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. The thought of spending decades in prison is one of the few things that actually scares the shit out of this cocky fighter.
Newly admitted attorney Page Davenport is willing to do … to do anything it takes to get out 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.
This 72K word book has a HEA with no cliffhanger.
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Truly enjoyed it.
Enjoyed the characters.
Hot, sexy, steamy and romantic. Very well written. Just started 2nd in series (Jude)
For me I couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen next.
This is a hot enjoyable read that will keep
your attention right throughout the book.
Well written and great characters.
I would definitely recommend this book.
A well written great intense hot story. Jax is the angry Heavyweight MMA champ who became a MMA fighter to help control his anger isses. A non relationship man has a women who stalks him and then charges him with rape and assault. Paige has just recently passed the bar and is working in her fathers law firm with the rest of the family and is assigned to take the case because ger father feel she will help with the women not fear him. Intense chemistry they need to deny for numerous reasons. As they have to take multiple trips to Atlantic city to try to help prove his innocence the tension continues. Her fiancee starts to have his own issues with their trips which opens Jax protective side. I was glued to this awesome intense story. A must read.
Incredible Start to This Hot MMA Romance Series!
Lane Hart’s “Jax,” the first title in her Cocky Cage Fighter novella series, is an intensely hot enemies-to-lovers story that will keep you coming back for more. I had read “Sage” a few months ago, not realizing that it was part of the Legacy series attached to this one, and since I loved it, I had to go back and start at the beginning. Jax Malone is an undefeated middleweight MMA champion – broody, gorgeous, and deadly – who is falsely accused of a crime that could end his legendary career and steal his freedom. Attorney Page Davenport is a beautiful, career-driven woman who is used to being underestimated and overlooked by her elitist father and boss in the firm she works for. When Jax and Page are thrown together, the connection between them is white-hot, and the journey toward their HEA is heart-wrenching and extremely difficult. Despite its brevity, the story and cast are well-developed, creating a world that revolves around the Havoc training facility and forging lifelong friendships among the fighters and their families. There is just enough MMA in the tale to build up the excitement, and the characters are both flawed and relatable. LOVE Jude and Logan, and I’m hoping we’ll see stories for them as well! Sexy steamy bits, aww moments that had me reaching for tissues, and a page-turning story make this – without a doubt – a 10-star read, but this will only show five since I can’t award any more than that! Completely sucked into this series, Lane Hart, and cannot wait to read more!
Great start to a series
I got this book from Amazon and am leaving my review voluntarily. It is book 1 in a series.
Triggers:
talk of sexual assault, violence
Spoilers:
Jax, MMA fighter accused of a horrible crime. He’s an angry guy but swears he did not do the crime.
Page, new attorney working at her dad’s firm and wants to prove she can try a case. Her father decides to give her Jax’s case, not because he believes in her but to garner sympathy with the court.
The two main characters had chemistry right from the start. The author wrote the story in a way that made it believable that two completely different people with different outlooks on life, could get together. HEA
I look forward to the next book.
This is the first book I have read in the series and I loved it. I don’t know what I liked more – the possessive, protect alpha MMA champ Jax, or the strong, brilliant attorney Page. You are going to love how Jax stands up for her and struggles with the forbidden nature of their relationship. Read it.
Read: 3/25/2020
Jax was the first book in the Cocky Cage Fighter series by Lane Hart.
Jackson “Jax” Malone was a famous MMA fighter, The Mauler, who was the reigning Middle Weight Champion for the last five years. He had just been arrested for a sexual assault crime he didn’t commit.
Page Davenport was a new attorney working in her father’s firm and was assigned Jax’s case as her first criminal case. She was anything but thrilled and immediately pegged him guilty.
The storyline had a suspenseful vibe while Page was navigating around the details of the case. Hart also took us through the mechanics of Page’s background and life while simultaneously introducing us to Jax’s family, which will be the focus for the next book of the series.
Overall, it was a quick and enjoyable read. As the story progressed, I ultimately enjoyed both characters. Page was a little weak, but approach it as a lighthearted and somewhat unrealistic read and it will be enjoyable. For that, I rated it 3.5 stars, which rounds up to 4 stars on this review site. The flirty, fun and celibate Jude, Jax’s totally opposite brother, is up next.
I love, love, loved this book. Jax and Page were dynamic together and the love and devotion they had for one another was amazing. Aaron Shedlock did an amazing job narrating.
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. I can’t wait to see what comes next.
Jax is definitely a five star read!!!!
This is a wonderfully written story and I was pulled in from the very beginning. I couldn’t put it down once I started reading it, it kept me up late and I’m not even complaining!!! Jax might be a cocky cage fighter who uses women like most people use nakpins, but he definitely did not commit the horrible crime that he is accused of. Enter Paige who is a lawyer working in her father’s law firm after she just recently passed the bar exam. She’s a buttoned up, reserved woman, but she will do everything she can to get Jax justice. This is a great read and I highly recommend it!!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
It’s no secret that I’m in love with this author and was super excited to start reading this series.Lane Hart’s writing continues to be simple but in this case it has become more complex due to the theme addressed. All reading flowed smoothly and very catchy.JAX is the first book from the Cocky Cage Fighters Novel and just by its cover I knew I was going to find a very intense story.This book focused on the stories of Jax and Page.Page is a lawyer at her father’s firm but she wasn’t given the proper recognition. She was treated as an errand girl most days. One day, her dad told her that she will represent the infamous fighter Jax on a murder accusation. She wasn’t thrilled with that idea but she had something to prove to her dad and co-workers.How can we prove our value when our own family despises us? JAX is a MMA fighter that was accused of the brutal crime the he didn’t commit but everyone thinks he did. And because of that, he is subjected to ending his contract and endorsements, so he has to prove his innocence at all costs.When they intersect they cannot remain indifferent to the attraction they feel about each other, but the stubbornness and indifference are also present. Is the line that divides the love of hate so tenuous? Can two people who hate each other fall head over heels for each other?This book is super funny; the dialogue between the main characters is pretty hilarious. And of course the hot scenes are so present and so wild.In short, I love the whole story and the fact that once again Lane have focused on love. I’m very glad I started reading this series and quite upset it took me so long to start but my TBR is getting bigger so fast that I can’t keep up. Now I’m going to grab the next book in this series.
Loved this book. The tension between Jax and Page as the fight what the feel makes for a fantastic read. Add in some crazy ex s and you have everything
Love all of Lane’s books, but Jax is still my favorite!
Great story!!!!
Jax is our sexy MMA fighter who gets himself in some legal troubles and Page becomes his lawyer. A lot of heat and tension flows through them and it jumps right off the pages. I loved reading about Jax and Page and have no doubt that the rest of the sexy MMA fighters in this series will knock me out 😉
Grabs you from beginning to end. Great story line….I couldn’t put it down!
Great series of books
Read in less than one day and straight onto the next in the series… Great fun, steamy reads! I’m loving this!