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Hard Hit #9
Clip
Luka was nothing more than a job to Brady… until he wasn’t.
When the owner of the Phoenix Ice Rays starts receiving death threats, the first thing he does is hire Brady to protect his son, Luka. It’s a move that leaves Luka less than thrilled. Ever since moving out on his own six years earlier, he’s come to embrace the silence of his workaholic ways. He doesn’t relish being underneath anyone’s watchful eye, and what eyes they are. Brady’s gorgeous copper-colored gaze follows Luka’s every move, scorching his skin, and making him long for things he shouldn’t. At least, not with an employee.
Brady has spent the past ten years guarding the spoiled and famous. From the first time he meets Luka’s stare, Brady knows this man is different. As hard as Brady tries to keep their relationship professional, he can’t stop the growing attraction between them. The more he learns about Luka, the deeper Brady sinks.
But when the threat to Luka’s life becomes a real and immediate danger, Brady will go to any length to protect the man he loves—even if it means removing himself from Luka’s life.
When the owner of the Phoenix Ice Rays starts receiving death threats, the first thing he does is hire Brady to protect his son, Luka. It’s a move that leaves Luka less than thrilled. Ever since moving out on his own six years earlier, he’s come to embrace the silence of his workaholic ways. He doesn’t relish being underneath anyone’s watchful eye, and what eyes they are. Brady’s gorgeous copper-colored gaze follows Luka’s every move, scorching his skin, and making him long for things he shouldn’t. At least, not with an employee.
Brady has spent the past ten years guarding the spoiled and famous. From the first time he meets Luka’s stare, Brady knows this man is different. As hard as Brady tries to keep their relationship professional, he can’t stop the growing attraction between them. The more he learns about Luka, the deeper Brady sinks.
But when the threat to Luka’s life becomes a real and immediate danger, Brady will go to any length to protect the man he loves—even if it means removing himself from Luka’s life.
194 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 11, 2016
About the author
Charity Parkerson
320 books1,428 followersCharity Parkerson is an award winning and multi-published author with several companies. Born with no filter from her brain to her mouth, she decided to take this odd quirk and insert it in her characters.
*Eight-time winner of Readers' Favorite Awards
*2014 Golden Ankh nominee
*2013 Readers' Favorite Award Winner
*2013 Reviewers' Choice Award Winner
*2012 ARRA Finalist for Favorite Paranormal Romance
*Five-time winner of The Mistress of the Darkpath
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*Eight-time winner of Readers' Favorite Awards
*2014 Golden Ankh nominee
*2013 Readers' Favorite Award Winner
*2013 Reviewers' Choice Award Winner
*2012 ARRA Finalist for Favorite Paranormal Romance
*Five-time winner of The Mistress of the Darkpath
**Connect with her online:
Website: charityparkerson.com
Facebook: facebook.com/authorCharityParkerson
facebook.com/TheMenofSin
Twitter: twitter.com/CharityParkerso
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July 13, 2025
Bodyguard/client
A strong love affair, but alas, richman/poorman gets in the way.
".. everything I ever love goes away."
At "I love you." Brady almost gets Luka killed and his meddling father's misplaced interference tears them apart.
And the torture starts
The first half of the book is almost numbing, smooth. Watching them fall in love is a one-way street. Then watching them fall apart is pure pain.
🥴ERROR-ERROR. TILT-TILT🥴
Kissing another man💥
Pining and jealousy 😓
Books like these annoy me. Instead of actually talking to each other and coming clean, they talk themselves into a corner and nothing gets resolved. This causes pain to them and inevitably to me, the reader.😒
Months go by...
Bad choices, sex never should take precedence over talking things out, especially amongst a panick attack🙄
Months go by...
A long story short...I was not impressed with the way their parting was resolved. It felt far fetched, messy and a little cheesy 🧀
#notmyfav
A strong love affair, but alas, richman/poorman gets in the way.
".. everything I ever love goes away."
At "I love you." Brady almost gets Luka killed and his meddling father's misplaced interference tears them apart.
And the torture starts
The first half of the book is almost numbing, smooth. Watching them fall in love is a one-way street. Then watching them fall apart is pure pain.
🥴ERROR-ERROR. TILT-TILT🥴
Kissing another man💥
Pining and jealousy 😓
Books like these annoy me. Instead of actually talking to each other and coming clean, they talk themselves into a corner and nothing gets resolved. This causes pain to them and inevitably to me, the reader.😒
Months go by...
Bad choices, sex never should take precedence over talking things out, especially amongst a panick attack🙄
Months go by...
