Iron Jaw: An MMA Sports Romance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798275089387)

He was built to take every hit...except this one.

Jax "Iron Jaw" Moreno made his name by letting men punch themselves tired on his chin. Every round he survived kept his little brother one step ahead of the debt collectors circling their door. The Pit's roar, the blood, the backroom envelopes-that was the plan. Until one dirty knee scrambles his vision, drops him to the canvas, and leaves his future in the hands of the only person in the building who doesn't treat him like a walking payday.

Dr. Riley Tran never planned on patching up underground fighters between ER shifts. It was supposed to be temporary: quick stitches, quick cash, no attachments. Then Jax started limping into her med room after every war, cracking jokes through split lips, and she saw exactly how much he'd already given up for everyone but himself-and how close he is to the kind of damage she can't undo.

When an illegal shot forces Riley to stop Jax's biggest fight on a foul, she saves his brain and blows up his world in the same breath. The promoter's furious, the sharks close in, and the only way out of The Pit is up: into a legit promotion, with rules, doctors, and a life that doesn't end under bad lights on stained canvas.

Together, they will have to decide: Is fighting just about proving you can't be broken...or about who you're willing to walk out of the cage for when the final bell rings?