The Forge has produced champions. It has produced ghosts. It has produced a fighter who was supposed to be both. When Mara Voss is signed to The Forge — the most ruthless MMA training gym on the East Coast — she's the only female prospect on a roster that breeds violence into men. She isn't supposed to make it past the trial week. She isn't supposed to attract the attention of Cole Mercer, the fighter the gym calls "Sanction" — the man who hands out punishment when the rules aren't enough. She makes it past trial week. He notices. And what begins as professional sparring between a coach who won't soften his hands and a fighter who refuses to be soft becomes something neither of them can keep inside the cage. Sanction is a standalone-with-HEA dark MMA romance set in the world of The Forge. Cage violence. Bare knuckles. A coach who is the kind of dangerous you don't recover from. A fighter who doesn't want to.
