Review, Excerpt & Giveaway:Hard Ever After by Laura Kaye

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Laura Kaye’s HARD EVER AFTER, 

a novella in Laura’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Hard Ink Series releasing February 2, 2016! 

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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. 

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Hard Ever After Excerpt
Sitting at the dinner table surrounded by their friends, Nick squeezed Becca’s thigh. She turned to him wearing a huge smile, a champagne glass in her hand. “Are you feeling frisky, Mr. Rixey?” she asked.

Nick leaned in close. “No, I’m fucking horny. I want to mess up your lipstick and tear off your panties and make my fingers and cock smell like you.” He leaned back again, his face carefully neutral.

Her eyes were wide—and full of heat. “Holy shit. How am I supposed to be apart from you the rest of the night after that?”

“Welcome to my world, Sunshine.” He threw back a gulp of whiskey.

“Come here. I want to taste that off your tongue,” she said.

“Jesus,” he gritted out, but it wasn’t like he was turning down a kiss. She leaned in, giving him a great view of her cleavage down the front of her sequined strapless dress, and grasped his face in her hand. Her lips were warm, soft, and tasted like champagne and the chocolate mousse cake they’d shared for dessert. Fucking delicious. Her tongue slipped around his, and she pressed herself closer.

“Someone pull those two apart,” one of the guys yelled.

Nick grinned even as they continued to kiss. He wasn’t voluntarily giving up Becca’s mouth, that was for goddamned sure.

“All right,” Kat said from the other side of Nick. “We better get the rest of the night underway before we lose the bride and groom.” Laughter all around as everyone got up from the table.

“Do you think they’d notice if we snuck away?” Becca asked, her face absolutely glowing.

Beckett grabbed Nick by the shoulders. “Get up, Rix. The tables are waiting for us.”

“Apparently,” Nick said. “You go have a good time, Sunshine. But you be ready for me later.” He arched a brow.

“Oh, I will,” Becca said, her tongue licking at her bottom lip.

Shit, he had it bad for her. And he fucking loved it. This woman was going to be his wife. How fantastically lucky was he? A man who just months ago would’ve said he didn’t believe in luck, unless it was of the bad kind.

Outside, they found two massive stretch Hummer limousines waiting for them. Beckett had arranged their transportation for the evening through one of the companies he had experience working with—the cars were bulletproof and the drivers were prior military and armed. Nick appreciated the hell out of the gesture.

As the men headed for one vehicle and the women for the other, Nick pulled Becca into his arms. “Have fun, Sunshine. I love you.”

“Love you, too, Nick.” This kiss was softer, sweeter. Which was good, since all their friends started giving them shit.

“Yeah, yeah,” Nick said, flipping the guys the finger.

“Before you go, I have something for you,” he murmured, then slipped a little wrapped box into Becca’s hand. “Wear this and think of me.”

“What is it?” she asked.

“I’m not telling,” he said.  

What I thought about Hard Ever After

Laura Kaye does it again with her Hard Ink series with the sweet novella, Hard Ever After.  Not all authors are brave enough to take on a wedding story, so I was eager to see how this wedding novella would turn out.  

There are plenty of romantic and sexy moments in this and at one point I was even choked up, Nick and Becca are just so perfect together.  If you are looking for something romantic and heartwarming, this could be for you.  It's a quick read with plenty of emotion.  

Of course, it's the men and women of Hard Ink, and along with all the sexy, swoony delicious moments in this one, there's also a bit of drama. Have all the bad guys been vanquished? You'll have to pick up a copy and find out!  

Great addition to the series.

ARC provided for review. 

Laura Kaye’s HARD EVER AFTER – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:

January 25^th

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My Book Snack – Review & Excerpt

New Chicks On The Blog – Excerpt

Provocative Pages – Review

Sofia Loves Books – Review

January 26^th

Reads All the Books – Review

Shayna Renee's Spicy Reads – Review & Excerpt

Biblio Belles – Excerpt

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Krista's Dust Jacket – Review & Excerpt

