The Beast Within: A Romance Novella

The light from the interior was warm amber, and it fell across him from behind, putting him in a kind of silhouette at first, the shape of him. Broad. Tall. Crossed arms. Then my eyes adjusted. I had studied Kaelen Cross extensively before this assignment. I had reviewed over three hundred photographs and twelve hours of fight footage. I had memorized the architecture of his face-the scar that cut through his left eyebrow, the jaw that looked like it had been constructed with structural integrity in mind, the dark eyes that press photographers described as "unsettling" with reliable frequency. I had looked at more pictures of this man than I had of my own family in the past month. None of it had prepared me for the physical reality of him standing four feet away... The Beast withinHe built his fortress in the Montana mountains to keep the world out. She drove straight through the gate with a camera and a deadline. Kaelen "The Beast" Cross is the most feared fighter in the UFC - undefeated, untouchable, and ruthlessly alone by design. When a blizzard buries his training compound under six feet of snow, he finds himself trapped with the one person he never planned for: Maya Lin, a documentary filmmaker who doesn't flinch, doesn't flatter, and sees far more than he ever intended to show.This assignment was supposed to be professional. Clean. Safe. Six weeks. No road out. And a man who draws his own hands over and over, trying to understand what they're for. The Beast Within is a slow-burn forced proximity romance about two fiercely guarded people who find each other in the one place neither of them expected: the truth. "Steamy, emotionally rich, and impossible to put down."

Pagina's: 137, Paperback, Independently published