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Saturday, August 12, 2017

No Holds (The Fighter Series book 4) by T.C. Matson


SYNOPSIS:


Ryker
I lost the championship.
The contract.
My dignity.

I’ve been offered a second chance.
I’m back with vengeance.
Determined and focused.
I’m going to win the championship.

Just when I thought I had it all planned out, she walked into my brother’s anniversary party. She’s beautiful, exquisite, and has a smile that makes me weak. I need to make her mine. Now I’m not only fighting to win the championship, I’m also fighting to win her.

Whitney
My life was on track…until him. 
He’s not my type—an adrenaline junkie who enjoys inflicting pain on others for sport. Tall and tattooed with piercing blue eyes, he’s too sexy to resist.
I didn’t see him coming until he was already firmly entrenched in my life.
Suddenly, I’m falling head over heels for a man I realize I can’t breathe without.
We’re in for the fight of our lives.
And we both have everything to lose.


MY REVIEW:


Not only was this the first book by TC Matson I had read, it was also the first MMA in the sports romance genre.  I know absolutely NOTHING about MMA, so I was for sure going into this blind.  I did read No Holds as a standalone even though there are 3 other books in the series.

 Whitney and Ryker's paths cross during an anniversary party Whitney had been hired to plan by Ryker's brother Jackson.  While a brief encounter, their paths crossed again soon after.  

 In the story, Whitney has strong feelings about fighting/violence, at one point her father is brought in.  I thought maybe they would elaborate more on her reasoning, but it was just kind of left as a moral belief.  As silly as it may seem, I would have liked a story to go along with that.  

 We are introduced to the Hayes family, who are very close knit.  The supporting characters are all fantastic and bring the story together.  

 I expected a little more of the MMA scenes to play out in No Holds.  I know we were leading up to Ryker working for his second chance, so I am sure that is why there weren't more scenes like that.  

 Overall, I liked No Holds, for being the first MMA in the sports genre that I had read.  I found myself reading to dive into No Hesitations to find out what happened with Ryker's career and Whitney and Ryker's relationship.  I am giving No Holds 4 stars.  I needed just a bit more history on Whitney and a little bit more of the MMA to understand Ryker.  



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ABOUT T.C. MATSON

“Dreaming in Reality…You dream in reality when you pick up a book and get lost in it. In my writing, I strive to take you to a place where reality and fantasy become a blurry line. Everything should be relatable. It could happen…couldn’t it?” ~ TC Matson
TC Matson loves to let her character’s voices be heard. With a head full of stories, she puts her keyboard through a beating daily. With an understanding that love isn’t always instant and full of flowers—her writing mirrors it.
She’s a romance junkie at heart and an avid reader. Add those two together and she will devour books within hours, getting lost in the world the author creates.
Matson resides in the peaceful Piedmont area of NC with her husband and three boys, where staying hopped up on caffeine is the key to her sanity. Chaos is indefinite and a sense of humor is an absolute must.
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