Week 28 Reviews: Cherish Hard, Rebel Hard, Love Hard

From Goodreads:

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh kicks off her new Hard Play contemporary romance series with a sizzling story that'll leave you smiling…

Sailor Bishop has only one goal for his future – to create a successful landscaping business. No distractions allowed. Then he comes face-to-face and lips-to-lips with a woman who blushes like an innocent… and kisses like pure sin.

Ísa Rain craves a man who will cherish her, aches to create a loving family of her own. Trading steamy kisses with a hot gardener in a parking lot? Not the way to true love. Then a deal with the devil (aka her CEO-mother) makes Ísa a corporate VP for the summer. Her main task? Working closely with a certain hot gardener.

And Sailor Bishop has wickedness on his mind.

As Ísa starts to fall for a man who makes her want to throttle and pounce on him at the same time, she knows she has to choose – play it safe and steady, or risk all her dreams and hope Sailor doesn't destroy her heart. 

From Goodreads:

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh continues her Hard Play series with a sweet, sexy romance featuring big, fat, OTT weddings, a meddling grandma, and a too-serious hero who needs to be unbuttoned…

Nayna Sharma agreed to an arranged marriage in the hope it would heal the fractures in her beloved family… only to realize too late that a traditional marriage is her personal nightmare. Panicked, she throws caution to the winds, puts on the tiniest dress she can find, and ends up in the arms of a tall, rough-edged hunk of a man who has abs of steel—and who she manages to mortally insult between one kiss and the next.

Abandoned as a child, then adopted into a loving family, Raj Sen believes in tradition, in continuity. Some might call him stiff and old-fashioned, but he knows what he wants—and it's a life defined by rules… yet he can't stop thinking about the infuriating and sexy woman who kissed him in the moonlight then disappeared. When his parents spring an introduction on him, the last woman he expects is her. Beautiful. Maddening. A rulebreaker in the making.

He's all wrong for her. She's all wrong for him. And love is about to make rebels of them both. 

From Goodreads:

Jacob Esera, star rugby player and young single father, has worked hard to create a joyous life for his six-year-old daughter. After the death of his childhood sweetheart soon after their daughter's birth, all Jake wants is safety and stability. No risks. No wild chances. And especially no Juliet Nelisi, former classmate, scandal magnet, and a woman who is a thorn in his side.

As a lonely teenager, Juliet embraced her bad-girl reputation as a shield against loneliness and rejection. Years later, having kicked a cheating sports-star ex to the curb, she has a prestigious job and loyal friends—and wants nothing to do with sportsmen. The last thing she expects is the fire that ignites between her and the stuffed-shirt golden boy who once loved her best friend.

Straitlaced Jacob Esera versus wild-at-heart Juliet Nelisi? Place your bets. 

My Review:
This series was just so great to read! I wasn't sure when they took place on the timeline, because I'm pretty sure that Sailor was married with a kid or kids, and then this is Cherish Hard was his book. So most of these take place before the Rock Kiss series. But it looks like it'll be half and half! 

I loved getting to know these characters, and their struggles, their reasons why these couples wouldn't work as couples. Sometimes they put their foot into it, but others they said and did the right thing. I loved watching them struggle to get to a place where they were in committed relationships! 

I wasn't sure if this series would be like the Rock Kiss series, in that once the couple is together, there's not a climax that might tear them apart. I really liked that in the Rock Kiss series. And for this series, the getting together, committed and no reservations, was the climax, happened right at the end. 

I was a bit panicked, because I mixed up Jacob and Danny, thought that Catie was Danny's childhood sweetheart, and she died, but nope. And that leaves hope for me, since in the time that this review went live, and actually writing it, Nalini Singh sent out a newsletter that said that she's currently working on Danny's book, and it'll be coming in 2022! So I have hope that Catie will be his partner, because the banter between them is excellent! 

Loved reading these books, and I think I've now read all of Nalini Singh's published full length novels! Might been some short stories floating around, but I think I've gotten to all of her full length novels! Whoot! 

Author: Nalini Singh 
Series: Hard Play #1, 2, 3
Read: July 15th, 16th, 16th, 2021
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first series, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2021 Books, and Love Hard is a End of Series 2021 Book!
Publisher: TKA Distribution
Published: November 14th 2017, September 18th 2018, March 10th 2020

Cherish Hard:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Rebel Hard:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Love Hard:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars