Cover Reveal: ASA by Jay Crownover

 

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 stunning 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.

Publication Date: April 21, 2015

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RULE

JET

ROME

NASH

 ROWDY

About Jay Crownover:

Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men series. She also introduced the dark and sexy world of The Point that started with BETTER WHEN HE's BAD and is currently working on her newest series The Saint of Denver. 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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Blog Tour & Giveaway: Rome (Marked Men #3) by Jay Crownover

 

Cora is a smart ass, does not take shit from any of the guys at the shop and is who helps to keep all those bad boys at the shop under control.  Cora is hiding her pain though.  She may be the first to want her friends to be happy and offer help, but for her the broken heart she still has keeps her from trying for her own happily ever after.  She wants the perfect guy, which we all know that no one is perfect, and refuses to settle for anyone less.  When she and Rome go head to head about him being an asshole to everyone, no one thought that those two would ever get along.  Too bad Rome isn’t her perfect guy because his is one hot ass man and the sexual attraction between the two of them is off the charts.

Rome has been discharged from the military and isn’t too happy about it.  He has returned home broken.  Rome is suffering from PTSD from when he was injured during a deployment.  He is still pissed off at his family for how they treated Rule, the secret that Shaw kept from everyone, and the fact that he no longer is the one looking out for his little brother.  He is drowning his problems in a bottle, but a wake up call changes everything. Can Cora help heal him while at the same time he show her that while he may not be the perfect man he is perfect for her?

I love Cora, she is such a smart ass and spitfire and refuses to let any of those bad boys she works with boss her around.  She has such a huge heart and its been broken by the first guy she loved and it still hasn’t healed. I felt for Cora, she knew that she wasn’t going to just settle for any guy, and for that I cheered her on because she deserved to be loved and happy. 

Rome, my poor Rome.  He feels like because his brother never told him his secret that he let him down in some way.  He comes home from the war a broken man, not so much physically but mentally.  He has PTSD and that is making everything a lot harder.  He knows that he is being a total asshole to those who love him but he just doesn’t care until someone shows him the way to start to heal.

Cora and Rome are exactly what each other needs.  The heal each other and fit together perfectly even though they are total opposites.  The sex between these two is enough to set the sheets on fire but it is so much more than just sex.  I seriously could not get enough of Cora and Rome.

I loved Rome.  I will be honest, this is my favorite of the series.  I liked Rule and I liked Jet but I love Rome and for me is the best of this series so far.  PTSD hits home for me, my husband suffers from it.  It is not only hard on the person who suffers from it but the ones who love them as well. Jay Crownover portrayed what too many of our service men and women suffer from and shows that it is real and nothing to be ashamed of.  I connected so much more with Rome and Cora and maybe that is why.  I am curious to see how the rest of the Marked Men series is going to be played out, because ladies these are some fine assed tattooed bad boys that I want more of.

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About the Author

I’m supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I’m an natural redhead even though I haven’t seen my real hair color in years, I’m a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I’ve been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that. I love to write, love to read and all I’m interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.

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Review: Rule by Jay Crownover

You can bet your sweet behind that the second I hear about a romance novel that features a tattooed/pierced bad boy as the hero, that I’ll be all over it. It wouldn’t matter if he was a liar and a cheater… If he’s got a body covered in ink and piercings in all the right places then that’s all I care about. Alright, I'm kidding… (Kind of) …But seriously, let’s face it: There’s just something about a bad boy that always kicks our libido into overdrive so there’s really no sense in denying it.

Rule definitely had the piercings, tattoos, and bad boy factor down to a T… But for some reason that I can’t quite put my finger on, I wasn’t blown away with his character or this book. Don’t get me wrong… The story-line was good and kept me interested… It just wasn’t great. The characters all seemed a little young in my opinion. The way the hero and heroine handled certain situations was a bit over the top and pretty immature. I couldn’t help but feel like both characters had the mentality of a teenager…Especially Rule. …And sadly, that just isn’t a characteristic that I like to consider “drool worthy”. Rule did have one extremely drool-worthy moment though, so it’s only fair to give credit where credit’s due and share a quote that actually did make me swoon:


"If you want to harass someone, scare someone, terrorize someone, you might want to pick someone that doesn’t have a pissed off boyfriend waiting around the corner…"


I don’t want to give anything away in this review by elaborating on a lot of details, so I’ll just cut to the chase… Throughout the entire book I had no doubt in my mind that Shaw loved Rule- She had been in love with him since she was thirteen and nothing or no one ever got in the way of her feelings for him. She loved him for who he was on the inside and the out, and had never once wanted him to be anyone but himself. Rule on the other hand… Even by the end of the story, I just never really felt like his feelings for Shaw were reciprocated as strongly. Sure, I knew he had feelings for her… But it never felt like love to me- I wasn’t ever able to convince myself that his feelings for her went beyond the fact that she was just the one woman who had ever accepted him for who he was. Perhaps I’m being a bit biased when writing this review, since Cherrie Lynn’s book Rock Me is an absolute favorite book of mine and I’ve yet to find a similar story out there that can compete with that one. For me, although this story had its differences from that book it had double the similarities and I just felt that it paled in comparison.

Grammatical errors seemed to be a big deal breaker for a lot of readers out there when it came to this novel, but surprisingly it really didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I was a bit distracted at times, but I never felt like the distraction was big enough to give the book a lesser rating. Over-all, Rule just fell a little flat for me… There was a lot of conflict, emotion, and drama but something was just missing. It had all the makings of a perfect five-star read but it just never quite reached that potential. I wouldn’t rule out (no pun intended) any future books by this author, but I can’t say that I cared enough about any of these characters to want to read more about them.