Rowdy – Crownover Jay (2021)

The fifth in a series of six novels – each named after the main character. They are all young, wild, complicated, tattooed, often pierced, but inside different from what they appear on the outside. They tell their stories partly themselves, while the second and often contradictory part is narrated by their girlfriends. It always involves complicated relationships, love, sex, and hatred. After the only girl he ever loved told him he would never be good enough for her, Rowdy St. James shook off the Texas dust from his boots and decided to live in a way that would honor his nickname. He refuses to take anything too seriously, especially when it comes to the opposite sex. After being disappointed in love once, it's hard for him to trust women again. But then, a new colleague appears at the tattoo studio where he works, like a ghost from the past, prompting him to forget all the lessons he learned from women. Salem Cruz grew up in a strict family, where she experienced nothing but hardships and punishments and no real happiness. However, she does carry one nice memory from her youth – a memory of a sweet blue-eyed boy from the neighborhood who was head over heels in love with her sister. And now, fate and a mutual friend have brought these two back together. Salem is determined...