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Synopsis
Hard Ink Tattoo owner Jeremy Rixey
has taken on his brother’s stateside fight against the forces that nearly killed Nick and his Special Forces team a year before. Now, Jeremy’s whole world has been turned upside down—not the least of which by a brilliant, quiet blond man who tempts Jeremy to settle down for the first time ever.
Recent kidnapping victim Charlie Merritt has always been better with computers than people, so when he’s drawn into the SF team’s investigation of his army colonel father’s corruption, he’s surprised to find acceptance and friendship—especially since his father never accepted who Charlie was. Even more surprising is the heated tension Charlie feels with sexy, tattooed Jeremy, Charlie’s opposite in almost every way.
With tragedy and chaos all around them, temptation flashes hot, and Jeremy and Charlie can’t help but wonder why they’re trying so hard to be good…
Review
“Charlie tasted like sweet, innocent temptation, and Jeremy wanted to consume every last bite.”
Hard To Be Good by Laura Kaye is book 3.5 in the Hard Ink series but can easily be read as a standalone. While I have read the series before I was not all the way up to date and had absolutely no problem keeping up with the storyline. Hard To Be Good continues with the drama and action that follows the team and centers around that of recently rescued Charlie and Hard Ink tattoo parlor owner Jeremey, These two have been thrown together in the chaos of everything that is going down but the chemistry between them is undeniable.
“Jesus, A ten-inch cock and no gag reflex.Are you sure you’re not just a dream?”
I want to say that I am not a fan of the phrase “gay romance” because for me this is just a romance. The beauty of two people falling in love doesn’t need any extra clarification. Jeremy and Charlie’s story is one of finding two men finally opening up to the idea of love and understanding that their is absolutely nothing in that that need to be hidden. Love should be celebrated and rejoiced.
“Amazing how, sometimes, really fucking good things came out of really fucking bad ones.”
The book is full of sexual tension and hidden glances and nothing makes me happier. For all the pain and torture that Charlie endured recently he deserves someone who will fight for him and love him unconditionally. But he lacks confidence in the fact that what he has with Jeremy isn’t just two attractive people hooking up and relying on each other when tension is at an all time high and danger is following them all around.
“Your brother might’ve saved me, but you’re the one who rescued me from a lonely life not worth living.”
This has been my favorite book in the Hard Ink series to date. Charlie’s story is so hard and emotional and Jeremy is just what he needs. But these two have to develop confidence in their feelings for each other. I recommend this book for fans of the series as well as those new to the men of Hard Ink.
~miranda
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