MilaPregnant and married at the young age of eighteen, I settled into my life not knowing there could ever be more.Until Mason, with his sexy smirk and magnetic baby blue eyes. With a single look and a few words, he made me feel sexy and alive. But as quickly as he came into my life, he was gone, leaving me wanting more.A few days later my mom died, and her final words of advice—life’s too short … advice—life’s too short to settle—are what I vowed to live my life by. Not even a year after her death, I was divorced and ready to find the one.
Only I didn’t realize how difficult it would be to find someone who could make me feel the way Mason did. Five years later, and I’m still single, looking for my forever.
Mason
I’m the guy who fights and f*cks. The guy who goes fishing but never keeps what he catches. The responsibility that comes with commitment isn’t for me.
Until Mila comes back into my life making me want things I’ve never imagined wanting. Now, the man I’ve always been is quickly losing the fight against the man I want to be.
I’m supposed to want the woman who wants the right now. Yet, I’m falling for the woman who wants the forever.
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Oh Mason and Mila…
I am so in love with this book, I kinda want to marry it. I knew going in I’d love it. Let’s face it, for me, Nikki is just one of those rare writers we find where we love every book they write. So let’s get down to the nitty gritty…
Mason and Mila… M&M… They are my new favorite couple! Mason in a lot of ways, was this scared adolescent who was trapped in a man’s body. On an emotional level, he didn’t know how to adult. Enter Mila… She’s a struggling single mom, and Mason has sworn off getting involved with mothers. It’s too messy. But the more time he spends with Mila, the more cracks she creates in that wall he has around his heart. He learns that love isn’t something to shy away from when you find the right person. But Mason isn’t the only one learning either. He teaches Mila that it’s okay to depend on someone. You don’t have to do it all on your own.
I really don’t think I could love these words more if I tried. I was complete TAKEDOWN after I read it.
Nikki Ask has done it again ladies and gents!!!! Takedown gives you all the feels! Mason and Mila are so darn cute together!!!! Of course I had been not so patiently waiting for Mason’s story!!! I knew something was brewing up between these two Mason definitly had Mila all swoony since this line: “I can promise you, one day she will most definitely be under me.” Phew that was HOT. The love story between these two is epic!!! All Mason wants is to be loved unconditionally and Mila just wants to be loved.
Wow! I’m having trouble coming up with words! I loved everything about this book. Mason and Mila’s chemistry exploded in Clinched and gave you a great cliffhanger to swoon and stir yourself crazy with the possibilities of what could happen in their future and Takedown didn’t disappoint! Both Mason and Mila had an emotional, heartfelt backstory and journey leading up to where they came crashing together in a perfect storm. There were plot twists and surprises that kept me turning the page eagerly to see what would happen next. I loved when things would happen completely unexpectedly too! I was in shock, I cried, I laughed, I yelled at them and swooned.
Takedown delivered a new fresh, and explosive conclusion to the series….but here is hoping some of the tiny holes and sneak peeks left in each book, gave room for the possibility of a revisit to the Cage, and these wonderful characters 🙂 Great book!
Oh Mason!! He made this series go out with a BANG! I read many chapters more than once and savored every word. I have so many favorite parts about this book.
Mason is everything I expected and more! I knew Mason was a ladies man, a good friend and funny. He had a hard life as a kid and was homeless at one time. I never imagined that his story would be so heartbreaking. After reading about his childhood things started to make more sense about why he is the way he is. He thinks he will fail the ones he loves so he tries not to get close to anyone to fall in love with them.
Mila is a single mom who is looking for romance and an everlasting love. She had the husband and the kid but it wasn’t a loving marriage like she had always wanted. She wants that intense connection with someone.
I love stories where the couple starts out as friends and doesn’t expect to fall in love. I found that in this book. They were great as friends but even greater as lovers. What I love about this book and all of Nikki Ash’s book is she always writes scenes that are so real. Many times I smile while reading them. The conversations her characters have remind me of something my husband and I would say. I always feel a connection with her characters and understand them. This book is no different. Mason was struggling because of what went on in his childhood. I can relate to that.
I Love this series!! I can honestly say it’s very high on best series I’ve ever read. I don’t won’t to say goodbye to these characters. They will always live in my heart. I’ll never forget the times they gave me an escape and made me smile.
I have been waiting for this book to land on my kindle… From previous books in the Fighting Love series I have loved this funny, bighearted manwhore and I wanted him to find his HEA.
Because of a very tough childhood Mason does not do relationships, and he definitely does not do single moms. That is, until he meets Mila, divorced mom to eight years old Alec. He stays away, holds himself off, but a man can only take so much…
Mason, my main man! He made me laugh so many times through this story, but made my heart hurt even more.
This is a story about daring to take the leap, learning to love and rely on others. Being brave enough to let people in and let them see what is behind the smoke and mirrors.
It is a quite beautiful and kind of subtle story if you ask me, but in it’s quiet way it hit me harder than all the drama you see in other stories.
