Title: Man of Honor
Series: Passion in Paradise
Author: Sarah O'Rourke
Genre: Erotic Romantic Comedy
Published: July 25, 2016
Sheriff Zeke Monroe loves one woman...Honor McKinnon. He is willing to stake his entire future on protecting her...no matter what the cost.
Honor McKinnon knows she is broken. Her body and soul had been shattered by a violent attack years ago, and no one...not her sisters or anyone else in the tiny town of Paradise, especially the Sheriff...can change that. Rather than dealing with her wounds, she chooses to protect herself from any further damage, even if that means that she avoids the one chance at love. But Zeke is determined to break down Honor’s walls...and to find the persons responsible for hurting her and make them suffer.
He’s already killed for her once...and is willing to do it again if it means she'll know safety and happiness.
What happens when Zeke refuses to allow Honor to ignore her past? Will Zeke’s love be passionate enough to break down her barriers? And can Zeke save Honor when her life is in danger once again?
Join Sarah O’Rourke in this epic culmination of the Men of the McKinnon Sisters stories...and find out how the Passion in Paradise series is always scorching hot!
Standalone, romantica suspense.
Standalone, romantica suspense.
MY REVIEW FOR MAN OF HONOR:
Okay, I know that if any of you follow me, or have seen any of my posts before now, you know that this is the book that I anticipated more than any other this year. I had been waiting, for what seemed like forever, to have Zeke and Honor's story finally play out. I needed it. Not just wanted it- NEEDED IT. That's how addicted I am to these two characters. Well, I love this entire series, like down to my bones love it- but something about Zeke and Honor stole my breath from day one. I knew that there would be no way to top them in the O'Rourke world for me.
We all watched the back and forth between these two in every prior book, with bated breath. Always wondering if Honor would finally give in, or if Zeke would ever give up. Every melt your heart action of love that he made towards her, and every rebuff she made against him, only made us fall further in love with their story. No other Paradise couple had been through as much as these two had, and let's be honest- we all wanted to see them each have their slice of happy in the end. Even if, that meant that it didn't come together.
We wanted Honor, above all, to heal. To finally come to terms with, and accept, what horrors she had endured at the hands of the monsters of her past- as horribly retched as it was for her to do that. Believe me, these scenes aren't easy to read folks. The tragedy that she has to relive isn't pretty. But it is necessary. It HAS to happen. But above all, please remember- it is beautiful. The healing that takes place during and after is so poignant, that it took my breath away.
And Zeke, sweet precious Zeke, god my heart ached for that man. Above anything else I wanted him to have the woman he loved. But if that wasn't possible, I at least wanted him to have peace. I wanted him to also let go of the guilt that he carried for feeling that he had let Honor down years prior, that he was somehow indirectly responsible for her attack. Those demons were a burden that he had never deserved to carry. Such a beautiful and loving man never should have endured that.
After you read every brilliant word that these ladies have written, remember that more than anything- this story is about love, healing and forgiveness. These are the things that kept these two beautiful souls apart for so many years, and finally, we got to see them happen in Man of Honor. I don't think that this duo could've done any finer of a job with this book. It was everything that I had imagined and dreamed of, and more. It left me wanting for nothing- except more Paradise, which always happens when I finish another book in this series. I cannot get enough, and continue to count the days until I can return to Paradise for more!!!
5 million plus stars!!!!
"WOW!!! This made me an emotional wreck." ~MsMe28
"This is a beautiful story of love, loss and moving forward. I would recommend this book and all books in this series!" ~Sassy Southern Book Blog
"OMG WOW!! I have been hooked on this duo as writers for a while but with this book they absolutely outdid themselves." ~Book Happiness
Man of Honor – Excerpt
“Not necessarily, but I wouldn’t mind,” Zeke replied truthfully. “Honor, darlin, you’re a gorgeous woman.”
“Not without my clothes,” she mumbled, bending her head to stare at her clenched fists. “Ugly,” she muttered. “I’m ugly.”
Tensing, Zeke’s jaw clenched. “I don’t know why the hell you’re saying that, but there’s not a single ugly thing about you. Not when you’re naked. Not when you’re tryin’ to bring yourself to release. Not ever, Honor Grace. You do not ever have to be ashamed of your body.”
Honor slowly lifted her mortified gaze to him. “You’ve never seen me without my clothes, Zeke. There are scars. So many scars. They’re raised and bumpy. Some are red and raw. It’s disgusting, Ezekiel.”
“Bullshit. Every single one of those marks remind me of one thing, Honor. One,” he growled, holding up a finger between them. “You lived. You survived. When all the odds were stacked against you, you defied modern medicine and every one of those damned doctors predictions, and you lived. And all those scars will ever do is remind me of how lucky I am to still have you. Don’t you ever tell me you’re ugly because you’re the most beautiful thing in my world. You wanna be scared to share your body with me because of what happened to you? I get that. I can accept that. But worrying about some marks on your flesh? I love you, baby, but that’s insane.”
Honor stared at him a long time, gauging his sincerity. “It doesn’t feel silly,” she finally grumbled.
“You need to reassess your feelings then because I assure you, it’s one of the silliest concerns you ever had. Christ, baby, how long have you been agonizing of a worry as pointless as your scars?” he asked, shoving a frustrated hand through his dark hair. “I could have put these fears to rest ages ago, Honor, if I’d known about it.”
“It’s hard to talk about,” she revealed in a low voice as her head twisted to look at him.
“Yeah? Is feeling like shit alone better than talking it over together with me?” he returned calmly, reaching up to tenderly tuck her hair behind one ear. “Baby, you gotta start getting this. When you hurt, I hurt. When you suffer, I suffer right along with you. Don’t make either one of us feel that way needlessly, Kitten. Just talk to me. I know you have scars. You’ve got them on your body, and you’ve got them on your soul. I’ve sat by your hospital bed too many times to count and watched you while you did your damnedest to heal them both. Those wounds are not new information to me and they don’t change shit. I still love you, and I don’t allow those scars to do anything other than remind me to treasure every day I have with you. Okay?”
Honor’s eyes were soft as they locked with Zeke’s. “You really do love me a lot, don’t you?” she asked in a small voice.
“So much that I ache with it, Honor.”
Sarah O'Rourke is the alter ego of two best friends who have taken their passion for romantic fiction and erotica to the publishing world. Born and raised in the southern United States, one lives near Louisville, KY, while the other resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Neither is ever very far from a tall glass of sweet iced tea, their dog-eared copies of Gone With the Wind, or their Steel Magnolias DVDs!
Formerly an accountant and a chemist, they are now overworked, stay-at-home moms who adore their children, their husbands...and writing about love in every way possible!
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