North Carolina author Lane Hart is a prolific erotica writer with a dozen steamy stories that have a committed following. Lane draws form her background - a Masters in Criminal Justice and having spent ten years working as a paralegal for a criminal defense attorney – to keep her stories gritty. Her range of topics is extensive – from paranormal to her favored martial arts and football players to cops to vampires – and in this book she manages to focus on sports. She is married to fellow author D.B. West.
Lane has a talent for character development, not a trait we often see in erotica writer. But just the opening paragraph gives us a strong impression of her main character Jude Malone – ‘After a long day of blood, sweat, and coming damn close to tears, I'm so ready to head home, shower, and hit the sack. Tomorrow I’ll be back here at the gym, rinse and repeat. The same as today, the same as yesterday. Fighting is my life, but the monotony of constantly training for the past seven years is starting to wear me down. "Yo, Jude," Coach Briggs calls out when I walk past his office. "What's up?" I ask, poking my head in his door. Like usual, his desk is littered with stacks of papers, coffee cups, and take-out debris. "You in a hurry?" he asks. Leaning his rolling chair back, he adjusts the tightening waistband around his ever-expanding gut. Coach is naturally a big guy, a heavyweight boxer back in the day, but now his muscles have turned to chub in his lazy, old age.’ Atmosphere and character established so we can move to the brief synopsis offered by Lane.
‘MMA cage fighter Jude Malone leads a simple life - eat, sleep and train. His older brother Jax is a legend in the octagon, and while Jude's had his fair share of recent losses, he's his record. He just needs a chance to prove it. When Jude is suddenly offered the fight of a lifetime by his head coach, there is only one tiny string attached. He decides to go for it, but that little string just might turn out to be the one that unravels him completely. Sadie Briggs is a quiet, introverted tomboy. She was raised by a single father and grew up in his MMA training gym with dozens of sweaty, aggressive men. They only think of her as their sweet little sister, not as a woman who is getting ready to go off to college. That all changes when her longtime crush, Jude Malone, becomes her knight in shining armor after her boyfriend dumps her the week before her senior prom. Jude feels like he's been sucker punched when Sadie's unexpected Cinderella transformation forces him to actually see her as a woman for the very first time. Overwhelming lust, jealousy and passion turn out to be the right combination to finally unlock Jude's cocky alpha fighter inside and out of the cage. Only one thing stands in the way of him winning the world championship welterweight title and a gorgeous girl. The truth.’
The manner in which Lane takes what seems to be a straightforward MMA story and transforms it with her special powers of making women so important in sports roles is only part of the reason her books work so well. The rest – erotica, action, and psychological alterations – is all there as we’re growing to expect. Top-drawer novel! Grady Harp, December 16
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Customers love this book as a continuation of the series, praising it as a fun read with a great connection to the first story. The romance is full of young love antics, and customers appreciate the emotional content, with one review noting how it captures life in the raw. Customers enjoy the characters and find the writing style amazing, while also appreciating the humor throughout the book.
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82 customers mention content, 75 positive, 7 negative
Great read with true emotion and feelings that everyone faces. Not too mention seriously hot sex between two great characters.Read more
This is a great book Jude finds his love of his life in the most unexpected way. Great story great couple. Can't wait to read LincRead more
...Hot, drivin, strong and SEXY.... Ahhhh!!!!! Love all the twists and turns, and the emotional ride.. I finished in one sitting. Can't wait for Linc!!Read more
...I loved this book and read it entirely in two days. Yes Sadie did act young and Jude was young too, they both made bad decisions, cried and whined....Read more
33 customers mention story, 31 positive, 2 negative
...Sadie and Jude were hot and heavy right away but their story was sweet. Loving this series, looking forward to Linc's story.Read more
...Or are they stronger apart? This is an amazing story and this series just keeps getting better and better.Read more
It was a good story. Love Jude but Sadie is very much a teenager....Read more
Loved it! Great story line. Couldn't put it down....Read more
19 customers mention romance, 19 positive, 0 negative
...He's alpha to the max but managed to be sweet and endearing. Which brings me to Sadie. Honestly, she became beyond unbearable by the end....Read more
Jude is a sweetheart and found the perfect girl for him.this book was amazingly good.it was as good or better than the firstRead more
...I love the sweet love story that you get out of this book with Jude and Sadie....Read more
...Well written and full of romance, suspense and fighting, of course! ;) Loved it!Read more
16 customers mention character development, 14 positive, 2 negative
...Loved reading this book and loved the characters. They are so relatable.Read more
...Not too mention seriously hot sex between two great characters.Read more
...This series has some amazing characters and I can’t wait to read their stories.Read more
...Jude was a great character, and I always search out the "She's all that" characters. I love a good makeover story.Read more
16 customers mention emotional, 15 positive, 1 negative
...Love all the twists and turns, and the emotional ride.. I finished in one sitting. Can't wait for Linc!!Read more
...Loved reading this book and loved the characters. They are so relatable.Read more
...Getting to know Jax and Jude has been heartwarming and I could not believe it when I finished both books for the fourth time and still couldn't wait...Read more
Wow I lived this book!!!!! Hope there is more to come I want to read more about them. Great bookRead more
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...Loving this series, looking forward to Linc's story.Read more
Oh my, this series just keeps getting better. I loved "Jax" but "Jude" was so much better. I can't wait to read "Link" now.Read more
I love Jude , his tough but innocent . Loving and determine ! Love this series !!Read more
...Thanks to the Author, Lane Hart for the awesome series.Read more
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...This cocky cage fighter has a special place in my heart with his wit, humor, focus, determination and his great big, giant sized heart, and he’ll...Read more
I love this book! It has it all. It's funny and gas a great group of family and friends that I can't wait to read about in the rest of this series.Read more
OMG!!! This book was awesome. It made me cry and laugh and sigh. Well written with just the right amount of "love".Read more
...And I can understand why he was just easy to love. Sadie had a fantastic sense of humor and I love characters like that....Read more
11 customers mention writing style, 11 positive, 0 negative
...He's definitely one of my favorites from the series. Well written and full of romance, suspense and fighting, of course! ;) Loved it!Read more
...This story should get no less than 5 stars. The story was well written just as the first story....Read more
...If you're okay with that, the writing style is good and editing better than most books I've read.Read more
...The more of Lanes books I read, the more I love! Great stories and amazing writing. On to Linc!Read more
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Double hot younger brother Jude!
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