Hard As You Can: A Hard Ink Novel

Hard As You Can, the second book in the “Hard Ink” series, picks up right where the first book leaves off. The team is in search of answers of the mystery surrounding Merritt’s involvement in the ambush in Afghanistan, and why career criminals are now pursuing his children, Becca and Charlie. In this volume, we learn more about Shane as he attempts to get closer to Crystal, a waitress at the strip club Confessions. Not only does he want to get closer in order to get information she might have about the Church organization, but he believes she is in danger as well, and he begins to have romantic feelings toward her. The timeline between this book and the last is really only a couple of days so the action is fast paced, but at no time do you ever feel yourself getting left behind. Ms. Kaye certainly does not disappoint in this second installment! Hard As You Can is another five star read. The characters Ms. Kaye has created are wonderfully broken and the drama is gritty, but the burgeoning romance and the tight-knitted relationship of the team leaves you with a sense of redemption. A must read series!