REVIEW: Fighting the Fall by Jennifer Snow

Fighting the Fall by Jennifer Snow: MMA heavyweight champion Tyson Reed needs to defend his championship in just a few weeks. If only he didn’t have a gym to run and men to train. If only his drug addict brother didn’t crash into his life, and display case, again. And, biggest of all, if only the gorgeous and untouchable actress Parker Hamilton didn’t come into his gym demanding to be trained for her new role.

His hand caught her wrist and a second later he was swinging her around to face him, closing the gap between them. He released her wrist and grabbed her hips with both hands, pulling her roughly toward him. “Why is it that you’re the last thing I need right now, but the only fucking thing I want?” He growled.

Parker has been in quite the acting slump. Her career downhill, the only chance she has is her new role as an MMA fighter in a small indie film. The only problem, she isn’t exactly in fighting form and she needs the best of the best, Tyson Reed, to train her.
As they struggle to get along and fulfill their own goals, Tyson and Parker can only resist one another for so long. But Tyson can’t have the distraction and Parker is trying to find her way back into Hollywood, will being together ever really work?

I really enjoyed Fighting the Fall. Parker and Tyson were complete opposites and yet they clicked perfectly. Parker forced her way in at the same time as letting Tyson find his own way to reconcile the family legacy of MMA with falling in love and opening himself up to another.

At times, I just felt awful for Tyson. Nothing went right, nothing beyond meeting Parker and that, of course, went wrong a time or two as both struggled to fit the other into their life. It was almost a little too much struggle since there was never really a moment of peace.

But otherwise, the chemistry was fantastic. And it was funny. Really amusing. And sweet. So sweet and unexpectedly sweet. I definitely recommend Fighting the Fall for any romance reader, especially those who love an MMA fighter, and no worries about knowing the first in the series at all.

Book Info:

Publication: October 20, 2015 | InterMix | Beyond the Cage #2

MMA fighters go Beyond the Cage in the new series by the author of Breaking Her Rules. This time, it’ll take some fancy footwork for a gym owner to keep from falling in love…

Hollywood actress Parker Hamilton will do anything to get back in the spotlight. Since breaking up with one of the industry’s most successful directors, she’s been in a string of box office busts. Now, she’s found the role of a lifetime in a film about a female MMA fighter and she knows exactly who to ask for help learning the ropes…

When Tyson Reed sees a blonde bombshell walk into his gym looking for training, he wants to refuse. He knows her type and he doesn’t need any unwanted distractions while preparing for his upcoming title fight. But if he can’t pay off his brother’s debts, Tyson could lose his gym… and the reputation his family has had in the MMA world for three generations.

Tyson never thought he’d be going one-on-one with a spoiled, out-of-shape Hollywood actress. But this is one bout he just may not win—or want to… (less)