We are over the moon excited to bring you the Release Day Launch for ROWDY by Jay Crownover!! ROWDY is the fifth novel in her Marked Men Series published by William Morrow, and imprint of HarperCollins and you do NOT want to miss it!
ROWDY by Jay Crownover (Marked Men #5)
After the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and set out to live up to his nickname. A good ol’ boy looking for good times and good friends, Rowdy refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. Burned by love once, he isn’t going to let himself trust a woman again. But that’s before his new co-worker arrives, a ghost from the past who’s suddenly making him question every lesson he ever learned.
Salem Cruz grew up in house with too many rules and too little fun—a world of unhappiness she couldn’t wait to forget. But one nice thing from childhood has stayed with her; the memory of the sweet, blue-eyed boy next door who’d been head over heels in love with her little sister.
Now, fate and an old friend have brought her and Rowdy together, and Salem is determined to show him that once upon a time he picked the wrong sister. A mission that is working perfectly—until the one person that ties them together appears, threatening to tear them apart for good.
WHEN I PUT THE key he had given me in the door to his
apartment it felt like the end of a long journey. Really it was only a little
over twelve hours and I had stopped to nap once along the way, but it still
felt like too long since I had seen his face or been able to touch all that
toned and tattooed skin. Jimbo greeted me at the door when I pushed it open.
His tongue lolled out of his mouth and he jumped up and put his paws on my
legs. He was going to be huge when he finally grew into his fuzzy body and I
was overwhelmed at how happy I was to see him. I dropped to my knees and rubbed
my face in his neck as he licked me all over my face. I was obviously missed
and I had to say it was just one more reason I knew I was finally where I was
supposed to be. It was late, so the apartment was dark.
I checked the dog’s food and water, trying to be quiet in
case Rowdy was already asleep. I was winding my way toward his bedroom when a
haphazardly discarded sketch pad lying on the couch caught my eye in the dim
light. I paused for a minute to pick it up and felt my heart stop and then start
to race as I flipped through the first few pages. There were a couple of
drawings that were obviously for clients, tattoos that hadn’t made it from
paper to skin yet, but most of the pristine white pages were covered with
images wearing my face. There was mermaid me, and naughty- sailor- girl me.
There was sassy Indian girl me with long Pocahontas braids and there was sexy
devil me standing next to angelic me. There were dozens of them all in
different shapes and sizes, but every single image was undoubtedly modeled
after my distinct look. I wasn’t sure if he had drawn them all over this last
week while I had been gone or over the months we had been chasing each other in
circles.
Either way it made my heart swell and the full certainty
that I was it for him settle deep inside my bones. I set the pad down and
tiptoed through the hall. Jimbo took one look at where I was going and huffed
out a disgusted- sounding snort. The poor guy had learned early on that he
wanted no part of what happened between his humans when they were together in
the bedroom. The light was off and Rowdy was sprawled on his stomach across the
covers. His blond hair was sticking up every- where and he hand one arm bent up
under his head. The only thing that could have made the sight better would have
been if he hadn’t bothered with the black boxers before crashing out.
Even with them obscuring the view, I couldn’t complain. I
let out a breathless sigh and crept closer so that I could lean over and touch
my lips to that anchor on the side of his neck. I felt his pulse leap and
tasted the salt on his skin as he murmured sleepily and rolled over onto his
back. Those infinitely blue eyes glowed at me in the dark as a grin pulled up
the corner of his mouth.
“Hey.”
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 ROWDY. 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. 
