Starting over in Denver with a whole new circle
of friends and family, Asa Cross struggles with being the man he knows everyone
wants him to be and the man he knows he really is. A leopard doesn’t it change
its spots and Asa has always been a predator. He doesn’t want to hurt those who
love and rely on him, especially one luscious arresting cop who suddenly seems
to be interested in him for far more than his penchant for breaking the law.
But letting go of old habits is hard, and it’s easy to hit bottom when it’s the
place you know best.Royal Hastings is quickly learning what the bottom looks like after a tragic situation at work threatens not only her career but her partner’s life. As a woman who has only ever had a few real friends she’s trying to muddle through her confusion and devastation all alone. Except she can’t stop thinking about the sexy southern bartender she locked up. Crushing on Asa is the last thing she needs but his allure is too strong to resist. His long criminal record can only hurt her already shaky career and chasing after a guy who has no respect for the law or himself can only end in heartbreak.
A longtime criminal and a cop together just seems so wrong . . . but for Asa and Royal, being wrong together is the only right choice to make.
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I gulped and fully expected Royal to stop what she was doing but she didn’t, and she didn’t bother to look up as I strangled out that we were fine and just needed the bill. The girl gave me a look full of knowing and, if I wasn’t mistaken, approval before she walked off. I curled my fingers at the back of Royal’s head until they were hopelessly tangled in her hair, and lifted her head off of my shoulder enough that I could kiss her. Her hand dipped even lower in my pants and I groaned against her tongue.
“You need to stop.” I rasped the words out because I really didn’t want to say them. We were in a public place, and while she might have a wild side, I doubted she would let me throw her on the cocktail table and fuck her like everything inside me was screaming to do.
She sank her teeth into my bottom lip hard enough, and when she coupled that with her soft hand squeezing the base of my dick, I was ready to come on the spot. “You need to stop, too.”
Her message was clear. She was all for games as long as they were fun and sexy, but she wasn’t going to be a pawn, and if I wanted to enjoy her while I had her, I better get my shit together real quick. She withdrew her hand, skating up under the hem of my shirt and letting her fingers run over the ridges of my abs. The scrape of her nails across my skin had me ready to go off like a rocket, so I threw enough money on the table to cover our bill and probably the table next to ours and dragged her out of the warehouse like it was on fire.
She laughed and it did something to the inside of my chest. I had put tears in her eyes first, but somehow she was amazing enough to understand the stuff I did better than I did myself, and now she was laughing about the disaster of it all. It was like the sun coming through the clouds on a stormy day. She was everything bright the darkness tried to swallow and I wanted inside of her so bad that I couldn’t see straight.
I pushed her up against the side of the battered car and closed my mouth over hers. I tunneled my fingers through the hair at her temples and kissed her with every bit of urgency I had. The funny thing was, I had to let go of some of the other stuff I was always holding on to in order to get the message across to her, and with the press of her mouth against mine, the brush of her tongue across my own, I couldn’t explain it but I suddenly felt lighter.
“I want to take you home and
take you to bed.” I sounded rough. There was no smoothness in my typically
practiced twang. I sounded impatient and needy, two things I don’t think I had
ever been before this girl.
And don’t miss the previous books in The Marked Men Series!
RULE
JET
ROME
NASH
ROWDY
What a way to end the series with a BIG Bang. Jay has written an incredible series, giving us hot, swoon worth - bad boys turned good. And Asa is no different. No longer the anti-hero, Asa is the southern charmer ex-conman matched with the straight and narrow, hot cop - Royal.
Although its a simple story, a bad boy reformed, a good girl skirting
the edge of darkness, it is full of humor, sexiness and heartache. Asa doesn't think he deserve love, especially from someone as beautiful as Royal. Royal has demons though and Asa is just the person to help her fight through them.
Writing that sucks you in. Characters you want to be friends with and part of the crew. If you haven't read the Marked Men Series, you are missing out. You need to add them to your TBR like yesterday!
Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of the Marked Men series. She will also be introducing the
dark and sexy world of The Point in a new series this summer starting with
Better When He’s Bad. Like her characters, she is a big fan of tattoos. She loves music and wishes she could be a rock star, but since she has no aptitude for singing or instrument playing, she'll settle for writing stories with interesting characters that make the reader feel something. She lives in Colorado with her three dogs.
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