He’s brutal and battered. The meanest fighter in the city. And I’m begging him to teach me how to fight. The first time I step foot in Jax Sutherland’s gym, he stares like I’m some badly lost tourist. All around, men are beating each other to a pulp, and I wince with every smack and grunt. Maybe I am lost. Coming here is definitely the craziest thing I’ve ever done, and I’m so out of place it hurts. I’m a cuddler, not a fighter, and I can’t even watch scary movies. This is nuts. But I’m desperate. Someone’s been following me through the city, leaving threatening notes, and I’m so tired of feeling afraid. Feeling vulnerable. I need to learn to defend myself, and for that I need Jax. At first, he laughs. Then he scowls. Then he drags my flushed body to the mat. Fight Dirty is a short and steamy instalove story, starring a brutal fighter and the girl he’s drawn to protect.

He’s gorgeous, muscled, and a giant pain in the ass. But when I ask for help, he comes running. I swore I’d keep my distance from my tease of a neighbor. He’s always pushing my buttons—always trying to get a rise out of me. But when a spate of break-ins makes me nervous, Dawson is the one I go to for self defense lessons. Can’t believe he’s the one I want at a time like this, but I can’t help it. All my instincts cry out for him. So we spend time together. Alone, sweaty time. And the more I’m around this man, the harder it is to push him away. Are we doomed to bicker and fight forever? Or could we have something different? …Something great. Hard Knocks is a short and steamy instalove story, starring two enemies next door and all their gooey, inconvenient FEELINGS. Yikes.