New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jay Crownover returns with her most complicated hero yet, in the first book in the romantic suspense series The Breaking Point.
Don’t be fooled.
Don’t make excuses for me.
I am not a good man.
I’ve seen things no one should, done things no one should talk about. Honor and conscience have no place in my life. But I’ve fought and I’ve survived. I’ve had to.
The first time I saw her dancing on that seedy stage in that second rate club, I felt my heart pulse for the first time. Keelyn Foster was too young, too vibrant for this place, and I knew in an instant that I would make her mine. But first I had to climb my way to the top. I had to have something more to offer her.
I’m here now, money is no object and I have no equal. Except for her. She’s disappeared. But don’t worry, I will find her and claim her. She will be mine.
Like I said, don’t be fooled. I am not the devil in disguise… I’m the one standing front and center.
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EXCREPT
KEELYN
Maybe if I hadn’t spent the last six months slinging pancakes and
greasy hash to hungover hipsters and avoiding the too-curious eyes of
the cops who like to hit up the diner for early-morning breakfast, I
would have noticed the ominous shift in the air.
Before I came to Denver six months ago, my senses had been honed to
pick up on the slightest threat. Before, anything that might be
dangerous, that might put me in peril, had made my skin tingle, made
everything inside of me vibrate with awareness. Now I had settled into a
simple, dreary rhythm. Every day was the same as the one before it and
there was no outside threat constantly hounding me, hunting me, haunting
me. I let my guard down. I had gone soft, and as a result the biggest
danger of them all managed to slip into my new normal without giving any
kind of hint he was there.
My nonslip shoe—that were probably the ugliest things ever made but
absolutely necessary considering the greasy food the tiny kitchen pumped
out—squeaked on the laminate floor as I made my way over to the lone
patron who had taken the last available seat in my section. The massive
plastic menu completely covered his face, but the Rolex on his wrist and
the perfect cut of his suit jacket let me know he wasn’t my typical
kind of customer. There wasn’t a flannel shirt or police blues in sight,
and as I got closer, a whiff of something exotic and familiar engulfed
my senses and stopped me in my tracks. Of all the things I had left
behind, he was the one I had tried hardest to forget.
The tingling across my skin spread. My tummy tightened. Blood rushed
loudly between my ears. My shaking fingers curled around the pen in my
hand like a weapon. Before I could pull it together and walk away, the
menu lowered and I was pinned to the spot, immobilized by eyes the color
of spice rum.
They were wicked eyes. Eyes that saw far too much and gave nothing
away. Eyes I daydreamed about. Eyes that caused me to wake up in a cold
sweat. Eyes that turned me inside out and shook me up as they made a
slow perusal from the top of my head to the tips of my god-awful shoes,
returning to my face and staying there as I struggled to keep my shit
together.
He slowly put the menu down on the cracked tabletop and leaned back in
the booth. He was strikingly out of place here and I absolutely hated
how that sexy twist of his mouth, a mouth that I dreamed about almost
every night, made my traitorous heart flutter and my pulse kick.
I was also strikingly out of place here, but I’d learned to fake it.
He, obviously, never bothered to fake anything. He wasn’t a man with
virtuous intentions and he never pretended to be.
Gone were the mile-high stilettos that I always wore. In their place I
now donned work shoes that prevented me from falling on my ass as I ran
food and dirty dishes to and from the kitchen. I was hiding in plain
sight, knowing that the last place on earth anyone who might come
looking for me would check out would be this greasy spoon. This was the
opposite of me and the life I had always lived, so even though I could
afford better, craved more, this was where I needed to be…until he
showed up.
REVIEW
I received an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Nassir's and Keelyn's story was the one I was very anticipated to read. Knowing that this one would be the darkest of the series didn't make me lose my interest. Especially since Nassir had such a background in his early life. I honestly didn't expect that.
I liked both POVs. Keelyn is strong, a badass and a real fighter since life never was easy for her. I also liked how the chemisrty between them, finally worked out since their feelings for each other were building and building to the point of breaking.
There is action, the mention of previous characters and also the chance to getting to know yet another couple I really want to see Karsen's and Booker's story! I'll be looking forward to read more of this series! ;)
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