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ASA is a New Adult Contemporary Romance novel
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and it is the 6th book in The Marked Men Series.
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About ASA:
Jay Crownover’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with the much anticipated story of southern
charmer and certified criminal Asa Cross.
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.
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.
EXCERPT:
I pulled the Nova to a stop in front of a
duplex that had clearly seen better days. It wasn’t a rusted-out trailer in
Kentucky, but it might as well have been. I turned off the ignition and sat
back in the seat so I could turn to look at Ayden. She was watching me
carefully and I could see how frustrated she was with the entire conversation
in the way her shoulders were tensed up and the way her hands had curled into
tight balls on her lap. It was the way she used to look whenever I got into
trouble and she had to do something desperate and drastic to get me out of it.
I reached out a hand and put it on top of her fists.
“I died in that hospital, Ayd. There were no
angels playing harps. There was no redemption and repentance. I died and it was
very clear that I was going to get exactly the kind of fate I had been courting
with all the messed-up shit I had been doing to other people. All I could see
was every wrong I had ever committed and every bad decision I had ever made
exploding all around me. For once I could see how all of that affected you. I
was dying, and I knew what was waiting for me on the other side, yet I couldn’t
go knowing that was all you were going to have to remember me by. I had to come
back and give you something else to hold on to, some kind of good memory to go
with the endless miles of bad I laid at your feet. I wanted to have the chance
to show you I could be the kind of brother you deserved all along, so no, I didn’t
save myself—you saved me. Just like you’ve always done for my entire life.”
I saw her bottom lip tremble until she snapped
her teeth around it to keep it still. Her fists unclenched below my palm and
she curled her shaking fingers around my hand and her already husky voice
rasped with even more emotion when she told me what I think I had needed to
hear from her all along.
“I have always been proud that you’re my
brother, Asa. Yes, there have been times in the past I would have gladly fed
you to the wolves, and it’s no secret that I had to leave home because I didn’t
know what to do to help you anymore, but we both made it out alive and are
better people for it. I know you’re sorry for the way things went down when we
were younger, but I need you to open your eyes and take some credit for the way
you have turned it around to make things the way they are now. I’ve long since
come to terms with the Asa from my childhood. What I want to do is love the Asa
that’s here with me now. You need to let go of those boulders weighted with all
the bad things from past that are dragging you down before you get crushed
under them.”
It was eerily similar to what Royal had been
telling me the deeper and deeper I sank in with her. I don’t think I was ready
to let any part of those stones go just yet, but a sexy redhead was slowly and
surely eroding bits and pieces of the rock the more and more time I spent with
her. By the time she was done, maybe she would be able to carve out something
that was worthwhile, something that didn’t eviscerate me to look at.
I leaned over enough that I could kiss Ayden
right on the center of her forehead between her midnight eyebrows and I felt
her let out a shuddering sigh.
“I’m never going to let you down again, Ayd.
That is the one and only thing in the entire world that I can promise and know
it’s a promise I will keep.”
We stared at each other for a long and silent
moment. The seriousness of the words I had said to her and the fact that I
could see that she understood that I really, truly meant them finally worked to
absolve me of some of the guilt that seemed to suffocate me whenever I thought
about the things she had done to keep me safe.
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About Jay CrownoverJay 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 Saints 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.
