Body Shot (Tapped Out) by Cari Quinn Read Free Book Online

flash of reddish-blonde hair caught my eye in the crowd. My stomach fisted and smoothed out again. After the horrors I’d witnessed—and caused—tonight, at least I could tell myself one thing to help mitigate some of the damage. It wasn’t enough to make up for Brenda’s death, nothing would be, but it was important just the same.
    I’d driven Carly away. She wouldn’t have stayed after I’d gone into the VIP room with Brenda. Which meant she would be safe. The death count was much too high, but Carly would be far removed from all of it.
    She was untouched.
    Safe.
    And unlike Emilia, she would stay that way. I would stake my life on it.

On The Ropes
    Now that you’ve read this teaser novella about Carly and Giovanni, PREORDER their book, ON THE ROPES, to read the rest of their story, available July 1, 2015.
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    C atch up on the first story in the Tapped Out series, SHADOWBOXER, available now! And be sure to read on for an excerpt of SNEAK ATTACK, the next book in the Tapped Out series…available before ON THE ROPES!
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    SHADOWBOXER
    She's in for the fight of her life...with the man who only wants to be her lover.
    Fighter Mia Anderson has faced the dark side of life and survived. But just getting by is no longer enough. To fund her new life with her baby sister, she’s determined to beat the reigning king of the male fighters in New York’s underground MMA circuit, Tray “Fox” Knox.
    Tray refuses to fight a woman, until he learns Mia’s tougher than anyone he has ever known. He soon realizes he wants more from her than blows and blood, and he’s willing to hit below the belt to get it. He’ll fight her, but if he wins, she spends the night in his bed. All night long, his rules. No tapping out.
    Mia agrees, certain that he’ll lose. What she doesn’t realize is that Tray loves to fight dirty…and that this match may end up being the most important one of their lives.
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    W arning : please be advised this book contains content some may find triggering (past sexual trauma) and also contains graphic sex and language.

Sneak Attack
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    S he thought she’d fought her final match…but the bout isn’t over yet.
    Mia Anderson found more than she ever bargained for when she set up a fight with reigning king of the underground MMA fighters, Tray “Fox” Knox. Eight months have passed, and both have walked away from the sport that brought them together. Now they fight for love, not blood. Until a voice from the past comes back to haunt Mia, causing her to struggle with her secrets and her need for Tray.
    Tray’s tired of battling to be with a woman who keeps pushing him away. He loves Mia, but maybe he can’t love her through this. Not unless she will let him put his back to hers, all or nothing. He’s ready to slay any demon she has—except the one she refuses to share.
    One opponent will walk away the victor. And one will lose…everything.

Mia
    “ H ow do you like living with your boyfriend?”
    I stared at my therapist, wondering if a reasonable answer to her question would appear if I tried to read between the lines on her forehead. “Well, I appreciate the easy access to sex.”
    “Mmm-hmm.” Dr. Phelps didn’t so much as blink. She was either used to me and my blunt honesty or else she’d heard just about everything.
    I suspected a little from column A, plenty from column B.
    “How are things otherwise?” she asked.
    “He’s only lived with me for ten days. It’s a little soon to tell.”
    Tray was only staying with me while he searched for a new place. His latest fight with his father had led to him moving out of the apartment building his dad owned, something he claimed was long overdue. I suspected more had happened than just a simple argument, since the tension between him and his parents tended to be stifling at best and downright choking