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Fighter: (A Gay Romance) (The Brick Yard Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Carol Lynne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 50 ratings

FROM INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROL LYNNE

‘The story is a wonderful love story and a story about the connections we forge in life.’ ~ Gay Book Reviews

‘I loved Brick, and Flint, and Mac, and Jax...I loved how Dray fights for Lucky when he won’t fight for himself...I loved the connection between the two men. I loved the relationship between Brick and Lucky. And Brick and Dray. Everything about it was excellent.’ ~ Love Bytes Reviews

Book one in The Brick Yard series.

For Lucky Gunn, the hardest fight of his life happens outside the cage.

On the South Side of Chicago sits an old gym called The Brick Yard.

Ten years ago, on a bitterly cold day, Lucky Gunn wandered into The Brick Yard dressed in a threadbare jacket, looking for refuge. He hadn't expected the owner, Tony Brick, to welcome him with a job and a place to sleep when Lucky's abusive and drug-addicted mother made it too dangerous to return home.

Dray was a gay man living in a world of straight fighters. When his secret was exposed to the media, he dropped out, giving Lucky a piece of advice-if you want to make it as a MMA fighter, bury the part of yourself that won't be accepted.

Lucky discovered the cage was the perfect place to keep his demons at bay, but when he learns his trainer and mentor, Brick, is suffering from end-stage cancer, he begins to spiral out of control. After eight years, Dray returns to help Lucky and Brick deal with the devastating news.

With Dray so close, Lucky's old desires return, and Dray teaches him more than how to fight. Torn between his career and the passion he feels for Dray, Lucky's past demons resurface in full force, threatening his sanity and his budding relationship with Dray.

Despite leaving the cage years earlier, Dray finds himself in the battle of his life with the only man he's ever loved. Will he stand and fight or walk away like he did years earlier?

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About the Author

Carol Lynne is founder and President of GayRomLit Retreat, is an annual retreat that brings together the people who create and celebrate LGBT romance. She lives in Kansas.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01MYBCI9Z
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pride Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.6 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786514042
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    4.3 out of 5 stars 50 ratings

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Carol Lynne

Carol Lynne

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This is the section of the website where you learn about me. Well, to be honest, I'm completely boring. I spend my days juggling two young children and my writing career. You're just as likely to either catch me writing a steamy love scene or scrubbing jelly out of the carpet.

When I'm not writing, I'm usually busy planning for the next GayRomLit Retreat or spending time with my family at the lake.

I love to hear from readers. You can contact me at carol@carol-lynne.net or visit my websites at:

http://www.carol-lynne.net or http://www.cattlevalley.net

Here are some unusual facts about me:

I drink gallons of coffee every day, but I much prefer instant. I catch all kinds of flack for this from my family and friends. Even though I only drink instant, I am very picky about which brand I buy. It must be Taster's Choice or nothing.

I love country music, but can't stand to have music playing in my house. Therefore, I don't even own a stereo or radio of any kind. I listen to my tunes as I'm driving around town and that's enough for me.

I like to refer to myself as underheight instead of overweight. I'm just sure that if I could add another six or seven inches to my short 5'2 frame, I'd be much thinner. Therefore, it's not that I overeat, it's just that I stopped growing.

I enjoy the Hallmark commercials more than I enjoy the Hallmark movies.

Well, sorry folks, that's about all I've got for you. Maybe someday soon I'll have something really exciting to put on this page, but for now, this is me in a nutshell.

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  • Jacque
    5.0 out of 5 stars Review: Fighter
    Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2017
    Format: Kindle
    I very stupidly started reading Fighter in the evening thinking I'd get a chapter or two in before going to bed. Oh no! What was I thinking! Had I known I'd be up until 4am sobbing over this book I definitely would have waited until the morning. Instead, I read it all in one sitting and have such the book hangover now. And here is why.