Love Mason and Mila and hate to see them go.
I absolutely loved Mason & Mila’s story. This by far has been my favorite and an epic way to finish to an incredible series.
We got to Mila and Mason in Clinched and you could tell they has chemistry from the start. I absolutely loved the back and forth banter between the two of them and POF sounds like it was definitely made with Mason in mind.
Mila is an amazing mother who always puts her son, Alec, first and no one deserves a HEA more than her. Despite a failed marriage she’s still able to keep an amicable relationship with her ex-husband. All she needs now is to “Hook” the man of her dreams and never “Release” him.
Mason on the other hand is a player and believes that relationships and marriage are two things he wasn’t made for. He was so affected by his part and everything that happened with his mother that it has totally affected his perception on marriage. With just the right woman in his life Mason is able to become the caring man, husband and father everyone knew he was capable of being.
Takedown is Mila and Masons story. It has easily become one of my favorite books this year. We first meet Mila in Takedown, she is the nurse Tristan ends up naming his baby girl after, of course after he is assured It is not the name of a mason conquest! They reconnect when Mila becomes friends and roommates with Tristan’s fiancée. At first glance Mason is the typical manwhore who loves to catch and release, but he is so much more. Mason, who is probably one of my all time favorite characters now, has his share of baggage. Mila is a single mom, which is completely against Masons rules. There is instant chemistry, but both try to fight it. Their story is one I will read again and again, it was that good.
Takedown is Mason’s book! I loved him when I first read about him in Tristan’s book Clinched and after reading this I REALLY loved him! He is probably my favorite character now! Mila was an amazing woman and single mother. I loved her alot. Mason and Mila had chemistry and sexual tension from the beginning and of course scorching sexy scenes!! They were perfect together, I loved loved them! I also really loved Mason’s relationship with Alec, it was so sweet! I love this series!!
Wow! Mila & Mason’s story consumed me! I couldn’t stop reading once I started. I’m so glad that Mila & Mason were able to tell their story. It definitely was a story worth telling.
I loved that both Mila & Mason had their own baggage. Neither of them were perfect, but they fit perfectly together. I loved every word I read and every emotion those words evoked.
I can’t wait to read more by Nikki Ash. I feel like she gets better & stronger with every word she writes.
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You lead and I’ll follow
Holy hell!!! This book was everything I wanted for Mason and so much more!! I knew he was special and I knew his story was going to hurt my heart; but Sweet Baby Jesus, I still don’t think I was prepared when I went into this book.
When we really get to know Mason in Clinched (which if you have not read, hop on that right away because it was fabulous) he appears to just be a “fishing” player. He loves his little game of “catch and release” and has no desire to change. We know he is a great guy because of his relationship with little Lexi and the selfless way he has been with Tristan from the beginning. I don’t think anyone, at least I didn’t realize, the depths of his love for those two until we get to know him in his in own story. Mason has a lot of issues stemming from his childhood and they bleed into his adult life and he really doesn’t have much control over that. Little did he know the
Ultimate Catch was right before his eyes, and his life was about to change in ways he never imagined.
Mila, is, I don’t know how to put it really… She is kinda like a beautiful undetected mermaid swimming amongst a sea of barracudas, not really knowing just how special she is. She isn’t anything like the girls Mason normally goes after. She is genuinely an amazing person and really doesn’t have extraordinary wants in life, just the important ones, providing for her son, making sure she is a good mom and finding the love of her life. She is in no way materialistic or a diva she is just a beautiful person who wants happiness for her and her son. She knows she is attracted to Mason, she just won’t allow herself to go there. She wants a responsible, loving, caring guy, not a player… Little does she know she is about to be reeled in hook like and sinker and it just so happens, Mason is all those things and so much more.
These two were fabulous together, I loved everything about them and their story! It was the perfect ending for this series! I wish I could give it more than five stars!!!!
Nikki Ash has done it again. Takedown is such an amazing book that will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions. I have been waiting to read Masons story for some time now and I was not disappointed. Masons past broke my heart from what he went through and even though I didnt agree with some of his actions (I would of loved to smack him upside the head at times) I understand his reasoning for them. Mila is such a sweetheart, and her son is adorable. Mason tried so hard to be the man Mila has always wanted and deserved and I believe he exceeded those expectations. The “SHARK WEEK” scene, I think a lot of men would benefit from reading that part I also love how past couples make appearance. Takedown ends with a HEA although I am sad that this is the last book of the Fighting Love series. Its definitely one of my top favorite series.
Is there anything better than a really great book when you’ve had a really bad day? Nikki Ash’s writing always has a way of taking over and pulling me in that leaves me filled with nothing but happiness. No matter how emotional the story gets, I always know I’m going to get a beautiful happy ever after and Takedown has all of that and more. Sweet, seductively sexy, sprinkled with humor, and all of the feels this book was unputdownable!
