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  • Dem Boyz From Da Bottom by Diamond D. Johnson

    Dem Boyz From Da Bottom by Diamond D. Johnson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
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    dark  sports  adult  book  contemporary  crime  drama  fiction
  • Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sacrifices are never ideal, but to win the game, sometimes the knight must fall. Katrina Blair is a single mom to a daredevil teen, which means she has no time for fruitless endeavours such as dating. Why? Because men are all the same: liars, thieves, and unreliable a**holes...
  • Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Love You The Most by Julie Capulet

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final epilogue to the I Love You SeriesThis is a bonus conclusion to Rafe and Lexi's epic love story, including babies and an OTT steamy and romantic HEA :)*This book is a 50-page finale to the I Love You Series and is currently available with the I Love You Series box set.It's also FREE! Visit juliecapulet(dot)com for your free copy...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The Good Ol' Boys by M. Robinson

    The Good Ol' Boys by M. Robinson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author ALL FOUR GOOD OL' BOYS BOOKS IN ONE COMPLICATE ME It was complicated, it was also just the beginning. A decision. A simple choice. There is always that one moment in life where things could have been different. That one moment where you could have chosen a path that would lead you down a certain road. A different life...
  • Torment by Chloe Walsh

    Torment by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    * A heavyweight title up for grabs * * A family to protect * * Enemies closing in * With a baby on the way and a mob family hot on his heels, Noah must once again dust off his gloves and fight. This time, there's more on the line than ever before. With his best friend dead and the career he worked so hard to build crumbling around him, Noah must make some unfavorable decisions...
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    dark  fighter  sports  angst  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Camden's Redemption by L.P. Dover

    Camden's Redemption by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For so long, UFC Middleweight fighter, Camden Jameson lived in his twin brother’s shadow, competing to be the best. When he lost his way, he turned to the Dark Side and did some unforgiveable things. After his betrayal, he tried to earn his redemption, but it wasn’t enough. Now his whole world has fallen apart and he’s on the run from those who want him dead. But he’s not alone...
  • Smashed Steel: A Steamy Stand Alone Sports Romance by M.J. Fields

    Smashed Steel: A Steamy Stand Alone Sports Romance by M.J. Fields

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Coming March...
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    dark  male-mc  sports  abuse  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book
  • Their Ruthless Sadist by Nicole Edwards

    Their Ruthless Sadist by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    By definition, a Sadist is one who receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another. That’s me to a T. I only play with those who understand what it means, those who are willing to indulge my devious desires. Any masochist who seeks me out knows that if they trespass, I will gladly shatter them and walk away, leaving them for someone else to put back together...
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    dark  male-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  lgbtq
  • Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Pepped Up & Wilder by Ali Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pepper: The best part of a happy ending... finding out it's actually just the beginning. Having someone promise to be by your side, to chase dreams with, whisper troubles to, it's more than I could have imagined. But after three seasons of Jace playing pro ball in Ohio, three long seasons, with him on the road, and me training all over the world, I’m questioning if we can really have it all...
  • Wicked Forever by L.A. Cotton

    Wicked Forever by L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From bestselling author, L A Cotton, comes the much-anticipated conclusion to the Wicked Bay series ..
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    dark  sports  adult  book  contemporary  family  fiction  multi-pov
  • Hold by Cora Brent

    Hold by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    They all said we were trash and would end up dead or in prison. They were wrong. The three of us brothers endured hell together and somehow climbed out battle-scarred but whole. We are no longer the ferocious boys who punched our way through terrible days and went to bed hungry every night. Now we've got love, we've got hope, and we've got each other...
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    dark  fighter  sports  book  contemporary  crime  family  female-mc
  • Tyrant by Tiana Laveen

    Tyrant by Tiana Laveen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter Wolfe’s life has been a revolving door in the penitentiary system of Saginaw and Detroit, Michigan since the age of eighteen. After witnessing the brutal murder of his mother as a young boy, his world changed, the trauma molding him into a juvenile delinquent his grandparents could no longer control...
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    dark  fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary
  • Man of Honor by Sarah O'Rourke

    Man of Honor by Sarah O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sheriff Zeke Monroe loves one woman...Honor McKinnon. He is willing to stake his entire future on protecting her...no matter what the cost. Honor McKinnon knows she is broken. Her body and soul had been shattered by a violent attack years ago, and no one...not her sisters or anyone else in the tiny town of Paradise, especially the Sheriff...can change that...
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    dark  sports  abuse  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Jag by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No matter how fast he runs, there's one thing Jag can't escape.His past.It has the power to destroy the man he's worked so hard to become.Jag is slated to be the next MMA champion. It's been years in the making. The hype surrounding his prized fight is ignited by his charismatic personality and smoldering good looks.But it's all a shield protecting the storm brewing inside of him..
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy  suspense
  • Refrain by Anne Mercier

