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…

Summary:

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.

Review:

I was just a little bit excited when I heard that Nalini Singh would be writing more contemporary romances. Cherish Hard is the first book in the Rock Kiss spin-off featuring Gabriel Bishop’s (Rock Hard) ((major T-rex swoony sigh)) brothers.

Sailor Bishop first sees Isla Rain at a college party. He’s there with some friends, even though he’s still technically in high school, and spots the beautiful redhead across the room. Before he can introduce himself her jerk boyfriend very publicly and very horribly dumps her and she high tails it out of there. Sailor gives chase, wanting to make sure Isla is okay, but can’t catch up with her.

Seven years later Sailor is a man working  hard to build his landscaping company into more than just a one man operation. He has big dreams and plans for where he wants to take it. He’s more than a little surprised when while on the job one day he is kissed by none other than the gorgeous redhead who he’s never been able to forget. Of course she runs off again before he can get her name or phone number, but when he discovers a couple of weeks later that they will be working on the same project together, he’s determined he won’t let her get away again.

Ilsa is a woman who just wants to meet a nice man and settle down with a family. She wants to be a good sister to her siblings and give them all the love and support they don’t find with their parents. She also wants to find a way to avoid working with her mother, who everyone refers to as the Dragon. She is susceptible to manipulation when her mother uses her sister and brother, which is how she finds herself working as VP over the summer and stuck on a project with the hunky gardener she can’t get off her mind.

Cherish Hard really should be taken in two parts. Part one is where Ilsa and Sailor meet and then Isla runs from him over and over and Sailor makes it his personal mission to track her down, figure out her name, and get her to finally go out with him. You meet Isla’s best friend, her mother, get he low down on her life and why she has the hang ups that she does.

Part two is Isla and Sailor finally spending time together and falling in love. They had great chemistry and Sailor really is a dreamboat, sigh worthy hero. He falls for Isla and is pretty much all in from the get go. Almost all the drama between this couple occur in the first part of the book. Once they become a couple there is very little drama and angst. I kept thinking there might be some kind of hiccup in their relationship toward the end, but that never happened. The epilogue is quite lovely and was much appreciated.

If I have one complaint it’s that Nayna and Raj’s romance played out in the background. Am I the only one who wants them to have their own book? Cause I totally want that to happen. I’m also looking forward to seeing Sailor’s brother’s find their HEAs. Final Grade- B-

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About the Author:

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 Guild Hunter series. The Rock Kiss books are all stand alone and can be read in any order.

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