Review: Submission does not always mean defeat...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
Marcy Foster is an amateur MMA fighter with a problem. She freezes in submission holds and not mastering escape from them could cost her the state championship and physical damage if she doesn't yield in time. She doesn't realize that the dark side to her innermost desires is impeding her professional life and she has had her trust broken in the past when she tried to be true to herself.Jax Stratham is the fight coach consultant with a degree in psychology that is brought in to work with the fighters at Club Excelsior and especially to help Marcy overcome her problem. He's a former fighter and a dominant in his personal life. It doesn't take him long to realize that Marcy is a natural submissive and that because of that she might never be able to counteract submission holds no matter how much she wants to win. But the attraction he feels for her will keep him trying to help her even after they cross the line into the personal which as a coach he knows he shouldn't have allowed.The sexual tension between this dominant and submissive is evident from the moment they meet. The banter between them is quite amusing. These are two very compelling characters. What a nice change to see a female as the MMA fighter and one that is spunky and stands up for herself even when faced with an assessment she doesn't want to hear. But no one knows a person better than themself, not even a coach can predict what can happen when the will is that strong.This was a story of a woman learning to accept one's true self, adapting to that knowledge and learning to work with it, of not accepting another's point of view that is so against the grain. It is also the story of a man who faces his own demons and stops running all because of a woman who refuses to give up her dreams. For a fighter submission does not have to mean defeat but to sway or to bend to achieve their purpose. This was quite an enjoyable sexy read filled with much emotion and very interesting supporting characters.