The Hardwood Books in Order

The Hardwood page currently centers on Hard Time, which moves away from horror and into contemporary suspense with a strong romantic pull. The setup is simple and sharp: Felicity Reid is a driven New York lawyer trying to make partner, and Lance Hardwood is the biker who blows up that careful plan.

Their connection would already be messy enough as a secret affair. Then a brutal murder lands Lance under arrest, and Felicity ends up defending him. From there the story leans into courtroom pressure, criminal underworld danger, and the strain of wanting someone who can wreck your life in more than one way.

So the draw here is not monsters or occult filth. It is momentum.

The setting matters because the story keeps pulling Felicity between respectable, high-powered Manhattan legal life and a much rougher world of gang loyalties, violence, and survival. That clash gives the book its energy. Every step deeper into Lance's orbit raises both the personal stakes and the professional ones.

If this series grows, that tension is probably the thing to watch. Even from one book, the tone is clear: fast, emotional, and built around risky choices. Readers coming from Lee's horror work may be surprised, but anyone looking for a page-turning crime-romance setup with a capable heroine and a dangerous love interest will see what this corner of the shelf is doing.