Blog Tour for Man of Honor by Sarah O'Rourke

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.
 

 

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.”

Review by Tabitha:

I honestly don't even know how to write this review and do the book justice. I was introduced to the "Sarah O'Rourke"authors with Cain's Salvation and was HOOKED! I mean not just a little hooked, like stalk these their page to find out when the next one was coming. So ok lets start there. Cain's Salvation was awesome. I loved, loved, loved Cain and Faith. So I got to the end and thought oh wow that was great and I couldn't wait to read the next. Then comes Hard as Stone and fell more in love with the McKinnon crew and Honor being at the top of that list. But then came Ready, Willing, and Abel which is Patience and Abel and I swear I thought there was absolutely no way they were going to beat it. Abel and Patience were by far my favorite couple yet and again I said there is no way Honor and Zeke can beat that but guess what THEY MOST DEFINITELY DID!! 

Ok, now onto the actual review for this book. I had such high expectations for Honor's book I'm not going to lie. Honor is the baby of the family and has been through more than most people endure in their lifetime. She is such a driving force in the McKinnon family and is the last McKinnon woman to be unattached. And while she is technically "unattached" Zeke would tell you she most definitely isn't unattached. She is HIS. Zeke has got to be the most patient man I think I have ever read. He knows what Honor has been through and knows getting her to succumb to her feelings and admit she is indeed his is no short task. Poor Honor not only has to deal with the fact that 2 of her rapists haven't been identified or caught, but she has also had a killer after her and has come close to death many times. Now Zeke is more than just pissed off and decides the only way to keep Honor safe is to move into her house and sleep on her couch until all this is over. If you have read the previous books you know exactly how Honor reacts to that. OMG these McKinnon woman are stubborn as hell. The dialogue between all the characters will make you literally laugh until you cry. I can't tell you how many times I was in tears from laughing so hard. The thing I thought going into this book was that it was going to be super heavy due to everything Honor has dealt with, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that while yes there were times my heart was breaking (literally breaking) into a million pieces and bawling my eyes out, there were also times I was crying from laughing so hard. There was such a perfect balance between light hearted and heavy. I'm blown away by this book!!! I'm so happy with how it ended and I really felt like Zeke and Honor absolutely got the ending they deserved. I can not wait to get my hands on Ice's book. I have a feeling it is going to be another home run. Everyone needs to read this whole series. I promise you won't be sorry!! These books will be ones that remain at the top of my must read and ones I will always recommend to others. And they are definitely going to be ones I will add to my favorites in paperback!! Go grab them all now!!!! This book deserves way more than just 5 AMAZEBALLS stars.

 

 

 

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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