4 Smooches!
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Ache comes a blistering new novel filled with danger, secrecy, and a desire that can’t be sated…
Foreign war correspondent Tanner Thomas is addicted to living on the edge. Needing the adrenaline rush of his job to help him cope with a personal loss, he throws himself back into the game, concentrating all his energy on getting the next big story.
But when he meets his new photojournalist, Beaux Croslyn, he can’t help but feel like he’s losing his focus—and maybe risking more…
With secrets she won’t address, Beaux is far from your ordinary woman. Determined to keep her distance, she’s willing to pull Tanner in closer and hide behind the sparks flying between them. But as Beaux’s past begins to put their relationship—and their lives—at risk, Tanner’s determination to find the truth puts them both in jeopardy.
He’s ready to chase her to the ends of the earth to find out if what they had was real, or if the danger surrounding them was just an exquisite heat fated to burn out…
Review
I love me a K. Bromberg book and Hard Beat is the seventh novel in the Driven Series, I believe, and I was really looking forward to it. The synopsis sounded very intriguing and K. Bromberg’s books are always loaded with plenty of heart thumping angst. Her books are also always riddled with ridiculously sexy moments and extremely alpha men and all of these things prove to be a heady combination making for my ultimate romance read.
“We’re breaking the bed.”
Hard Beat was definitely worth the read. This is Tanner’s story (Riley’s brother) and he is a hard beat reporter that reports on very hard-hitting subjects which often finds him in areas riddled with war and terrorism which is where he lost his former lover, best friend and parter photographer. He has been blaming himself since her death and now he is back at work in another situation and he has been given a new photographer and this one happens to be sexy as sin Beaux. Beaux is extremely private and hardheaded and Tanner feels the need to protect her and keep her. This makes for an interesting story as Tanner is super alpha and Beaux is extremely independent. I love the back and forth of Tanner’s feelings; him wanting her and not wanting her, him wanting to protect her but also not wanting to be in that position again after his best friends death. These two characters have an explosive kind of chemistry and it was awesome watching it all unfold.
‘I want you so goddamn bad right now that the desire is so sharp, it’s painful.’
I am glad I gave this one a shot. I do wish there had been more dialogue. I felt there was a lot of internal feelings and dialogue but not enough actual conversation of my liking. Tanner was likable and alpha enough and Beaux is definitely a heroine I can get behind. But I think I will always like the original books in the Driven Series better. Guess I will just always be Colton girl but I did really enjoy this one.
~Amie
