant:
Bom-chicka-bom.
Ben: Gross!
How fun was that scene? Grant and Sophie's story touched my heart while reading the entire series! Check out my reviews HERE.
The CONduct Series
Can Two Ex-Cons Find Love? Will the Mafia Let Them
Live Long Enough to Find Out?
Romantic Suspense with a Psychological Twist: Now Available in a Boxed Set!
BOOK ONE:
With Good Behavior:
In a world gripped by organized crime, family dysfunction, and dim hopes of redemption, can
true love persevere? For Sophie Taylor, a beautiful psychologist who lost everything when she
violated an ethical boundary, and Grant Madsen, a handsome naval officer who sacrificed
everything to protect a loved one, finding that
love may carry an unbearable cost.
Starting their lives over in Chicago, both are
fighting influences from their family and running
as fast as they can to escape the past. When
their paths cross outside the parole officer's
door, the attraction is instantaneous. But a
hidden connection may not only shatter their
fledgling love, but prove deadly to them both.
BOOK TWO:
Bad Behavior:
Grant Madsen’s got issues. He’s still battling
his Mafia family and doing everything possible
to keep his loved ones safe. With the cruising
season coming to an end, he has to find
another job soon or he’ll rejoin his father in
prison. And he’s trying to convince his
rebellious teenage nephew to stay away from
their criminal relatives (you can imagine how
that’s going). But worst of all, Grant’s parole
officer has mandated that he attend therapy.
The only saving grace is that they’re couples sessions with his girlfriend, Sophie Taylor, a fellow
parolee who’s struggling with a few issues of her own. Sophie desperately hopes her past with
Grant’s brother won’t destroy her future with him.
There’s a sleazy professor at work who revels in
sexually harassing women in the psychology
department. And her father still hates Grant.
Their psychologist has his work cut out for him.
When Grant’s ruthless father hints at a plot to get
out of prison, Grant must use everything he’s
learned in therapy and beyond to try to stop him. It’s
a race against time and a race to rescue Sophie
from the Mafia’s clutches once again. But this time
McSailor and Bonnie refuse to play victims. This
time the cuffs are coming off.
BOOK THREE:
On Best Behavior:
Planning a wedding is never
easy—especially when the Russian Mafia wants you
dead.
On Best Behavior—the third and final book in
The Conduct Series—finds our favorite couple
moving forward, despite the odds. Following a pardon by the Governor of Illinois, excons Sophie Taylor and Grant
Madsen are finally free to pursue their love and the life
that lies ahead for them. Grant now fights the forces that
have hurt his loved ones by working undercover for the
FBI, and he has infiltrated the Russian Mafia in
Chicago. Sophie dives into swimming with Grant’s
nephew, Ben, and into her career as a psychology
professor. Thankfully, now it’s Ben’s turn to heal through
therapy sessions with Dr. Hunter Hayes.
With so many things going right for Grant and Sophie,
it's too bad the Russians aren’t their only threat. When
Grant’s father, Enzo Barberi, discovers his own son
thwarted his plan to break out of prison, his
overdeveloped sense of vengeance flares to life. As Sophie scrambles to save her fiancé, it's impossible to say who will kill Grant first—the Russians
or his Italian family. Can love triumph over evil? Are hard work and a pledge to be on best
behavior ever enough?
Once again, author Jennifer Lane brings a harrowing tale of romantic suspense with a
psychological twist, and it's sure to leave readers breathless.
Author: Jennifer Lane
Title: The CONduct Series Boxed Set
Genre: Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 9781623421694
Release Date: August 19th, 2014
Buy Links:
Amazon | Omnific Publishing
Author Website: http://www.JenniferLaneBooks.com/
Buy Links:
Amazon | Omnific Publishing
Author Website: http://www.JenniferLaneBooks.com/
Get psyched for romance with psychologist/author (psycho author) Jennifer Lane! By day she witnesses
tremendous growth in her psychotherapy clients, and by night she wrangles misbehaving fictional characters
as she writes sports romance and romantic suspense with a psychological twist. She can’t decide which is
more fun.Stories of redemption interest Jen the most, especially the healing power of love. She is also the
author of The Conduct Series, a romantic suspense trilogy that includes With Good Behavior, Bad Behavior,
and On Best Behavior. “In a story of betrayal, responsibility, treachery, and honor, Lane does an excellent
job portraying the intricate intersection of two lives connected by love...and lies,” said reviewer Susan
Swiderski.
Ultimately, whether writing or reading, Jen loves stories that make her laugh and cry. In her spare time she
enjoys exercising, attending book club, hanging out with her plussize, “I’m not fat, I’m bigboned” Izzie cat,
and visiting her sisters and their families in Chicago and Hilton Head.
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