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CHERISH HARD
A Hard Play Novel by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh kicks off her new Hard Play contemporary romance series with a sizzling story that’ll leave you smiling…
Sailor Bishop has only one goal for his future – to create a successful landscaping business. No distractions allowed. Then he comes face-to-face and lips-to-lips with a woman who blushes like an innocent… and kisses like pure sin.
Ísa Rain craves a man who will cherish her, aches to create a loving family of her own. Trading steamy kisses with a hot gardener in a parking lot? Not the way to true love. Then a deal with the devil (aka her CEO-mother) makes Ísa a corporate VP for the summer. Her main task? Working closely with a certain hot gardener.
And Sailor Bishop has wickedness on his mind.
As Ísa starts to fall for a man who makes her want to throttle and pounce on him at the same time, she knows she has to choose – play it safe and steady, or risk all her dreams and hope Sailor doesn’t destroy her heart.
Excerpt from
CHERISH HARD by
Nalini Singh
ÍSA WONDERED WHAT THE HELL she was
doing.
Being a devil woman, she reminded herself. Having fun for a
change. Not being a grandma at twenty-eight years of age.
Still, she couldn’t stop second-guessing herself as Sailor
led her out of the house through a side entrance that opened out into a small,
manicured garden. “I’ll have to take off my heels,” she whispered when she saw
the pebbled path snaking through the garden.
“Want a piggyback ride?” A playful grin. “I promise not to
molest your thighs.”
Goose bumps broke out over Ísa’s skin, her nipples tight.
Reckless as she was feeling tonight, she might just have taken him up on his
offer if she hadn’t been worried her damn dress would split in two. “Maybe when
we’re naked,” she said instead, Devil Ísa in full flower.
Groaning, he doubled over as if she’d punched him.
Her lips twitching despite the melting sexual heat
liquefying her bones, she leaned down to slip off her heels.
Sailor waited, his hand firm around hers, until she was
done. Taking the heels from her, he carried them in his other hand as Ísa
padded beside him on the grass that lay on this side of the pebbled path. The
path ended at a weathered wooden gate, which, when opened, put them at the top
of a narrow walkway that led down onto a beach Ísa couldn’t yet see but could
hear.
Her heart crashed in time with the waves as they made their
way down to the beach while the mansion behind them pulsed with light and music.
But she didn’t turn and run away, she didn’t stop and talk herself out of it,
she didn’t attempt to be a sensible adult. She followed a gorgeous, blue-eyed
man down a dirt pathway to an effectively private beach.
The sand that had been tracked onto the path was gritty
under her feet, the air coming off the sea cool but not cold.
“The water’s going to be icy, isn’t it?” she whispered to
his broad back.
“Don’t worry, spitfire. I’ll keep you warm,” was the
deep-voiced response. “Stop here.” Jumping down to the beach, he reached up to
grab her by the waist, swinging her down as if she were a featherweight.
Something fluffy and mushy came to life inside Ísa. “Here?”
Shaking his head, he said, “Raj told me there’s like a
little cove area—not a proper cove, but caused by— There.”
Ísa saw it at once. A huge tree had fallen into the water at
some point and smashed up against some rocks where it appeared to be stuck.
Between the jutting rocks on either side and the fallen trunk was a naturally
created pool. The water within it was pretty calm, and it looked as if they
could get to it by clambering over some rocks that didn’t appear too sharp or
slippery.
Of course, she’d be walking over those rocks naked.
Ísa looked up at the moon. Imagined it shining on the stark white
of her body. Gulped. “Will you close your eyes while I go in the water?” Even
Devil Ísa wasn’t up for blinding him with her glow-in-the-dark form.
A glance back. “What’re you going to bribe me with?”
Ísa scowled. “Not pushing you into the water right now.” It
was a toothless threat given his muscles and her lack of them.
Rubbing his jaw, he said, “Three tongue kisses. That’s my
price, and I’m not budging.”
Ísa wanted to pounce on him all over again. “Two,” she
countered.
“Nuh-uh. Three. Or I’m keeping both eyes wide open.” Leaning
in, he pressed his nose to hers. “I really want to keep my eyes wide open.”
And Ísa really wanted to kiss him and run her hands all over
that sculpted chest. “Three,” she whispered.
Copyright © 2017 by Nalini Singh
What I thought about Cherish Hard
I was very excited to see Nalini Singh had another contemporary romance series coming out and I couldn't wait to check out this spin-off of the Rock Kiss series. If you've read that series you might recognize some names in this one.
Sailor is working on building a successful landscaping business when he meets Ísa Rain. She's in a totally different place than he is. She looking to settle down. After all she's a bit older than Sailor (but seriously, cougar?).
They both keep getting thrown together which only brings out Ísa's frisky side and Sailor knows just how to do it. They are good together and when things go south, they don't act like children, but instead work it out with maturity. How refreshing! I really liked that about this story.
I thought this was a great start to the series and I'm looking for more!
An ARC was provided for review.
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Author
Information
Nalini Singh is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series.
She lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing.
If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find
lots of excerpts and free short stories on her website. Slave to
Sensation is the first book in the
Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’
Blood is the first book in the
Guild Hunter series. The Rock Kiss books are all stand alone and can be read in any order.
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