Hard Hit Love: Part One
(2026)(The fourth book in the Blacklight Syndicate series)
A novel by Beth Evans
I started Sports Sensual because I was tired of being introduced as someone else's daughter, someone else's girlfriend, or someone else's sister.
One hockey season later, it's becoming bigger than I ever imagined.
Now I've been offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to cover the New York Reapers and take Sports Sensual to the next level.
It should be simple. Move to New York. Cover football. Keep building the career I've fought to create. Instead, I find myself caught between three very different men.
Lucian Bellandi is a powerful sports agent with dangerous connections and an infuriating habit of seeing things I'd rather keep hidden.
Rhett Mercer is a former soldier turned head of security who seems determined to protect me even when I don't want protecting.
And Cole Donovan is the Reapers' star quarterback, beloved by fans, feared by opponents, and far more vulnerable than he lets the world see.
The closer I get to them, the harder it becomes to ignore what's growing between us. But while I'm chasing the future I've always wanted, powerful men are making moves behind the scenes. Moves that threaten everything I've worked for. My career. My reputation. And the men who are quickly becoming impossible to resist.
Because in New York, football isn't the only game being played. And some people are willing to destroy anyone caught in the middle.
*Hard Hit Love: Part One is the first book in a reverse harem duet set in the Blacklight Syndicate series and ends on a cliffhanger. While it is not necessary to read Iced Up Love, it is best read first to enjoy seeing some of these characters and understanding context of their past.*
Genre: Romance
One hockey season later, it's becoming bigger than I ever imagined.
Now I've been offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to cover the New York Reapers and take Sports Sensual to the next level.
It should be simple. Move to New York. Cover football. Keep building the career I've fought to create. Instead, I find myself caught between three very different men.
Lucian Bellandi is a powerful sports agent with dangerous connections and an infuriating habit of seeing things I'd rather keep hidden.
Rhett Mercer is a former soldier turned head of security who seems determined to protect me even when I don't want protecting.
And Cole Donovan is the Reapers' star quarterback, beloved by fans, feared by opponents, and far more vulnerable than he lets the world see.
The closer I get to them, the harder it becomes to ignore what's growing between us. But while I'm chasing the future I've always wanted, powerful men are making moves behind the scenes. Moves that threaten everything I've worked for. My career. My reputation. And the men who are quickly becoming impossible to resist.
Because in New York, football isn't the only game being played. And some people are willing to destroy anyone caught in the middle.
*Hard Hit Love: Part One is the first book in a reverse harem duet set in the Blacklight Syndicate series and ends on a cliffhanger. While it is not necessary to read Iced Up Love, it is best read first to enjoy seeing some of these characters and understanding context of their past.*
Genre: Romance