Defying the Odds (Battered Hearts #1)
Kele Moon
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
3.67
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 101 ratings · 252 pages · Published: 14 Jun 2012
The stranger ends up being Clay Powers, a famous UFC heavyweight fighter. Clay’s large build and dangerous fists have always intimidated. People in his hometown keep their distance and Clay is fine with that. Everything changes when a new waitress at the local diner buys him a piece of pie on thanksgiving. Touched by the gesture when it’s obvious she can barely afford to survive, her warm smile and lush body churn up powerful feelings that leave Clay wanting more from her than pie.
Melody is running from her past and the small, country town of Garnet is the perfect hiding place. With an ex-husband after her and scars from her abusive marriage etched deep, the last thing she expects is to fall for a man who makes a living with his fists, but she can’t resist Clay or the tender connection they share.
Finding love in the most unlikely of places, the passion is undeniable, but Clay and Melody know their haunted pasts and unpredictable futures leave the odds stacked against them.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: violence.
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Tagged as:
- contemporary 15
- curvy heroine 15
- fighter hero 15
- bad boys 13
- alpha male 13
- athlete hero 13
- suspense 12
- sports 10
- bdsm 9
- insta-love 9
- friends to lovers 8
- small town 7
- shy heroine 5
- possessive hero 5
- tortured heroine 4
- poor heroine 4
- fighting/mma/boxing 4
- sweet/gentle heroine 3
- grumpy/cold hero 3
- male pov 3
- height difference 3
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- forced proximity 2
- working class heroine 2
- class difference 2
- dual pov 2
- m-f romance 2
- bodyguard/protector hero 2
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- content warnings
- abuse 14
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The 'Battered Hearts' series
3.83 · 200 ratings
bad boys · fighters · athletes · alpha male · sports · small town · m-f · suspense · mma-boxing · contemporary · tortured heroine · shy heroine · abuse · explicit-open-door · pregnancy · possessive hero · friends to lovers · poor heroine · class difference · sassy heroine
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