Release Date: January 5, 2016
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 352
Genre: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary
Summary
Sometimes you have to tear everything down to build something new...
Sayer Cole is frozen inside. At least, that's what it's felt like for as long as she can remember. She's yet to let anyone past her icy exterior--and the one guy she thinks might melt her heart couldn't possibly be interested in someone so uptight.
Rough, hard, and hot-as-hell, Zeb Fuller has rebuilt his life and construction business since protecting his family sent him to jail all those years ago. His elegant client, Sayer, makes him feel like a Neanderthal in denim, but despite the many hints that he's been dropping to get to know her better, she seems oblivious to his charms.
Just as things finally start to heat up, Zeb's past comes back to haunt him and he needs Sayer's professional help to right a wrong and to save more than himself. As these opposites dig in for the fight of their lives, fire and ice collide in an unstoppable explosion of steam...
The Rundown
Jay Crownover you've rocked it yet again!!!
If you haven't picked up her Marked Men series (Rule, Jet, Rome, Nash, Rowdy, and Asa) you need to. Like yesterday. I seriously think she might hold the record for me for the author who has written the most of my book boyfriends (Rule, Nash, and Rowdy...ummmm....yes please. And now I'll be adding Zeb to that list!!!).
I could fangirl all day. I mean she dreams up these deep, dedicated, smart, talented, caring guys AND then gives them modifies them with tattoos and piercings?! Then she pairs them off with equally strong, intelligent, creative, driven ladies for unforgettable, lasting romances. Tattoos and piercings are my weakness in real life, so I'm in book boyfriend heaven almost every time I pick up one of Jay's books.
And then Zeb comes along. Tall, muscular, tattooed, BEARDED Zeb. That puddle on the floor? Yeah that's me completely melted. Beards...sigh.
Built is the first in the Saints of Denver series, a sort of spin off of Marked Men. For those of you who have already read MM, you might remember meeting Zeb in Nash's story as Rowdy's contractor buddy who helps build the second tattoo shop that Nash and Rule bought. Zeb makes small appearances throughout the rest of the series, and is most memorable for the obvious sparks that fly when he meets Rowdy's half sister, Sayer near the end of Rowdy's story.
Could you jump into the Saints of Denver series without having read Marked Men? Absolutely! But why you'd want to miss out on Crownover's first batch of steamy dreamy stories is beyond me! Bonus for MM fans: there are cameos from the first cast of couples!
I really enjoyed getting to know Sayer more outside of being Rowdy's half sister. I mean she survived intense emotional abuse at the hands of her father to become a successful family lawyer, but the scars are still there and boy do they run deep. She feels like all she'll ever know how to be is professional, cold, and distant. Even her loosening up around her newly found half brother can't thaw her demeanor until she meets Zeb.
Zeb is just a dream. He might be the most just like old school gentleman that Crownover has written. He's totally willing to put the work in with Sayer to convince her that he's falling in love with her right now, just as she is. And it scares Sayer how quickly she lets go of all of the careful control in her life the more she spends time with the bearded giant. In the end it's up to Sayer to choose love and warmth, to choose to let Zeb in and trust that together they can build a future that their pasts can't define.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll sigh. And you'll probably blush a little if you read this book in public!
I can't wait to read Leveled, the second in this new Jay Crownover series!
Rating: 4 Stars. What a great, fun book!!!
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