Hit Em Hard is book 3 in the Bang Brothers Hockey series and the prequel to the LA Phantoms Hockey series by Kat Mizera. So much happens in this book. There is an awards show, a tragedy, a friends to lovers, online to real life romance and a natural disaster.
About Hit em Hard
Hit em Hard starts with Bailey as a famous movie star attending the Oscars awards ceremony. She is nominated for an award, but her fiance has an attitude and is being obnoxious. At the end of the event, she has made the decision to break her engagement to him. Unfortunately, he does not take it well. Their limo ends up in an accident, killing the driver and causing significant bodily damage to Bailey.
Three years, and many surgeries and rehabs, later, she has decided she is done with surgeries and rehab. She just deals with the pain. She has hidden away in her house, writing screenplays and playing an online game with a group of people she calls friends.
Jensen is a professional hockey player. His team is having a super rough year due to infighting in the ownership of the organization. Plus the coach’s technique is to yell and make practice miserable instead of figuring out what the real issue is. So all of the players are frustrated and discouraged. Add in an extended stay from his mother, who has been playing matchmaker with two of her other sons and he has a lot going on in his life.
Jensen and Bailey have been online friends for over a year. When they run in to each other at a Mexican restaurant, he thinks it is her, but he is not sure. His mom tells him to just ask her. He finally does about a week later and she freaks out thinking he is stalking her. When she finally gets over her fear and contacts him again, they set up a chaperoned date. I will admit I had to laugh at the chaperones, especially Jensen’s mom.
When Bailey finally steps out in to the public eye, the Gods are not on her side. Unfortunately, it is not the Gods causing the issue, but the Barrowman brothers, the men running the hockey team in to the ground due to their ineptitude. Bailey is blindsided by them, her ex and the press. She is so angry. In her haste to leave, she nearly trips and falls, but Jensen is there to catch her. When they get back to her house, she explains to him that this was what she has been trying to avoid for the last three years. He does NOT understand and leaves to give her some space.
When a natural disaster happens the very next day, Jensen is worried when he is unable to reach Bailey. He and his teammate, Ivan, go to check on her. What they find is his worst nightmare. Will he and Ivan be able to help Bailey? What will be the impact on Bailey from what happened during the natural disaster? Will there be long term effects? Has either of them come to terms with what happened the night before? Have they figured out a way to make it work? What will the future hold for Bailey, Jensen, Manny and the ex (Dirk)?
Availability
Hit em Hard is available on Amazon.
Series Listing
- Lace em Up by Elise Faber (Bang Brothers Book 1)
- Show em How by Jami Davenport (Bang Brothers Book 2)
- Hit em Hard by Kat Mizera (Bang Brothers Book 3)
- Lock em Down by Gina Azzi (Bang Brothers Book 4)
- Light em Up by Kelly Jamieson (Bang Brothers Book 5)
- Hook em Hard by Cathryn Fox (Bang Brothers Book 6)
- Hit Em Hard (Bang Brothers / L A Phantoms Crossover)
- Power Play (L A Phantoms Book 1)
- Foul Play (L A Phantoms Book 2)
- Play Book (L A Phantoms Book 3)
About Kat Mizera
USA Today Bestselling author Kat Mizera is a South Florida native. Born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of wanderlust, she’s called Los Angeles, Long Island, upstate New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Atlanta home. She’s never been able to pick which locale is her favorite, but if pressed, she’d probably choose the west coast.
Kat’s a typical PTA mom with a wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max). When she’s not writing, she’s either scrapbooking or indulging in her second love (after writing) – traveling. Greece is one of her favorite places in the world. She loves that Athens is a big city with a small-town feel. The food, beaches and culture keep her going back as often as possible. She hopes to retire there one day so she can spend her days writing books on the beach.
As you can guess from her series, the Las Vegas Sidewinders, Kat loves hockey. She is also a freelance hockey writer, covering her favorite team, the Florida Panthers, and any other teams that have an interesting story. The rest of the time, she writes novels: sexy, romantic fiction that she hopes makes you as happy as it makes her. There’s something enticing about hockey players and romance…
