Fighting Against Fate by Raquel Riley

My review

5 stars

Okay, now this is how you write a novella! Raquel draws us in with a prologue that shows the angst you are about to endure for these two men to have a shot at a hea.

These two are stubborn, and that's what makes this relationship so tense and so explosive that they have a hard earned fight to forgiveness. Neither party is blameless in their demise, so many things could have been different, but that what makes their dynamic work. Some of the best cnc/breath play mixed with Primal Play I've read in a long time.

This was my first read from this author (wanted to read the whole Fighting for Love series) and if they write a novella this engaging, I cannot wait to see what they do with a longer book.

Book overview

Love is like a roundhouse kick, you never see it coming the second time.

-Aaron

I fell in love with the first guy I got close with. Not out of convenience, but fate. We shared everything—the same apartment, the same trainer, the same gym, and ultimately, the same dream—to become famous and successful UFC fighters.

But the reality was much different from the dream. It was a bitter pill to swallow knowing that if we wanted to find success, we couldn’t do it as lovers.

I only found the strength to walk away from him because my drive to succeed was greater than my need to be loved. Or so I thought…

-Cortez

Once upon a time I was a fool in love. A naïve kid with starry eyes. I thought being a great fighter was all it would take to launch me to the top. I had so much to learn. And the hardest lesson of all was finding out the one man I thought I could trust, who would never betray me, could rip my heart from my chest and crush it in his fist like I never meant anything to him.

Lesson learned. Don’t shit where you eat. Don’t sleep with your coworkers. And above all, don’t ever fall in love with your rival opponent…again.

Fighting Against Fate is an MM standalone novella in the multi-author series Fighting For Love. All stories take place at the shared gym, Knockout MMA Training Facility. At Knockout Gym, happily ever afters are hard-won. These friends-to-lovers turned rivals realize there are no second chances in the ring, but when it comes to life and love, forgiveness is always possible.

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