Some people learn through the school of hard knocks while others learn by examples. For some people life is a breeze, everything comes easily without much thought.
Everything came easy for Cade Hall. He's a star football player at Georgia Tech. He isn't the typical jock, he's special because he is a triple threat. He has looks, personality, and brains. He's also a filthy rich, spoiled brat. He has a knack for getting in trouble and a dependency on daddy bailing him out when push came to shove. He has no qualms using his athletic status or flashing his social status to get what he wants. He utilizes every asset and gift he has been blessed with to skate through life. He has never considered how his actions affected other people. He has never had to own up to his digressions. It's not that he was a bad person, he just isn't a really good person.
When a college prank lands him in the hot seat, he thinks daddy can bail him out with false threats or a hefty donation. The Dean of Athletics has a different opinion. He has given Cade an ultimatum , he has to do community service, or lose his position in football program for the remainder of his college career. He has to serve forty hours a week throughout the entire summer. He has to work the service around his football schedule. If he screws up, he's out of the football program. Cade loves football as much as he loves himself.
His sentence is to work at an inner city center for at risk teenagers. It should be an easy gig. What he didn't count on was Avery Prescott being in charge of his duties at the center. Cade and Avery have a history that didn't end well. She was one of Cade's victims in high school. She is the one regret Cade has carried in his soul. Now he has to face the consequences of his actions.
Cade is not only going to learn humility, he is also going to learn humanity. His time with Avery and the teenagers is going to change how he looks at himself in the mirror. He's going to become a better man. A man that can be respected and admired. A man that learns by examples and takes it to heart.
Avery Prescott finally has the opportunity to make Cade Hall pay for what he did to her in high school. She has moved on from the humiliation and devastation, but she never forgot. The one thing that she did forget is that Cade Hall also had real potential. There was more than the egotistical rich boy that everyone sees. There's a man with a real beating heart. Still a little revenge is good for the soul. Seeing Cade Hall grovel will bring her great joy. Seeing Cade Hall live up to his potential will make her heart soar.
Can Cade Hall be redeemed? Can Avery Prescott forgive him? Can the two find the love they were meant to share? Will Cade and Avery help change the lives of the teenagers who desperately need someone in their corner cheering them on?
I was drawn into this book with the very first paragraph. I could not put it down. There was an entertaining as well as emotional story that went beyond the typical new adult romance. Katie Ashley has a gift of bringing her characters to life and making their story unforgettable. I mean that in a true sense because some of secondary characters were from a previous book, Don't Hate The Player, Hate The Game ( which I loved), that was released in May 2013. Three years later these dynamic secondary characters are standing strong and screaming for their own book.
There is a special bonus book, that I mentioned above, at the end of The Hard Way. Katie graciously has given her readers a sensational gift and another fantastic reading experience.
The Hard Way is my favorite Katie Ashley book to date.
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