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I know I can trust him with my life, but can I trust him with my heart?
Caged, an all-new heat-filled, friends-to-lovers, forced proximity, MMA romance from USA Today bestselling author Bella Matthews is live now!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Why are the cocky ones always the hardest to resist?
Because this man . . . this man is temptation personified.
He’s six feet, four inches of rock-solid, golden muscles that are inked to perfection and proudly displayed every time he steps into the cage. And I’m the idiot who agreed to stay with him for the next few days.
Hudson “The King” Kingston knew he had a fight coming up when he risked himself to save me. How could I say no when he needed a friend to help him out?
Because that’s exactly what we’ve always been—friends.
Friends who flirt.
Friends who tease.
Friends who never cross that line.
Ever.
The problem is the more time we spend together, the more things shift between us.
But no matter how much I wish he could be my first, he’s never been a relationship guy,
and I refuse to settle for anything less.
I know I can trust him with my life, but can I trust him with my heart?
A creak in the hall a few minutes later has me watching a shadow that stops on the other side of the closed door. My heart races, wondering if Hudson’s going to knock. But after a minute, the shadow is gone, and the footsteps head further down the hall to the next room. Hudson’s bedroom. I sit there, paralyzed and debating what to do for at least ten minutes as disappointment chokes me. Until I finally get up, positive this is insane but forcing myself to move until I’m standing in front of his closed door with my hand pressed against it. “Maddie?” he calls from inside the room. “Yeah,” I whisper back. He doesn’t say anything, but the door opens, and I swallow my tongue. Steam is billowing in from the master bathroom, and wow . . . This man is beautiful. Standing with one crutch under his arm, a towel wrapped around his hips, and his wet hair dripping down his face, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything sexier. I rake my eyes over all the beautiful, inked muscles on display and have to fight the sudden urge to reach out and trace every last line. It’s a new urge, and I don’t hate it. “Are you okay, Mads?” He adjusts his hold on the crutch, still favoring his sore knee and searching my face for an answer. “Maddie?” I take a deep breath to settle my thoughts as they go into overdrive. “I’m fine. I just . . . God, why is it so hard?” Hudson cocks his eyebrow, and I realize what I said. More importantly, what it sounded like. “Not you, you big goof.” “I know, sunshine. I just wanted to see you smile. You never smiled tonight. Not your real smile anyway.”Hudson steps back. “Let me throw some pants on.” “Okay.” He moves into the walk-in closet, nearly out of view but not completely. No . . . I can’t tear my eyes away, as the black towel hits the plush carpet, and am rewarded with an unobstructed view of one calf before it’s covered by a pair of dark jersey pajama pants. When he steps back into the room, he’s shirtless with just those pajama bottoms hanging from incredibly lean hips. Of course, this king has those damn dips that form a perfect V leading to . . . trouble. Yup. I bring my eyes back up to meet his and see a devilish spark staring back at me. Definitely leading to trouble. Hudson ambles across the room and presses a button that closes the drapes, then sits on the bed with the TV remote in his hand. “Come on, Mads. I want to see what happens in the next Harry Potter. Watch it with me.” And like a moth to a flame, I throw caution to the wind and walk into the room.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
About Bella
Bella Matthews is a Jersey girl at heart. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side.
She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines with a healthy dose of laughter thrown in.
I received a complimentary early release e-book prior to release and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is Hudson's story and I loved that the author paired him with Maddie. Maddie is the sister of Brandon Dixon who is a teammate to Hudson's families football team. These two siblings are very connected, and Brandon does not approve of Hudson so there is an element of this being a forbidden romance.
After Hudson is hurt, Maddie becomes his roomie and helps to take care of him while he recovers. It was a great opportunity for two people who really like each other to spend time together as they get to know each other as more than just friends or family friends.
Hudson is a MMA fighter as well and has given up sex before his big fight so they have some very hot and heavy scenes together, doing everything but having sex. That is until the big fight.
This was a really awesome friends to lovers' story with two characters who are very different but who find each other and really connect as they fall for the other.
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