    Refrain by Anne Mercier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As a child, I trusted no one. Then I found my best friends. They gave me a family and saved me from a life of abuse that still has me messed up. Then one of those best friends captured my heart. Lincoln, tough yet tender, a walking contradiction. He loves me too—flaws and all. He’s the most patient man on the earth and understands my PTSD...
  • Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Consume Me by Geneva Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born a royal. She made me a king. I can't find my way out of the darkness. Without her, it consumes me. There's nothing I won't risk to reach her—my crown, my family, my life. Because some love is worth dying for. They can come for me. They can come for my throne. But I'll take back what's mine if I have to burn this city to the ground..
  • Ian by Kat Mizera

    Ian by Kat Mizera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caught on thin ice between desire and legacy... Scottish-born hockey player Ian Campbell is so much more than a professional athlete and he has the birthright to prove it. But all he cares about is the next championship. Not his law degree and not the weight of the family legacy waiting for him back home; but time is running out on the deal he made with his grandfather...
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    sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    How We Fell in Love by Toni Aleo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Option One: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am. Option Two: Till Death Do Us Part. Grace has only ever believed in Option One. But James makes her question that belief from the moment she meets him. James has only ever believed in Option Two. But Grace goes out of her way to shake his belief from the moment he meets her...
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    sports  romance  contemporary  anthologies  fiction  adult
  • Kyle's Return by L.P. Dover

    Kyle's Return by L.P. Dover

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I promised myself I’d stay away from dangerous men, but I couldn’t live up to that when Kyle Andrews came back to town. He’s a manipulator, a guy who’ll do whatever it takes to get what he wants, sabotaging anyone who gets in the way. After a fatal fight left him wounded, his UFC career came to a close. He has nothing, but he’s determined to get it all back. My name is Megan...
  • Lucky Kiss by Melanie Shawn

    Lucky Kiss by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lucas “Lucky” Dorsey was at the top of his game in the world of MMA, and his nickname…well, let’s just say the ladies couldn’t get enough of the tattooed bad boy. But then…he met her… As the first female firefighter in the Hope Falls Fire Department, Deanna Bishop was focused on making a fresh start in her new town...
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    fighter  male-mc  sports  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Trick by Lane Hart

    Trick by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ~ Patrick ~ The fairy tales have it all wrong. Cinderella didn’t fall in love with the prince. He was nothing more to her than an easy escape from her shitty life. How do I know? Because in this twisted Cinderella story I’m her long-lost stepbrother. Wilhelmina is about to marry the wrong man...
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    dark  fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book  contemporary
  • Repentance: The Story of Kace Haywood by Meghan Quinn

    Repentance: The Story of Kace Haywood by Meghan Quinn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every choice you make in life comes with a consequence, which dictates the outcome of your future. I was once on top, I was living the life I dreamt of, I had everything I could possibly hope for. I was happy, satisfied, content…until one night. One off day. One moment in time I wish I could take back. My biggest regret...
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    dark  fighter  male-mc  sports  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book
  • Cruz  (Diablo's Throne MMA) by H.J. Bellus

    Cruz (Diablo's Throne MMA) by H.J. Bellus

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She hates fighting. He lives for it. Layla's vicious past drove her away from her hometown. She couldn't live with all the reminders surrounding her--so she ran. Cruz Felix found a new home, a place where he could get his head on straight, train, and fight match after match toward the end goal--the championship in Las Vegas...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fighter  sports  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  crime
  • Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Uncaged by J.B. Salsbury

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NOW INCLUDES THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS OF Jack & Sadie! New York Times Bestselling author JB Salsbury celebrates the five-year anniversary of Fighting for Flight with UNCAGED: A Flight Short Story. Eighteen years after Jonah and Raven said “I do”, they find themselves free of demanding pimp fathers and life or death ultimatums. Now, they have an entirely different nightmare to battle...
  • Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn

    Ryker by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes, the quest for vengeance can cost more than you’re willing to pay.Blakely Sullivan was a foreign aid worker in the Middle East when a deadly bombing took the lives of families she’d come to know and love, collateral damage in someone else’s war...
  • Beautifully Savage Butterfly by K.M. Neuhold

    Beautifully Savage Butterfly by K.M. Neuhold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being savage in the ring is one thing. The way Elio Moretti craves my violence outside the ring is another.I feel like I’ve been fighting my whole life, and tapping out has never been an option.I can live with owing money to the Morettis. I can even live with the constant guilt that my brother is the one paralyzed in a hospital bed while I live his dream...
    Categorized as:
    dark  sports  fighter  romance  mlm  contemporary  audiobook  lgbtq
  • Unleashed by Scott Hildreth

