Better When He's Brave by Jay Crownover

Better When He's Brave (Welcome to the Point, #4)

by Jay Crownover

In New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover's third novel in her sexy, thrilling Welcome to the Point series, a woman's search for repentance leads her to the one man from her past she can't forget as they join forces to save their city-and the explosive love neither can live without. Titus King sees the world in black and white. Right and wrong. Which is why as a teenager he left behind the only family he'd ever known to make a better life for himself. Now a police detective in one of the worst cities in the country, he can't deny his life has turned into a million different shades of gray. The new criminal element in The Point has brought vengeance and destruction right to Titus's front door, and the difference between right and wrong is nothing compared to keeping those he loves alive. To add to his already strained moral compass, the beautiful and mysterious Reeve Black has made her way back to town, and she might be as dangerous to Titus as the guy trying to destroy the Point because he needs her-in more ways than one. Reeve knows all about how ruthless this new threat to destroy The Point can be...and instead of running away, she wants to help.
She has a lot to repent for and saving the city, plus the hot cop that she hasn't been able to forget might just be the only way she can finally find some inner peace. With an entire city poised on the brink of war, Titus and Reeve stand in the crossfire-and it will take two brave souls to fight for the ultimate love.

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What a great book!! It has all the elements needed, a strong alpha male and a strong independent female who come together because they have to and take down the bad guys. Fantastic!

This is the third book the Welcome to the Point series and even though I didn’t read the first 2 I am glad I read this.

Titus King is a detective in a town that thrives on chaos and crime, he is doing everything he can to make his city safe and has no problem arresting those closest to him even his brother.

Reeve Black is one of those criminals that he is trying to protect his city from. Reeve was arrested a few years earlier but then turned states evidence and was placed in Witness Protection. She has come back to the Point because the Federal agent who is suppose to protect her is not who he says he is and the only person she trusts that is not corrupted or tainted is Titus King.

The complexity of the two main characters is what really drives this story. Neither is what the other thinks they are and when the come together to take down the bad guys they figure out that they are better together than apart. Jay does a fantastic job with the dual POV’s to allow the reader see what is going on with both these strong characters and its fantastic. If she had chosen just 1 POV I don’t believe this would have worked. The writing is fast paced so the plot keeps moving with no real slow parts in the story which I appreciate.

I also liked the secondary characters in the book – who all had their own stories prior. Even though I didn’t read the first 2 books I could follow along very easily and understood who they were in the scheme of this story. The seemed just as complex as Titus and Reeve are and I am looking forward to reading their book now. Also there is a build up for a 4th book that I am also looking forward to.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a real character driven story with some steam thrown in for good measure.

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