Fighting For Redemption

Ames is a mixed martial artist who learned the hard way that leaving yourself open is the cardinal sin of combat sports. After one costly lapse, he vowed never to make that mistake again. Now he has returned to the cage scene for a reason that has nothing to do with glory: an old debt that has waited far too long to be settled. The woman he must face along the way matters to him only as a means to that end.

She is known in the sport as The Spitfire, a scrappy, mouthy fighter with a vicious low kick. Her ground game is nearly nonexistent, and she is in more danger than she realizes. Ames has a promise to keep, but he has always been drawn to people who need protecting, and he knows how merciless the sport can be. He is determined to keep it from consuming her, even if that means pretending he feels nothing at all.

Sammy has always refused to be underestimated, and she has never allowed an opponent to submit her. Then a dark, brooding stranger walks into her gym and throws her completely off balance. He dismantles her, exposing one weakness after another, and stops only one breath short of tapping her out of MMA for good. She vows she will never forgive him for it, even when he begins rebuilding her into someone stronger, faster and better. Even his absence leaves her feeling as though she is being choked from the inside.

Told from the alternating perspectives of Ames and Sammy, this standalone contemporary sports romance is the first book in the City Limits MMA series. It will appeal to readers who enjoy brooding heroes, feisty heroines and love that has to be fought for.