Beautiful Trauma. Beautiful Sorrows Series, #2

Jericho JonesI'm the kind of man your mother warned you about, and I make no apologies for it. You know what you will get with me: a good time and nothing else. Any woman who becomes greedy will get dumped on her sweet backside. I have one rule: never let a woman into my heart. I've never been tempted to give a woman more until I met Ivy Greene. Determined to shield myself from emotional entanglements, I warn Ivy to stay away from me.
Still, her siren gaze and nurturing arms lull me into a false sense of calm. If I'm not careful, she will pull down my walls almost as easily as she pulls down my pants, and once she gets her hands on me, my demons will start talking, and she will know that behind that cocky smile, lurks a damaged man with no hope or desire for redemption. Ivy GreeneWhen I meet Jericho Jones, there's annoyance at first sight on my part.
Crude, immature, and unrefined, I tolerate him because he's the best friend of my best friend's boyfriend. He's also a beautiful bastard, and it's not long before we are friends with benefits, which is exactly what I need after the love of my life leaves me for another woman. Jericho is nothing but a beautiful distraction I can use for my pleasure. While my legs are open, I don't realize that my heart is too, and that Jericho has worked his particular brand of charm on me, and I now want more.
Jericho is not the kind of man to give more. Jericho is a man of rough edges and darker desires. I can't resist the hints of the broken soul I desperately want to save. Despite his brazen charm and enigmatic allure, I sense a haunting sadness that lurks behind Jericho's seductive gaze. I've always been a savior of wounded birds, stray cats, and now, human mongrels. Jericho is a man tormented by his own demons and haunted by nightmares that claw at the edges of his sanity, and I can't resist.
I'm caught between longing and self-preservation, and to help Jericho confront his demons, I must deal with my own insecurities. In a dangerous game of push and pull, we teeter on the brink of something neither expected-a love as raw and untamed as the island that surrounds us. Beautiful Trauma is a complete love story in the Beautiful Sorrows Series and can be read as a standalone, though books are better enjoyed in the order published.
Tropes:Plus-size and confident main female characterBad boy with a heart of goldI can't stand you, but you're hot