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BREAKING A LEGEND
Kavanagh Legends #1
Sarah Robinson
Released Sept 29th, 2015
Loveswept
Perfect for fans of Katy Evans and
Monica Murphy, Sarah Robinson’s blistering-hot series debut introduces the
Kavanagh brothers—mixed martial arts fighters who work hard, play hard, and
love with all their hearts.
As one of the big names at his
family’s gym, Legends, MMA star Rory Kavanagh is used to being in the
spotlight—until a gruesome leg injury knocks him out of the cage. Rory is left
feeling sidelined in more ways than one, battling the inner demons that come
with losing the one shot at his dreams. Then Clare walks into his life and
gives him a new dream: winning her heart. There aren’t many new faces in
Woodlawn these days, but this tough, beautiful stranger makes Rory want to get
his life back into fighting shape.
Clare Ivers doesn’t think she’ll be
able to tell anyone what really brought her to the close-knit Bronx
neighborhood where she just started bartending. But her life’s on pause and her
past is catching up fast, try as she might to move on—with new friends, steady
work, and a chiseled alpha male trying to get her attention. Even though Rory’s
more than a little intense, she can’t deny that her heart beats faster when he
looks at her with those soulful silver eyes. Clare thought she was done with
love, but Rory might just be man enough to show her she thought wrong.
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Rory
felt his jaw drop slightly as he watched her, his interest piqued. He wasn’t
normally one to let a girl walk away without snagging her phone number, but
something about her told him that she wasn’t the type to give that away so
easily.
“Already
hitting the latest talent?” Quinn came up beside his older brother and handed
him a beer.
“Fuck
off, Quinn,” Rory ribbed, surprised at how light he felt at the moment. It had
been some time since he had laughed at all, he realized, as he downed the beer
Quinn gave him.
A
third brother, Kane, appeared behind Quinn a few seconds later, nodding at
Rory. No one would know those three were related if it wasn’t for the famous
Kavanagh name.
Quinn
was the odd man out in the group of brothers, with his straight black hair,
clean-shaven face, and snakelike black eyes. Quinn had even added to his
differences by covering his arms and chest with tattoos that peeked out from
under his sleeves and shirt collar, along with piercings on both ears and
several other places.
“You
coming to Ma’s tomorrow?” Kane asked Rory, leaning his back against the bar.
His
body was turned to face Rory, but he was obviously scoping out the bar as his
dark blue eyes peered around the room. Rory followed Kane’s stare, noticing
more than a few heads turned in their direction. He didn’t bother rushing to
answer his brother, since Kane’s attention was clearly elsewhere.
The
Kavanagh brothers were well known in the Bronx, especially Woodlawn, but even
if they weren’t, the group of athletic men was hard not to stare at. Several
women on the other side of the bar were giggling, batting eyelashes, and
attempting flirty glances as they openly gawked at the three men.
Rory
knew Kane was a notorious ladies’ man; he watched him smile eagerly at a woman
passing by. Everyone had always told him that Kane resembled Rory the most out
of all the Kavanagh brothers, which was ironic since Kane was one in a set of
twins. Rory wasn’t as close to Kane’s twin, Kieran, who was currently serving
time in prison. They had had a falling-out before Kieran landed up in jail and
not gotten around to resolving things between them yet.
Considering
their similar dark brown hair, scruffy beards, and muscular build, the biggest
difference Rory could see between himself and Kane, aside from their eye color,
was that Rory liked to let his hair grow to chin length, leaving the wavy locks
down to frame his face. He liked his longer style versus Kane’s short hair, and
most of the women he found himself around seemed to share that opinion.
One
woman had even told him he appeared medieval, as if he could be her knight in
shining armor. That was a comparison that still eluded him, since his refusal
to settle down or be in any type of serious relationship usually had women
calling him much different things, none of them very pleasant.
Pulling
back his attention to his brothers, Rory purposefully stayed noncommittal,
though he knew Sundays at the Kavanagh house really weren’t optional. Not if
their mother had anything to say about it.
“What
about Monday, coming to Legends?” Quinn asked, nodding suggestively at one of
the women watching them, as he referred to the MMA club and gym that the
Kavanagh family owned a few blocks over.
“I
can’t start training yet.” Rory pushed his hand through his hair, wanting to
avoid the topic.
He
was suddenly feeling a lot more sober than he liked, wanting his brothers to
leave so he could slip a few more pills out of his pocket undetected. The
numbing feeling they had brought earlier was already wearing off.
“It’s
been over a year since the fight, man. The hell you can’t train—you’re Rory
‘Knockout’ Kavanagh, best MMA fighter in New York!” Quinn said sarcastically
and slightly louder than was necessary.
“New
York? Try the entire nation, Quinn,” Kane added, a swell of pride in his voice
as he beamed at Rory.
“Was,
guys. Past tense.” Rory spoke through gritted teeth as his hand touched his own
knee, feeling the thick scars through the fabric of his pants, gruesome
evidence of the injury that had ended his mixed martial arts career. The bottle
of pills was now burning a hole in his pocket as he thought about how badly he
wanted some relief.
“Maybe
it would be present tense if you didn’t reek of booze all the damn time,” Kane
said, daring him to counter the statement. Rory took a slow, deep breath to
calm himself. He loved his brothers, but he didn’t need their pity.
Sarah Robinson is the bestselling
author of The Photographer Trilogy and the Sand & Clay rock star series. A
native of Washington, D.C., Robinson has both her bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in criminal psychology. She is married to a local police officer who is
just as much of an animal rescue enthusiast as she is. Together, they own a zoo
of rescue and foster animals.