    Unleashed by Scott Hildreth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    RIPP - I've never backed down from a fight in my life, and I'm not about to start now. My only concern is that this battle is not in the boxing ring. It's in the courtroom. VEE - Ripp may be undefeated in the ring, but he's not in the ring any longer. He killed a man and is facing life in prison...
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    dark  fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  athlete  book  contemporary
  • Execution of Anguish by M. Sinclair

    Execution of Anguish by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An underworld empire put at risk for one woman - Dahlia Aldridge.My love for the men of Wildberry Lane had never been in question. But now that I was aware of the true darkness that had always surrounded me protectively? I craved to know more. I wanted the curtain drawn back fully on just how dangerous they were...
  • Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Cole by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s a single mom with a secret. He’s a former Delta who doesn’t let people too close.Aria Callas understands struggle and sacrifice. Getting pregnant at sixteen, she’s spent more than a decade and a half ensuring her and her son’s safety the only way she knows how—by staying on the move...
  • Fused With Him by Kylie Kent

    Fused With Him by Kylie Kent

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Steamy, Sexy, Alpha-Male goodness!! This is book 2 of The Merge Series, Stand-alone, HAE! No cliffhangers. Contains adult language and sexual scenes. 18+ onlyReillyI learnt the hard and painful way that men don’t stay, ever. Even the ones you trust the most can be taken away in the blink of an eye. It’s easier to keep them at a distance. I have my fun with men and then part ways...
  • Losing Traction by Amo Jones

    Losing Traction by Amo Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Phoebe Rendon. Growing up as the only girl surrounded by the Sinful Souls MC community has never been easy. Outside of the club, I had no life because my brother and his two psycho best friends kept tabs on me. My only out was racing at Point Hellers, the largest and steepest drift mountain in Westbeach, California. Cars were my life, and eight years later, that hasn’t changed...
  • Happy Halloween from the Montgomerys by Kristen Proby

    Happy Halloween from the Montgomerys by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Caleb is spending his first Halloween as a...
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    sports  male-mc  romance  contemporary  humor  family  alpha-mc  spooky
  • Avenging Angel by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Avenging Angel by Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once I was on top of the world. I had the title, fame, and respect. Then everything came crashing down. I lost my title and my best friend. Unable to cope, I fell into the bottle and never wanted to come out. Until Bree walked into my life with her gorgeous eyes and kissable lips. She lights a fire inside me I haven't felt in months...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Haven by Lane Hart

    Haven by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Haven Ward only had one job as a personal bodyguard - keep Mackenzie Stiles alive and unharmed.After making a monumental mistake, his billionaire boss is livid and ready to send him packing. Haven begs Mr. Stiles for a second chance to prove himself; and surprisingly enough, he gives him one...with one small catch.Befriending Mr...
  • Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Total Knockout by Jane Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Andrei: When I first see Michaela, I figure I must have taken a punch to the head. How can anyone be that gorgeous?Michaela: It's hard to keep my eyes off Andrei and my mind on my job when he's in the ring. But what are the chances he'd even notice someone like me?Sometimes fate needs a little help...
  • Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rowdy by D.M. Davis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    D.M. Davis’ ROWDY is a messy, meant-for-me, sexy, contemporary romance and Book Two in the Black Ops MMA series.ROWDY:You think this is a love story. You’re wrong. It’s a massacre. A massacre of who I think I am, where I come from, and who I thought I’d have a future with. One wouldn't have me.The other couldn't.Both stole my heart.You think you know me. You have no idea...
  • Chaos by Brittany Crowley

    Chaos by Brittany Crowley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rules of Play for Bagging and Banging 1. No clingers 2. No repeats 3. No innocents 4. No complications Should be easy right? So why the f*** am I looking at the cult babe like a starving man and she's a succulent prime rib? Georgie's everything I've ever avoided, all wrapped up in a sexy little package that plays havoc with my di... er, boyish ways...
  • Black Belt in Love by Winter Travers

    Black Belt in Love by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kennedy Kennedy Kramer has lived the dream. It just wasn't her dream. Yearning to build a life of her own, free of her overbearing parents, she opens Zen yoga studio. To appease her distressed parents and get them off her back, she needs to convince them she’s living the life they want for her. She somehow finds herself entangled with Dante Craig and Operation: Decoy...
  • Black Belt Knockout by Winter Travers

    Black Belt Knockout by Winter Travers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Roman Cocky. Asshole. Player. Roman Yeck has heard it all. Living the past ten years of his life on the tournament circuit, Roman thought only of himself and no one else. After one night of fun, giving into his need for Sage, everything changes. The MILF made the player a DILF. With the realization there are bigger things than himself, Roman turns over a new leaf...
  • Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss

