Even when she won’t
fight for us, I’ll go to war for her… Inside the Octagon, I have no fear. I’m at home, in my element, inflicting pain onto men trained to hurt me just as badly. Making them submit, knocking them out, maiming them, because it’s them or me. And I choose them.
Outside the Octagon, my only weakness is a five-foot-two, classy as fuck woman that I’ve loved for most of my life. She’s the one that brings me to my knees, fills my arms, my heart, and one day soon, my bed. She makes me reckless. Volatile. I drink too much and try too hard to fuck my way out of feeling—all because of her.
Frankie De Rosa is my girl, my best friend. I haven’t earned her yet, but I won’t stand by and let anyone take her from me. She will be the greatest fight of my life, but she’s worth the battle.
Love hurts, but anything worth having does, right?
Review
Mandi Beck is one of
those authors that will quickly rise to the auto-buy author list. This is a
debut novel so it is a little rough around the edges but there is a great story
in here. With every book that Mandi Beck releases after this I am sure will be
better than the last. I was pleasantly surprised by this new author and can’t
wait to read more.
“We flamed bright and then crashed, losing everything in the process.”
Deacon “The Hitman”
love is a very successful MMA fighter. He a lot of female attention and is more
of the love ‘em and leave ‘em type. No matter how many hours he spends training
or between the sheets with other woman can make him forget the one woman he has
always longed for. Deacon has been in love with Frankie for as long as he can
remember. She might be a close friend of the family but she feels like anything
other than family. The problem is Frankie has a douchebag boyfriend and she has
never looked at Deacon as more than a best friend. A stolen kiss might just
change everything.
“You can't
lose someone that makes up a part of who you are. We are a part of each other,
Princess. That's never going to change.”
Frankie has been best
friends with Deacon and his family forever. Frankie won’t let her heart get any
more involved than that. Deacon never has the same girl and she won’t be
another added to his list. Frankie started dating a man that is safe. She makes
herself believe that she needs someone like him and not Deacon. Soon Frankie
will realize she has deeper feelings than she ever let herself believe for her
best friend. It all changes when Frankie gets hurt and Deacon has decided he won’t
stop fighting until he is all the way inside her heart.
“I loved you, but I wasn't ready for you. I hadn't earned the right for
you to love me back yet.”
Deacon and Frankie’s
relationship is definitely a volatile one. Deacon is hot tempered and Frankie
can’t ever decide if she actually wants this relationship or not. Their
friendship is a dynamic I never really connected with. The author didn’t spend
enough time with the background and the reason for some of their quirks and
habits. I would have loved to have some more of that. It would have helped me
connect with them as a couple better. I wanted something other than their
chemistry to pull me through this book. I really loved Deacon. He made some
bone head decisions but I love him anyway. He was intense and a very very dirty
talker. Loved it. Frankie was a bit of a mystery to me. The book is told mostly
from Deacon’s POV so it was harder to get a feel for her. She was so back a
forth I could never really tell if she wanted this relationship as much as
Deacon. While the main focus is Deacon and Frankie I am nervous about the love
triangle. It was looking like there was going to be one but it seemed to iron
out at the end. I hope it stays that way.
“When I fuck you, it won’t be as your good
buddy, Deacon. You feel me? When I finally get you to choose this, choose me, I
am going to show you what it’s like to belong to a man. To be taken and
completely owned by him, by me.”
Even after the minor
tough spots in the book I loved it. It was angsty and sexy with a tiny bit of
suspense thrown in there. The writing was great and the flow worked overall.
That cliff hanger is killing me though. I need this book like now. I would
definitely recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
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