Release Blitz: Wayward Son: Jay Crownover
WAYWARD SON
Jay Crownover
This is the final book in The Forever Marked series and can be read as a stand-alone.
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Releasing on January 18th!!
What to expect:
Forced Proximity
Racer
Opposites Attract
Friends like Family
Second Chance
Angst
Happy Ever After
She’s the only girl he’s ever loved.
Zowen Archer has been in love with Aston Wheeler for as long as he can remember.
She’s perfect, except for the glaring fact that she fell in love with his best friend instead of him. For years, he loved her from afar with zero expectation. He told himself that as long as Aston was happy, his feelings for her didn’t matter.
However, Aston isn’t nearly as happy as she seems. And by the time Zowen figures things out, his life takes a drastic turn for the worse.
Now that Aston is single and laser-focused on making up for the lost time between the two of them, Zowen is doing everything in his power to avoid her. He’s convinced that if she never wanted him when he was at his very best, there is no chance in hell she could care about him now that he’s at his absolute worst.
He’s the only boy she’s willing to wait for.
Time has never been on Aston Wheeler’s side.
She spent too long pretending to be someone she was not. She lost herself in a first love that everyone, except her, thought was perfect. She wasted a lot of time trying to convince herself that she should be happy when she was anything but. She watched for years as the one person who made her feel like her true self drifted further and further away.
Finally, when she’s ready to reach out and grab the one-of-a-kind love that Zowen Archer has always silently promised her, it’s too late. Zowen is taken away, and when he reappears in her life, he makes it clear there’s no going back to whatever they might have been.
Good thing for Zowen that Aston is patient and doesn’t mind waiting for him to have a change of heart.
It’s the least she can do after all the time he spent waiting for her.
It’s the least she can do after all the time he spent waiting for her.
Zowen Archer was always the responsible, reliable, intelligent, steady one of the group who could fix anything and always wanted to help fix people's problems. But one prideful mistake changed the course of his life and now he’s still living with the repercussions. He’s now a stranger in his life and not sure what the future is going to bring and he doesn’t feel like he deserves much anyway.
Aston Wheeler used to be stuck living a safe life that her parents wanted. She dated the boy that she thought she should date and did what she was told, but she also knew that Zowen always had a crush on her and just ignored it until it was too late.
Just when she was finding her own way and decided that she was going to admit her feelings, he was taken away. He used to be her protector, but now she might just be his savior. She’s determined to help him in his new life and to get him to see what their potential could finally be. But now he’s closed off, distant, guilt-ridden, and doesn’t feel like he deserves her. So she’s going to have her work cut out for her.
Aston Wheeler used to be stuck living a safe life that her parents wanted. She dated the boy that she thought she should date and did what she was told, but she also knew that Zowen always had a crush on her and just ignored it until it was too late.
Just when she was finding her own way and decided that she was going to admit her feelings, he was taken away. He used to be her protector, but now she might just be his savior. She’s determined to help him in his new life and to get him to see what their potential could finally be. But now he’s closed off, distant, guilt-ridden, and doesn’t feel like he deserves her. So she’s going to have her work cut out for her.
I felt bad for both of them. There were mistakes and missed opportunities throughout their lives, and they never really had a chance to explore their unresolved feelings. They both waited at various times and were not on the same page at the same time. But there was this connection and this hope and yearning between them.
In the beginning of this one, Zowen is really just not in a good place and is more cynical, jaded, and lost. But Aston has gained confidence and a backbone and she’s willing to put in the work to do what she needs to do. But he always wanted to be her protector, even if that means protecting her from himself and his bad choices.
But as things progress there are situations where they both need help, support, and maybe someone to protect them. And together they have opportunities for growth and to prove themselves not only to each other and their families, but to themselves as well. I enjoyed seeing them face challenges and start to come into their own.
Several dramatic and intense situations are going on in this story coming from external situations and personal ones. There were some times that I was shaking my head because for some smart people, they sometimes were ruled by emotions and did not always make the best choices.
In the beginning of this one, Zowen is really just not in a good place and is more cynical, jaded, and lost. But Aston has gained confidence and a backbone and she’s willing to put in the work to do what she needs to do. But he always wanted to be her protector, even if that means protecting her from himself and his bad choices.
But as things progress there are situations where they both need help, support, and maybe someone to protect them. And together they have opportunities for growth and to prove themselves not only to each other and their families, but to themselves as well. I enjoyed seeing them face challenges and start to come into their own.
Several dramatic and intense situations are going on in this story coming from external situations and personal ones. There were some times that I was shaking my head because for some smart people, they sometimes were ruled by emotions and did not always make the best choices.
This is a story about change, self-discovery, living life on your own terms, and the importance of family and home. It is fun to visit with all of the other family members and friends, and it’s supposed to be the final book in the second-generation series. But even though one final couple teased is now living life together in my head, I would love to see her brother, Royce get a novella or short story.
Zowen Archer has loved Aston Wheeler as long as he can remember. But she was always dating Ryan when they were younger, and by the time she was single, he was making a choice that would alter his future and leave him feeling undeserving of her.
Aston Wheeler separated herself from her family in order to find herself and make some decisions on her own. She doesn’t hesitate to offer a place for Zowen to stay because she has always known him and doesn’t believe he embodies the label he paints himself with. She has a career she loves and has created a home for herself in California.
