Jasmine He’s hunting me. And when he catches me, he’s going to break me. I’ve been running from the law my whole life. But Rico is the one man I can’t escape.And I don’t know if I want to. Rico Jasmine Francoise lives to taunt the law. The FBI. Me. I’ll bring her to justice. She’ll scream her confession over my knee and in my bed.She deserves hard time. I’ll make sure she gets it.
Loki Renard is a new author to me but I am really familiar with Jane Henry’s writing. Rico is FBI and he wants to catch the French connection and if he has to take down Jasmine he’s willing to do that. She is a spoiled rich girl that has no regard for the law. Their chemistry is explosive once she stops teasing him and they finally get together. She thinks there is no goodness in her and Rico only sees the circumstances she is being put in by her family. Well Rico be able to take down Jasmine’s family whilst sparing Jasmine? I can’t wait for more from this dynamic duo!
Wow, this story had me hooked from the first page! Mafia stories are always kind of “iffy” for me as to wither I will like it or not but this is one I loved. Jasmine and Rico are combustible as a couple. She’s a mafia princess and he’s an FBI agent trying to get her to turn on her family!! I can’t really say much without giving away the plot but this is a book I HIGHLY recommend reading. It will take you down dark alleys that twist and turn and you won’t know where you will end up at. Just get it!
WOW! What a story! Jane and Loki are a great author team! This was written from multiple POV. Rico is really hot and the object he wants to acquire is the dangerous Jasmine. She is from a crime family and he is FBI. How long will it take for them to clash? Not long!! Really enjoyed this story!!
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~~ 5 UNLAWFULLY SEXY STARS!~~
“This is a bad girl who wants to be treated like one.”
If you have a weakness for STERNLY COMMANDING lawmen who deliver their own brand of justice to the bad girls who get caught in their crosshairs, then you will SALIVATE over HARD TIME by Loki Renard and Jane Henry!
I have been anxiously anticipating Rico and Jasmine’s story since they were first introduced in CRIMINAL…and HOLY HOTNESS did this fast-paced, hyper sexy tale strike a chord!!! And while some of the characters overlap from that first book, rest assured that HARD TIME is designed to be read as a total standalone! I was truly hooked from page one and loved the action-packed suspense, the heart-tugging emotion, the flirty sparks and witty banter, the panty melting hot punishments–and scintillating rewards–and..well…sheesh I just LOVED IT ALL!!
But if I had to pick my favorite part of the story, it was hands down the SPARKLING CHEMISTRY between these charismatic, larger than life characters! These MCs were polar opposites in every way, which made their interaction so WILDLY ENTERTAINING! Ricco and Jasmine positively smoldered together and leapt off the page and straight into my heart!
There was palpable tension and sparks and passion galore from start to finish, and I loved the evolution of this unlikely love story. which of course began with “Ricky” wanting to put the crime heiress and her entire family behind bars. After all they are a menace to society, and he has a job to do. But then he winds up in quite a quandary as he finds himself falling for the seductive charms of this sultry little minx and wanting to save her in more ways than one! And although his methods of keeping her in line and getting her to bare her soul were…unorthodox….they paved the way for some filthy hot erotic interludes that SET MY GIRLY BITS AFLAME!
Sighhhh…Agent Ricco just did it for me! This uber bossy, by-the-book lawman OOZED STRENGTH, MASCULINITY AND ROUGHHEWN SEX APPEAL…and he also had a hefty dose of sweet, doting, overprotective Daddy Dom in him! I also really enjoyed the age gap between these two–Rico is forty-eight years to Jasmine’s twenty-two–and SWOOON when the naughty temptress was placed under house arrest with this strict, no-nonsense lawman, I “might” have dreamt of trading places with her! Gah…who am I kidding? There’s no MIGHT about it! Because to be frisked, cuffed and spanked when I was bad, then cuddled and cosseted when I was being Ricco’s good little princess, would be my ULTIMATE WICKEDLY WANTON FANTASY come true !
