Dead Angle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798177985879)

Dead Angle follows Aaliyah Corbett, a Muay Thai fighter who knows how to control distance. Range is where she wins-fast feet, sharp reads, clean punishment for every mistake. But when IGNITE Miami pushes her toward MMA, the rules change. The cage closes, the ground becomes dangerous, and every instinct that once made her successful starts creating new problems.

Her coaches see the flaw before she does: Aaliyah can survive bad positions on athleticism, but surviving is not the same as understanding. To become more than a striker with just enough grappling to escape, she has to rebuild her game under pressure-one frame, one angle, one decision at a time.

Outside the gym, Dominic Tavera brings a different kind of challenge. Older, wealthy, disciplined, and openly non-monogamous, Dom lives by rules Aaliyah expects to resist. Instead, she finds herself drawn into a world of negotiated boundaries, private clubs, shared desire, and a connection that becomes harder to dismiss as casual.

Then the fights get bigger. A professional debut against Talia Serrin brings real money, sponsorship attention, and the chance to prove she belongs in MMA-not just as an athlete, but as a complete fighter. Every weakness has a cost now, and every shortcut risks becoming the lesson an opponent uses against her.

As competition intensifies and her relationship with Dom becomes more serious, Aaliyah has to decide what control actually means. Winning, wanting, jealousy, trust, and ambition all demand the same thing: see the position clearly before forcing the next move.

One bad read can change the fight. One good decision can keep everything else alive.

IGNITE Miami is a gritty, high-intensity combat-sports series about fighters, coaches, training camps, injuries, strategy, sacrifice, and the relationships tested under pressure. Each novel stands alone, with hard fights, hard choices, and the people who keep showing up when the bell rings.