When the opportunity to read and review Hard To Hold On To came my way, I decided to hop on it because so many of the people I follow liked this series. I hadn't read the first two books in the series, but I thought I'd give this novella a shot and see if I liked it, and I did! 
 Edward "Easy" Cantrell has just rescued Jenna from the hands of some bad guys with the help of his special forces buddies. This was the part that was a little hard to follow for me since I hadn't read the first two in this series, but I got the gist of the story, so no worries there. (I do very much want to read those first two books in the series after reading this novella, btw.) 
 But what really pulled me into this story was the emotional content between Easy and Jenna. It started out with Easy being super-protective of Jenna as she tries to recover from the drugs and the abuse given to her by her captors. Jenna is drawn to Easy just as much as he is drawn to her, and that was quite a lovely part of the story. There's some heat between them for sure. 
 As Easy struggles with his feelings for Jenna, he's also struggling with a whole lot of serious PTSD issues as a result of his special forces experiences. After some sole searching, he ends up reaching out to his special forces buddies. There's nothing more attractive to me than an alpha character willing to show his vulnerabilities, and when Easy comes clean about his problems to his friends.. well, I had some mad love for him at that point in the book. 
 There were so many things I liked about this story that I will definitely be going back to read the first two titles in the series. The heart of Hard to Hold On To is really Jenna and Easy, and their story came across quite well in this novella. I liked Hard To Hold On To enough to want to go back for more. 
 This review appears on my blog at: http://redhotbluereads.blogspot.com/2014/08/review-giveaway-hard-to-hold-on-to-by.html