HARD TO SERVE (Hard Ink 4.7/ Blasphemy .5) 1001 Dark Nights by Laura Kaye-Review and Book Tour
HARD TO SERVE
Hard Ink 4.75 / Blasphemy .5
by Laura Kaye
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, BDSM, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 28, 2016
To protect and serve is all Detective Kyler Vance ever wanted to do, so when Internal Affairs investigates him as part of the new police commissioner’s bid to oust corruption, everything is on the line. Which makes meeting a smart, gorgeous submissive at an exclusive play club the perfect distraction…
The director of the city’s hottest art gallery, Mia Breslin’s career is golden. Now if only she could find a man to dominate her nights and set her body—and her heart—on fire. When a scorching scene with a hard-bodied, brooding Dom at Blasphemy promises just that, Mia is lured to serve Kyler again and again.
Then, as their relationship burns hotter, Kyler learns that he’s been dominating the daughter of the hard-ass boss who has it in for him. Now Kyler must choose between life-long duty and forbidden desire before Mia finds another who’s not so hard to serve.
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REVIEW: HARD TO SERVE is installment 4.7 in Laura Kaye’s contemporary, adult, HARD INK romantic suspense series, and the latest novella in the multi-authored 1001 Dark Nights. HARD TO SERVE is also the first installment in Laura Kaye’s new spin off -BLASPHEMY- a series focusing on the exclusive BDSM club of the same name. This is Master and police detective Kyler Vance, and artist and gallery owner Mia Breslin’s story line. HARD TO SERVE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous series (Hard Ink) is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Mia and Kyler) HARD TO SERVE sets the stage for Laura’s new BDSM series Blasphemy. Mia is a submissive and is hoping to join the exclusive club but finances are tight considering she is new in town and has recently opened her very first gallery. A guest pass to Blasphemy finds Mia in the capable hands of Kyler Vance-a detective on medical leave; a co-owner of Blasphemy; and a man who does not do relationships or long term partners. What ensues is the building relationship between our leading couple, both in and out of the club that collapses like a house of cards when Kyler and Mia’s connection is revealed.
We are introduced to several of Kyler’s friends, fellow Masters at Blasphemy, and the co-owners of the club. A number of the characters and couples from Laura’s HARD INK series stop by for a cameo appearance including tattooist and Hard Ink co-owner Jeremy Rixey who is Kyler’s friend and tattoo artist. Mia’s best friend Dani is there for moral support.
HARD TO SERVE is a provocative and steamy story line with graphic sexual imagery including bondage (rope play), multiple partners, breath play (asphyxiation), anal and oral sex. The premise is edgy but familiar-the BDSM trope has been flogged too many times; the characters are sensual and colorful; the romance is fated and hot.
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Reviewed by Sandy
So many readers asked for more stories in my bestselling Hard Ink series, and I’m so excited to be able to give you just that in my new, super sexy HARD TO SERVE! HARD TO SERVE is an edgy stand-alone love story about a Baltimore police detective whose red-hot BDSM relationship with a new submissive seems like the perfect distraction from a trumped-up investigation against him until he learns that the woman is his boss’s daughter. Talk about sparks flying! I had so much fun writing this book, and I can’t wait for everyone to read it! And if you enjoy it, you might like to check out the whole Hard Ink series, now complete! Happy reading!
Mia opened the door wearing a smile and a beautiful teal-blue dress that hung all the way down to a pair of tall, peep-toe wedges. She wore her hair loose again, soft and wavy and thick around her shoulders. So damn gorgeous, this woman. “Hi,” she said. “I’m ready to go, unless you would you like to come in?”
“Well, I’d at least like to do this.” He stepped inside, dug his fingers into the heavy silk of her hair, and kissed her. She hummed at the contact and her body went soft and pliant against him, her breasts pushing into his chest, her spine sagging her weight against him. His hand slid down to grab her ass and gave a little squeeze.
“You don’t play fair,” she whispered.
Grinning, he pulled back. He loved the arousal in her dark eyes, the humor in her expression. “I’d have thought you knew that by now.” He winked.
Her laugh was like the sun breaking through the clouds, warming him and lifting his spirits. And giving him just that much more evidence that he was doing the right there here, with her.
She rolled her eyes and shook her head.
He grasped her by the jaw. “You know, when you roll your eyes at me, I want to put you over me knee.”
A slow grin crept up her face. She rolled her eyes again.
Challenge. Fucking. Accepted.
Pushing the door closed, Kyler grasped Mia by the waist and lowered himself to one knee, laying her over his other knee in the process. She screamed and bucked, but he held her in place with an arm across her lower back. He rucked up her dress, baring miles of lovely legs—and a bare ass, too. She wore no goddamn panties.
“Oh, Mia. Very good,” he said. She’d anticipated one of his desires without him having to voice it. He hadn’t wanted to put any undue pressure on whatever it was they might be by articulating a list of rules for their time together. He was trying to play it by ear, to see what might be natural between them. Whether that was the right way to go about it, he wasn’t sure. But it wasn’t like he had a lot of experience at relationships. He ran his palm over her smooth cheeks. “And it’s gonna be even better when this ass is nice and pink. Five ought to do it. Count.”
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty books in contemporary and paranormal romance and romantic suspense. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. She lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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Very nice review, Sandy. Did not know Laura was doing a BDSM series.
Love the review Sandy but I agree, the BDSM genre is getting old and ‘flogged’ to death–nice pun, BTW !
Wonderful review Sandy. To be honest I am tiring of the BDSM genre but I love everything written by Laura Kaye.
Great review Sandy. I love Laura’s books, thanks.
Terrific review, Sandy. I usually read anything by Laura Kaye.
Thanks for the informative review. I too am tiring of the BDSM stories but I love Laura’s books !
Very nice review Sandy. I had no idea that Laura was getting into the BDSM genre. Congrats to Laura