RELEASE REVIEW: Hard to Break by Bella Jewel

Synopsis

Quinn has spent her whole life working in her dad’s garage, leaving her more comfortable with a carburetor than a curling iron. Her world is turned upside down when her beloved garage is bought by none other than world famous, sexy as sin, custom car builder, Tazen Watts. He’s the one man she can’t stand…even though he makes her hotter than a high performance engine in top gear.

Tazen has no use for Quinn, at least not professionally, and he’s making sure she knows it. But there’s a spark between them that she’s finding hard to ignore. She’s determined to prove her talent is as impressive as her sassy mouth. When she finds out Tazen is hiding a secret that could bring down his career and everyone involved in it, she wonders: is falling for him is going to be work the risk?

**Hard To Break is a full-length standalone romance with a HEA**

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Review

I love the connotative meanings that go along with the title of Quinn and Tazen’s story, Hard to Break, because there are a multitude of positive and negative experiences that they go through both individually and as a couple that definitely demonstrate what it means to splinter, fracture, and come unhinged.

Since her mother’s death, Quinn’s life has been like fighting an uphill battle that always sends her tumbling down, but that hasn’t stopped her from trying to move forward, relying on only herself to keep a roof over her and her father and keep the shop open and out of the red. All of these are daunting tasks, but through it all, Quinn refuses to break; she refuses to quit, and one way or another, she’s going to prove that the garage is where she belongs no matter what the cocky son of bitch says!

Tazen Watts – the name oozes sex and charm – too bad none of his smooth talking wins Quinn over; in fact, his demeanor and attitude grates her nerves and turns her crush on him into an all out war of barbs and antics.

The volatile nature of Taz and Quinn’s relationship goes from bad to worse when Taz takes the one thing Quinn’s always had, threatening to unhinge her entire life and forcing her to fight dirty in order to maintain some sense of what defines her. But when everything plays out, who will break whom and what kind of fracturing will it be? The kind that draws people together or tears them even further apart?

Even though Hard to Break is a slightly predictable enemies to lovers’ story, I still enjoyed watching Tazen and Quinn rev each other up until they both blew in a variety of ways! I love the fact that Quinn is a phenomenal mechanic and lets her work speak for itself. She’s exactly who she portrays herself to be and to me, that’s why Taz is drawn to her even though they come from completely different worlds. Taz is also quite surprising once Quinn gets underneath his tough exterior; he’s actually quite sweet and knows what Quinn needs as their relationship progresses. There’s some angst but not an excessive amount. The primary focus is more on Quinn’s refusal to stop fighting and how Tazen’s realizes her unbreakable spirit is exactly why he’s falling for her.

A complimentary copy was provided by the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 poison apples

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