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Hard Code
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Expected 31 Jan 26After an embarrassing end to her teenage crush, grey-hat hacker Alexa Stone vowed to spend the rest of her life avoiding Nolan de Luca. Reliving the memory in her nightmares is quite bad enough without seeing him in person. But when her meddling bestie volunteers her to fix a tiny ransomware issue with Nolan’s laptop, Alexa can’t say no.
Nolan’s spent the past decade regretting the way he walked out on Alexa. Yes, okay, he was a murder suspect and she was a minor who lied about her age, but he should still have handled the situation better. Now she’s coming to California, to the vineyard where he sought refuge after the death of their former roommate, and he wants a do-over.
But nothing’s ever simple. Alexa isn’t impressed when Nolan becomes an accidental porn star, and then there’s the interior designer determined to give his entire life a makeover. Which, being honest, it probably needs, but complications lead to mistakes. Mistakes that threaten his business and more.
Alexa doesn’t do complications, or people, or the great outdoors. So why does she keep returning to Gold Country?
Hard Code is a standalone romantic suspense novel with a neurospicy heroine, an uptight hero, plenty of dark humour, and a morally grey girl squad.
Nolan’s spent the past decade regretting the way he walked out on Alexa. Yes, okay, he was a murder suspect and she was a minor who lied about her age, but he should still have handled the situation better. Now she’s coming to California, to the vineyard where he sought refuge after the death of their former roommate, and he wants a do-over.
But nothing’s ever simple. Alexa isn’t impressed when Nolan becomes an accidental porn star, and then there’s the interior designer determined to give his entire life a makeover. Which, being honest, it probably needs, but complications lead to mistakes. Mistakes that threaten his business and more.
Alexa doesn’t do complications, or people, or the great outdoors. So why does she keep returning to Gold Country?
Hard Code is a standalone romantic suspense novel with a neurospicy heroine, an uptight hero, plenty of dark humour, and a morally grey girl squad.
397 pages, ebook
Expected publication January 31, 2026
4 people want to read
About the author
Elise Noble
88 books735 followersElise Noble is an English rose with a few thorns who loves chocolate, sleep, and well-defined abs. Not hers, unfortunately. She lives near London with a horse who eats all her money and three dogs who eat everything else.
Elise writes real, gutsy heroines and flawed but swoon-worthy heroes in stories that mix mystery and mayhem, humour and happily-ever-afters.
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Elise writes real, gutsy heroines and flawed but swoon-worthy heroes in stories that mix mystery and mayhem, humour and happily-ever-afters.
You can get find her current freebies HERE.
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Finally - Alexa’s story!
I have been waiting for this story for years! Alexas has been one to exist in the shadows, silently helping with questionable morals, as is sometimes the case in Ms. Noble’s stories. Alexa is tricked into helping Nolan, an old crush and close friend. Sometimes it takes a hard shove out of one’s comfort zone to move forward. Nolan has definitely bitten off more than he can chew in his current situation at the vineyard – leading to multiple intrigues. I love how Alexa’s network pulls together to solve the problems and give several people what they so richly deserve, both good and bad.
Be warned that this book does mention some dark acts of evil.
I have been waiting for this story for years! Alexas has been one to exist in the shadows, silently helping with questionable morals, as is sometimes the case in Ms. Noble’s stories. Alexa is tricked into helping Nolan, an old crush and close friend. Sometimes it takes a hard shove out of one’s comfort zone to move forward. Nolan has definitely bitten off more than he can chew in his current situation at the vineyard – leading to multiple intrigues. I love how Alexa’s network pulls together to solve the problems and give several people what they so richly deserve, both good and bad.
Be warned that this book does mention some dark acts of evil.
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