And the one he thought was his first love shattered his heart when she told him he was not right for her. He had been abandoned by one Cruz sister at fifteen. James was orphaned at the tender age of six. She was my very best friend and I was lost without her.” “Salem, however, had been my confidante, my confessor, and maybe most importantly she had offered a lonely and unwanted boy friendship and acceptance. Leaving behind a big gap in his young heart. Left her beloved younger sister Poppy and the next door blue-eyed boy who from a young age made her smile and wanted nothing more than to make her dreams come true. Escaped her parents that ruled her life with tyranny. When Salem Cruz was old enough she left her hometown of Loveless. “I always thought it was the firsts that matter, but now I know that it’s the lasts that stay with you… I want you to be the last girl that touches any and all parts of me, Salem, and that means so much more than a first.”

A mission that is working perfectly-until the one person that ties them together appears, threatening to tear them apart for good.A heartrending, seductively sweet and vibrantly charged story about first kisses, second chances and the one true and last love. Now, fate and an old friend have brought her and Rowdy together, and Salem is determined to show him that once upon a time he picked the wrong sister. But one nice thing from childhood has stayed with her the memory of the sweet, blue-eyed boy next door who’d been head over heels in love with her little sister. Salem Cruz grew up in a house with too many rules and too little fun-a world of unhappiness she couldn’t wait to forget. But that’s before his new co-worker arrives, a ghost from the past who’s suddenly making him question every lesson he ever learned. Burned by love once, he isn’t going to let himself trust a woman again. A good ol’ boy looking for good times and good friends, Rowdy refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. James knocked the Texas dust off his boots and set out to live up to his nickname. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling Marked Men series continues with this sizzling, sexy story of love, heartbreak, fate, and second chances.Īfter the only girl he ever loved told him that he would never be enough, Rowdy St.

Rowdy by jay crownover