The Fighter by Viv Allen (Paperback)

A one-night stand turns into something far more when both men discover they share a forbidden connection. The Fighter is the first book in Viv Allen’s Built to Break series, a high-heat MM romance.

Tav hasn’t told anyone his real name in years. To protect his sister, he fights in brutal illegal matches run by the city’s top crime lord, and with every punch, every crack of bone, his soul has been carved away until little remains but a husk. Until, that is, he meets a fancy suit in a bar, a man who takes him home and then takes him apart. Conrad touches him like he knows him, and for the first time in a long time, Tav remembers what it feels like to be something other than empty.

Conrad, for his part, knows the moment he sees the shadowed figure in the corner of the bar that he has to have him. One night with the mysterious man with two-toned eyes, and Tav is invading his every thought. Tav is cagey, guarded, full of secrets, but Conrad has secrets of his own, and he intends to uncover every last one of Tav’s, and then make him his.

Please note this contains some dark themes; see the author’s note at the start of the book. Perfect for readers who love a high-heat MM romance, a black-cat-and-golden-retriever pairing and a morally grey, obsessive hero who’d burn the world down for the man he loves.