I loved Laura Kaye's Hard Ink series, so I was thrilled to read she was going to do an MC spin off for the Raven Riders. The 1001 Dark Nights short story whetted my appetite for Ride Hard and I was not disappointed. 
 In Ride Hard, we meet Haven and Cora, the two girls rescued when the Church gang when down in the Hard Ink series. Rest assured that you need not read that series to enjoy this one -- LK gives enough background information that you will easily be able to follow the story and understand what happened to bring both the Raven Riders and Men of Hard Ink to this point. 
 Haven had been running from her abusive father when she was captured by the Church gang, and now the Raven Riders are helping to get her to a safe place, because that's a big part of their mission--to help victims of abuse. I really liked that about this MC. They don't just talk about being "good guys" -- they help people get free of abusive situations, while engaging in some dubious activity to keep the club funded. They aren't saints, but they all have good hearts and slightly unsavory backgrounds of their own. 
 Dare Kenyon is the leader of the club, and there's an instant spark between him and Haven. He knows he shouldn't go there--she's much younger than he is (I loved that aspect of the story), and she's about to be put in the Raven Riders version of a witness protection program. But the attraction between them is strong, and Laura Kaye gives the reader a beautiful romance between these two. It's not rushed (at least I didn't think so) and the love between these two is just so sweet, there has to be some way for them to stay together. 
 The story wraps up with some real serious stuff, with Haven's father making a deadly appearance at one of the Raven Rider functions. With help from the Men of Hard Ink, Dare and Haven must face their future and their past together. My only complaint was that the book seems to end a little abruptly for me but otherwise, Ride Hard was a perfect romance set in an MC world, and I'm really looking forward to more stories in this series. 
 ARC provided for review.