Tap Out

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.Bannon’s Gym, Book 3As a child, Tom Delaney did the best he could to protect his mother from his abusivefather, but her eventual suicide left him a guarded and wary man who’s still carrying arounda metric ton of baggage.At Bannon’s Gym, Tom learned how to take back his power, and found love withfellow mixed martial arts fighter Travis Gallagher. Yet Tom can’t bring himself to take theirrelationship to the next level. Not if moving in together means leaving behind Gloria, hissurrogate mom, who’s desperately ill.When Gloria’s son, Eddie, hires an out-of-work nurse to care for Gloria, Tom is outof excuses—and afraid he’s being pushed out of his family of choice. That fear explodes ina violent sparring session that leaves Travis with a broken nose and Tom on the brink ofgetting booted out of Bannon’s Gym for good.When tragedy strikes, Tom realizes it’ll take more than fists to conquer his fears, or herisks losing everything—his fighting career, his family, and the man he loves.Warning: Sweat- and testosterone-drenched alpha males ahead! More angst than anentire season of Downton Abbey! Wear a helmet—this could get messy!