A Fighting Chance by A.J. Sand

A FIGHTING CHANCE

By A.J. Sand

New Adult/Adult Romantic Suspense

Released February 4, 2014

Synopsis

Jesse Chance is a bastard.

And that’s all he heard his entire life growing up once news got out that he was the illegitimate child of womanizing ex-con, Henry Chance.

Stuck in Glory, Texas, a town too small to escape the sins of his parents, Jesse turned into exactly what everyone expected him to be: a lover of liquor and women, and so good with his fists, he became a teenage champion of the secret underground fighting rings that float around the South, while doubting the only people who ever believed he could be more, his ailing mother, and his girlfriend, Drew Hallisay.

But determined to make his mother’s dying wish come true, he enrolled in a college on the East Coast, far away from his past. Jesse Chance is reborn into a new life, and set on keeping Glory, Texas--and Henry Chance--in his rear view.
Until a visit from his father in the middle of the night changes everything.

Forced to return to Glory to prevent a tragedy, Jesse is soon back on the fighting circuit with Drew's help and facing the history he was so desperate to escape, the part of him he would prefer to hide.

As he slips back into his old ways--Henry Chance's ways--he finds himself torn between the guy he was and the one he’s been struggling to become. And in a world dead set on betting against you, can you ever really overcome your past… or your destiny?

 

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Our 4 Star Review

Jesse has always been seen as a bastard his only redemption is his ability to fight in the underground fights in and around his hometown. But he was doing it for the wrong reasons and when his mother passes away from the cancer that had been tearing her apart he vows to put it behind him along with everything and everyone in Glory, Texas including his high school sweetheart Drew. Now after 4 years everything he's been trying to build in college comes crashing down with a single visit from his father. Jesse has to make a decision that could ruin everything he's built to save his kid brother, he needs money and he needs it fast and the only way he knows how is to go back to what he never wanted to be again this time on the bigger stages in Mexico.

When he comes back to Glory to set it all up he runs into his old flame who has an unexpected fiance' and even with the sparks between he has to remember that and the girl he left behind in college. All while doing everything he can to get the money to save his brother, but beyond the border he finds more than just his lost love, he finds himself in a world he won't be able to survive without her help and Drew is just a feisty as he remembers and sexier than ever.

Can the two come out unscathed and find a balance between old and new?

So this one is told solely from the male POV of Jesse which is rare in and of itself and is shows his struggles throughout as he tries to find the balance between doing the right thing and doing what's right for himself. There are times I would've loved to see Drew's perspective, but through and through the story really wasn't about her. If your looking for a sappy romance novel this isn't it, this has a love story in it, but the majority of the time is spent on Jesse's struggles in and around the ring and why he's there in the first place. This is a story about a young man learning to find himself and figure out his place in life.

I loved how detailed the story was about the sport and what goes on in that world (or at least we would imagine it to be like) but it also brought out the Mexican culture alive throughout the pages. All in all an interesting in depth read.

 

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About the Author

A.J. Sand grew up an only child whose parents bought her many, many books to keep her busy, so it was only natural that she would start writing her own stories. She is the author of “Documentary,” “Remake” and “Recklessly.” She lives just outside of Washington, D.C.

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