The sparks were instant when Mason and Mila first met in a previous book and they’re now electric in this one! The back and forth filled with witty banter that keeps you giggling is only one aspect of their story that makes it great. Hiding behind the sarcastic fishing ways of Mason is a man with a beautiful heart who’s only ever wanted to prove he was good enough to take care of those he loves. A heartbreaking and traumatic past left him with insecurities that he masks with cockiness and one night stands.
Mila is someone I think most fellow mothers can relate to. Her son is her world and her life revolves around him. After leaving her husband and refusing to settle for less than she deserves she’s lived a lonely life outside of motherhood. One thing I have to take a moment to do is give a nod to Nikki Ash for the wonderful way she showed coparenting can be after a divorce. No bitterness, no fighting. A peaceful friendship filled with mutual respect between Mila and her ex existed throughout the entire story and it was so awesome to read. As a child of divorce that had a very different experience it made my heart happy to see.
Mila and Mason just may be one of my favorite couples ever. They so seamlessly became a family I don’t think even they realized it at first. Mason was so focused on giving her and her son everything he almost didn’t even realize he already had and Mila was so busy being swept away by the wonder that is Mason before they new it they were head over heels. Even with bumps in the road and emotional moments that will have you reaching for the tissues these two still have a heartwarmingly sweet love that is a thing of beauty!
Mason Street is a proud manwhore that has no plans in changing that status and Mila is all about commitment. We’ve seen Mason in the previous book but, in this book we really get to know Mason. We able to see what’s behind the joking manwhore facade that he portrays to the world.The man underneath that exseriesterior is sweet, loving, romantic and thoughtful and it’s amazing to see that soft side of him. I loved Mila, she’s brave because she left a situation that most people would have stayed because she believed that she deserved better and didn’t want to settle. Watching Mason and Mila fall in love is so amazing, it’s kind of like watching your friends fall in love. I loved catching up characters from the previous books in this series.This book is the perfect conclusion to the Fighting Love series.
I loved Mason in the past books, and couldn’t wait for his story, and boy did it not disappoint. Mason had a rough childhood, his mom arrested when he was a young teen, and bouncing from foster home to foster home. He has a lot of insecurities and keeps most people at arms length. Mila is a divorced single mom who wants her own fairy tale. Mason and Mila were so fun to read about, and I loved seeing all the previous characters back as well. This story is full of heat, laughs, and a little angst thrown in. I’d definitely recommend this book.
I loved every minute of this book. The chemistry between the characters was amazing. Mason and Mila were everything I hoped their love story would be. Amazing work nikki.
I am completely in love with Mason and Mila!! A reformed man whore and the single mom who doesn’t fall all over him is the best kind of story, throw in a little boy and I am a done. With glimpses of beloved characters from previous books this book is a winner! Nikki’s Ash has a style of writing that hooks you in and makes it impossible to put down.
This is the first book of this series that I’ve read. I have to be honest and say I was a little lost in the beginning with the characters. Trying to figure out who was who, who was with who, how they were related, etc. Once I got my head straight, I was good.
I really enjoyed this one. It was fun! It’s been a while since I’ve read an MMA book and I forgot how much I loved them.
If you love:
-MMA
-Single parents
-Surprise weddings
-Cocky heroes
-Manwhores
-Strong independent heroines
then you’ll love this one!
I really recommend this one! I’m looking forward to reading the previous books of this series!
Nikki Ash brings us one heck of a conclusion with Takedown!! Mason and Mila truly made they most imperfectly perfect couple So many times I swooned over Mason and how awesome he was at being a husband even tho he believed he wouldn’t or couldn’t be. And I learned sooo much from Mila. Her strength and willingness to succeed with Mason was inspiring!! This book was so real and so raw and I didn’t want it to end! I would definitely recommend everyone to order this and enjoy Mason and Mila’s journey to their HEA
What can I say? .. I just LOVED this book! Nikki I don’t know how you do it! I sometimes have enough trouble writing reviews let alone writing amazing novels! And believe me, Takedown is amazing!!
I felt so sorry for Mason for his upbringing and the way he second guessed everything, especially to do with family and women. To see him change (in the best way!!) is the best!! The way he cares for Mila and Alec, without even realising it is super sweet.
Mila is one very special lady who gets to see the other side of Mason, and reels him in!!
A beautiful story that you have to read!! Thanks Nikki!
I have been waiting for Mason’s story for a long time and Nikki Ash did not disappoint! Throughout the series, Mason has been one of my favourite characters! I just knew that there was a softer side to him and a romantic side that would come out when he met the right woman! Mason has known Mila for quite awhile and their relationship started in an unconventional way but they made it work. There were many ups and downs and doubts on Mason’s part if he could be a good husband or father, but throughout the novel I was rooting for them both! I love single parent romances! The romance in this book was swoon-worthy and the way that Mason was with Alec melted my heart! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved this book! I highly encourage everyone to read this book! It’s one of my favourite reads of 2018!