    Lucky and Dray. Oh my gosh, where do I begin. let's start with Dray. He is an up and coming MMA fighter who was in the closet. That is until he was betrayed by his (Bleep) of a boyfriend and his secret was revealed. Dray couldn't handle it and ran, away from The Brickyard, from fighting, from his life. Lucky has had it rough from day one. His mom was a crack whore, and who knew who is father was. From a painfully young age, Lucky had been taking care of himself any way he could. Dumpster diving for food and clothing, staying away from his mom's constantly revolving 'boyfriends'. Until one cold Chicago day, while looking through The Brickyard's window, the owner invites him in offers him a job and a place to sleep.

    The story pretty much follows along with how Lucky goes from being just this young kid Brick brings in from the street to an adult and now a MMA fighter. It's not a pretty story and it's very harsh and emotional. In all honesty, I was expecting Dray coming back one day, him and Lucky falling in love and BOOM end of story. I mean come on, I skimmed the blurb, knew this was going to be an M/M romance. Lucky's harsh up bring was as worse as it was going to get, right? WRONG!!! Nope, I missed the part in the blurb about Brick. Oh my gosh...BRICK! Brick, Lucky's mentor and savior, is suffering from end-stage cancer. My heart is breaking all over again just thinking about it. Lucky reaches out to Dray to help him deal with it. Dray comes back and has to face the demons of the past so he can deal with the future and Brick's death.

    Now at this point, you would think this would be enough pain for the story, right? Wrong again! Because now we get to be in Lucky's head, his pain, and everything he has truly endured and never told anyone. Author Carol Lynne has put such a gut wrench twist to his story that I would never have guessed, would have suspected, had me bawling. Her characters in this story from Lucky, to Brick, to Jax sucked me in, ripped my heart out and left me heartbroken. The ending is less than storybook perfect because, we are dealing with broken people, but yet is so beautiful. This book was well worth staying up all night to read and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

    I received this book from the JeepDiva for the express purposes of an honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine.
    Stars - 5, Flames - 3
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  • valeen
    4.0 out of 5 stars angsty, emotional read set in the tumultuous world of MMA
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2017
    Format: Kindle
    Fighter is an angsty, emotional read set in the tumultuous world of MMA. Lucky is a down on his luck teenager who is taken in by Tony Brick, the owner of an old school type of gym when he finds Lucky hanging around the gym, looking like he needs a good meal or a hundred. Brick quickly becomes Lucky's father figure and Lucky's life starts to turn around. It's here at the Brick Yard that Lucky meets the man who will someday become the love of his life, Dray Cruz. Dray is an up and coming fighter who is deeply closeted because he knows if he's ever outed, his career will be over. When Dray is betrayed by his lover, Vince, he takes off, but not before giving Lucky a piece of advice that will drive Lucky and his soon to come career in MMA: "Sex, no matter who with, isn't worth giving up your dreams for. Remember that."

    Now, years later, Lucky is well into his career in the MMA, and Dray comes back to the Brick Yard when he hears of Brick's terminal cancer diagnosis. Lucky and Dray reconnect, but all is not roses and fairy tales for our two men. Lucky has so many demons from his horrible childhood, and his behavior is troubling. Dray refuses to be the reason Lucky's career takes a nosedive, just as Vince was the reason Dray's own career ended. So any relationship between the two is going to take some serious work on both their parts.

    I really like Fighter, it's nicely written and both Dray and Lucky are so likable and realistic. They have a strong bond, just as their bond with Brick is strong. I think Brick is my favorite character in Carol's world actually. He's such a beautiful paternal figure, and in the end when it's revealed just how many kids he took in, mentored and loved, that I shed a few tears when Dray and Lucky decided to honor his legacy in such a memorable way by turning the Brick Yard into a youth center for kids who need mentoring, love, or maybe just a good, square meal or two. I would have liked a bit more heat between Dray and Lucky, actually, I was expecting more heat, because the MMA world is so aggressive and exciting, that I had wrongly assumed that love between two fighters would be all alpha male aggression and steam. What love scenes there are are oddly subtle, but they are loving, so there is that. Perhaps the next of the series featuring Jax (Dray and Lucky's foster son) will be steamier, I can hope at least. But, as it stands, Fighter is a beautiful story with a great cast of primary and secondary characters. Can't wait for more!

    I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader Copy of this book that I received through NetGalley.
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