A long story short...I was not impressed with the way their parting was resolved. It felt far fetched, messy and a little cheesy 🧀
#notmyfav
September 23, 2016
It is obvious that books that have had too many sequels are likely to hit a wall. Clip is book 9 in the series and this. is. Charity's. wall. Centered around Luka who acquired a bodyguard that he didn't want but ultimately came to love, the book was all over the place. I'm not sure how to even review because the story certainly didn't flow. This was a series of encounters sewn together when possible and jammed in when not.
I'm not sure how either character had time to love the other when they spent far too much time ignoring each other or behaving in totally illogical ways despite Luka supposedly being a paragon of logic. What was up with that attack scene in which a supposedly seasoned bodyguard failed to do one damn thing right??? Really? The relationship between Luka and his father started off tense but loving and somewhere along the way became a bizarre cesspool of dysfunction. Strange plot. All of it. The sex was never really sexy and in fact always seemed to lack finesse. Somebody always shoving large parts somewhere without prep. Yikes.
Lots of telling and not enough showing in this book. Nope. Not a winner this time around.
I'm not sure how either character had time to love the other when they spent far too much time ignoring each other or behaving in totally illogical ways despite Luka supposedly being a paragon of logic. What was up with that attack scene in which a supposedly seasoned bodyguard failed to do one damn thing right??? Really? The relationship between Luka and his father started off tense but loving and somewhere along the way became a bizarre cesspool of dysfunction. Strange plot. All of it. The sex was never really sexy and in fact always seemed to lack finesse. Somebody always shoving large parts somewhere without prep. Yikes.
Lots of telling and not enough showing in this book. Nope. Not a winner this time around.
September 25, 2016
Not sure how I feel about this...
The book started very well and I was sure it would be one of my favourites but then and it was just ... complete nonsense. Zero communication, zero epilogue and zero explanations/excuses. Moreover, the characters, well Brady use physical attraction and relationship to solve problems and that's something that kills me! When has that ever worked? Nothing is solved after because everything is still left unsaid and I really don't know how people can move on from their past hurt if nobody apologizes or offers some kind of excuses. Or even shows some kind of redemption.
In the end, I'm disappointed by the second half of the book, that's why I give it 2 stars.
The book started very well and I was sure it would be one of my favourites but then and it was just ... complete nonsense. Zero communication, zero epilogue and zero explanations/excuses. Moreover, the characters, well Brady use physical attraction and relationship to solve problems and that's something that kills me! When has that ever worked? Nothing is solved after because everything is still left unsaid and I really don't know how people can move on from their past hurt if nobody apologizes or offers some kind of excuses. Or even shows some kind of redemption.
In the end, I'm disappointed by the second half of the book, that's why I give it 2 stars.
January 7, 2017
This story makes no sense whatsoever!!!
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June 6, 2017Reviews from friends are poor. Going to skip this one.
December 13, 2017
God, I am such a sucker for this series. And there are only like three left! I think there is at least one break away series she does about boxing and boxers and maybe another series too which means I shouldn't be left without guilty pleasure reads for a while yet (bahahahahahaha as if I feel guilty about anything I read or I'd ever run out of romantic trash--the absurdity.)
June 1, 2017
Caught up on my Hart Hits series and I loved the last two book!! Perfect amount of angst and love. Cannot wait for Von's story!
September 22, 2016
This one is good just like pretty much all the books in this series. I mean there is nothing heart stopping about them but they are all readable and good.
This was not different, alright MC's, good chemistry, not very steamy, and altogether alright.
This was not different, alright MC's, good chemistry, not very steamy, and altogether alright.
January 1, 2019
Jeez... Luka and Brady broke my heart!!! I loved every second of this book! 😍
March 14, 2018
Omg this book is phenomenal!!! I just cried buckets reading Luka and Brady’s story. If you like m/m, I definitely recommend this author and series but for real this book. All the feels, guys (like all of them).
November 5, 2018
Love love love!
Some series you and enjoy and then there are series like this. Every story and a new layer and more depth. New characters as well as more on old favorites. Exciting, thrilling, passionate, and emotionally deep. This is one of my favorite marathon reads.
Some series you and enjoy and then there are series like this. Every story and a new layer and more depth. New characters as well as more on old favorites. Exciting, thrilling, passionate, and emotionally deep. This is one of my favorite marathon reads.
August 17, 2024
Clip is book nine in the Hard Hit series
I’m a sucker for a bodyguard vibes trope and this was a great fix for that. It did make me realise I need to read Jamie/Hawke’s story though because they keep popping up
I’m a sucker for a bodyguard vibes trope and this was a great fix for that. It did make me realise I need to read Jamie/Hawke’s story though because they keep popping up
March 6, 2017
Loved it hard!
