Going Hard

“Kelsey Browning spins a deeply emotional tale of intrigue and romance in a page-turning romantic suspense fans will gobble up.” 

-New York Times Bestseller Dianna Love


Slick sports agent Griffin Steele is living the highlife in Los Angeles, far from the shadow of the North Carolina mountains where he grew up. But when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help, Grif reluctantly agrees to commute between coasts. He never expects the lush scenery, in the form of pretty tomboy Carlie Beth Parrish, to be such a temptation.


After an impetuous one-night stand with Grif Steele fifteen years ago, hardworking blacksmith Carlie Beth has tried to make a living and raise her daughter in the hometown she loves. Then, too-sexy-for-his-Rolex Grif blows back into town like the perfect storm, making Carlie feel less like a thirty-something mom and more like an infatuated teenager. 


When a stalker targets his hometown and Grif suspects Carlie Beth might be the next victim, he can’t help but step in to protect her. But once he discovers the fourteen-year-old secret she’s been keeping from him, will he embrace the truth or will he turn his back on Steele Ridge and Carlie Beth forever?


If you would like to read the entire Steele Ridge series in chronological order, following is the correct order.

• The Beginning - The Steeles

• Going Hard - The Steeles

• Living Fast - The Steeles

• Loving Deep - The Steeles

• Breaking Free - The Steeles

• Roaming Wild - The Steeles

• Stripping Bare - The Steeles

• Enduring Love - The Steeles

• Craving Heat - The Kingstons

• Tasting Fire - The Kingstons

• Searing Need - The Kingstons

• Vowing Love - The Steeles

• Striking Edge - The Kingstons

• Burning Ache - The Kingstons