Hit Hard
By April Fire
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She plays music from her heart. He earns money with his fists. Will they win the fight for love?
Emilia is a musician on the verge of success. On a night out with friends she’s dragged into the world of illegal, underground boxing. She wants out, but just as she’s about to make her exit - in he walks...
Darius Frost - a six-foot, sexy, Greek God of a man. He’s slugging it out in the main fight. Not only has he caught Emilia’s attention, but he’s got his eye on her too.
When Emilia’s sexy brawler pops up days later, in the most unlikely place, it seems like fate. But when a casual, steamy night in the sack turns into something more, Emilia’s emotions start to overwhelm her.
With her career on the right track, she has no time for drama - and dating a man who could die in the ring counts as drama. Will she risk her heart taking a beating?
Hit-Hard is a stand-alone sports romance with no cheating and no cliffhangers. If you like your book-boyfriends strong and sweaty then you’ll love April Fire’s latest story and it’s HEA ending.
Buy Hit-Hard today to grab your ring-side seats!
April Fire
April Fire is the work of real life husband and wife team April and Aidan. Both former models, and crazy book nerds, we’ve moved on from the world of lights and cameras and into the world of publishing. Currently living in the Midwest and planning a family of our own, we still like to keep things hot and steamy, both in and out of the bedroom. We hope that our love for romantic excitement gets you as hot as it does us. Our books are quick and sexy reads that balance both masculine and feminine views of romance. All of our stories have Happily Ever After endings. Follow us on: Facebook.com/BooksofFire Instagram @Booksofire Twitter @Booksoffire Join or Newsletter to receive info on FREE book giveaways, discount promotions and new releases. You may also have the opportunity to receive pre-release review copies of upcoming titles. Copy and paste the link below: http://www.subscribepage.com/z8a3a3
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Hit Hard - April Fire
Hit Hard
April Fire
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Copyright © 2017 by Author April Fire. All rights reserved.
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Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions or locales is completely coincidental.
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This is a work of fiction intended for mature audiences only. All sexually active characters depicted in this publication are 18 years of age or older. Please do not buy if strong sexual situations and explicit language offends you.
Chapter One
I tentatively touched the toe of my shoe to the ground, and instantly felt an odd, gooey stickiness spreading across the bottom. Ugh.
This place wasn’t my kind of night out. I mean, I had to come here --- Nina had been dumped and she wanted a night on the town and, as the best friend, I had to go along with whatever she suggested. But even I have to admit, I was pretty taken aback when she gabbled to me on the way over about what we were actually doing that evening. When she had called me up to invite me out, she’d been vague, describing the event as a party across town - but it had turned out to be the furthest thing from a party I could have imagined.
I can’t believe you brought us here,
I leaned over to murmur in her ear. Nina, hair pulled up into a high ponytail and dress skimming the backs of her thighs, glanced over her shoulder and smiled cheerily.
This is where he hangs out,
she shrugged. I know he’s going to be here tonight.
At an amateur boxing match?
I eyed the ring distrustfully, and stumbled forward as someone bumped into me from behind. I shot a dirty look after them, and tried to figure out just how illegal all of this was.
"He is a coach," she reminded me. Nina had her sights set on a rebound fuck, a guy she’d encountered through her work as a make-up artist when he’d appeared on a small TV segment. They’d flirted then, apparently, though Nina was spoken for and didn’t want to pursue anything further. But now that she was single again, he was on the top of her list to get back on the horse.
Are you sure we can’t just go out for dinner somewhere?
I implored her. There’s probably tons of hot guys in this city who we don’t need to break the law to get with.
Nina waved her hand, dismissing me as she scanned the crowd. We were in a large warehouse with high, grey walls and a permeating smell of blood and sweat. It was packed, at least two or three hundred people moving to form a crowd around the ring. I screwed up my face in distaste. I didn’t want to be a snob, but god-dammit, this wasn’t the kind of shit I did. My idea of a night out was way more about the drinks and the dancing than watching two maniacs getting the shit kicked out of each other.
Trust me, when you see him, you’ll get it,
Nina promised, and batted her lashes at me in an attempt to convince me of her commitment to bedding this stranger. I cocked an eyebrow- she knew exactly what to do to get me on her side. I crossed my arms in front of me, and looked over at the makeshift bar that was selling beers in large plastic cups.
Well, the least you can do is get me a drink,
I pointed over to the queue, and she grinned.
Sure thing,
She skipped over and joined it, bouncing up and down on her heels. Maybe it was her excitement at seeing this dude again, or maybe it was just the buzz of the place getting to her. Even though I wasn’t exactly happy to be there, I couldn’t deny that the place had an electric atmosphere. The entire place was dripping with anticipation, and I wondered what in the hell I was about to see here tonight.
Nina came back a minute or so later with two beers, and thrust one into my hands. I took it, and immediately downed about half. I was going to need it to get through the rest of the night. I was squeamish as hell, and the thought of watching two guys beat the crap out of each other for my viewing pleasure was just…ugh.
When does the match start?
I leaned over to shout in Nina’s ear as some music began piping through the tinny speakers rigged up around the place. Nina glanced at her phone and took a sip of her beer.
Now,
she replied, and took my hand so we could weave our way around the crowd and up towards the ring. The crowd had quietened -- shrieks and laughs replaced by murmurs and muttered observations. I looked around, trying to figure out what was going to happen next.
Suddenly, the crowd parted as two men made their way up to the ring; I was shoved to the side and had to grab Nina to keep from falling over in the rush. I held my beer up to keep it from spilling, and stood on my tiptoes so I could get a look at the guys who were going to fight each other.
One of them looked like the image of a boxer that I had in my head -- covered in scars and bruises, his nose obviously having been broken a bunch of times, his body bulky and strong. He was followed by a coach, and Nina jammed her elbow into my rib and nodded in his direction.
That’s him!
She hissed, and I raised my eyebrows. He didn’t seem much like Nina’s type, nothing to look at -- too old, too lanky, too greasy -- but I supposed he must have had something about him to have her turning up all the way over here just for the chance to meet him again. I was about to question her attraction to him, but then the other boxer stepped