Hard Ever After: A Hard Ink Novella

Hard Ever After by Laura Kaye is the absolute perfect ending to the Hard Ink Series (assuming this is the end). I had so much fun with the characters as they were on the other side of their quest for answers. It was the time to get their lives back and live a normal life. Not a life on lock-down and always watching for bad guys. It was time for Becca and Nick’s wedding! Kaye has really done a phonemoneal job with the Hard Ink Series. I love the balance of romance, suspense and smoking hot scenes she writes in her stories. Like the other books, Hard Ever After was a page turner for me. I hung on every word the characters spoke and felt like I was one of them. Even though Nick and Becca were in the other books in the series, it was like coming home to read a book where they were the main characters again. Of course, the Hard Ink guys had one more loose end to tie up before they could all truly move on with their Happy Ever After and Kaye did not disappoint with this story line. She provided a realistic plot that had me looking over my shoulder at times while reading the story. The way it played out mingled with the rest of the story so well and in the end there Becca (and the rest of us) were given the much needed closure. I couldn’t have imaged a better ending to it all. If you have read the other books in the Hard Ink series, you must give Hard Ever After a read. You will find yourself laughing with the characters, squirming a little during the sexy scenes, wanting to protect Becca with the rest of the gang and shedding a tear at a very beautiful wedding. Give this book and the rest of the series a try. You will love it.

Becca Merritt is apprehensive when she returns to work after a 2 month leave of absence; the same hospital where an attempted abduction changed her life. And marked the day she met the man she will soon marry: Nick Rixey. But she wonders if her mind is playing games with her, or will an unforeseen threat destroy everything, when happiness and peace of mind are finally within reach... At last, Becca and Nick are getting married! What a joy it was to revisit all those beloved characters I have come to think as friends throughout the years and relive briefly some of the tears, the laughs, the emotion and the heart-stopping action that has made the Hard Ink series unforgettable. And amidst the joy of wedding preparations, and the bantering, something dreadful happens, and once again Laura Kaye had me flipping pages like a maniac and fearing the worst, but hoping for the best! Fans of the Hard Ink series need this book, and it should be read by anyone who is curious as well; the major moments of the series are briefly recapped so it gives a good idea of what this epic series is all about, as for us die-hard fans (pun intended!), it only makes us want to read the whole thing all over again! HARD EVER AFTER is everything I wished for, and as always I would have wanted it to be longer, but I'll grab any little crumb Laura Kaye throws at us! HARD EVER AFTER is exciting, intense, dramatic, sexy and oh so very romantic! We knew Nick had it in him, but that proposal just slayed me! Only. Forever. Always. I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Hard Ever After is short, but not sweet. Laura Kaye manages to cram a ton of excitement into one novella. This story is a celebration of love and friendship. It is also a new beginning of sorts. Nick and Becca are on the verge of starting their new life together. Nick and friends are starting a new consulting business and an old foe lies in wait. Sound exciting. It is. I loved seeing what old friends where up to. Life is full of changes but family is the one constant in a shaky world. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.