Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4.5 stars 
 Laura Kaye dips her toes into the world of an MC in her new Raven Riders series, but Ride Hard and the Raven Riders aren't your typical MC, they are a club that while they might skirt the law on occasion they believe in their brotherhood, earning money mostly from legitimate sources and to protect and serve people who have been victimized by others. This was a fast paced story with a lot going on yet at the heart of it was a romance that bonded together two people whose childhood and teenage years were stolen from them by others. Now at 37 and 22 they have a connection that neither one can deny, but one they both know will end in a matter of weeks. A heart pounding, sweet yet sexy love story with a whole lot of danger thrown in for good measure, Ride Hard is a fantastic start to this new series. 
 Being basically held captive and cut off from most everyone but her father's associates, Haven Randall doesn't trust many people. After fleeing and then being caught she and her best friend Cora are at the mercy of the Raven Riders MC and Haven isn't at all comfortable in their new surrounding even though Bunny an older woman associated with the group have promised them they are safe and no one will bother them. 
 The moment Dare Kenyon lays eyes on Haven he is taken with her and feels a fierce personal need to protect her something he hasn't felt in a very, very long time. Understanding that her life hasn't been great Dare sets out to show her that she's not only safe under his club's protection but that she is free and they intend to help her stay that way. 
 From the start these two seemed like a very mismatched pair given the way Haven had been "sheltered" so much of her life and the fact that Dare is the president of the Raven Riders he's seen and lived a great deal. Add in their age difference and it would be easy to assume they have nothing in common, but as Ms. Kaye lays out their background stories the reader begins to see just how much these two do have in common and how much the bond between them is something they both crave. Dare so fought is lustful feelings towards Haven, but as she became more comfortable about him, the club members and showed her willingness to pitch in and help in any way it became obvious that he also admired her strength and her honor. Haven was turned inside out by the feelings Dare awoke in her but she also respected his duty to his club, his family members and the people they helped along the way. 
 There was a sweetness in the way these two fell for one another, but once they acted on their attraction it was raw heat and cemented the fact they were both falling fast and furiously despite the club's decision to move Haven and Cora to a new location complete with new identities. 
 Readers of Ms. Kaye's Hard Ink series will no doubt remember most of the Raven Riders from that series, but here we get to know them a bit better and the Hard Ink crew makes a few short appearances as well. There was a lot going on in this book including the bounty for Haven's return to her father, a new gang taking over in Baltimore, and the club reeling from the loss of two of its members add in all the new characters and it could have been so easy for the romance between Dare and Haven to get lost, but it was front and center throughout most of this book and yet all of those side stories played a role in their burgeoning relationship. 
 Ride Hard is the beginning of a new series by Laura Kaye and if this book is indicative of the quality we can expect then it's going to be one long, hard, satisfying ride. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.