Hard Hart

A Hart's Bay Novel

By: E. Davies

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux

I felt all wrong until I met you.

Jesse Stone is rebuilding his life. He’s ditched his no-good ex, sworn off men, moved to a new town with his four best friends, and started the pottery business of his dreams. And then he slept with his hunky new neighbor. Oops. Jesse needs to focus on work, but all he can think about is getting Finn between his hands like a perfectly-shaped work of clay.

Trouble just blew into town, and his name is Jesse. Finn Hart knows that pursuing Jesse will ignite old family tensions, but he can’t stay away. The construction foreman has never built a lasting relationship. He’s too busy keeping the peace in a town that was founded by one Hart, but is slowly being strangled by another - Finn’s grandfather.

Finn and Jesse are on the same page: they want to save Hart’s Bay, and it starts by bringing tourists in with Jesse’s new art gallery. But their hearts are bruised, and taking a chance comes with a price. Not everyone in Hart’s Bay wants change. For a few narrow minds, nothing good should come to Finn’s branch of the Harts, and that includes love.

Can love wash away 20 years of bad blood and bring a new dawn for Jesse, Finn, and all of Hart's Bay?

Hard Hart is the first book in the new Hart’s Bay series about a small town full of nosy but well-meaning neighbors and brotherly banter. It’s a stand-alone novel with a happily-ever-after ending, and plenty of smiles and steam along the way. If that cove could talk…oh boy, has it ever seen things.

©2019 E. Davies (P)2019 E. Davies

the best E. Davies book yet. great characters

couldn't wait to hear how it would end. the sex was great too. yes. yes.

perfect

Another great story wriiten by E Davies and narrated by Greg. Cant wait for book 2.

Hot, hot and suspenseful

Hot hot hot!!!! You might not be able to finish listening to this after the first chapter melts your device. Sex on the beach in a secluded cove, oh yes. I really liked Finn and Jesse from the first even though we didn't know anything much about them during their first encounter. The author used that interaction to establish that they were both good guys by the way they asked each other for consent and all their actions indicated respect for the other person even in this thing they both were calling a "one time" thing. After that, I laughed every time we heard their point of view and they were still trying to convince themselves that it was much, much deeper. I did not expect to find this a suspenseful read, but all of the issues among Finn's family and how that was impacting the whole town was really interesting and eventually life threatening. I loved that the author didn't tell us everything at once but dropped bits and pieces as Finn needed to tell Jesse something, and how all that family intrigue affected Jesse and his friends getting the space for their art studio and gallery. The solution of the criminal acts against the gallery was not a surprise, but the way it was handled was. Evil thwarted is always satisfying. Greg Boudreax was a new narrator for me but he is wonderful. Some narrators try too hard to make an impression. This one sounds like real people actually talking to each other and I believed every character instantly and each character's voice was clearly delineated. Mr. Boudreaux goes right to the top of my list of narrators to follow.

Small town romance with all of the feels!

I really loved this first-in-a-series small town romance. Jesse and friends move to Hart's Bay and Jesse, fresh off a bad breakup and unsure of himself, is instantly attracted to Finn upon meeting... he doesn't feel ready for more than friends-with-benefits, but both he and Finn are feeling it all. There were just the right amounts of heat and steam for me, and a great story. E Davies writes beautifully, and I can't wait to read more in this series. Narration by Greg Boudreaux was brilliant; he, as well, will be on my radar. Highly recommended!!

WOW!!!!

Finn and Jesse are amazing together and all the intrigue of this small town will keep you attached to your ear buds. As they figure out their relationship, they also must deal with outside forces that are determined to keep them apart and the town in the exact same condition it has been in for years.