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CHERISH HARD
A Hard Play Novel by Nalini
Singh
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.
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Review-
I was beyond excited to start Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh. I love everything Nalini Singh writes and I basically a huge fan girl where her books are concerned. Cherish Hard marks the beginning of a new series in her contemporary romance series. I was so happy to finally see all the Bishop brothers together and I cannot wait for every single one of them to get their happy ever afters.
So this is the story of Sailor and Isa. Let's start with Sailor. Sailor was the star of the book. He is actually a gardener by profession and he dreams of doing big things. Sailor had a rough childhood with his father leaving them broke and abandoning them. Which makes him even determined to make something of himself. When Sailor meets Isa though he falls head over heels. I have to reiterate that I loved Sailor. He was the perfect alpha male with the right amount of possessiveness and protectiveness. He was a great brother and son.
Then we have Isa. Isa may be one of the sweetest heroines I've read till date. Isa is actually a teacher and she enjoys her job. Isa's mother on the other hand is the CEO of a large craft company and she wants Isa to take over. Isa was such a sweetheart. She was passionate about teaching and all she wanted in life was a steady family to love. She is wildly attracted to Sailor but she doesn't want to get in the way of his dreams.
Nalini Singh does a great job of not falling for cliches in this book. In fact reading about a curvy redhead heroine who is five years older than the hero was such a refreshing change. Sailor and Isa have amazing chemistry and what makes the book is their willingness to make their relationship work. Sailor and Isa were both very mature and two of my favourite characters.
What I love even more about Nalini Singh is how she writes about supporting characters. I adored Isa's bestie Nayna. Nayna and Raj's sub plot was super cute. I loved Sailor's siblings of course and I cannot wait for Jake and Danny's story. All in all if you enjoy contemporary romances I would highly recommend you give Cherish Hard a try. They are vastly different from her paranormals but just as amazing.
*Note: A copy of this book was provided by the author/publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. We thank them.
Excerpt from CHERISH HARD by
Nalini Singh
ÍSA WONDERED WHAT THE HELL she was
doing.
Being
a devil woman, she reminded herself. Having fun for a change. Not being a
grandma at twenty-eight years of age.
Still,
she couldn’t stop second-guessing herself as Sailor led her out of the house
through a side entrance that opened out into a small, manicured garden. “I’ll
have to take off my heels,” she whispered when she saw the pebbled path snaking
through the garden.
“Want
a piggyback ride?” A playful grin. “I promise not to molest your thighs.”
Goose
bumps broke out over Ísa’s skin, her nipples tight. Reckless as she was feeling
tonight, she might just have taken him up on his offer if she hadn’t been
worried her damn dress would split in two. “Maybe when we’re naked,” she said
instead, Devil Ísa in full flower.
Groaning,
he doubled over as if she’d punched him.
Her
lips twitching despite the melting sexual heat liquefying her bones, she leaned
down to slip off her heels.
Sailor
waited, his hand firm around hers, until she was done. Taking the heels from
her, he carried them in his other hand as Ísa padded beside him on the grass
that lay on this side of the pebbled path. The path ended at a weathered wooden
gate, which, when opened, put them at the top of a narrow walkway that led down
onto a beach Ísa couldn’t yet see but could hear.
Her
heart crashed in time with the waves as they made their way down to the beach
while the mansion behind them pulsed with light and music. But she didn’t turn
and run away, she didn’t stop and talk herself out of it, she didn’t attempt to
be a sensible adult. She followed a gorgeous, blue-eyed man down a dirt pathway
to an effectively private beach.
The
sand that had been tracked onto the path was gritty under her feet, the air
coming off the sea cool but not cold.
“The
water’s going to be icy, isn’t it?” she whispered to his broad back.
“Don’t
worry, spitfire. I’ll keep you warm,” was the deep-voiced response. “Stop
here.” Jumping down to the beach, he reached up to grab her by the waist,
swinging her down as if she were a featherweight.
Something
fluffy and mushy came to life inside Ísa. “Here?”
Shaking
his head, he said, “Raj told me there’s like a little cove area—not a proper
cove, but caused by— There.”
Ísa
saw it at once. A huge tree had fallen into the water at some point and smashed
up against some rocks where it appeared to be stuck. Between the jutting rocks
on either side and the fallen trunk was a naturally created pool. The water
within it was pretty calm, and it looked as if they could get to it by
clambering over some rocks that didn’t appear too sharp or slippery.
Of
course, she’d be walking over those rocks naked.
Ísa
looked up at the moon. Imagined it shining on the stark white of her body.
Gulped. “Will you close your eyes while I go in the water?” Even Devil Ísa
wasn’t up for blinding him with her glow-in-the-dark form.
A
glance back. “What’re you going to bribe me with?”
Ísa
scowled. “Not pushing you into the water right now.” It was a toothless threat
given his muscles and her lack of them.
Rubbing
his jaw, he said, “Three tongue kisses. That’s my price, and I’m not budging.”
Ísa
wanted to pounce on him all over again. “Two,” she countered.
“Nuh-uh.
Three. Or I’m keeping both eyes wide open.” Leaning in, he pressed his nose to
hers. “I really want to keep my eyes wide open.”
And
Ísa really wanted to kiss him and run her hands all over that sculpted chest.
“Three,” she whispered.
Copyright © 2017 by Nalini Singh
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Information
Nalini Singh is the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling, Guild Hunter, and Rock Kiss series.
She lives and works in beautiful New Zealand, and is passionate about writing.
If you’d like to explore her other books, you can find
lots of excerpts and free short stories on her website. Slave to
Sensation is the first book in the
Psy-Changeling series, while Angels’
Blood is the first book in the
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