Play Tough

Bruiser
They call me Bruiser because I leave men broken on the canvas.
Because I spent ten years in prison for nearly killing a man with my bare hands.
No regrets. He deserved it.
Then Joanna walks into the Iron Pit… Single mom, exhausted, cleaning up my blood.
When some drunk grabs her, I protect her without thinking, and suddenly this woman who should be terrified is bandaging my knuckles like I'm worth fixing.
She doesn't even run when I tell her about prison. She calls me brave. She believes I can be more than my worst moments.
I'm Danny Cross, and I've spent my whole life being a weapon.
But Joanna makes me want to be a shield instead.
For her. For her daughter. For the family I never thought I'd deserve.

Play Tough is a short, sweet, and steamy small-town instalove romance with a happy-ever-after. It can be read as a standalone or together with the rest of the books in the Blackwater Falls: Fighters series.