    Judas: Indignant Few MC Book 1 by Deja Voss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No bikers ever, that’s my one rule to live by. Burning bridges to the ground is my super power.  I fled the Indignant Few MC after my dad was murdered to start a life of my own in the adult industry. I’d rather sell my body on the internet then sell my soul to the kind of men I was raised around. I don’t want to end up a club slut, or worse, an old lady like my mother...
  • Fearless II by Amarie Avant

    Fearless II by Amarie Avant

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vassili I always thanked God for making me a beast in the cage, until Zariah came along. Somehow, I blinded her to my stubbornness and claimed her like the animal that I am. Now, I’m a husband and forced to compromise. But are we a team? No! I am an Alpha! I keep my wife, my daughter and my unborn son safe... by any means...
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    dark  fighter  sports  adult  age-gap  audiobook  black-mc  book
  • Struck by Emma Louise

    Struck by Emma Louise

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Playboy. Gym rat. Womanizer. I’ve been called them all. Until one-night changes everything. Changes me. Trying to drown a broken heart in cheap whiskey and a willing body leaves me with the last thing I ever expected. All that matters now is my son. There’s no room for anything, or anyone else. Until her. A free spirit. A nomadic soul. She intrigues me. She excites me...
    Categorized as:
    fighter  sports  adult  age-gap  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Single Daddy Say What? by Sheridan Anne

    Single Daddy Say What? by Sheridan Anne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GigiNot gonna lie, I never pictured myself wanting to be with a man who has more baggage than an airport, but here we are. Sean Waters came storming into my ER with his little girl, limp in his arms, and the rest was history . . . kind of.You know that baggage I mentioned? Yeah, that baggage is a real bitch.Sean is a broken and tortured soul, barely holding on, but I see something worth saving...
  • Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Fighting for Control by Melynda Price

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Nikko “the Bull” Del Toro, an ex-marine turned MMA fighter, only two things quiet the demons raging inside him—facing an opponent in the cage…and the memory of his hottest one-night stand. But when his PTSD resurfaces, causing him to lose control at a CFA press party, it’s his career that may be KO’d.Dr...
  • Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Dare You Forever by Allie Juliette Mousseau

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Alpha-male, dirty-talking, MMA Light-Heavyweight Champion Josh North has only three days until the wedding to prove to single mother and greatest-love-of-his-life Sophie Garner that he is the only man she'll ever need! As the wedding day approaches and Sophie begins to get cold feet, Josh comes up with a romantic scheme to prove his love and devotion--and employs all his brothers as Cupid’s...
  • Further To Fall by Catherine Cowles

    Further To Fall by Catherine Cowles

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An up-and-coming MMA fighter trying to take on the world. An innocent teacher trying to make the world a better place. He never expected her to become his best friend. But she fought her way into his life, one tongue-lashing at a time. Until one night, one mistake tore them apart. Losing her… that gutted him...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fighter  male-mc  sports  adult  alpha-mc  angst  athlete
  • Path To Redemption by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Path To Redemption by TheFeveredBookaholic

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rising boxer Jaxon Cage is known to be a fighter on and off the ring. He's a man on a mission; redeeming the death of his little brother, who was on his way to becoming a boxing star. Jaxon holds himself accountable for his brother's death and now takes his place in the ring to continue his dream. Turns out, he's a natural...
  • A Pucking Wrong Christmas by C.R. Jane

    A Pucking Wrong Christmas by C.R. Jane

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lincoln, Ari, and Walker are back in a holiday novella…I hate Christmas.Years and years of disappointment have taught me that Christmas is the worst. I don’t like the music, the food, the decorations…anything.And Lincoln Daniels, my tattooed hockey god of a husband, thinks he’s going to change that…I tell him it’s not going to happen...
  • Xavier by Lane Hart

    Xavier by Lane Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Xavier Malone returned to Maryland for his ten-year high school reunion to get away from all the drama in Seattle. He never thought he would spend the week second-guessing every decision he’s ever made or seriously consider trading in his suit and tie for a chance to get in the cage. Most of all, he wasn’t supposed to fall for Cassidy, his childhood best friend...
  • Sugar Sentry by Charity Parkerson

    Sugar Sentry by Charity Parkerson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Easton’s been living one day at a time since his attack. Life has other plans for him. Exactly one year ago, Easton’s life came crashing down. A vicious attack left him deeply scarred inside and out. From the ashes of his life, he’s rebuilt himself into someone new. His life is different in many ways, but—mostly—he’s found a better version of happiness in a new business...
    Categorized as:
    dark  fighter  sports  abuse  adult  age-gap  book  celebrity
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