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Breaking Free

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Book 3 of Fighter's Passion
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Pub Date Jan 08 2025 | Archive Date Aug 31 2025

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Description

A spicy sports romance with protect-me and teach-me vibes.

In the ring Dani Graves is the kickboxer everyone's afraid to fight. She doesn’t back down, she doesn’t show pain, and she never gives up. No one knows she’s on the run and living out of her car behind the gym. When Dani runs into wrestler Ryan Thomson one morning, he immediately suspects Dani needs help and protection, no matter how fiercely she guards her independence.

Dani insists her freedom will come from taking the most dangerous fights she can. Ryan will do anything to keep her safe, but can he convince her she’s worth protecting?

  • ✔️Gym romance kickboxing
  • ✔️Bad ass heroine fighter
  • ✔️Protect her and secretly help her
  • ✔️Virgin, teach me
  • ✔️No third act break up

Breaking Free is the third book in the interconnected Fighter's Passion Series and can be read as stand alone. Available as paperback and ebook including Kindle Unlimited!

A spicy sports romance with protect-me and teach-me vibes.

In the ring Dani Graves is the kickboxer everyone's afraid to fight. She doesn’t back down, she doesn’t show pain, and she never gives up. No...


Advance Praise

Ryan really gives off that protector vibe and notices things that others would often glaze over. I loved that he was so patient with her but yet wouldn’t back away from her. I personally enjoyed that it wasn’t just romance with a page of MMA thrown in and had a little more (of) the training and what all goes into kickboxing/wrestling...

  • —Sharon McMaster, Goodreads

I Loved This Book! Breaking Free is a wonderful continuation of the Fighter's Passion series. I truly admired Dani for, despite awful circumstances, having the guts to take control of her life and destiny. Ryan was a wonderful, kind, loving, nurturing, yet persistent young man. They learned how to let down their walls, trust again, and build the future they both wanted/ deserved.

  • —PurpleLadi, Goodreads

This was my first time reading Ruby Starr and it won’t be my last! Breaking Free was a highly enjoyable and captivating read! It was well written, had awesomely developed characters and great storytelling! It was also sexy and steamy with some MMA action packed scenes! Loved it!

  • —Willie-mai, Goodreads

My favorite thing about this book was the strong FMC. It was so refreshing to read a romance centered around MMA with a FMC that is independent and strong willed. The MMA world was new to me, and I was shocked by how much I enjoyed it. I can’t wait to see what other stories we get from Ruby Starr in the future.

  • —Mary Austin, Goodreads

Ryan really gives off that protector vibe and notices things that others would often glaze over. I loved that he was so patient with her but yet wouldn’t back away from her. I personally enjoyed that...


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ISBN 9798999727909
PRICE $2.99 (USD)
PAGES 258

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Breaking Free by Ruby Starr is an intense and captivating sports romance that blends heat, heart, and high stakes. Dani and Ryan’s connection is electric, with both vulnerability and strength shining through every interaction. The story pulled me in from the very first page and kept me rooting for them until the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and rated it five stars for its gripping plot and emotional depth.

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fab read. i had an excellent time with this one. it was above what id wished for going in. so much fun, tension and all the feels hidden inside these pages and it was a joy to come across each and every one of them.
Dani is a star. what a gal. she is tough and she is skilled and she is fighting the fight both in the ring and out. shes been through some tough times and is just trying to get by each day. but this is all made her guarded, it bought her arms up way outside of the ring. shes built her own walls for protection.
then Ryan comes along. hes kind, hes patient and hes there. he also wants to help her and we can all imagine how this goes down. but boy were we all in love! because hes a force and protective but major green flag because it never crosses to controlling or other red flag we often see excused in this kind of situation in books!
the romance was so well done in this book. it felt right each time and each pace it took. the chemistry was of course all there. and there was a truth to it. one that i felt invested in both in my heart and in my smiles for the pair.
i felt Dani's growth in this book. shes so innocent and at the same time very much not due to what she had had to face. it makes her responsive to things in way we can easily see playing out in her character and passed. she has to re-learn and re trust in both herself and others.
Ryan is a great person to play her other half in this book. that supportive nature was just gorgeous. a gem. a good egg.
a fab book. just great.

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