As for Jasmine…what a FIRECRACKER! While the coy, cunningly beautiful and cultured only daughter of the French Connection crime family acts like the world is her oyster, in truth she has not had an easy life. And as it turns out there is much more to this “spoiled, snotty little brat” than meets the eye. I dug her feistiness tempered with her hidden vulnerability and how this girl who’d been raised to never show any weakness found herself wanting to do just that with Agent Ricco. And if anyone could bring out this femme fatale’s softer, more submissive side, teach her some manners, and heal her deeply embedded wounds, it’s this unapologetically alpha lawman!
Scintillating sexy romps aside, the soul-deep poignancy and rich emotions that were infused into the story took me a bit by surprise—in the BEST POSSIBLE WAY! Forging trust between these two MCs, who were on opposite sides of the law, was a pivotal theme that was explored throughout. And while it was definitely an uphill battle at times, I truly relished how it all ultimately played out, culminating in an adrenaline pumping climax and achingly sweet HEA which filled me with glee!
BOTTOM LINE:
The verdict is in: HARD TIME was a pure delight and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that co-authors Jane Henry and Loki Renard are a force to be reckoned with!
Highly recommend!
Received a ARC and this is my honest review.
I loved “Criminal”, Cole and Sonya’s story (they’re part of this story as well), and this book was a fantastic continuation of the story. Rico and Jasmine are electric together. This story was a fast, sexy read, with one big surprise in Chapter 13, who saw that coming??!!? Loki Renard and Jane Henry write so well together, I can’t wait to see what’s next.
I have to be honest as always 🙂 It took me a minute to get into this story. I had to scratch my head and wonder what I had missed. But it took maybe the third chapter and I was in it. I couldn’t put this book down. Loki and Jane bring a hot shot detective who has done everything he can to bring down the local mob. He knows the only way in is through the daughter.
Jasmine Francoise is the daughter of the big mob boss in their town. When Agent Rico decides to pull her over she knows she can’t say a word or her family will be in big trouble. So when Rico takes her and makes her stay in his house things heat up pretty damn fast!
I loved the dynamic between Rico and Jasmine. There is so much heat between the two but with their lives they knew they had to be careful. But isn’t that what makes a great book?
Jasmine Francoise was the only daughter of the French Connection crime family, raised to be a princess who could have spent her life lying back and taking the proceeds of crime, but she decided to get involved, Not only that, but become more successful than most men bred for their positions.
Rico has brought down a lot of criminals in his career. Big ones, small ones, mean ones, nice ones. But never one like Jasmine Francoise. She’s irrepressible, incorrigible, and she’s at the top of his personal list of people who need to be behind bars. She’s give him the slip more times than he can count, but she’s connected with a string of crimes which stretch across the country.
These two have developed a relationship of antagonists. He’s old enough to be her father at forty-eight to her twenty two. She thinks she knows it all. She’s cocky and cool as ice. She’s been brought up to believe that nobody can touch her. She’s wrong.
Loki Renard and Jane Henry have once again shown why they are such a dynamic team of authors. This storyline is cohesive and flows around an intense plot with continually growing characters that have personality plus.
As I’m writing this review, it comes to mind of other reviews I’ve read so just a reminder, this is FICTION. An FBI agent and a crime lords daughter having a D/s type relationship in the middle of an investigation is not under normal circumstances common place. But, in the realm of Romance Fiction, it works wonderfully and is enticing. One that kept my attention, kept me on the edge of my seat at times and kept my lady parts happy. Quite an enticing story.
Agent Rico and criminal Jasmine are on fire in this story the attraction and age difference so strong you can feel it happening before it even does, the chase has been going on for years and is intense and powerful how they go head to head in all things, the dominance and the seduction is beyond HOT!!!!! and protection at any cost. Lots of twists and turns you never knew what was going to play out next, Ricky is absolutely delicious and I loved loved him he excludes all power and Jasmine has never known any kind of kindness and I loved him for that. Excellent book and highly recommend reading it will not disappoint.
Loki Renard and Jane Henry have gotten back together to give us a hard nosed, and hard palmed, FBI agent who is working on bringing down a crime family, while being madly in love with the daughter of that family.
Rico knows that the Francoise family is trouble, with the youngest member of the family, Jasmine, being the biggest problem. She’s beautiful, feisty, smart, sexy, and sinful. She has a need for speed and will flirt with anything male. She’s sweet and bratty all mixed up in one, and Rico knows that she’s young enough to be his daughter, but that doesn’t stop him from wanting her.