Aston had solid reasons for starting her life over in California, and I loved a lot about her. But there were times I wanted to shake her based on her actions, in multiple parts of the book.I loved watching Zowen work to get back on his feet again. His need to take responsibility for his actions is a strong personality trait that leaves him with some pretty serious considerations.
The way these two took turns being the strong, solid one was fantastic. They are each dealing with their own challenges that over time have made it difficult for them to have a chance before. Now that they see the possibility, they have to sort through things that they may have let separate them in the past.
There was so much going on in this story, beyond the relationship building between Zowen and Aston. It had so many of the things that I look for when picking up a book, and in a second generation: great family ties, inter-relationship things to work through, an external source of tension, and a great story that connects them all.
The first 3 books are on sale for 99 cents!
FORTUNATE SON
Forever Marked #1: The Second Generation of the Marked Men
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Ry Archer and Bowe Keller are as different as night and day. But that doesn't stop the childhood frenemies from reconnecting whenever one of them needs some help tackling any of life's major puzzles, like figuring out why getting what you always thought you wanted isn't living up to all the hype. They might constantly rub each other the wrong way (except for the times when they rub each other the really-really right way), but there is no denying they've always made one hell of a great team. They manage to balance each other out… when they aren't driving each other crazy.
For Ry, he thought he had the perfect girl, the one who was going to run headfirst into a methodically planned future. He was going to marry young and have the same kind of legendary, life-long romance his parents did… or so he believed. His girl was going to stand by his side as he chased his dream of being a professional football player all the way to the NFL.
He was wrong.
Now, Ry's gotta figure out the difference between a bruised heart and a broken one, and the only person who can teach him the difference is Bowe.
Bowe always felt like she had to run before she learned to walk to keep up with her father's musical legacy. He's her hero, and she wants nothing more than to make him proud. Bowe's about to figure out that maybe she wasn't meant to be in a rock and roll band and that it is possible she let her father's success cloud her idea of what making music should be. Bowe needs to find her own path to fame, and there's a good chance she wouldn't be brave enough or bold enough to start over if Ry Archer hadn't charmed his way back into her life when she least expected it.
Some days they're enemies. Other days they're lovers. For a while, they were strangers. But now, it feels more like they might have always been soulmates.
Eventually, Ry and Bowe realize that letting go of an old dream and creating a new one is much easier to do with the right person by your side.
PRODIGAL SON
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When she was a little girl, Remy Archer fell in love with Hyde Fuller at first sight. In fact, he was the only thing she could see for a very long time. For Remy, it never mattered to her that Hyde was always too serious and always seemed so sad. To her, he was the very best, and the center of her entire world. She never dreamed he would let her down when she needed him the most.
Now Remy is a semi-reasonable adult, one with a better understanding of why her intense feelings scared Hyde away when she was at her lowest point. She’s moved on, and if anyone asks she's perfectly happy with the chaotic and hectic life she's built. She’s also really proud that she's still around to experience all the best and worst that surviving something deeply traumatic has to offer. The last thing she needs or wants, is Hyde coming back and taking over her every thought and feeling the way he once did. Unfortunately, they picked the exact same time to come home to search for a little redemption.
When he was a little boy, the instant they met, Hyde Fuller wanted nothing more than to protect Remy Archer from everything, including herself. She gleefully took up every moment of his free time, and every ounce of his patience, as they grew alongside one another. He was so intent on keeping her safe, he didn't realize how deeply Remy had worked her way into his heart.
Now that Hyde’s facing the biggest challenge and biggest change of his entire life, he deeply regrets walking away from Remy. She was always the one person who always had his back, no matter what. The way Remy loved him used to terrify him, but now, it’s the way he loves her that scares him to death.
Hyde knows he needs Remy in his life, so he can finally figure out how to be the man she always believed him to be. History has a bad habit of repeating itself, and Remy has a knack for turning even the most simple of situations end over end. This time Hyde is determined to stay by her side no matter what, even though his love for Remy is going to change more than his life this time around.
The only thing on Daire Archer’s mind when she pulled a disappearing act on Christmas was proving she was worthy of being her father's daughter. She was born an Archer, which was a blessing and a curse, and Daire was determined to show everyone she deserved to carry the legacy that came with her name.
There is power in a name, and being an Archer meant Daire needed to do better, to be better. At least, that’s what she thought she needed, until a boy from nowhere—with a name that meant nothing—showed her that she was already pretty great just the way she was.
Campbell has always rejected everything concerning his maniacal father and his troubled past. When he left Nowhere, he was certain he wanted a nice, quiet life free from the only things he'd ever known: violence and bloodshed. He thought he needed to be a better man. He wondered if there was a kinder, gentler version of himself under his thick armor of scars and tattoos.
It wasn't until he started chasing Daire Archer all over hell and back that Campbell realized he needed to be a man who was better at being bad than everyone else in his troubled world.
Because now, he had a problematic princess to protect. One with an uncanny ability for finding trouble. Where Daire is concerned, being a good guy isn't necessary.
She keeps telling him that he's pretty great, no matter what he’s done.
Jay Crownover is the international and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, The Point Series, Breaking Point Series, the Getaway Series, the Loveless, Texas Series. and the Forever Marked Series. Her books can be found translated into many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy-haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.
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