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From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men books comes an electrifying new spin-off series, Saints of Denver, featuring all the characters fans have been dying to read about.
Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation, while Zeb spends his working with his hands. She’s French silk, he’s all denim and flannel.
Zeb’s wanted the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her. It doesn't matter how many smooth moves he makes, the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest—either that or she doesn't return it. Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb could never want someone as closed off and restrained as she is, which is a shame because something tells her he might be the guy to finally melt her icy exterior.
But just as things start to heat up, Zeb is blindsided by a life altering moment from his past. He needs Sayer’s professional help to right a wrong and to save more than himself. He can’t risk what’s at stake just because his attraction to Sayer feels all consuming. But as these opposites dig in for the fight of their lives, battling together to save a family, the steam created when fire and ice collide can no longer be ignored.
“How come you don’t drive
your cool truck during the week?”
Both his eyebrows shot up and I had to wait while he
finished chewing to answer me. “My cool truck? The International? I know about
a hundred sixteen-year-old boys that would disagree with you about the Jeep not
being cool. Especially here in Colorado.”
I shrugged a little and gave up trying to be delicate
with the messy sausage. I was sure I had yellow all over my face, but I didn’t
care. The thing was delicious. Seattle Sayer had no idea what gloriousness she
had been missing.
“I like the old truck. It’s pretty and it’s so neat to
see something like that restored and well loved.”
“I do love it. That’s why I don’t drive it to jobsites.
Too many nails and other stuff getting carelessly tossed around. I try and baby
her.”
I made a face. “The truck is a her?”
He laughed again and cleanly polished off the rest of his
brat. I was amazed he did it all without getting anything in his face fuzz.
That was real talent right there, I thought begrudgingly as I continued to make
a mess all over myself.
“Sure. She’s classy, elegant, made of study stuff,
expensive as hell to keep running and keep pretty. She’s only good to me if I’m
good to her, so obviously she’s a girl.
I rolled my eyes and then wiped my hands on the outside
of my pants when I finished off my own dinner. Briefly I thought my dad would
be horrified at the action but I shoved that thought down and instead focused
on Zeb and only Zeb. “How long did it take you to restore her?”
He shrugged, got to his feet, and moved to pry open the
massive bucket of white primer he had been using as a chair. My buddy Wheeler
sold the body to me for next to nothing when I got out of prison. We went to
high school together and I think he knew I needed something to keep me busy
because the only kind of work I could find right after being released was shit
work for shit pay. Every week I would give him a few bucks here or there and he
would find me a part or a piece of motor and we slowly but surely got her altogether.
It was one of the reasons I knew I had to find a long-term way to support
myself. Just because I had a record didn’t mean I wasn’t a valuable employee or
a hard worker. I got really sick of being treated like a second-class citizen
because of one mistake.”
His eyes cut to mine and all I could do was nod in
sympathy as he poured the liquid into trays and fished a couple of roller
brushes out of a plastic bag.
“I actually met Rowdy through Wheeler. He had done a
bunch of Wheeler’s tattoo work, and when I told Wheeler I wanted something to
remind me not to do stupid things that would cost me years of my life again, he
recommended Rowdy and the Marked shop. Rowdy was the one that recommended me to
the guys that own the tattoo shop when they decided to open and renovate the
new location downtown. It all seemed very meant to be, ya know?”
I did know. Everything was tied together with thin
threads of fate, and when one loosened or tightened it was surprising how
impactful it could be. Kind of like how I had ended up where with Zeb now.
Jay Crownover is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men and The Point series. 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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