Jasmine knows that Rico is much older than she is and that he’s on the opposite side of her family. That doesn’t mean that Jasmine doesn’t feel a draw towards the authoritative agent.
From the outside, it would seem that these two have nothing in common and that they wouldn’t work in a relationship at all, but they really do work well. They each meet a need in the other, in the best possible way. They make each other whole, and it’s beautiful to see.
I’m really interested to see what may be happening next, because it seems to be that there is a certain relationship being set up, and that would be AWESOME!
An excellent read. I love stories that can take me somewhere else. This story definitely did that, I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed seeing Colt and Sonja again. An intense story with a great ending. The doctor was a hoot, she made me laugh out loud. If you like stories with hot dominate men and strong women this is the book for you.
Rico and Jasmine have been dancing around each other in a game of cat and mouse for quite a while. Both of them thinking they are the cat! This makes for some excellent verbal “battles” between the two as behind all of this sparring is a scorching chemistry waiting to ignite!
Rico thinks he has Jasmine all figured out, but there are lies and deceptions in play that could prove fatal for any and all involved. Jasmine is a key player in a deadly criminal family game of chess, one who is moved and controlled against her will. Rico offers some tough (spankingly good) discipline and structure for Jasmine and offers her a chance at redemption. But in this high stakes game there will be winners and losers! Which side will the players land on, good, bad, in between, upright or six feet under? Read and find out!
I received an ARC copy of this book and I chose to review it. This was not what I expected but it was well written and I would encourage everyone to give this one a chance. Older man, younger woman, he is harsh at times and she can be a real pain. I think some people will truly enjoy this book.
Loki Renard and Jane Henry deliver again with a dark, deliciously sexy read that follows Rico, whom we first met in Salvation, and his leading lady Jasmine. This devious little vixen Jasmine is the daughter of crime boss who has deeply involved his children in the family business. Her only escape is driving fast and annoying the delicious agent who targets her. Though she definitely not the one in charge! As she soon finds out he is definitely all Dom and can bring her every fantasy to life, even the ones she wished she did not have.
Rico has spent years chasing the Francois family, building a case, whilst enjoying every second of his encounters with the daughter that acts like a little brat, whom he would love to punish, and protect. Especially when he finds her freshly punished in a way no woman should be. He longs to protect her as any daddy would and show her that he can keep her safe and loved. He just has to bring her to heel. And keep her out of her fathers clutches. This is not a fairytale and things are never that easy. Their feelings will be tested and time will tell if they can ever make it work. Which in their opposite worlds is indeed an improbability.
Well done ladies! Another five star collaboration!
The second book by Jane henry and Loki Renard, but you can it as a standalone without any problems.
What I loved most about this book is the relationship and the banter between Rico and Jasmine. There keep daring each other and they are very well matched. It made from some very funny and sexy and scenes. It also shows that nothing is ever as it seems and don’t be too quick to judge.
It is a fun and sexy read.
Hard Time is a stand alone, intense romance, but if you’re familiar with the collaboration between Ms. Renard and Ms. Henry, it follows Criminal. Rico is an FBI agent who is dying to catch Jasmine and her family in the act for a long time. Deciding to stick to Jasmine like glue, waiting for her to slip up, he decides to take matters into his own hands, keeping her for his own, trying for protective custody. She may be a criminal princess, but Rico is quickly realizing how much more she may mean to him – if only they can put their differences aside!
Holy smokes! This book was amazing, full of passion, finding one’s true self, acceptance, forgiveness, some crazy drama, and above all, love! Rico and Jasmine are an incredible couple that have a lot to overcome, not just with the obvious he being a good guy and she’s been living a criminal life, but emotionally as well. Rico was determined, protective, and I loved everything he was willing to do for Jasmine. Jasmine’s character was so much more than she first comes across and I loved uncovering all of her layers! My heart just about broke with everything she’s gone through, but what a survivor! Together, they face many obstacles and I loved that this book was so much more than just putting her family behind bars. I highly suggest reading this book, but definitely expect some emotional punishment scenes, some intense drama, and a book that will have you flipping pages and love the ending!!