Hard Love by Shana Vanterpool

Title: Hard Love

Series: Guns & Ink

Author: Shana Vanterpool

Genre: N/A Contemporary Romance Standalone

Release Date: May 22, 2018

When two people in pain collide, there is something intoxicating about drowning in the chaos of hard love.

Brando Hawkins is a detective with the Denver Police Department. The world should be his to take. He’s a dedicated officer with a promising career. But Brando’s got secrets. Dark, ruthless secrets. At twenty-six, he’s burned-out, and the sight of another body, one more unhappy ending, might just do him in.

Catherine Abbott is a woman who wars with her demons and guards her heart. Immersed in a world where people ink their lives on their skin, Catherine trusts only that which she can see. And, as a rape survivor, she finds comfort in control.

But Brando’s demons start to tangle with hers. They’re dangerous, like hers. But they’re beautiful too.

A spray of bullets brings them together, and the pain of their pasts collide with the lure of their futures. Cat wants to mend his heart and his wounds, but Brando’s secrets lay tucked away in a vault so tightly sealed, she can’t get through.

Everything around them is covered in the confusion of love and the burn of revenge, but no one ever said love was easy.

Hard Love is the next standalone installment in the Guns & Ink series by Shana Vanterpool, a world of tattoos, love, and redemption from Swoon Romance.

This was my first book by the author and besides knowing what went down with Cat, Madison and Klay, I completely was able to follow the story and lovin it! Brando was the cop that was on the Cat and Madi's case. He has some issues that still follow him and that keeps him from finding happiness. Cat, obviously has been thru hell and back but still keeps going. Klay gave her a shot and she has succeeded at the tattoo shop. Brando gets injured and Cat jumps to take care of him. This sparks the beginning of their romance. There was always an attraction but now they have a chance to act on it. They both have issues that they need to work thru. I really liked Cat and Brando. I liked how they supported each other in good times and bad, plus pushing each other to accomplish something new and making them feel like ease with it. This book is great and I loved every minute of it!! 

Romance author, coffee drinker, and bad boy aficionado. Every second not spent breathing is an opportunity to write and read. I live in Northern California with my family and actress dog, Halle Bella. (Just Bella when she decides to cut the crap.) Escaping with a good book is something I live for and I write so others can do the same.

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