Rome by Jay Crownover

Rome (The Marked Men, #3)

by Jay Crownover

The next thrilling and sexy book in the MARKED MEN series

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 never got 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 colour on his bleak horizon.

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

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

5 of 5 stars

Share
The most drama-filled Marked book yet!

This is the love story of Rome, the elder Archer who has returned from war, slightly scarred, and Cora, the spunky piercer who experienced a devastating break-up, but is always there for her Marked men. The two don't seem an obvious pairing and I think that's why I love them together.

What I love:
Cora - she is just too much and so much all at the same time. She is all life and color and spunk and fun and honesty, and it all comes straight from the heart.
Rome - I swear, JCrownover gave him some of the most beautiful dialog, internal and external, of all the boys. You'll be swooning and fanning yourself.
The rest of the gang - I felt like we had a lot of participation from the rest of the gang and the family vibe has grow so strong over all the books. It's always amazing to be part of this community.
The drama - No, I swear, the conflict in the pinnacle of this story made me cry on the train during my commute. I was very, very verklempt.
The ending - I like how we got an update on just about all our past couples, and Nash's story was set up.

I really do love these books.

Last modified on

Reading updates

  • Started reading
  • 10 December, 2014: Finished reading
  • 10 December, 2014: Reviewed