Hard Ink - La série

À l’encre du passé… Après avoir quitté l’armée, Nicholas Rixey a investi dans le salon de tatouage de son cadet, Hard Ink. Un jour, la fille de son ancien commandant, Becca Merritt, vient lui demander de l’aide, car le frère de la jeune femme a disparu. Loyal et irrésistiblement attiré par elle, il accepte de la secourir. Mais Becca se retrouve aux prises avec des secrets concernant sa famille qu’elle n’avait jamais soupçonnés jusque-là et seul Nick est à même de pouvoir la protéger. Tout comme elle est la seule à pouvoir le guérir de ses maux invisibles. Encore faut-il qu’il le désire…

La délivrera t-il du mal ? Depuis que Shane McCallan, au corps divin, est entré dans le club où Crystal Dean travaille, il n’a pas caché son intérêt pour cette dernière. Mais sous l’emprise d’un homme malhonnête, Dean ne pense qu’à protéger sa sœur et doit tenir Shane à l’écart. Ce dernier, quant à lui, doit se concentrer pour aider un ami qui s’est lancé dans une opération dangereuse. Or, il est incapable de se détourner de Crystal qui refuse de s’ouvrir à lui. Dommage, car il est le seul capable de les sauver. Tout ce qu’elle a à faire est de céder à la tentation...

Edward "Easy" Cantrell knows better than most the pain of not being able to save those he loves--which is why he is not going to let Jenna Dean out of his sight. He may have just met her, but Jenna's the first person to make him feel alive since that devastating day in the desert more than a year ago. Jenna has never met anyone like Easy. She can't describe how he makes her feel--and not just because he saved her life. No, the stirrings inside her reach far beyond gratitude. As the pair are thrust together while chaos reigns around them, they both know one thing: the things in life most worth having are the hardest to hold on to.

Certains font la guerre et l’amour. Derek DiMarzio est missionné pour rétablir l’honneur des anciens membres de son unité des forces spéciales, plongés injustement en disgrâce. Mais sa rencontre avec Emilie Garza va le retarder dans sa tâche. Ressentant une connexion autant physique qu’émotionnelle, Derek sait que la jeune femme s’inquiète pour son frère que la guerre a totalement transformé. Alors que Derek comprend peu à peu le lien qui unit le frère d’Emilie à sa mission, il doit faire face à un choix. Certaines décisions sont difficiles à prendre, mais cela peut-être un "mâle pour un bien"...

Hard Ink Tattoo owner Jeremy Rixey has taken on his brother’s stateside fight against the forces that nearly killed Nick and his Special Forces team a year before. Now, Jeremy’s whole world has been turned upside down—not the least of which by a brilliant, quiet blond man who tempts Jeremy to settle down for the first time ever. Recent kidnapping victim Charlie Merritt has always been better with computers than people, so when he’s drawn into the SF team’s investigation of his army colonel father’s corruption, he’s surprised to find acceptance and friendship—especially since his father never accepted who Charlie was. Even more surprising is the heated tension Charlie feels with sexy, tattooed Jeremy, Charlie’s opposite in almost every way. With tragedy and chaos all around them, temptation flashes hot, and Jeremy and Charlie can’t help but wonder why they’re trying so hard to be good...

an EXCLUSIVE Bonus Hard Ink Short Story of when Nick surprises Becca with his new tattoos.

Five dishonored soldiers. Former Special Forces. One last mission. These are the men of Hard Ink. Beckett Murda hates to dwell on the past. But his investigation into the ambush that killed half his Special Forces team and ended his Army career gives him little choice. Just when his team learns how powerful their enemies are, hard-ass Beckett encounters the biggest complication yet—seductive, feisty Katherine Rixey. A tough, stubborn prosecutor, Kat visits her brothers’ Hard Ink Tattoo following a bad break-up—and finds herself staring down the barrel of a stranger’s gun. Beckett is hard-bodied and sexy as hell, but he’s also the most infuriating man ever. Worse, Kat’s brothers are at war with criminals her office is investigating. When Kat joins the fight, she lands straight in Beckett’s sights—and his arms. Not to mention their enemies’ crosshairs. Now Beckett and Kat must set aside their differences to work together, because the only thing sweeter than justice is finding love and never letting go.

After identifying her employer's dangerous enemies, Jessica Jakes takes refuge at the compound of the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. Fellow Hard Ink tattooist and Raven leader Ike Young promises to keep Jess safe for as long as it takes, which would be perfect if his close, personal, round-the-clock protection didn't make it so hard to hide just how much she wants him—and always has. Ike Young loved and lost a woman in trouble once before. The last thing he needs is alone time with the sexiest and feistiest woman he's ever known, one he's purposely kept at a distance for years. Now, Ike's not sure he can keep his hands or his heart to himself—or that he even wants to anymore. And that means he has to do whatever it takes to hold on to Jess forever.

Justice served. Honor restored. Team reunited. After a long battle to discover the truth, the men and women of Hard Ink have a lot to celebrate, especially the wedding of two of their own—Nick Rixey and Becca Merritt, whose hard-fought love deserves a happy ending. As Nick and the team shift from crisis mode to building their new security consulting firm, Becca heads back to work at the ER. But amid the everyday chaos of demanding jobs and their upcoming nuptials, an old menace they thought long gone reemerges, threatening the peace they’ve only just found. Now, for one last time, Nick and Becca must fight for their always and forever, because they know that when true love overcomes all the odds it lasts hard ever after.

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. As their relationship burns hotter, Kyler runs into Mia at work and 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.