Hard Ware

A Feel-Good Romantic Comedy

By: Misha Bell, Dima Zales, Anna Zaires

Narrated by: Ava Erickson, Teddy Hamilton

So, my Chihuahua fell in love with a bear. Excuse me, a giant, bear-like dog.

Now, the bear’s scorching hot owner is on my case, demanding an STD test...for my pet.

Another problem with this doggy love affair? The bear’s mysterious owner may be the key to funding my new venture and taking my toys company to the next level. And by “toys", I mean the fun kind, the kind every woman (and man) needs.

If only I could figure out what he’s hiding - or get my libido to behave. Because mixing business and pleasure is a bad idea, and Dragomir Lamian may not be who he seems.

Note: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a confident, toy-obsessed heroine who knows every Russian superstition under the sun, her meet-cute with a hot, mysterious stranger, and two dogs engaged in a love affair of their own. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run away now. Otherwise, buckle in for a laugh-out-loud, feel-good ride.

©2021 Misha Bell (P)2021 Misha Bell

Really really good

This is my first book From Misha Bell and it’s awesome. I loved it the narration is awesome Ava is great. Thanks for the book

So funny

Bella Chortsky is a sex toy developer. A very successful one. She also likes to try her own product. So one day, she is walking her dog Bonaparte ("Boner", for short) in the park while the is trying out her improved Kegel balls. The last thing she expected was that her chihuahua would fall in instalust with a ginormous dog and manage to hump her! Add to all this that  the dog's owner is one hunk of a man and Bella sees herself in the middle of a massive orgasm (those damn balls work!!) induced by the sight of him.  In the midst of the mayhem, her "meditation ball" (she's calling them that and sticking to it!!) falls to the floor and Winnie immediately eats it! The outraged owner had already demanded that Boner be tested for STDs because he assaulted his precious dog and now this. Now that's a meet cute!

But, as in true romantic comedy fashion, Bella loses the cup where Dragomir Lamian wrote his phone number and she can't contact him re the test results. Or anything else.

Bella goes on about her life (even though she does try to find him in the park) and it's time to meet her new investor. She goes to the meeting to pitch her new VR suit (yes, this is going to be a very special VR suits, ladies and gentlemen!) and guess who the potential investor is! Dragomir, who demands immediately that they leave the meeting and go test Boner! 

Bella is completelty smitten by the mysterious Dragomir and she's been having all sorts of crazy thoughts: is he from the Russian mafia? Is he married? Why can't she find anything about him anywhere?

I loved these characters! Bella is a hoot! She's a ventriloquist and she uses that to give voice to Boner and he's got a French accent and everything. I loved all the Russian superstitions under the sun and found out that quite a few of them belong to my own culture. 

When we find out who Dragomir really is, it's more fun than you'd expect. He's perfect for the Elsa from Frozen super-fan! 

Super-fun read! It's book 2 in a series but it can definitely read as a standalone. 

Superb narration by Ava Erickson with an added epilogue by the wonderful Teddy Hamilton. 

LOL with definitely adult humor

I listened to Hard Code and was glad to notice there were 2 other related books.

Fun that some of the characters were brought in with a lot of humor from the other book.

Look forward to listening to the book with Alex

This was such an entertaining read!

This was such an entertaining read! It was a silly and just had me laughing out loud a lot. I think it's pretty funny that the Belka sex toys were a big part of this book when they were also a big part of book 1.

The heroine, Bella is the creator of the company and I love that she took pride her company. There was no shame at all. Everyone's reactions to her gifting her products was another funny part to the book.

Despite being proud of her company, she had a really good reason to keep that knowledge from Dragomir. I had a feeling he wouldn't mind though. Their meet que was funny and adorable, as well as the very, mismatched dog romance.

I highly recommend the audiobook. The narrators were fantastic! A fun listen!

More please

Love the humor, sweet love story, and glamorous world that is created. Narrators were great.

Love that Bella is brainy, knows what she wants and goes for it. The H is the strong and considerate mate I think everyone looks for...