Two-time UFC champion Jake Sullivan is broken. Chronic pain, mounting losses, and the pressure of single fatherhood are destroying what's left of his legendary career.
Dr. Zara Okafor believes fighters can be warriors without sacrificing their souls. Her revolutionary training methods promise healing—if Jake can swallow his pride long enough to let her help.
When Zara opens her holistic combat gym directly across from Jake's traditional training facility, their clash is inevitable. He thinks she's selling weakness disguised as wellness. She knows he's drowning in toxic masculinity that's literally killing his body.
But when Jake's eight-year-old daughter starts asking why Daddy doesn't smile anymore, everything changes.
One desperate bargain. One week of training her way. One chance to prove that emotional intelligence makes fighters more dangerous, not less.
What Jake doesn't expect is how Zara's touch awakens parts of him he thought were dead forever. What Zara doesn't anticipate is falling for a man whose wounds run deeper than any physical injury.
When Elite Athletic forces them to compete head-to-head for the contract that could save both their futures, Jake must choose between everything he's ever believed about strength and the woman who's shown him what courage really looks like.
But can a broken fighter learn to fight for love instead of just survival?
And will Zara risk her heart on a man who might choose familiar pain over uncertain healing?
Genre: Romance
Dr. Zara Okafor believes fighters can be warriors without sacrificing their souls. Her revolutionary training methods promise healing—if Jake can swallow his pride long enough to let her help.
When Zara opens her holistic combat gym directly across from Jake's traditional training facility, their clash is inevitable. He thinks she's selling weakness disguised as wellness. She knows he's drowning in toxic masculinity that's literally killing his body.
But when Jake's eight-year-old daughter starts asking why Daddy doesn't smile anymore, everything changes.
One desperate bargain. One week of training her way. One chance to prove that emotional intelligence makes fighters more dangerous, not less.
What Jake doesn't expect is how Zara's touch awakens parts of him he thought were dead forever. What Zara doesn't anticipate is falling for a man whose wounds run deeper than any physical injury.
When Elite Athletic forces them to compete head-to-head for the contract that could save both their futures, Jake must choose between everything he's ever believed about strength and the woman who's shown him what courage really looks like.
But can a broken fighter learn to fight for love instead of just survival?
And will Zara risk her heart on a man who might choose familiar pain over uncertain healing?
Genre: Romance
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