Showing posts with label Better When He's Bad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Better When He's Bad. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2014

{Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway} Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover @InkSlingerPR @JayCrownover



About BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover returns with a heart-stopping new series… Welcome to the Point.

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.
Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.
Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.
Bax terrifies her, awakening feelings she never thought she’d have for a guy like him. But it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize . . . some boys are just better when they’re bad.



{Details} ebook, 384 pages. June 17th 2014 by William Morrow. Source: ebook provided in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to Jay Crownover, William Morrow and Ink Slinger PR

{Rating} 4/5 -- I really liked it!

{Review}
"There are very few things that can kill the buzz of postsex mellowness." (page 1, line 1)
Welcome to the Point indeed. Better When He's Bad is full of action, passion, betrayal, redemption, love, sacrifice, mystery and twists I didn't see coming.

Bax is definitely not a traditional hero. He's rough edges and bad news and someone you should run from. He's brutally honest - even when it's painful - and never pretends to be anyone other than who he is. But he's incredibly loyal and devoted to those he loves.

Dovie has had a hard life. She has lived the harsh reality of life in the Point but she has managed to remain soft and caring and wants to help kids. She could come off as a little naive in her relationship with Bax but she does have her eyes open. She knows the kind of guy he is and expect him to change or try to change him.

The Point felt like its own character, how it defines people, changes people, unites them. It's a place that teaches you to survive, to take happiness where you find it because it probably won't last.

I'm a huge fan of Jay Crownover, of her characters, imaginative storylines, dialog and descriptions, the way she draws you into the world she has created. Better When He's Bad is a fabulous first book in a series I'm sure to love as much as her Marked Men series.

GIVEAWAY:
Blog Tour giveaway. It includes 5 prizes for 5 individual winners!

1st $100 Amazon gift card and a signed BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD for 1 winner
2nd $50 Amazon gift card and a signed BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD for 1 winner
3rd $25 Amazon gift card and a signed BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD for 1 winner
4th BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD swag and a signed BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD for 1 winner
5th BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD swag and a signed BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD for 1 winner


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About Jay Crownover:

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 Better When He’s Bad. 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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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Teaser Tuesday (55) Better When He's Bad + Hiring the Player



Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read(s)
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) -- or less or more -- “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
"Tell me to stop." He whispered it against my mouth, the same conversation we had the first night he put those diabolical hands on me."

eARC, location 3106, Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover
"I'll find out why she's so scared of breaking the rules. And then I'll show her how much fun it is to break them"

location 916, Hiring the Player by Allie K Adams

Sunday, May 4, 2014

{Promo} Better When He’s Bad (Welcome to the Point #1) by Jay Crownover


So you’ve met Rule, Jet, Rome, and soon Nash!  But there’s a new boy in town, along with a new series, by Jay Crownover.  Better When He’s Bad (Welcome to the Point #1) is a new adult novel scheduled for publication on June 17, 2014, by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing. 

This is how Jay describes her new novel/series: 

“It’s dark and dangerous and set in a fictitious underworld/bad part of town. The men in all of the books are way more along the line of being anti-heros than true leading men. I guess the easiest way to sum them up is by saying the books are all about the choices these characters have to make and the outcomes and results of those decisions. Bax’s book is all about having to make the hard choices and what becomes of him and his lady in doing so. They are super fun, very atmospheric and I think really what writing a bad boy should be like if you’re going to do it :)”

Look in the back of Nash’s book to find the first chapter of “Better When He’s Bad.”

Synopsis
Welcome to the Point

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.
 
 
About the Author
I’m supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I’m an natural redhead even though I haven’t seen my real hair color in years, I’m a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I’ve been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that.
I love to write, love to read and all I’m interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.
Connect with Jay:  Facebook | Twitter | Website | Goodreads

Thursday, March 6, 2014

{Cover Reveal} Better When He's Bad by Jay Crownover





Title:  Better When He’s Bad (Welcome to the Point #1)
Author:  Jay Crownover
Genre:  New Adult
Publication Date:  June 17, 2014
Event Organized by:  Literati Author Services, Inc.
Welcome to the Point

There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.

Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.

Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.

Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.


About the Author
I’m supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I’m an natural redhead even though I haven’t seen my real hair color in years, I’m a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I’ve been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that.
I love to write, love to read and all I’m interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.
Connect with Jay:  Facebook | Twitter | Website | Goodreads

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