After being left at the altar, Jade Roberts seeks solace at her best friend’s ranch on the Colorado western slope. Her humiliation still ripe, she doesn’t expect to be attracted to her friend’s reticent brother, but when the gorgeous cowboy kisses her, all bets are off.Talon Steel is broken. Having never fully healed from a horrific childhood trauma, he simply exists, taking from women what is … what is offered and giving nothing in return…until Jade Roberts catapults into his life. She is beautiful, sweet, and giving, and his desire for her becomes a craving he fears he’ll never be able to satisfy.
Passion sizzles between the two lovers…but long-buried secrets haunt them both and may eventually tear them apart.
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How can I put into words just how amazing this book is? Craving is book 1 in the Steel Brothers series and it focuses on the Steel family. Book 1 is the start of Talon and Jade’s intense, beautiful, broken, addictive, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, and all-consuming love story.
I’ll admit, at first I struggled to get into this, not much but enough to think “Well maybe this isn’t for me”… Oh, how wrong was I? I am so so so glad I kept reading. At that moment, I thanked myself for being stubborn. By the 1/4 of the way through the book, I was hooked! Completely obsessed and I needed to know what happened, what was happening and what this author had in store for us readers. And she did not disappoint. Book 1 is only the beginning and let me tell you now, it is one hell of a beginning! You will be hooked, you will be intrigued, you will be obsessed and you will crave more.
Talon is a man with demons, with a dark, sordid, disturbing, torturous past that he struggles daily with. After going through a horrid and traumatic experience when he was just a boy, it has left him broken beyond belief. Demons taking over his life, his love life and his relationships with his family.
Jade was strong, not only for her but for Talon. She was going through her own issues. She believed in him when he didn’t believe in himself… Even when he continued to push her away. She never went far. Something drawing her back in. Something drawing them both together, with chemistry that is off the charts. The push and pull with these two was enough to send me crazy. (In the best way possible of course) She knew there was something different about him, but she had no idea what she was about to find out would change her life completely.
Will they work whatever it is between them out? Will it be happily ever after for them?
Book 1 slayed me. absolutely slayed me, it broke me… There were some scenes in this book that were familiar to me, that hit home HARD for me. I’m not going into deep with this review, I could sit and ramble on about it and how amazing it is, or I can tell you to go and grab a copy and give it a good chance. I doubt you’ll be disappointed. I believe going in blind is the best thing you can do with this book and series.
Please take note: This isn’t for the faint of heart, this isn’t some light and fluffy read. It takes some real-life trauma and the author does not shy away from much and some of these issues and situations come with trigger warnings.
Helen Hardt did amazing at writing this series. I love the different environment she has in these books. I’m a sucker for past tragic events in people’s lives. Definitely a page turner!
I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the rest of the series. These characters are both flawed and have demons they need to overcome and walls they need to scale. There is a lot of heat, sex, lust, and crazy passion. Now on to the next book in this series.
This author captures you from beginning to end. She writes with pure raw emotion. You will fall in love with the characters. It was a lot of lust but also suspense with a little twist. I love these styles of books.
I have heard a lot about this series but just read the first book today. The story is good. The blend of secrets, family, and romance built an engaging world and vivid characters. The look back at events were descriptive, enlightening to the character and heartbreaking. Talon is fascinating and I am rooting for him. There is a cliffhanger, but I was already excited to read the next book as I want to see what happens, who the bad people are, what happens with the family members, what is with the name changed and more!
Scorching sexy.
3,5 stars
This is my first book by this author (how did it take me so long?) and definitely not the last one. Specially since this book ends in a cliffhanger (which I love).
It has some dark themes, but I liked how it was presented. It was really, incredibly sexy. But there were moments when it seems that sexual chemistry was all Talon and Jade had.
I couldn’t quite believe in their feelings for each other. There didn’t seem to be love, but a great amount of lust instead.
Still, the plot was involving and addicting and I found myself glued to the book, craving (see what I did here?) for more.
I’m starting the second book right away.
This book is full of explicit sex, which is not really my thing, but it also has an interesting plot. Too bad it ended abruptly without reaching any real conclusion. The characters are interesting but tortured. I hope Talon gets the help he needs.
Don’t even start this series!
Yes! I did read all the books, cause I’m a glutton for punishment, and I was hoping it would get better. It takes nine books to get the answers to the question you will have.
So many lines were repeated over and over again. There is no real character development. They all seemed the same just different names. Guys push girls away, and next sentence girls running back, because they love them. They say over and over again that they are going to stay away from so & so only to kiss the hell out of them, they sleep together then the guy pushing her away again. And the scenes between all couples started to be repetitive that by the end I was skipping those pages all together. Seriously I think this is the worst series I have ever read.
It’s a great book! I liked the storyline and the characters but I thought it was a bit slow in places. It’s a steamy read with a hidden mystery from the past running through it, which I can’t wait to find out more about.
If you are looking for a new series to read look no further,this is it. Mystery, suspense, romance, plot twists and each books delves into each character. Must read in order or you will be lost and not see the whole picture.
Craving (Steel Brothers Saga, #1) was another great read by Helen Hardt. Jade decides to go to her best friend’s ranch in Colorado after her fiancé left her at the alter. She didn’t want a man but finds herself attracted to her best friends brother, Talon Steel. He is a very broken man who never helped from a traumatic event as a child. He just basically exists and finds his next conquest in women. But Jade is different for him, he desires her like he has never desired someone else. Although there are many secrets that seem to want to pull them apart, they can’t fight their attraction. I really enjoyed reading Talon and Jade’s story and I can’t wait to read more by Helen Hardt.
Audio review……..
This is my first book by Helen Hardt and won’t be my last. This book does have triggers. It was a dark, emotional read. There were a lot of twists and will leave you with a lot of questions at the end because there is a cliffhanger.
The narrators did a great job bringing the story to life.
I couldn’t put this book down once I started reading it. I’m on Book #6 and I started this series only 2 weeks ago! This is an incredible, exciting story of the Steele brothers lives.
Lots of sex but have to get the next book to find out what is causing Talon’s panic attacks. I like a story to end when the book ends. If the F word, weren’t in it so much it would probably be less pages.
A must read along with the whole Steel Brotheres Saga. There are 12 books so far. Hopefully more to come.
Thought it was great would love to read more books but theyre not free on amazon would be nice if they were so could read all the books really liked the author
Craving by Helen Hardt is the first in the Steel Brothers saga and I am hooked!! The Jade and Talon are fantastic characters. The story is very well written and I absolutely could not put it down. Steamy, suspenseful, mysterious and just so much angst. Ahggg! and the cliffhanger ending – I have to know!!! Cannot wait to dive into the rest of the series!
Excellent Book and series!
When I started this book I wasn’t really into the romance and as the book went on it got better for me but I still just felt something was off through this book maybe book 2 will be better their hope that this couple will overcome their difficulties. Also, I can recommend this audiobook as the narration was amazing
This is an emotional story that got my by the throat from the beginning.
Talon and Jade story is one of ups and downs. It has suspense, hot scenes, it is easy to read however it might trigger something. I love this story and both Jade and Talon are in my heart. This is a must read.