Three full-length MMA romance novels!~ Jax ~MMA Middleweight World Champion, Jackson “Jax” Malone has just entered the fight of his life. Known for his viciousness in the cage, and his playboy ways out of it, Jax is arrested and charged with a brutal rape. Newly admitted attorney Page Davenport is willing to do anything it takes to get out from under her father’s thumb and finally prove herself … from under her father’s thumb and finally prove herself in his law firm. Anything except represent the infamous miscreant, Jackson “The Mauler” Malone. Despite her protests, Page is powerless to avoid becoming the sacrificial lamb, the token female, who will be the face of the violent, angry Neanderthal’s defense team.
Jax is a bad boy with a temper, doing whatever the hell he wants in life while flipping the bird at all his haters. Page is the prim and proper rich debutante her parents want her to be. They’ve been pulling her strings, telling her what to do, where to go to school, what to wear, and even who she should marry.
Page and Jax struggle to work together, engaging in a knockdown drag-out fight for dominance. When they finally stop taking swings at each other, they’re both surprised to realize that sometimes first impressions are completely wrong. In fact, opposites really do seem to attract. However, there are lines that attorneys and their clients can never cross, if Page wants to keep her license to practice law.
Will Page risk it all and submit to the cocky fighter? Or will Jax’s temper and jealousy prove too much for her to take on outside of the courtroom?
Either way, one thing is for sure – neither Page nor Jax are going down without a fight. In the end, the secret for them to find heaven may be to battle their way through hell first.
~ Jude ~
MMA cage fighter Jude Malone leads a simple life – eat, sleep and train. His older brother Jax is a legend in the octagon, and while Jude’s had his fair share of recent losses, he’s better than his record. He just needs a chance to prove it.
When Jude is suddenly offered the fight of a lifetime by his head coach, there is only one tiny string attached. He decides to go for it, but that little string just might turn out to be the one that unravels him completely.
Sadie Briggs is a quiet, introverted tomboy. She was raised by a single father and grew up in his MMA training gym with dozens of sweaty, aggressive men. They only think of her as their sweet little sister, not as a woman who is getting ready to go off to college. That all changes when her longtime crush, Jude Malone, becomes her knight in shining armor after her boyfriend dumps her the week before her senior prom.
Jude feels like he’s been sucker punched when Sadie’s unexpected Cinderella transformation forces him to actually see her as a woman for the very first time. Overwhelming lust, jealousy and passion turn out to be the right combination to finally unlock Jude’s cocky alpha fighter inside and out of the cage. Only one thing stands in the way of him winning the world championship welterweight title and a gorgeous girl. The truth.
~ Linc ~
Linc is in love with a porn star.
Okay, so maybe he’s not in love with Eve Kelly, but he’s completely freaking obsessed with her, addicted even. For years he’s been using Eve as an escape from reality. Why? Because Linc’s heart was not only ripped out of his chest by his high school sweetheart, she crushed it into so many pieces that he still hasn’t found them all.
But now he’s ready to stop letting the past haunt him and a porn star own him. And how exactly is he gonna do that? By confronting his demons, or in this case one incredibly sexy demoness, he’ll finally be able to get his social life back.
Linc didn’t consider the possibility that he could fall even harder for her.more
This Box Set includes:
1 – JAX
I’m late to the party with this one. It’s been out for awhile and I’m just now reading this series. What in the world was I thinking? I’ve read other books by Lane Hart, I can’t for the life of me figure out how I missed this one!!!
Jax is the MMA Heavyweight Champion. Typical stereotype of a fighter. Built like a god, good looking, cocky as all get out, and can get any woman he wants when he wants her. He doesn’t do relationships, at all for any reason. He prefers the “cage bunnies” who know the score when it comes to being with him. And then BAM! He’s stalked by one, accused of rape, arrested and jailed.
Paige is the epitome of the dutiful daughter, down to what she wears. She graduated, received her degree and now works in her fathers law office with her brother and other family members. She’s dead set on proving to him she can do this until he assigns her the case of a violent man accused of rape. In her father’s mind, since she’s a woman, she can play up the part showing no woman should be afraid of Jax.
The completely opposite personalities of Jax and Paige set the tone for a snarky banter back and forth as they begin working together to solve the mystery of the case only to evolve into a chemistry so thick it becomes palpable. The twists and turns will have you turning pages quickly to follow along to see what happens as the tension is broken often by the love and camaraderie between Jax, his younger brother Jude, and their father ‘Mr. Malone.’ I’m so glad I finally read this because I loved it.
2 – JUDE
I have to say first of all, Lane Hart has created something really special with this series. The dynamics and dialogue between the characters along with the feels just pulls you in and lets you become a part of what she’s created.
Jude is like most younger brothers in the shadow of an older, successful sibling. He’s skilled, talented, determined, quite good looking and built well, as an MMA fighter should be, and has a great personality. He just needs his one big shot to prove what he can do. When his coach sets things up, after debating it, Jude agrees.
When the coaches daughter winds up in a situation and needs a date for her senior prom, Jude is asked and agrees. He’s known her practically most her life and she’s always been like a little sister …. Until she appears as a woman he’s automatically attracted to. Unbeknownst to him, Sadie has always had a crush on Jude.
Usually when reading these types of books, they’re older characters with a little more experience behind them. This one is rather refreshing as we go back to a time in most of our lives and are reminded of the insecurities, the fears, the uncertainties of youth. All the things that will eventually be taught with experience now plays out for these two. It was an angst filled, emotional rollercoaster filled with the drama of youth and humor of great personalities in the book. Once again, I’m so glad to finally have found this series and now especially Jude and Sadie.
3 – LINK
I have to leave some surprises for you but not to worry, you’ll love this one as much as I did.
The first books from one of the most amazing MMA series of all times. See each review seperatly
***This is actually regarding all 9 books in the series!***
I read each of these books individually, and posted review for each one. It took me a month to get through this series (only because I had other books that I had to read between them). I am going to be totally honest. I love Lane Hart. I am a HUGE fan of her with her All In series. But I was not all that sure about these Cocky Cage Fighters. I had Jax (the first book in the series that is free on Amazon) in my library as a TBR for over a year! I downloaded it because I love the author and her writing. I put off reading it because I was not completely sold on the idea of ready about Cage Fighters, I am not a fan of MMA. When I finally ready Jax I fell in love with it! And then I continued with the series…and loved them all! The cage fighting is a HUGE background to the story. There is always a bit of it in there, but it does not take over the story lines! So I recommend these books to anyone who likes some steamy romances. Do not be put off my the “Cage Fighter” part, because with her fantastic writing, Lane Hart made these men in to way more than just Cocky Cage Fighters in my opinion!