March 14, 2019
5 Stars
I love this series. It’s so passionate and emotional. Each book is unique and has very different sexy characters.
Definitely recommend.
I love this series. It’s so passionate and emotional. Each book is unique and has very different sexy characters.
Definitely recommend.
December 9, 2020
I was frustrated with how Clip spooled out. I had been looking forward to Luka’s story, but it was just so much torturing of characters, it got tiresome. I can’t even.
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June 29, 2024
Compelling characters and a solid story.
September 26, 2016
Harder Still
Another one from Charity. As in her other books we get to see a couple of the other guys from previous books. Once again why won't people just talk to each other!!
Another one from Charity. As in her other books we get to see a couple of the other guys from previous books. Once again why won't people just talk to each other!!
September 28, 2016
This is my least favorite of the Hard Hit series. All the useless wangst really grated on me.
September 21, 2016
Good book.
I really enjoyed Luka and Brady's story. These stories are shorter but still pull you right in. I have read all the other ones also and each one is just as good as the last.
I really enjoyed Luka and Brady's story. These stories are shorter but still pull you right in. I have read all the other ones also and each one is just as good as the last.
October 3, 2016
Contains spoilers.
This book was fine up until the elevator attack. Everything after that made zero sense. Why did Brady have to disappear? That's kinda a shitty thing to do to Luka who made a point of saying he loses everything he loves. Made Brady's character seem selfish because no matter how much you're beating yourself up over losing your edge, you don't disappear when someone needs you.
This is another book where, to create tension, a non issue is trumped up to epic proportions. If Brady is too distracted to protect Luka, problem solved... get another bodyguard. Luka doesn't have to be friendless and boyfriendless because he needs protecting. Also, I don't remember any mention, at all, of another bodyguard after Brady left. There may have been, I DNF'd at that point (the hockey game where he saw Brady again) because I was tired of non-sensical drama just for there to be a plot. I mean, Brady's beating himself up over losing his edge so he starts flirting with Derringer on the job. Yeah, that's you with your edge back. Ok.
This book was fine up until the elevator attack. Everything after that made zero sense. Why did Brady have to disappear? That's kinda a shitty thing to do to Luka who made a point of saying he loses everything he loves. Made Brady's character seem selfish because no matter how much you're beating yourself up over losing your edge, you don't disappear when someone needs you.
This is another book where, to create tension, a non issue is trumped up to epic proportions. If Brady is too distracted to protect Luka, problem solved... get another bodyguard. Luka doesn't have to be friendless and boyfriendless because he needs protecting. Also, I don't remember any mention, at all, of another bodyguard after Brady left. There may have been, I DNF'd at that point (the hockey game where he saw Brady again) because I was tired of non-sensical drama just for there to be a plot. I mean, Brady's beating himself up over losing his edge so he starts flirting with Derringer on the job. Yeah, that's you with your edge back. Ok.
September 21, 2016
It feels like Charity is losing focus
**SPOILERS**
This book didn't make sense to me. We skipped over the entire part of Luka and Blake actually getting to know one another so that one one page they are strangers who are attracted to each other, and the next they have been in one another's company for 6 months and are pining after each other. Because of that, I didn't really buy into their relationship. There wasn't any real character building since all of the actual periods of growth for both characters was glossed over - like when Blake left after Luka was stabbed, Luka says that it broke him that Blake wasn't there when he needed him, but we never actually got to experience that, it was just something that Luka mentions after the fact.
I liked how the story tied into the others in the series, but I just didn't really care about either of the characters in this book in their own right.
**SPOILERS**
This book didn't make sense to me. We skipped over the entire part of Luka and Blake actually getting to know one another so that one one page they are strangers who are attracted to each other, and the next they have been in one another's company for 6 months and are pining after each other. Because of that, I didn't really buy into their relationship. There wasn't any real character building since all of the actual periods of growth for both characters was glossed over - like when Blake left after Luka was stabbed, Luka says that it broke him that Blake wasn't there when he needed him, but we never actually got to experience that, it was just something that Luka mentions after the fact.
I liked how the story tied into the others in the series, but I just didn't really care about either of the characters in this book in their own right.
September 21, 2016
“I could hold your hand forever…you were the only dream I’d ever had come true.”
Oh where to start…ok, I freakin’ luv Luka! Oh my little geek who talks so naughty, come to momma! I think I could crawl into Charity’s Hard Hit series and live forever and ever! Her stories are short, yes, but she packs so much feeling into the pages, you just can never get enough! If you’ve been reading the series from the beginning, you get more background into how Luka and Brady met and how their love almost tore them apart.
