

Better When He's Bad
Published on June 17th 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Dark, Erotic Romance, New Adult, Romance, Romantic Suspense
Welcome to the Point
There’s a difference between a bad boy and a boy who’s bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.
Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn’t just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he’s the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn’t care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there’s a new player in the game, and she’s much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.
Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She’s always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.
Bax terrifies her, but it doesn’t take Dovie long to realize that some boys are just better when they’re bad.
UP FOR GRABS TONIGHT is the first book from last weekend’s Emerald City Author Event! That was a fantastic signing. It was so great to meet a bunch of new people and one of them is JAY CROWNOVER who just happens to live very close to me! We are joking that we need to start a Colorado author mafia! I’m so in!
The signed book I’m giving away for this week’s Friday Night Freebie is BETTER WHEN HE’S BAD! I’m about halfway through this right now and I’m LOVING SHANE “BAX” BAXTER! He is one BAD BOY! Which begs the question, how bad is too bad? Bax is pretty bad, he’s a thief. But you know… once you get a glimpse of a bad boy’s gooey inside, you sorta lose all rational thought. And that’s just the smoldering looks he shoots, don’t even get me started once the hotness takes over. So yeah, Dovie, our Bad Boy Loving Heroine, does her best, but while BAX might be an asshole, SHANE is a whole other matter!
This is the first Jay book I’ve read, although we do share a cover model in common, and I love it. You will definitely want to win this week’s prize so go enter now!
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About Jay Crownover
I’m supposed to share interesting details about myself so that my readers get to know me so here we go in no particular order: I’m an natural redhead even though I haven’t seen my real hair color in years, I’m a big fan of tattoos and have a half sleeve on either arm and various other pieces all over the place, I’ve been in the bar industry since I was in college and it has always offered interesting insight into how men and women interact with each other, I have 3 dogs that are all crazy, I live in Colorado and love the snow, I love music and in all reality wish I could be a rock star not a writer or a bartender but I have zero talent so there is that.
I love to write, love to read and all I’m interested in is a good story with interesting characters that make the reader feel something.
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Tami Estes
Wooo. Make them bad!!
Sarah Larson
I love Bad Boys! I prefer them to be a sweetheart deep down inside. Thanks for the giveaway!
Sheri
Love it.
amanda karl
I have yet to find a bad boy that is to bad!!!
Michelle
Love these giveaways!
Laina G
I don’t like guys who hurt others just because they can. Bax may be bad but he has a heart (WAY deep down).
Kara
I am not sure there is a really to bad for me with what I have read so far… Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
Rhiannon
I’d love to win this!
Sarah
I love the bad boys so long as they aren’t assholes to the women they love!
Calli Pennine
The is no limit on bad for me as long as deep down you can find his heart!!
Jeanette G.
I like bad boys.. but I want them out of prison.. lol Honestly I have my bad boy and he calmed down when we settled and had kids.
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sandra stroh
If they have been arrested than that’s to bad for me
Roselle Torres
I like it when it’s pretty bad, think I can handle to read a bad boy but with a heart of it’s own 😀
Erin Orem
Nothing is too bad, but love when they have a romantic side too
Cynthia
Someone who is bad in an abusive way, like a real a**hole. Just like bad boys who have a heart and show they can be bad/dangerous but sweet to those they really love.
Chris
No such thing as too bad ❤️
Cristina Riquelme
I have a thing for really bad boys but have a sweet heart inside ( deep inside)
Micky Barnard
Really bad is okay!
angelina
I LOVE BAD BOYS!!
Kristy Petree
Not physically abusive or a cheater, but otherwise a little bad is okay. 😉
Margay
If he truly is heartless and has no redeeming qualities – like if he is always cruel to his girl, then something is wrong with him.
Tammy
I like reading about bad boys but not sure I’d want to date one.
Reanna
There is no such thing as “too bad”. It’s not possible 😉
Lori Bagby
Love it
KellyMae
I would have a problem taking on a really bad boy, but the badder the better in a book! 😉
Jenny Zymola
I haven’t found a bad boy I didn’t like.
Lorie Glowania
I love my bad boys
Jenn McElroy
I can manage just about anything that doesn’t involve rape or drug use in my literary bad boys. Thanks for the giveaway!
Shelby
Let them be bad to the rest of the world… but secretly a marshmallow to the woman they love.
Melanie Tracey
We all love bad boys in books!
Jacqueline Narvaez
Not bad enough! 😉
Paula
Thank you.
When they threaten or harm the well-being of other people or animals just for kicks.
Yvonne @ The Shadow Realm
I like bad boys but I don’t like abusive types or ones that have a really short temper. They have to have a sweet heart. I have a feeling it will take me a while to warm up to Bax 😛
Melissa Cheslog
Awesome giveaway! Thank you so much! Bad boys have to have a lot of heart in order for me to like them. They have to be hiding under that tough exterior.
