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Review by: Kim
From word one I fell in love with the men and women of Hard Inc.
So it is with a heavy heart that I am reviewing this last installment to an epic, fun, steamy, action packed, love filled series.
It was fitting that the series end as it began: With Nick and Becca. We all fell so completely in love with this couple that the author let us as readers vote who the series should end with and we all chose the first.
Hard Ever After follows Nick and Becca as they try to complete their circle by claiming one another as husband and wife. But we all know how Laura Kaye works and she don't write nothing without a few twists and turns that make us crazy.
The past comes back to haunt Nick and Becca. Putting her in danger and nothing to do but gather the team and put the past where it belongs.
I love that the author gives us a fitting ending for each couple so we won't have to wonder how they are. We know that Nick, Marz, Murda, Easy and Shane are all fine and happy with their women and that the future is bright for them. We also know that Jer and Charlie are good together and likely to stay that way.
I did miss the critters in this story.
Thank you Laura Kaye for giving us such a wonderful world to get lost in and people to love like family.
I am personally looking forward to more from this author.
So it is with a heavy heart that I am reviewing this last installment to an epic, fun, steamy, action packed, love filled series.
It was fitting that the series end as it began: With Nick and Becca. We all fell so completely in love with this couple that the author let us as readers vote who the series should end with and we all chose the first.
Hard Ever After follows Nick and Becca as they try to complete their circle by claiming one another as husband and wife. But we all know how Laura Kaye works and she don't write nothing without a few twists and turns that make us crazy.
The past comes back to haunt Nick and Becca. Putting her in danger and nothing to do but gather the team and put the past where it belongs.
I love that the author gives us a fitting ending for each couple so we won't have to wonder how they are. We know that Nick, Marz, Murda, Easy and Shane are all fine and happy with their women and that the future is bright for them. We also know that Jer and Charlie are good together and likely to stay that way.
I did miss the critters in this story.
Thank you Laura Kaye for giving us such a wonderful world to get lost in and people to love like family.
I am personally looking forward to more from this author.
4 Stars
Excerpt:
I tucked my fingers under her chin and lifted her face to mine, stealing a kiss; true distress clawed at my chest, traveled like a spike down my spine. I didn’t want to guess, or entertain any possibilities. Inevitably, my mind always jumped to the worst possible conclusion whenever I saw her inexplicably sad (i.e. brain tumor).
Even so, I attempted to keep my tone level and calm. “What could be too important for the greeting card aisle? It’s the perfect place to tell me anything and everything. There’s likely a card we can buy afterward for the occasion.”
She huffed a laugh, laughed a bit more, and then began crying again.
Her laughter was a good sign, so I went with it.
“Let’s see . . .” I shuffled us both to the rack and plucked a greeting card from it. “You tell me if this one describes your situation.” I cleared my throat and began to read, “Dear Brother, Many blessings on your fortieth birthday. May your girlfriend bring home that hot girl she works with and suggest a three-way.”
Fiona began laughing in earnest, burying her face against my chest.
I returned the original card, walked us a few steps farther down the aisle, and selected another card at random. “Here’s another. Dear Friend, Thank you for your thoughtfulness. I am so lucky to have you in my life, especially after that time I hit you with my car and salted the earth around your house.
I cracked a smile as I grabbed another card. She was laughing so hard she could barely breathe.
“Dear Co-worker, Get well soon. Sorry about the scorpions in your bed. And the leprosy. And the chlamydia.”
“Stop! I can’t- I can’t breathe.” Fiona gripped the front of my shirt as though she needed my solid frame to remain upright.
I took one more step and picked a new card. “Dear Dad, Happy Father’s Day. I know I’m not your favorite child, but I hope you will . . . you will . . .” I stopped reading because Fiona had stopped laughing.
In fact, she’d grown eerily still, though her fists remained anchored in my shirt. I don’t think she was even breathing.
“Fe?”
She released an audible exhale—as though bracing herself—and titled her head back. New tears shone in her eyes and she looked . . . emotional.
Not sad. Not worried or scared. Just emotional.
And I knew.
“I’m going to be a dad,” I said.
She nodded, her mouth wanting to smile but her eyes betraying the disordered chaos of her thoughts.
I had no idea what she was thinking.
I had no idea what I was thinking.
But I felt like I’d just been punched, slapped across the face. And it felt scary. And good.
I felt like I was the king of the universe, the luckiest man alive.
I felt panic, because I didn’t know how to be a dad, at least not the kind I wanted to be.
I felt a bizarre surge of pride, of accomplishment.
I felt a heady wave of possessiveness, for this woman I loved, for the child we’d made. I felt responsible.
But I did not feel burdened.
And I knew nothing would ever be the same.
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About Hard Ever After:
Justice served. Honor restored. Team reunited. After a long battle to discover the truth, the men and women of Hard Ink have a lot to celebrate, especially the wedding of two of their own—Nick Rixey and Becca Merritt, whose hard-fought love deserves a happy ending. As Nick and the team shift from crisis mode to building their new security consulting firm, Becca heads back to work at the ER. But amid the everyday chaos of demanding jobs and their upcoming nuptials, an old menace they thought long gone reemerges, threatening the peace they’ve only just found. Now, for one last time, Nick and Becca must fight for their always and forever, because they know that when true love overcomes all the odds it lasts hard ever after.
About Laura Kaye:
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty books in contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense, including the Hard Ink and upcoming Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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