Fav quotes:
“He’d always known he was different. Even thought he’d felt very much alone at times, he would look at the stars and recognize how small he was in comparison to the universe.”
“What are you doing to me, Brady?”
“Loving you.”
Highly recommend Clip by Charity Parkerson!
Oh where to start…ok, I freakin’ luv Luka! Oh my little geek who talks so naughty, come to momma! I think I could crawl into Charity’s Hard Hit series and live forever and ever! Her stories are short, yes, but she packs so much feeling into the pages, you just can never get enough! If you’ve been reading the series from the beginning, you get more background into how Luka and Brady met and how their love almost tore them apart.
Fav quotes:
“He’d always known he was different. Even thought he’d felt very much alone at times, he would look at the stars and recognize how small he was in comparison to the universe.”
“What are you doing to me, Brady?”
“Loving you.”
Highly recommend Clip by Charity Parkerson!
December 11, 2016
FANTASTIC TOUGH ROMANCE
Whew!!! Nothing comes easy for rich, gorgeous Luka. His life takes a different sharp turn when devastatingly handsome bodyguard Brady is signed on to protect him. Their relationship is very, very deep and becomes manipulated into something almost too painful to bare. This story was written with raw emotion that take you on a journey of discovery with two men that are more beautiful on the inside. I thought this was a beautiful, touching, tough romance. A fantastic story. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND THIS AMAZING SERIES!!!!!
Whew!!! Nothing comes easy for rich, gorgeous Luka. His life takes a different sharp turn when devastatingly handsome bodyguard Brady is signed on to protect him. Their relationship is very, very deep and becomes manipulated into something almost too painful to bare. This story was written with raw emotion that take you on a journey of discovery with two men that are more beautiful on the inside. I thought this was a beautiful, touching, tough romance. A fantastic story. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND THIS AMAZING SERIES!!!!!
December 11, 2016
Started so well but then the plot went haywire
I'm not actually sure what was going on for the last bit of this one but we finally get the story behind Jamie & Hawke's bodyguard Brady and Luka Turner, son of the Ice Rays' owner and general workaholic.
There's a vague plot against the team owner over the player transfer which saw Noah come to the Rays, but then after the incident in the elevator, it turned into soap levels of drama and miscommunication.
The sex is hot, the men are hot, the plot isn't hot.
I'm not actually sure what was going on for the last bit of this one but we finally get the story behind Jamie & Hawke's bodyguard Brady and Luka Turner, son of the Ice Rays' owner and general workaholic.
There's a vague plot against the team owner over the player transfer which saw Noah come to the Rays, but then after the incident in the elevator, it turned into soap levels of drama and miscommunication.
The sex is hot, the men are hot, the plot isn't hot.
September 23, 2016
I loved both of the characters in this book, especially Luka. Sweet Luka. I wanted to jump in the book and take care of him myself. It was really good.
I just felt the reason they were apart for so long seemed contrived. I don't think it made sense.
But both characters had depth, personality, and real needs. Fit good.
I just felt the reason they were apart for so long seemed contrived. I don't think it made sense.
But both characters had depth, personality, and real needs. Fit good.
September 27, 2016
Really enjoying this series
I always reread all the books before reading a new one. Charity doesn't spend half the book rehashing the last books, which I love about them.
This book was an amazing love story with all the bumbling of life's misunderstandings . ... Very hot sex scenes. ENJOY
I always reread all the books before reading a new one. Charity doesn't spend half the book rehashing the last books, which I love about them.
This book was an amazing love story with all the bumbling of life's misunderstandings . ... Very hot sex scenes. ENJOY
October 2, 2016
DNF was looking forward to this based on the description and the ratings, but then had same problem I felt with a previous Parkerson book - time jumps. My favourite part of these books is the two MC's getting to know each other, and the building sexual tension - Parkerson just skips straights past this e.g. 4 months later... I wan't to know what happened in those 4 months
November 17, 2016
Luka
Need I say more?? He is a wonderful characters that I really love so needless to say, Brady was not really my favorite person through this book. Luka is way to good for him after how he treated him. But...Lukas loves and Lukas Should have him and now I know that he will treat him good as we move on in this series.
Need I say more?? He is a wonderful characters that I really love so needless to say, Brady was not really my favorite person through this book. Luka is way to good for him after how he treated him. But...Lukas loves and Lukas Should have him and now I know that he will treat him good as we move on in this series.
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