Michelle
Love Jay Crownover’s Marked Men series! I plan to read anything she publishes.
Catherine Bates
Too bad of a guy for him is when hurts people with no regret or remorse.
Kare Thorp
Bad Boys Rock <3 thank you for this opportunity
Veronica
Never meet a bad boy I didn’t love
bn100
not sure
Malinda McConnell
As long as he has redeeming qualities, he can be as bad as he wants to be.
Lori Moore
I like a lot of bad in my boys
Donna Reynolds
I’m not sure there is a to bad bad book boyfriend I like mine bad with a heart of gold.
DENISE SMITH
i love them bad
Patrice Jamie
I’m soooo Loving on this Giveaway!!! Thanks a Bunches!!!
Patrice Jamie
I LOVE bad boys! Because there is usually ALWAYS a sweetheart somewhere inside. I don’t like those bad boys who are just complete assholes and are abusive in ANY form.
Melissa Jones
Haven’t met one that was to bad yet! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Maria Theresa Santos
If they are cheating i dont like it
Lori P
Love them bad boys….badder the better!!
Kendra S
I’d draw the line at an abusive relationship / guy. Been there, never going there again.
Martha R.
mmmmm!! love bad boys, I want more
April S
As long as a bad boy does not commit a major felony (such as rape, murder, being abusive to their wives or girlfriends) then I am all for bad boys!
Betsy Gehring
Thanks for the giveaway! I LOVE Bax!
Sharon
I like my boys bad…but not mean!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Kelley Perone
I like bad boys, I haven’t met one yet that is too bad
Jen
I like them bad but there is always some sort of redeeming quality or two, right?
Debbie Szabo
My bad boys can be pretty bad!
Shani
i love bad boys! but i love it even more when they are sweet on the inside <3
Jay Benitez
That’s a tough one…… I love bad boys
Christine Stalker
Make them bad
Debra D
I love bad boys as long as they have redeeming qualities!
Cindy
not as bad as bax hahah but i like bad boys <3
Shelly Ford
Oh, I like em to be very bad but when a bad boy comes across that special woman that stirs his soul, there’s nothing like it! Thanks for the giveaway!
Michelle T
A bad boy with no redeeming qualities is just too bad for my liking. If the bad boy has some sense of morality and a heart of gold, I’m in!
Ashley @ Dr. Pepper Diva
I haven’t come across anyone who anything that I think is too bad. I love me a bad boy!!!
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Kim M
Really glad to get a chance at winning this book, looking so forward to reading it. Love Jay Crownover.
Diana Doan
I love bad boys…the badder the better! Lol. As long as they’re not abusive and is an asshole.
Seth
I love bad boys
Carmen
I love a bad boy with a big heart to the right woman!
Jay Bual
Just enough to make him exciting. NOT a douchebag, please! 😀
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Rachelle
Thanks for the awesome giveaway
Priscilla Thacker
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! I love reading about bad boys 😉
Irma Jurejevčič
Love them bad, as long as they have their eyes just for me
Mary Preston
Any form of abuse is out for me.
Alexandra A
I love them bad! 😉
Tia S
As long as there is some good in there he can be as bad as he wants. <3
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Thanks for the chance.
I can't believe this is only the first of Jay's books you've read. The Marked Men series is amaaaaazing
Patricia Maia
Bad is never too bad LOL
Diane
Love bad boys so sexy ♥
Jacquie J
Love a bad boy! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Shelby Pearman
I want this so bad! I am in love with this book but could only afford the ebook!
tricia bartley
awesome giveaway
excited!!!!
Heather
I love reading about bad boys. I think too bad is when they love one woman but still mess around with other girls. That’s when they take it too far for me.
Rosarita Reader
The only thing too bad is cheating, just being badass is a plus, not a negative! I can’t wait to read this book!
Tiffany Torres
The badder, the better 😉
Julie Mishler
Is there really such thing as too bad??? NO!!! Underneath all the bad is a huge heart that would die to protect the ones he loves.
sunni deetz
Thanks for the giveaway! I love my bad boys ♡♡
Demitra
I believe that all bad boys have a sweet heart insite. Nothing is black and white.
DJ Sakata
too bad would be if they are mentally or physically abusive to women
Kelly Sloane
Thank you for the chance
Theresa
as long he isn’t a total jerk…nice way of saying it lol…he can be as bad as he wants to be!!
Sharon B
I like a bad boy, that can be ‘fixed’ by the love of a good woman! They’ve always got a heart of gold underneath, it just sometimes takes a while to shine through!
Karina G.
I love me some bad boys, I’ll be hoping that I’m the one that can make them sweet!
Tiffany
As long as there is a little good with his bad, I’m all for it!!
Merelyn Reads
There is no such thing as too bad
Lea
I like bad boys – that`s it
Leandra Bright
I love bad boys after all I married one
Shelly W
I love bad boys but they need to take care of their girl and treat them right.