title: Hard As It Gets: A Hard Ink Novel
author:  Laura Kaye 
description: Becca Merritts brother has gone missing, leaving behind a cryptic note instructing her to contact Rixey at Hard Ink, which turns out to be tattoo parlor. Nick Rixey, who has many reasons for loathing Beccas father from his Special Forces career, at first refuses to help her but then feels guilty about it. When he checks on her, he finds an intruder in her house, after which she is mugged at work, so Nick relents. While fighting a fierce attraction to Becca, Nick calls in the remaining members of his Special Forces unit, and theyre joined by a Baltimore cop and Nicks brother in an effort to protect her and find her brother. Kaye leaves enough loose ends for a sequel in what is obviously the beginning of a series about five Special Forces guys getting their reputations back after their unwillingly forced army discharges, thanks to Beccas fathers corruption in Afghanistan. Kayes depiction of sexual tension and her sex scenes are masterful, and this will appeal to fans of Maya Banks KGI and Julie Ann Walkers Black Knight series. --Mary K. Chelton
zlib_text: HARD AS WOOD
  
  Hard For Her Book 2
  
  FRANKIE LOVE
  
  CONTENTS
  Hard As Wood
  1. Huck
  2. Honey
  3. Huck
  4. Honey
  5. Huck
  6. Honey
  7. Huck
  8. Honey
  EPILOGUE ONE
  EPILOGUE TWO
  More HARD FOR HER Books!
  About the Author
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Frankie Love
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  HARD AS WOOD
  Book Two of the Hard For Her Series
  By Frankie Love
  I’m an axe-wielding alpha with absolute resolve:
  I will not fall in love with Honey.
  She’s my ex-stepdaughter — and off limits.
  But it’s a hell of a lot easier said than done.
  Her mom’s long gone, and she’s still here, in my secluded cabin.
  She’s sweeter than sugar, with a body that makes me think of one thing
  alone:
  But I see her eyes linger… and the way she licks her lips.
  I may be a hard ass… but she makes me hard as w