Outside The Ropes (Outside the Ropes #1)

Outside the Ropes (Outside the Ropes #1)
By Ashley Claudy

SUMMARY

In the ring, Regan has control. Outside the ropes, she fights to survive.

Regan Sommers spent her life fighting. Fighting foster parents, kids in the group home, and classmates. But the night she has to fight for her life changes everything.

Now, she's fighting for money in the ring, and from the first punch she's addicted. Every addiction has a price though, and this one is the gym's star boxer, Gage Lawson. He may come in an enticing tattooed package, but his demands are more than she can handle.

The responding officer from that night, Anthony Fields, comes with no demands. He wants whatever she's willing to give, and Regan can handle that. She can definitely handle him. 

But no help comes string free, and Regan's not the only one with a hard past and scars to cover. The life she was trying to escape is nothing compared to the danger she's in the middle of now, and she can't fight her way out.

***Reader please be aware: Story contains mature content such as: Drugs, sex, abuse, and explicit language that may be upsetting for some.**** 

REVIEW
Captivating read

I picked this book to read because I found this author on Wattpad.  I had read a different story there and loved it.  In her profile she stated she published this story, so I took a chance.

This book kept me up all night trying to finish.  I couldn't put it down.  It did get irksome because it just continued to steamroll downhill constantly. I can handle drama, but when there seems like no end in sight it gets on your nerves.  I really didn't like Regan at first.  She just seemed like a user the way she used Anthony like she did, but he was a super creep for taking her up on it!  I then realized she had been through hell and was just surviving.  Gage is intriguing and I have a feeling is in a dark place never to get out.  I think I want to read the next book, it kinda left it wide open at the end.