In for the Win
Against the Cage, #5
Against the Cage, #5
by Melynda Price
Publication date: November 7th 2017
Genres: Adult, Romance, Sports, Suspense
Publication date: November 7th 2017
Genres: Adult, Romance, Sports, Suspense
To win his heart, she’ll have to give him the one thing that could
drive him away—the truth…
BLURB
Kyle Scott’s talent for fighting
paved the way for a career he never wanted, but needed to survive. Five years
later, he doesn’t recognize the man he’s become. All his focus and energy has
been poured into raising his little sister, leaving no time or interest for
anything beyond a casual hook-up—until he meets a woman who sends his life
spiraling out of control.
Penelope Cantrel isn’t looking
for love, but she’s always ready for a good time. If she keeps everyone at a
distance, they can’t discover how broken she is, or the secrets she’s running
from. When she crosses paths with the sexy MMA fighter, Kyle’s reputation as a
cage-banging manwhore doesn’t concern her. She isn’t interested in a
commitment. But after their white-hot attraction leads to a night of
mind-blowing sex, neither of them will ever be the same again.
When Pen starts receiving
threatening messages, her deepest fears are realized as she becomes the
obsession of a man who will kill to possess her. Concerned for her safety, Kyle
offers to pose as her boyfriend to deter her unwanted admirer, but his heated
touches and those not-so-innocent kisses don’t feel like he’s acting. Could the
infamous playboy be falling for her?
As the threat against Pen
escalates, her stalker is closer than they thought. Kyle is the only thing
standing between her and a madman, but she fears trusting him with her secrets
could be a fatal mistake.
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EXCERPT:
Tonight,
when Pen had crawled into his bed, Kyle foolishly hoped she was feeling it too.
But as hot as the sex had been, something was still missing. An emotional
connection? He didn’t really know, because he’d never felt or wanted one
before. But he’d sensed she was holding a part of herself back.
Their
disconnect hadn’t been physical. Fuck, he’d never felt so much
pleasure—ungloved and coming inside her. The sensation, the intensity…there
were no words. Even now he was growing hard just from the memory. No, that
definitely had not been their problem. The issue, he feared, was emotional. And
the struggle to synch Pen’s body with her mind was going to be a challenge.
Question was, could he do it? Because he was starting to wonder if his efforts
wouldn’t be fought at every turn.
Something
in her past had broken her. He didn’t know what, how, or by whom, but her
reaction to him earlier left little doubt in his mind. And even the possibility
that she’d been abused—physical?—sexually?—filled him with such protective
rage, a part of him almost feared discovering the truth. But how could he be
the glue to help mend her broken pieces if he couldn’t figure out how they fit
back together? She was a puzzle, a complex enigma he wanted to solve because
deep down he knew the prize would be her heart.
Pen
shook her head, looking utterly and completely lost. “I don’t know, Kyle. This
isn’t supposed to be real. And it scares me that you’re changing the rules.”
“And
you didn’t change the rules when you climbed into my bed? What the fuck was
that about, then? You think because you made them, you can break them without
consequence? Or is it because I fuck around that you think you get a pass—that
this means nothing to me.”
As
each word flew out of his mouth, he could see it ratcheting her fear. And yet
he couldn’t seem to shut the fuck up. Her defenses were high and there was no
getting past those walls, but he kept battering them with his verbal ground and
pound assault. He wasn’t leaving this room until one of them tapped.
Unfortunately, he was starting to get concerned that someone was going to be
him.
She
shook her head in denial, stepping back. And because he was a fighter, he
advanced—countering her move for move until her retreat was halted by the bed.
“It
was a mistake… This was a mistake…”
“Oh, now it’s a mistake?
Because I’m not interested in being your boy-toy? Because you’re scared I might
actually want something from you, like, oh…an ounce a trust?—a glimmer of
emotion? Something to tell me that I might mean something more to you than a
cock to get off on!”
Her
eyes narrowed, little hands tightening into fists, and he knew he’d pushed her
too far.
“What
the fuck, Kyle? I thought I was the one with the vagina! Just because we fucked
that doesn’t give you a one-way pass into my life. You don’t have any more
right to my secrets than I do yours. You don’t see me trying to pry into your
private life, do you? We’re friends—with benefits—and if you want us to stay
that way then respect my goddamn boundaries.”
“With
benefits? Thanks anyway, I think I’ll pass. I can fuck anytime I want, I don’t
need you for that.” He turned to storm out, but her parting words won that
round and had him tapping out.
“I
was talking about the friends part…”
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Author Info
Melynda Price is a bestselling and award-winning author of
contemporary romance. Her Against the Cage series has finaled in many awards
such as the RONE, USA Today BBA, Golden Quill, National Readers’ Choice, and
New England Readers’ Choice.
What Price enjoys most about writing is the chance to make her
readers fall in love, over and over again. She cites the greatest challenge of
writing is making the unbelievable believable, while taking her characters to the
limit with stories full of passion and unique twists and turns. Salting stories
with undertones of history whenever possible, Price adds immeasurable depth to
her well-crafted books. She currently lives in Northern Minnesota with her
husband and two children where she has plenty of snow-filled days to curl up in
front of the fireplace with her Chihuahua and a hot cup of coffee to write.
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