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Synopsis
Grace is a bounty hunter who wants to be taken seriously, but her boss refuses to believe that a woman can bring down a dangerous criminal. She finally gets a chance to prove herself when she’s given the case of a lifetime: capture Raide Knox and bring him to justice.
Raide is a dangerous fugitive on the run…and the sexiest man Grace has ever met. Catching Raide won’t be easy. He’s not the kind of man to go down without a fight. Raide is more intense and frustrating than any man she’s ever had to deal with, and the instantaneous attraction that sparks between them is undeniable. One thing is for sure…it’s going to be a case they will never forget.
**Hard To Fight is a full-length standalone romance with a HEA**
Review
“Seduce Raide Knox, prove team wrong, and get chance to expand my career. It all sounds simple, but I have no doubt whatsoever that it won’t be.”
Let’s be honest here and say that not only am I a Bella Jewel newbie but I decided not to read the blurb and go in blind to this book so I had convinced myself that this was a fighter book, a genre I love dearly. I quickly realize that I was completely wrong and while at first I expected to be disappointed I was so immediately sucked into Raide and Grace’s story that I had no time to dwell on my misconceptions.
“Raide Knox doesn’t like women who flaunt themselves in front of him. No, Raide Knox like them wild and badass, but more than that, he likes a challenge.”
Unlike her two beauty queen sisters, Grace takes after her bad ass of a dad and has been working for the past five years to get the males of her field to take her ad her skills as a bounty hunter seriously. Finally given her first big chance she must bring in fugitive Raide Knox. Raide is wanted for on some serious and dangerous charges. A connection and sparks fly upon their first meeting and when Grace decides to use their attraction as a way to bring him in she finds she is placing herself in a questionable position that she is not sure she can maneuver out of . . . or if she wants to.
“God. His smile. It’s huge. And wolfish. And sexy as hell.”
Hard To Fight was DYNAMIC! I loved Grace and how she had a tough job and was wild, strong and kinda tom-boyish and yet never did she feel manly to me (a problem I have encountered in other books with similar heroines.) Being who she is not always easy and has alienated her from her mom and sisters and yet she always stays true to herself. Not only is this admirable it is a joy to read. Raide, for his part, was dark, myserious and dangerous but more than all that he was charming and fun and caring when needed. I fell hard for this “Bad Boy” and knew the moment I met him there must be more to his story.
“How the hell am I going to survive when I lose him? And it’s not a matter of “if” in this situation, it’s a matter of “when.”
I am kicking myself currently for taking this long to read a Bella Jewel book and I can promise you that there will be many more in my future. Hard To Fight was an intense roller coaster full of heat, action, forbidden romance and progressive characters. If you love alpha men but want a twist on the typical story than this one is probably perfect for you.
~miranda
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