January 27^th

NightWolf Book Blog – Excerpt

Obsessed with Myshelf – Review

Barbara Book Blog – Excerpt

Romancing the Readers – Review

2 Girls & Their Kindles – Excerpt

January 28^th

She Hearts Books – Review

JordansBookReviews – Excerpt

Love Affair with an e-Reader – Review

Write for Your Life! – Review & Excerpt

Always YA at Heart – Review & Excerpt

January 29^th

Book Sojourner – Review & Excerpt

Brittany's Book Blog – Excerpt

Obsessive Reading Disorder – Review & Excerpt

Red Hot + Blue Reads – Review

Smut Matters – Review & Excerpt

January 30^th

Bookaholics Not-So-Anonymous – Review & Excerpt

Lucky 13 Book Reviews and News – Excerpt

mignon mykel : reviews – Review & Excerpt

Only One More Page – Review & Excerpt

Bookalicious book babes – Review & Excerpt

January 31^st

Extreme Bookaholic's – Excerpt

It's About the Book – Review

Ticket to Anywhere – Excerpt

Kelsey's Corner Time – Review & Excerpt

Cocktails and Books – Review & Excerpt

February 1^st

Read-Love-Blog – Review & Excerpt

Bambi Unbridled – Excerpt

Becky on Books – Review & Excerpt

First Dream of Books – Review & Excerpt

Carol Kittie Reviews – Review & Excerpt

February 2^nd

The Book Hammock – Review

I A-M a Bookaholic – Excerpt

About That Story – Review

What I'm Reading – Review & Excerpt

FMR Book Grind – Review

February 3^rd

SnoopyDoo's Book Reviews – Excerpt

Renee Entress's Blog – Review

Four Chicks Flipping Pages – Review

Books Need TLC – Review

My Girlfriends Couch – Review & Excerpt

February 4^th

Reviews by Tammy and Kim – Review & Excerpt

Book Lovers 4Ever – Review & Excerpt

Jax's Book Magic – Excerpt

Ripe For Reader – Review

Sultry, Steamy Reading – Review & Excerpt

February 5th

Vera is Reading – Excerpt

Wickedcoolflight – Review & Excerpt

The Fairest of All Book Reviews – Review

JB's Book Obsession – Review & Excerpt

Book Reader Chronicles – Review & Excerpt

February 6^th

Love Drug Book Blog – Review & Excerpt

She's a Lip Biter – Review & Excerpt

Book Nook Nuts – Review & Excerpt

I'm A Sweet And Sassy Book Whore – Review & Excerpt

Shelf_Life – Review & Excerpt

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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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HARD INK Special Announcement from Laura Kaye!!

From the author of the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Hard Ink Series, comes a special announcement sure to excite readers everywhere! 

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A Hard Ink Special Announcement from Laura Kaye!

As I celebrate the release last week of Hard to Let Go, the finale in my Hard Ink romantic suspense series, I’m super excited to share some more news about Hard Ink! I’m going to do another book in this series. And not just any book. I’m going to write a wedding novella for one of the couples in the series!! And I’m so flippin’ excited!!! 

This is how this idea came about: I happened to see another author celebrating the release of a follow-up wedding book, and I’ve never written any follow-up stories about any of my characters—once they’ve gotten their happily ever afters in their original story, I just moved right on to the next couple. But that author’s book got me thinking about who I would even do a follow-up story on. Who is it that would get married? My initial thoughts went right to the Hard Ink series, of course, because I’ve been immersed in this world for the past two years and absolutely adore these characters. Seriously – I know many of us have joked about the title of the last book being apropos, and trust me when I say I’m feeling that, too. I want more Hard Ink myself. 

And then I had to ask – which couple? My gut instinct was to say Nick and Becca. They started the series, have been together the longest, and the personal issues they each have and struggles they each face are less than some of the other characters. BUT… 

But then my brain started to think about all the other couples. And as I thought through all of them, I could make a case why any of the Hard Ink couples might be the first to get married.

And that’s where YOU come in.

I can’t decide which couple to write.

I could make the argument for Nick and Becca for all the reasons above. I could make the argument that Shane would be eager to take care of Sara in every way he can. I could make the argument that Easy and Jenna’s bond would be so tight because of the hell Easy’s come through and him having saved Jenna’s life. Marz has never wanted anything more than a family, so I could see him being eager to make Emilie his forever. Jeremy and Charlie had the bond of best friends before becoming lovers, and I could see the two of them wanting to prove the depth of their love by committing to forever. And Kat so knocked Beckett on his ass that I could see him wanting to hold her tight and, well, never let go – and finally have a family that valued him.

So, yeah, I can’t decide!

Which means you guys get to.

For real.

I’m letting you pick.

Have you read and met all the Hard Ink couples yet? If not, now’s the time!

Because between now and July 31, you get to vote on which couple gets the bonus wedding novella.

Eeep! Can you believe it? I’m nervous! And excited! And eeep!

Whoever wins, the book will be called Hard Ever After and will release January 19, 2016. How freaking awesome is that title, by the way? I’ve been giggling over it for months! *winks* Down below, I’ve got some wedding invitations for you to share around to encourage other readers to vote for the couple you want. So grab your favorite couple’s invitations and help spread the word! You can also grab one of the smaller avatar images for your Facebook and Twitter avatars. Have fun with it and vote, vote, vote!

   

And I figure we should have ways for you to win prizes, too, right? After all, weddings do have gifts! So see below for two big ways to win! Now, please spread the word and vote! I cannot wait to see who I’m going to be writing about! Thanks for reading, Laura Kaye

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE HARD INK COUPLE HERE!

Vote by clicking on the link above and then grab the Avatar below for the couple you chose. Change your profile pictures on social media to show who you voted for!

The Hard Ink Series

HARD AS IT GETS (on sale for $1.99!): Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

HARD AS YOU CAN (on sale for $1.99!): Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

HARD TO HOLD ON TO: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

HARD TO COME BY: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

HARD TO BE GOOD: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

HARD TO LET GO: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

Pre-order HARD AS STEEL (Raven Riders Crossover): Amazon only to start

Pre-order HARD EVER AFTER: Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo

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GIVEAWAYS:

TWITTER HASHTAG CONTEST, 7/9 – 7/12

Tweet about the novella, the voting, and your favorite couple for a chance to win your choice of any one signed paperback from the Hard Ink series and lots of Hard Ink swag including stuffed animals! Open to international. One winner will be picked from tweets that use each of the following six hashtags:

#VoteNickandBecca

#VoteShaneandSara

#VoteEasyandJenna

#VoteMarzandEmilie

#VoteJeremyandCharlie

#VoteBeckettandKat

Check your spelling when you tweet because I will be picking winners only from those that use one of the six above hashtags! I will announce winners from the Twitter Hashtag Contest on Monday, July 13. Feel free to keep using the hashtag after the contest closes to connect with other readers who want your favorite couple to win, too!

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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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