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Pushing the Limits

Katie McGarry

Pushing the Limits #1

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A champion fighter forced to train a bad-boy MMA student discovers he's secretly fighting for her.

Content Warnings
abuse (emotional)grief

Description

Abandoning kickboxing after a tragedy in the ring, champion fighter Haley is forced to train an attractive mixed martial arts student who secretly fights on Haley's behalf to redeem his troubled past.

Pushing the Limits series

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