The Hard Way, Katie Ashley
The Hard Way, Katie Ashley
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The Hard Way

Author: Katie Ashley

Narrator: Kelsey Navarro, Tim Paige

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/23/2020


Synopsis

Cade Hall has always been the golden boy of the gridiron. Because of his talent at football, coupled with his father's wealth, he's always gotten his way. But when a night of drunken debauchery lands him in hot water with the college athletic board, neither his influential father nor his charming grin can save him. Cade finds it a total buzz kill when he is sentenced to community service with troubled youth at an inner-city shelter. But his nightmare is only beginning when his greatest high school regret is the very one in charge of the program, and she has him by the balls in more ways than one.

For Avery Prescott, senior year was a nightmare of epic proportions, and Cade Hall played the lead villain. After she fled her small town for college in the bright lights of Atlanta, she thought she had escaped the painful memories of her past. She never could have imagined Cade would waltz through the door of the outreach program she presided over. But Avery has news for Cade—she isn't the same shy, doormat of a girl she was in high school. Since she holds Cade's football future in her hands, she's more than ready to make payback a real bitch.

Contains mature themes.

About Katie Ashley

Katie Ashley is a pseudonym for Krista Ashe, the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposition, The Proposal, and Nets and Lies, along with several young adult titles. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Katie taught both middle and high school English. She holds a BA in English, a BS in secondary English education, and a master's degree in adolescent English education. Katie lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jayme on September 09, 2016

3.5 stars. Emotional high school/college romance. Spoiled, rich bad boy meets a smart, poor girl. A few years later, they have a second chance at love. It can be nice read when it catch your market. The Hard Way is about young - twenty, twenty-one - college kids. However the plot takes place during......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 06, 2016

Copy provided by author in exchange for an honest review Katie Ashley has been an author that quite recently has been on my book radar since I first read my first Katie Ashley book last year. When I first read the synopsis of her newest New Adult sports romance, The Hard Way, I knew instantly th......more

Goodreads review by Kim on August 30, 2016

4.5+ stars An alcohol induced act of stupidity leads Cade Hall to community service in order to save his spot on his college football team. But he has no idea his past is about to take a bite out of his already chewed up a**. The program day manager is Avery Prescott, the girl who he nearly destroyed......more

Goodreads review by Rose on August 31, 2016

Learning lessons the Hard Way sucks, right? Of course I was excited to get my hands on a Katie Ashley book. I must say, this was different from what I was used to reading from her. She took me back to high school, and it was a painful trip. Being inside Avery's head as she went through such a dev......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 13, 2019

Second chances .... everyone in their lifetime, at one point or another, will make a choice that will cost them dearly. They will want a chance to be able to repent. I believe in second chances! And they are one of my favorite tropes to read about in a book. No one in life is ever perfect. Thing......more