Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Hard Ever After by Laura Kaye

Posted January 31, 2016 by Cocktails and Books in Blog Tour, Giveaways, InkSlingers PR, Reviews / 1 Comment

Blog Tour Review & Giveaway:  Hard Ever After by Laura KayeHard Ever After by Laura Kaye
Series: Hard Ink, #4.6
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: February 2nd 2016
Pages: 96
Also in this series: Hard to Be Good, Hard to Let Go, Hard to Serve
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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.

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

I first have a confession to make – I have never read any of the books of this series.  I have however read other books by Laura Kaye and loved them so when the opportunity came around I took it.  Once I saw that it was a novella I was worried that I would know nothing about these characters or their back story.  I am so glad to say I was worried for nothing – the story was great and I had no problem following along.

This is a story about Nick and Becca who was the featured couple in Hard As It Gets book 1 in the Hard Ink series.  They and the members of Nick’s team have been through hell and back and life is finally getting back to normal, and because of this Nick decides that it is finally time to ask Becca to marry him – but there is still one more enemy they need to fight.

As I mentioned above Laura Kaye does a great job making you feel like you know these characters so as a new reader that is appreciated.  If you have read this series then you already have the backstory so being able to read about these characters again will be perfect for you.  The witty dialog and told in third person dual POV’s was right spot on which can be difficult to come across to a reader.  There is plenty of action, suspense, and tons of romance.  If I had one complaint it would be that I wanted to read more and the great thing is I can – there are 5 books in this series to go back and enjoy.

All in all, I highly recommend this to all and if you have not read this series please don’t worry.  I am sure you will love it and want to go back for more as I do.

 


 

We are over the moon excited to bring you the Review & Excerpt Tour for 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! Grab your copy of the amazing final book in the Hard Ink Series today!

 

 

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

January 25th

I Love Romance – Review & Excerpt

My Book Snack – Review & Excerpt

New Chicks On The Blog – Excerpt

Provocative Pages – Review

Sofia Loves Books – Review

January 26th

Reads All the Books – Review

Shayna Renee’s Spicy Reads – Review & Excerpt

Biblio Belles – Excerpt

bookworms obsession blog – Review

Krista’s Dust Jacket – Review & Excerpt

January 27th

NightWolf Book Blog – Excerpt

Obsessed with Myshelf – Review

Barbara Book Blog – Excerpt

Romancing the Readers – Review

2 Girls & Their Kindles – Excerpt

January 28th

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 29th

Book Sojourner – Review & Excerpt

Brittany’s Book Blog – Excerpt

Obsessive Reading Disorder – Review & Excerpt

Red Hot + Blue Reads – Review

Smut Matters – Review & Excerpt

January 30th

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 31st

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 1st

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 2nd

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 3rd

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 4th

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 6th

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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Excerpt

Proposal Scene

Holy hell, had Nick ever been this nervous in his life? He’d faced down warlords, captured terrorists, survived IED explosions, and been shot on multiple occasions. Yet he’d never felt the kind of queasy, can’t-quite-manage-a-deep-breath nerves he felt just then.

He retrieved the little black box from the drawer where he’d hidden it, fisted it in his palm, and came to stand in front of Becca. He gave her a hand to stand up, then slowly sank to one knee.

“What are you—” Becca gasped. “Nick?”

“Becca.” Looking up at her beautiful face, he grasped her left hand. “When you walked through my door, you changed my whole life. You gave me purpose when I had none. You brought my family back together when I was so alone. You believed in me when no one else did, including myself. You fought for me and loved me and made me a better man.” Glassy, bright blue eyes stared down at him with so much love. “You shined light on places inside me I thought would never emerge from the dark, and you helped me reclaim my integrity, my honor, and my life.” A knot lodged in Nick’s throat. “You saved me from becoming someone I didn’t recognize, and because of you I have a life worth living. But only if you’ll walk it with me.”

“Nick,” she rasped, her voice thick with unshed tears.

He flipped open the box and pulled out the diamond and platinum round-cut ring. A halo of smaller stones surrounded the center stone, creating what to him looked like a sun. More accent stones lined the band, giving it a classic, vintage look. He’d known it was the right ring as soon as he’d seen it.

Slowly, he slid the diamond onto Becca’s ring finger. “I love you with everything that I am, and everything I want to be. Please do me the greatest honor of my life and say you’ll be my wife, my partner, my best friend, my companion. Becca Merritt, will you marry me?”

 

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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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