Title: Beat
Series: The Beat and the Pulse #1
Author: Amity Cross
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Synopsis
Renee "Ren" Miller was five when her Dad left to go to the shops and never came back.
Left to grow up with a cancer riddled mother, things have never been easy for a teenager who had to be wise beyond her years. Then one day they lose the battle and she’s all alone.
Now twenty-two, Ren reluctantly goes to find her estranged father. He owns the down and out boxing studio, Beat, and Ren finds herself drawn to the ring. She thrives on learning a new way of fighting a life that kept kicking her down…instead of struggling against the current, she kicks it right between the legs.
Then one day, Ash Fuller, her Dad's star fighter comes back to town. Mysterious, handsome… Dangerous… Everything Ren doesn't need.
But he's got other ideas…
…and so does she.
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Review By I Love Story Time
4.5 Stars!
Wow!!!! That is all I have to say.....
I love books that have to do with a bad ass, arrogant fighter and this story did not let me down.
Ash
is known as the Beat's golden boy. He has been gone for awhile and no
one knows where he went until one night he shows up at his old stomping
grounds where it all began. Little did he know, that he would run into
Ren as she's swinging a bat towards him!
Ren just lost
her mom to cancer and her mom's last wish was for her to find her father
that abandoned her when she was 5 years old. After searching and
locating him, she found out that he has a whole different life and
family. He is now the owner of Beat, and trains the up and coming
fighters.
Ren stays at Beat and since she doesn't have
much to do, she takes advantage of the gym and the classes that are
offered. Realizing she likes it, she starts to train herself at night
when she has the gym to herself once everyone leaves. Then one night
while she's working out, she is startled by a noise and thinks someone
is breaking in. That's when she comes across Ash.
From
the moment Ash and Ren meet, they are constantly at each others throats.
They push each other to their limits and wonder who will break first.
Ren knows she is attracted to him right away but can't stand how cocky
he is around her and everyone else. So, she is constantly battling with
herself to not give in to what her body wants. Ash doesn't understand
why he is drawn to Ren, since he has never experienced this type of
feeling before. So he does everything he can to push her buttons to keep
her away. He knows that he can't let her get close to him because it
will change everything.
Then one night when Ren is
doing her usual training on her own, Ash shows up and things start to
change. Little by little they get closer and closer and sparks begin to
fly. They start training together and Ren realizes that she is drawn to
the rink and wants to learn everything she can about fighting. Ash
doesn't like it, but Ren doesn't let him have a say. She's a grown women
who can decide what she wants to do with her life, and won't let anyone
get in her way.
I did like Ren's friends Josie and
Seth. Poor Seth. He's so sweet. Would love to read a little more about
him! Josie, loved her conversations that she had with Ren, they were too
funny... and the support she gave to Ren when it came to Monica was
hilarious.....
"FYI, she's ugly beautiful, Ren. No competition.
I frowned."Ugly beautiful?"
"So beautiful she's ugly. All surface, hollow inside. If she was a
model, she'd do bikini shoots in men's magazines and suck cock to get an
extra page."
HaHa! Love it. Way to make someone feel better about pretty bitches!
I also really liked some of the one liners that Ren would think in her head....
After Ren and Seth kissed Ren thought....
"It felt nothing like the times Ash had kissed me. No fireworks, no moisture or pussy clenching. No nothing."
"He pounded into my pussy, taking everything he needed, but giving me all I wanted. It was fucking porn star sex but with out the soundtrack."
"He pounded into my pussy, taking everything he needed, but giving me all I wanted. It was fucking porn star sex but with out the soundtrack."
Got to love those clenching kisses!
I
really enjoyed this book. This story had the perfect combination of
action and love. Both Ash and Ren's characters were amazing. Ash was hot
and arrogant, and Ren was one bad-ass chick. They were the perfect hot
couple, and I can't complain about the sex scenes! They totally lived up
to their characters and the animalistic side of their relationship.
There were so many parts that I was so nervous about what was going to
happen both inside and outside the rink. I loved the fight scenes. So,
if your looking for a good book that gives you passion and angst, this
book would be great! I can not wait for book 2!! This book definitely
left me wanting more!
~Juls
Excerpt
My fist slammed into the heavy leather bag, the impact
jolting up my arm and absorbing into my torso.
The only light was from the back row of fluorescents
I’d switched on over the ring. It was dark, murky and helped me pretend I was
someplace else. The drama from the daylight hours was gone and it was just me
and the darkness. Exactly the way I liked it.
I began another set of punches, hair sticking to the
sweat beading across the back of my neck. Structure. This was the only thing
that was predictable in my life and I needed predictable.
Stance. Guard. Punch. Guard. Repeat.
There was a loud cough behind me and I spun on my
heel, heart thumping in my chest, and my gaze collided with Ash’s.
“Fuck,” I exclaimed, holding a hand over my heart. “Don’t
fucking do that, Ash.” Typical. The creeper was being all creeper again.
“What are you doing?” He stared at me, his gaze
hovering a little too long on my bare midriff.
I steadied the bag with one hand, taking deep breaths.
“What does it look like?”
“I’ve never seen…” He trailed off and I wondered if
I’d finally made the Golden Boy lost for words.
I
turned my back so I didn’t have to look at him. “What? A woman in a sports bra?
Highly doubt it.” I rolled my eyes and wiped my forehead with the back of my
arm. Even though I couldn’t see, I felt his gaze burning into my skin and I
suppressed the urge to squeeze my thighs together. Infuriating, self-absorbed,
arrogant…
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