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BETTER WHEN HE’S BRAVE
Excerpt:
I went to lower my lashes so I didn’t have to see how he really
felt about me shining out of that reflective gaze.
“But as much as it pains me to say it, we can help each other
out. In fact I think the only way to do this with minimal casualties is to work
together. I want Roark and you want to keep your ass covered, and to do that,
we need to be attached at the hip.”
I frowned at him as he continued to loom over me. “What are you
suggesting, Detective?”
“I’m not suggesting it. I’m telling you that you are suddenly
and irrevocably in love with me. You are obsessed with me and we are about to
embark on a passionate, out-of-control, unexplainable, and very, very obvious
romance. We are going to shove our new relationship so far down everyone’s
throat that they are going to choke on it.”
I gulped and opened my mouth to tell him how crazy he sounded,
but he reached out a hand and placed his palm lightly over my mouth. I scowled
at him and contemplated sinking my teeth into the meaty part of his hand.
“Seriously, Reeve, it’s the only way. Bax will rein it in if he
thinks I’ve got a thing for you. Nassir won’t back all the way off, but he’ll
be less dangerous if he thinks he has to go through me to get to you. Plus,
from what you’ve told me, and what I understand about whack jobs like Roark, if
he thinks you replaced him with me, it’ll force him to move more quickly. He’ll
come out of hiding faster if he thinks you moved on without a second thought.
If you understand the risk involved, I’m willing to take them with you.”
I lifted both my eyebrows up and tapped my fingers on my knee
until he took a step back as he gauged my reaction. I don’t know what he was
expecting but he actually looked nervous as I climbed to my feet.
“What do you think?” His voice was low and he didn’t look away
as I walked up so that I was standing directly in front of him.
What did I think? I thought there was no “suddenly” about being
irrevocably in something that looked a lot like love with him. I thought
passionate, out of control, and obsessive about summed up the way I already
felt about him and that it would require zero acting on my part. I reached out
and put a hand on the center of his chest. He was warm and hard. He felt like
security and strength.
“I think you are going to have a much harder time pretending you
like me than I will pretending I like you, Detective. Have you considered
that?”
He balked a little and lifted a hand to circle his fingers
around my wrist. I wondered if he felt my pulse kick at the touch.
“I do whatever it takes to get the job done.”
Oh, I bet he did. I smirked up at him and lifted up on tippy
toes so that our lips were almost touching. I expected him to recoil, to back
away in haste, but he didn’t. Instead his tongue darted out to lick across the
curve of his bottom lip, and I almost groaned out loud.
“Prove it.” I whispered the challenge and then held my breath to
see what this scary, sexy man would do once the gauntlet was thrown down.
He didn’t disappoint. He never did.
Synopsis:
In New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author Jay Crownover’s third novel in her sexy,
thrilling Welcome to the Point series, a woman’s search for repentance leads
her to the one man from her past she can’t forget as they join forces to save
their city—and the explosive love neither can live without.
Titus King sees the world in black and white.
Right and wrong. Which is why as a teenager he left behind the only family he’d
ever known to make a better life for himself. Now a police detective in one of
the worst cities in the country, he can’t deny his life has turned into a
million different shades of gray.
The new criminal element in The Point has
brought vengeance and destruction right to Titus’s front door, and the
difference between right and wrong is nothing compared to keeping those he
loves alive. To add to his already strained moral compass, the beautiful and
mysterious Reeve Black has made her way back to town, and she might be as
dangerous to Titus as the guy trying to destroy the Point because he needs
her—in more ways than one.
Reeve knows all about how ruthless this new
threat to destroy The Point can be… and instead of running away, she wants to
help. She has a lot to repent for and saving the city, plus the hot cop that
she hasn’t been able to forget might just be the only way she can finally find
some inner peace.
With
an entire city poised on the brink of war, Titus and Reeve stand in the
crossfire—and it will take two brave souls to fight for the ultimate love.
About Jay Crownover:
Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author of the Marked Men and The Point series. 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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