Provocative by Lisa Renee Jones is the first book in her brand new White Lies Duet. It is set in the same world as the Inside Out series but focuses on a brand new couple. Nick Rogers and Faith Winter are a wonderfully complicated blend of apathy, distrust, lust, and awakening. 
 Nick is sure that Faith is guilty of a crime that directly affects him and approaches her with a plan to discover all her secrets, instead, he finds himself falling for her in a way he never has for any woman before. 
 Faith has put her own dreams to the side for so long for the sake of her late father's winery. Her mother, more recently passed away, has managed to run into near bankruptcy and her art is suffering for it. Uninspired and mired in bill collectors, she finds the distraction of Nick to be unwelcome yet much needed. 
 The underlying mystery, the chemistry between these two characters, the cliffhanger, all have reminded me why I feel in love with this authors writing in the past. I am beyond intrigued with this plot line, happy to see Chris and Sara again, even in the background of the story, and am on tenterhooks waiting for book two, Shameless to be released. Enjoy!