Rhett Jaggar is Boston's hottest underground fighter. He has the body and the winning streak to prove it. He trains like a mad man, with more discipline than a monk. But even he can't keep his attention in the ring when a brunette distraction shows up in his boxing gym.
Ava Young had it all. The fancy house on a hill, a successful businessman father, an adorably decorated off campus apartment, and a group of fun-loving college friends. That is, until her father's company is exposed for embezzling. She has no place to turn but her childhood best friend's couch and a new, strange life filled with underground fighters. Including the intimidatingly sexy, Rhett Jaggar.
These two opposites may come to find that they have more in common than they realize...but will it be a harmless attraction or end in a dangerous addiction? 
Read as a standalone fighter romance. Part of a series of standalone fighter romances including Against The Ropes and Below The Belt. Complete at 75,000 words. #1 #fighter / 8.1k stories #1 #desire / 11.4k stories #8 #romance / 1.7M stories #5 #sports / 17.1k stories #1 #darkromance / 5.5k stories #1 #dangerous / 11.6k stories #3 #contemporary / 10.9k stories #2 #boston / 2k stories

"Aw, are you scared, petalo?" He said, walking towards me menacingly. I glared at him, positioned in a protective stance as he strode confidently my way. I backed against the wall as he buried his face into my neck and chuckled, placing both hands against the wall behind my head. "You should be, baby." He whispered, his teeth grazing my ear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 year old Rose Waters was innocent, she had grown up that way. Even after both parents died, Rose was strong, in her own way. She focused all of her energy on three simple goals. 1) Stay out of trouble 2) Have the perfect husband, family and life 3) Fall in love But when she meets the charismatic, stubborn and insanely gorgeous Marco Pacciello, could she hold it all together? Even when he takes full control of her life? How do you defy the boss of the Italian mafia and live to tell the tale... or not to tell.