Wrestling Girls Series by Kayla Faber

Liv doesn't have much: a lousy job as a nightclub waitress she hates with every fibre of her being, a hostile mother with whom she has to share their tiny council flat, and a chronically empty bank account due to her mother's drinking and gambling problems. Her entire world crashes when she suddenly finds herself jobless and homeless. Her only hope seemes to be the chance to earn a full-time contract at the Beatcave wrestling club in Camden... moreLiv doesn't have much: a lousy job as a nightclub waitress she hates with every fibre of her being, a hostile mother with whom she has to share their tiny council flat, and a chronically empty bank account due to her mother's drinking and gambling problems. Her entire world crashes when she suddenly finds herself jobless and homeless. Her only hope seemes to be the chance to earn a full-time contract at the Beatcave wrestling club in Camden. She's not an excellent wrestler, but her old friend Rue did teach her something back in the day, so maybe she could have a chance..Walking into the try-outs as a convinced straight girl, she meets Raisa, the most gorgeous young woman she has ever laid her eyes upon. Raisa is a tall, grumpy goth with a ridiculously ripped body and the face of an angel who seems to understand her better than Liv can understand herself. As they go through the three-month probation period at the Beatcave together, the two start growing closer and soon Liv finds herself drawn to beautiful Raisa in ways she can't explain.[ Tags & tropes: sunshine/grumpy; poor girl/rich girl; smol/tol; strangers to friends to lovers; slow burn; staged relationship; sexual realisation; romantic comedy. ] less

Liv doesn't have much: a lousy job as a nightclub waitress she hates with every fibre of her being, a hostile mother with whom she has to share their tiny council flat, and a chronically empty bank account due to her mother's drinking and gambling problems. Her entire world crashes when she suddenly finds herself jobless and homeless. Her only hope seemes to be the chance to earn a full-time contract at the Beatcave wrestling club in Camden... moreLiv doesn't have much: a lousy job as a nightclub waitress she hates with every fibre of her being, a hostile mother with whom she has to share their tiny council flat, and a chronically empty bank account due to her mother's drinking and gambling problems. Her entire world crashes when she suddenly finds herself jobless and homeless. Her only hope seemes to be the chance to earn a full-time contract at the Beatcave wrestling club in Camden. She's not an excellent wrestler, but her old friend Rue did teach her something back in the day, so maybe she could have a chance..Walking into the try-outs as a convinced straight girl, she meets Raisa, the most gorgeous young woman she has ever laid her eyes upon. Raisa is a tall, grumpy goth with a ridiculously ripped body and the face of an angel who seems to understand her better than Liv can understand herself. As they go through the three-month probation period at the Beatcave together, the two start growing closer and soon Liv finds herself drawn to beautiful Raisa in ways she can't explain.[ Tags & tropes: sunshine/grumpy; poor girl/rich girl; smol/tol; strangers to friends to lovers; slow burn; staged relationship; sexual realisation; romantic comedy. ] less

Aura "Rue" Bellamy, 26, left London to pursue her wrestling career all around Europe. And also to run away from feelings that would never have a future.Now, three years later, she's back in town, fresh out of a painful breakup with a girlfriend she loved with every fiber of her being, and she's determined to find a ditraction, which, in her vocabulary, means two work and women... moreAura "Rue" Bellamy, 26, left London to pursue her wrestling career all around Europe. And also to run away from feelings that would never have a future.Now, three years later, she's back in town, fresh out of a painful breakup with a girlfriend she loved with every fiber of her being, and she's determined to find a ditraction, which, in her vocabulary, means two work and women.A fortunate encounter with a charming woman who calls herself the Queen Devil leads her to the Beatcave, a popular high-end wrestling club where she hopes she can find a gig and some fun. But there's something else the Beatcave has in store for a face from her past, someone Rue wasn't expecting to see again, least of all in a place like this. Someone who isn't the same person she remembers.Trying to come to terms with the ghosts from her past, Rue ends up juggling her time in London between wrestling, playing barista in Soho, and steamy relationships that might become more than she bargained for. less