Real (Real, Raw, & Ripped #1) by Katy Evans

A fallen boxer.

A woman with a broken dream.

A competition…

He even makes me forget my name. One night was all it took, and I forgot everything and anything except the sexy fighter in the ring who sets my mind ablaze and my body on fire with wanting…

Remington Tate is the strongest, most confusing man I’ve ever met in my life.

He’s the star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit, and I’m drawn to him as I’ve never been drawn to anything in my life. I forget who I am, what I want, with just one look from him. When he’s near, I need to remind myself that I am strong–but he is stronger. And now it’s my job to keep his body working like a perfect machine, his taut muscles primed and ready to break the bones of his next opponents . . .

But the one he’s most threatening to, now, is me.

I want him. I want him without fear. Without reservations.

If only I knew for sure what it is that he wants from me?

4.5 Stars

♥♥♥ REMY ♥♥♥

I feel…fevered.

Yea, that one line pretty much sums up how I felt throughout this book: Fevered. I’ve never been so hot and bothered as much as I was while reading this book. I was seriously wound up tight. Fuck! The sexual tension in the book was fucking INSANE!Potential readers, you need to bring your patience because Remy will work you up like no Hero has ever done before. Ladies, he has issues, like major ones, that keeps him closed off, sexually and emotionally. This story is intense, but so worth it. 

The guy is just too much. Too much male. Too much masculinity and pure raw beast. Put together, he’s just like sex on a stick and every female around me is shouting at the top of her lungs how much she wants to lick. 

When Brooke agreed to accompany her friend to an underground boxing match, she did not expect her life to completely change. She had caught the eye of the Remington (Remy) the “Riptide” Tate. Can I just tell you that their first meeting is unforgettable? I just have to say something about it only because I thought it was straight out of a movie...totalswoon! Ok, get this: They both catch each other’s eye. Remy, just having won his first match is getting ready for his next one, when Brooke decides to leave and take a break. As she walks away and turns her back on the ring, she immediately hears an instant KObeing delivered by Remy. Remy scared she was leaving before getting her name, immediately jumps out the ring, runs after her, and introduces himself. When she tell him her name, his lips curl and he meets my gaze. “Brooke Dumas.” He just fucked my name right in front of me. FUCK. ME. **Fans self**

I’m all desert, and he has the perfect to use. 

Remy wants Brooke. Knowing she’s an out of work sports rehab therapist, Remy offers her a job on his team. She is to accompany him and his team for the remainder of the fighting season. What she didn’t expect was to be completely lusting after him. 

Remy is sending her all the right signals. The chemistry between is near its boiling point. It is obvious that he wants her, and wants her bad. She’s ready to self-combust from all the sexual tension. The pressure is mounting and mounting, but something is holding Remy back.

“When I take you, you’ll be mine,” he says, a soft promise in my ear. He slides his thumb along my jaw, then gently kisses my earlobe. “You need to be certain.” His eyes are so hot that I’m on fire with the lust in them. And the word “mine” makes the empty place between my legs swell with longing. “I want you to know me first, and then, I want you to let me know if you still want me to take you.” 

Fuck, fuck….just FUCK! Seriously!? What is Remy’s secret? What is holding him back from claiming Brooke as his own? He wants to claim her, but he wants to be certain that she knows what she’s getting herself into, because once she’s his, there is no turning back. She doesn’t want to scare Brooke away once she finds out what’s holding him back. Remy wants her more than anything he’s ever wanted in his life. He is freakishly intense when it comes to Brooke. He’s severely possessive and protective of her; his feelings for her is crazy passionate. He’s the epitome of Alpha maleness and I loved every single moment of it.

I never imagined this kind of man existed. Or that I could ever have something like this for myself. These moments. This…connection. 

I have to give huge props to this author. The way she writes is incredible. I don’t know how she strings together words and adjectives, but when she does, its pure fucking magic. She literally fucked me with her creative words. I was beyond floored with her inventiveness. She made Remy as incredible as he was. He was strong, damaged and broken, but she made him vulnerable, sweet and sexy at the same time. I really enjoyed this story, but it did give me serious blue balls, that is, if I actually had balls, but it was all worth it. I can’t wait for what this author puts out next.