From New York Times bestselling author Laura Kaye, comes the first standalone title in her brand, new Warrior Fight Club series, FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING. Join the Warrior Fight Club world today!
About FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING (Warrior Fight Club #1, 5/22/18):
Loving her is the biggest fight of his life…
Home from the Marines, Noah Cortez has a secret he doesn’t want his oldest friend, Kristina Moore, to know. It kills him to push her away, especially when he’s noticing just how sexy and confident she’s become in his absence. But, angry and full of fight, he’s not the same man anymore either. Which is why Warrior Fight Club sounds so good.
Kristina loves teaching, but she wants more out of life. She wants Noah—the boy she’s crushed on and waited for. Except Noah is all man now—in ways both oh so good and troubling, too. Still, she wants who he’s become—every war-hardened inch. And when they finally stop fighting their attraction, it’s everything Kristina never dared hope for.
But Noah is secretly spiraling, and when he lashes out, it threatens what he and Kristina have found. The brotherhood of the fight club helps him confront his demons, but only Noah can convince the woman he loves that he’s finally ready to fight for everything.
FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING – No Good Right Now Excerpt
LAURA KAYE
“I’m no good right now, Kristina,” Noah said in a low voice.
She shook her head. “That’s not true. You’ve been through something horrible. And you’re still recovering. Still hurting. That’s all understandable—”
“I am fucked in the head. You saw it yourself. Twice,” he said, his voice suddenly loud, bitter. Under her hands, his muscles tensed.
“You are not fucked in the head,” she said, anger and determination gathering deep in her belly. Not anger at Noah, but irrational anger for him. She hated that things had happened to him that left him feeling this way. So out of control, so sad, so unlike himself. “Sure, you have things you’re dealing with. And you willget a handle on them—”
“No,” he said, shaking her off and pacing in the narrow space behind the door. “You don’t understand. I’m…” Noah’s hands squeezed into fists at his sides. “…so goddamned angry. All the time. It feels like I could tear the world to pieces. And I want to.” He whirled on her. “Because the perfection of everything around me makes me feel so much more wrecked inside that I can barely breathe.”
Oh, God.
Tears pricked at the backs of her eyes, but she wouldn’t let them fall. She wouldn’t let herselffall apart. Not now. Not in front of him. Not when Noah needed to lean on her so damn badly. “The world around you is not perfect, Noah. It’s an illusion. And you are not wrecked—”
“I am.” He got right up in her face.
Kristina held her ground. “You’re not—”
“I am!”
“Noah—”
He grabbed her by the arms, not so much that it hurt, but with enough force that it surprised her. “Here’s your proof. I want to fuck you, Kristina. I want to bury myself in you and stay there forever. Just lose myself in you until I don’t know who I am anymore. I’ve been fantasizing about it, dreaming about it, imagining it. Having you is all I can fucking think about. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
Noah’s words unleashed a flash fire in Kristina’s blood. Her heart tripped into a sprint. Her breathing shallowed out. Heat roared across her skin. One heartbeat. Two. And Kristina knew what she had to do.
Acting on instinct, she pulled out of Noah’s grip and stepped backward. Away from his confession. Away from him.
And don’t miss the second standalone romance in the Warrior Fight Club series coming August 7, 2018, FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S HIS
NIKKI'S REVIEW:
Wow! What an amazing start to a brand spanking new series! Laura Kaye knocked it out of the park with this one. The emotion in this book brought me to my damn knees. Over and over again!
I love the friends to lovers trope! I love that there's a solid foundation of friendship already established. Kristina and Noah have been best friends since childhood. Their relationship has never gone beyond that. And neither of them even entertained the idea. But things begin change when Noah comes home from serving his country. There's a burning attraction that neither can deny. But Noah has suffered a traumatic brain injury and struggles with crippling migraines and PTSD. There's so many obstacles for them overcome.
My heart was shredded time and again when Noah would have a nightmare or get sick because of the migraines. I swear, I could feel his despair as if it was sitting on my chest.
Sexy doesn't begin to describe the love scenes in this book! It was hella hot! These two sizzled between the sheets...or against a wall. Yum!
One of the things that I really liked about this book was that Kristina couldn't "save" Noah. She helped him, yes, but she couldn't make him want to get better. He had to do that for himself. He couldn't be what she needed until he took care of himself. Finding the Warrior Fight Club was his first big step to healing. Working out his aggression and issues with people who understand what he's going through was exactly what he needed.
This book has all the feels. I went through a roller coaster of emotions. In the end, when Noah started moving through his journey of healing, they found each other and peace. I like that Noah wasn't miraculously better, I liked that it was a work in progress. They get their HEA, but it's implied that Noah is working through his issues. It made it feel real.
I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in this amazing new series by Laura Kaye!
Rating: 4 Stars (A)
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About Laura Kaye:
Laura is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty books in contemporary and erotic romance and romantic suspense, including the Blasphemy, Hard Ink, and Raven Riders series. Growing up, Laura’s large extended family believed in the supernatural, and family lore involving angels, ghosts, and evil-eye curses cemented in Laura a life-long fascination with storytelling and all things paranormal. Laura also writes historical fiction as the NYT bestselling author, Laura Kamoie. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.
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