Out of the Ring: A Fight for Forbidden Love

Written by Wendy Dalrymple

Narrated by Sarah Grace Wright

Georgia Harper never thought she would find herself competing as a fighter on the amateur MMA circuit. But after a scary encounter, Georgia is determined to take her protection into her own hands, and discovers martial arts along the way. What started as a quest for self-defense soon turns into a love for the high-intensity sport. What she didn’t bet on was falling in love with Phoenix Ferrera.

Phoenix Ferrera is the reigning womens’ bantamweight MMA champion of the southeast, known as much for her powerful strikes as for her striking good looks. When newbie Georgia Harper joins her gym, Phoenix takes her under her wing and quickly realizes that the petite Southern blonde is a knockout in more ways than one.

With regional fight tryouts on the horizon, Phoenix convinces Georgia to be her trainer, but struggles to convince herself to push her feelings to the side. Georgia can take a punch to the face or a knee to the gut, but being rejected by Phoenix is a blow that would put her down for the count. Georgia pushes herself to the ultimate limit to reach her goal in this forbidden love story that shows that finding love and fulfilling your dreams are always worth fighting for.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: Aug 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781094412085

Wendy Dalrymple

Wendy Dalrymple crafts highly consumable, short and sweet romances inspired by everyday people. When she’s not writing happily-ever-afters, you can find her camping with her family, painting (bad) wall art, and trying to grow as many pineapples as possible. Keep up with Wendy at www.wendydalrymple.com!

Reviews for Out of the Ring

[Koume · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was a nice change with the UFC theme. I do kickboxing so the moves are familiar so I enjoyed that part. The book is short so the storyline moved kind of fast which is understandable. The narrator could throw in more emotions though. There were a lot of parts that felt like it was a step up to have Google read my text for me. Overall it was about 3.5 stars for me.

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A good storyline capturing love and pain from withholding feelings. Interesting characters carry the story.

[Kris Saunders · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not great not terrible, some parts were cute and some cheesy

[Maisha U Asegun · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This story is too short and very sweet. I love the author's way of pulling it all together. I love the characters. I want more.

[Rachel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

such a lovely, inspiring but still cosy read with a beautiful happily every after. I enjoyed this one so much!