Give Me Books: Blog Tour - Rome by Jay Crownover

Title: Rome (Marked Men #3)
Author: Jay Crownover
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Cora Lewis is a whole lot of fun, and she knows how to keep her tattooed bad boy friends in line. But all that flash and sass hide the fact that she’s never gotten over the way her first love broke her heart. Now she has a plan to make sure that never happens again: She’s only going to fall in love with someone perfect.

Rome Archer is as far from perfect as a man can be. He’s stubborn and rigid, he’s bossy and has come back from his final tour of duty fundamentally broken. Rome’s used to filling a role: big brother, doting son, super soldier; and now none of these fit anymore. Now he’s just a man trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life while keeping the demons of war and loss at bay. He would have been glad to suffer it alone, until Cora comes sweeping into his life and becomes the only color on his bleak horizon.

Perfect isn’t in the cards for these two, but imperfect might just last forever . . .

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I have wanted to read Rome's story ever since I finished Rule. Out of the whole bunch of the Marked Men, he was the one that made me want more. Can we also please take a minute to worship the hotness that is on the cover of this book!? OMG, I'm a married woman and I want to jump all over that guy! Great cover choice!

So Rome and Cora, I have to admit I kind of thought this was an odd pairing, but hey, Jay Crownover knows how to make the odd pairs work. Rule and Shaw, Jet and Ayden. Cora and Rome just "work" together. By the time I finished reading this book I was as much in love with them as a couple as they were with each other.

Cora was burned bad by an ex, and is looking for Mr. Perfect.

Rome has fought battles both in a warzone and within his family.

These two perfectly imperfect people just fit. This story dragged me into the Marked world once again and left me wanting more, of course I'm a book whore, I always want more! Steamy hot sex, a sweet story and a man that would do anything for the woman he loves. This could be read as a standalone, but I do recommend reading the other books first so you can truly understand and appreciate the rest of this great group of characters.

~ Review by Erin

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.