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HARD AS STEEL is a
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It is due to be released on September 22, 2015! Grab your copy of this sexy novella today!
Review & Excerpt Tour for
Laura Kaye's HARD AS STEEL!!
HARD AS STEEL is a
Hard Ink/Raven Riders Crossover Series Novella brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights.
It is due to be released on September 22, 2015! Grab your copy of this sexy novella today!
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About HARD AS STEEL: A Hard Ink/Raven Riders Crossover Novella After identifying her employer's dangerous enemies, Jessica Jakes takes refuge at the compound of the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. Fellow Hard Ink tattooist and Raven leader Ike Young promises to keep Jess safe for as long as it takes, which would be perfect if his close, personal, round-the-clock protection didn't make it so hard to hide just how much she wants him—and always has. Ike Young loved and lost a woman in trouble once before. The last thing he needs is alone time with the sexiest and feistiest woman he's ever known, one he's purposely kept at a distance for years. Now, Ike's not sure he can keep his hands or his heart to himself—or that he even wants to anymore. And that means he has to do whatever it takes to hold on to Jess forever.
HARD AS
STEEL EXCERPT: Good Night
I’m thrilled to be here
celebrating the release of my 21st book, HARD AS STEEL! After a
midnight break-in at her apartment, close friends and Hard Ink Tattoo
co-workers Ike Young and Jessica Jakes are forced into hiding—and forced to
confront the feelings they’ve always denied for one another. I have always adored
friends-to-lovers and forced proximity stories, and HARD AS STEEL delivers that
and more, including a taste of both my award-winning and best-selling Hard Ink
and upcoming Raven Riders series! Check out this excerpt:
“Night,”
she said, heading up the steps.
“Night,”
he replied, watching her hips sway in a pair of silky black shorts. Combined
with the form-fitting black tank top and those perfect-for-grabbing pigtails,
she was going to make it damn hard for him to fall asleep tonight.
Damn hard,
indeed.
He turned out the light and went horizontal,
the soft couch so comfortable against his sore back even though it was a little
too short to fit his whole body. He adjusted his erection, willing it to get
with the no-sex-with-Jess program. Problem was, in the quiet darkness, Ike
could hear her moving around in the loft. Soft footsteps on the wood floor. The
shifting of covers. The squeaking of the box spring. And all that did was
invite his imagination out to play. Easy since he had so much material to work
with after sleeping with Jess wrapped around him the past two nights.
His
shoulders and chest knew what the silk of her hair felt like when it skimmed
over his skin. His hip knew the heat of her core when she slept with her knee
across his thighs. His hands had memorized the curve of her lower back and the
shape of her biceps and just how much of her luscious ass he could fit in his
palms.
Ike knew
what her mouth tasted like, how tight her legs could wrap around his waist, and
how fucking beautiful the combination of ink and steel was on her skin.
Jesus, his
cock was never going to let him go to sleep at this rate.
And was it
fucking hot in here or what? He tossed the cover off, wishing he had a ceiling
fan downstairs, too. Something for the to-do list around this place.
Ike sighed
and flung his hand over his head. And wondered why the hell he was torturing
himself this way.
He could just go up there and get in the
bed—and take what he wanted, and what he knew Jess would be only too happy to
give. Neither of them was immune to the mutual attraction that had always been
there between them. And her reaction to his kiss the other day made it crystal
fucking clear that she was waiting for him to make his move.
Jess had
plenty of one-night stands and casual hook-ups. Ike knew she was perfectly
capable of handling that kind of relationship.
Except.
Except Ike
wasn’t a clueless idiot, and he wasn’t in the habit of doing things he knew
damn right well would hurt someone he cared about. Jess wore her emotions like
she wore her ink—out loud and unapologetically. He had a pretty good idea that
she was rocking some more-than-friendly and more-than-physical feelings for
him. Right now, she thought them unrequited, and that kept a kind of sexually
tense equilibrium between them. But if he let himself off the leash—even just
once—he’d very likely raise and dash her hopes, give her all kinds of mixed
signals, and screw things up royally between them.
He shook
his head and heaved a deep breath. If he wasn’t going to go the distance with
her, he had no business taking the first step.
End of.
What I thought about Hard As Steel
I just love this series. It's got action, hot men with good hearts, and women that stand by them through all sorts of stuff. Hard as Steel is a wonderful companion novel to the series. It's sexy and fun, and I just loved Jess and Ike together. She wants him, he wants her -- it just takes them a little while to get on the same page, with the help of a bit of feverish delirium! But when they get there, it's all worth it.
There's something about the novellas in this series that just make me smile when I finish. Maybe because there's so much packed into the story, or that the sexual tension is off the charts. Hard as Steel is a hot little love story and great addition to both the Hard Ink series and the 1001 Dark Night series.
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. 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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