From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jay Crownover, comes the next title in her The Breaking Point romantic suspense series, RESPECT. Don’t miss the amazing tour below, and order your copy today!
About RESPECT:
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who called a corrupt kingdom home sweet home.
Protected and sheltered from the worst the world had to offer, she fell in love with the crumbling city that burned and blazed around her. Every dirty corner, every scary shadow, found a place within her heart. So did a man who was violent and dangerous, just like the streets she claimed as her own.
He was all business and brutality, except when it came to her. With her, he was calm, caring, and heartbreakingly patient.
He warned her over and over that he wasn't the man for her, but she refused to listen. She never expected either the streets or their enforcer to hurt her, since she'd given her heart so completely to both.
She should have known the streets in the Point were always going to be savage, and so was the man committed to keeping control of them in the hands of criminals and bloody kingpins.
Blindsided by a betrayal which cut so deeply she was sure the wounds would never heal, the princess fled the home she loved and the man who broke her heart. Throwing away her rusted, twisted crown was supposed to help her forget. All it did was make her long for everything she left behind. She told herself she would never go back, but in this tormented kingdom, family is everything. Eventually, she has no choice but to return.
While she was gone, the people who loved her worked hard to make the city safe, and the man who destroyed her sank deeper into the darkness. Going back shouldn't feel like surrender... but it does. As this pretty princess hovers on the edge of the unknown, the past attacks with a vengeance. It's a good reminder that puppy love eventually grows up and turns into something with sharp teeth and one hell of a bite.
She never asked for the keys to the kingdom. She'd much rather go out and build her own.
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Excerpt
~Karsen~
I was stuck to the spot, trapped by all the jagged, sharp
pieces of my broken fantasies. I wanted to bolt, to run as far away as I could,
but I couldn’t move. I felt like the shards would rip me to shreds any
direction I turned. Even when the naked woman continued making out with the man
of my dreams right in front of me, I was stuck in the same spot. The noises
they were making were loud and graphic and all-encompassing. I could hear them
echoing in the empty places in my chest where my heart used to be.
Finally, the other woman in the skintight leather skirt and
black bra walked over to where I was locked in place. Her hand was light on my
arm and she touched me like I was made of glass, even though I wanted to claw
her eyes out.
I blinked up at her numbly, letting her guide me around and
tow me toward the open front door. “Don’t worry, sweetie. There are better guys
out there for someone like you. Guys much nicer than the type of guy Booker
is…he’s made for women like me. You are still too new, too pristine, honey, and
all he’ll do is ruin you.”
Everyone said that. I was sick to death of everyone telling
me that. I didn’t want someone better for me. I wanted Booker.
I finally gasped, pulling a burning breath into my starved
lungs. “Today’s my birthday.” The words came out on a shuddering sob. I have no
idea where that came from, why I’d share such an intimate detail with the woman
who was next in line for Booker’s dick. I’d stop thinking rationally the second
I heard the giggling through the door.
She made a sympathetic noise and patted my arm. “Happy
birthday, honey. You deserve something special.”
“Roxy. Get back in here. We’re moving to the bedroom.” The
other girl’s voice was excited, and I felt her words settle in my stomach like
a lead weight.
“I thought he was
special.” The words were barely a whisper.
The woman squeezed my arm and I was shocked when she leaned
forward and touched her brightly painted lips to my cheek in a kiss that was
more like a whisper. I should’ve pushed her away, called her a whore, smacked
her across the face…something, anything. But all I could do was watch as her
perfect, painted face blurred into a melted blog as tears obscured my vision.
“The fact that you think that proves you’re the special one.
Get out of here and go live the kind of life that doesn’t have guys like Booker
and girls like me and Rowan in it.” She backed up gently and firmly shut the
door in my tear-streaked face.
I don’t know how long I stood outside the door crying and
trying to pull myself together. It was long enough to hear laughing voices
quiet and disappear as they made their way farther inside the apartment. Once
the tears stopped, I used the hem of my t-shirt to wipe away my smeared eye
makeup, rubbed away the traces of moisture on my cheeks, and marched back
upstairs to Race’s apartment. I wasn’t even all the way through the door before
I was telling Brysen I wanted to change colleges. I wanted to go out of state
and get as far away from the Point—and from Booker—as possible.
Today was supposed to change everything…and it did. But not
in the way anyone expected. Not in the way I’d dreamed about for years.
Right then and there I made the decision that once I left
the Point, I had no plans to ever come back. The city simply wasn’t big enough
for me and Noah Booker and all the pieces of the heart he broke on my birthday.
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Readings & Sweets – Excerpt
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About Jay Crownover:
Jay Crownover is the international and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, the Point Series, the Breaking Point Series, and the Getaway Series. Her books can be found translated in many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.
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