by Katy Evans
First published 2013
Remington "Riptide" Tate steps into the underground fighting ring, his mind cycling between clarity and chaos. The brutal world of illegal matches suits his unpredictable nature, where his moods shift from calculated control to wild abandon. But everything changes when he spots Brooke Dumas. From that first glimpse, Remington knows she represents something he has never encountered before: authenticity in a life built on violence and pretense. His obsession grows as he watches her, wants her, and determines to claim her. Remington's internal battles prove more complex than any physical fight. His damaged psyche wars between the need to possess Brooke and the drive to shield her from his darkness. She becomes his anchor in a storm of mental chaos, the one person worth fighting for when everything else spins beyond his grasp. This is Remington's account of their connection, told through his fractured but devoted perspective.
Genres: romance, action, dark-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
272 pages · Kindle Edition · Gallery Books
Content warnings: addiction, mental-illness, violence