BLURB:

Falling for my dad's heavyweight boxer was a terrible idea. Falling for him twice might actually destroy me.

They call James Callahan the Bethnal Green Butcher for what he does to men in the ring.

Feared by every man in East London.

Soft for one person.

Me.

I'm his coach's daughter. The girl who wraps his hands before every fight. The one woman he swears he'll never touch.

Until he does.

He takes all my firsts. My whole heart. Every stupid, trusting piece of me.

Then he takes the British title.

And the morning after he wins it, he takes himself out of my life.

No explanation. No goodbye. One day I'm his. The next, I'm a stranger he looks straight through on his way to the cameras.

He betrayed me the same week the whole country was chanting his name.

Everyone in Bethnal Green has their own version of what happened between us. None of them come close.

All you need to know is that James got everything he ever wanted.

And I left with nothing.

Two years later, I'm back.

And James owns my father’s gym.

He’s richer now. Ruthless. Untouchable. The hungry fighter I loved is gone, replaced by a man powerful enough to take whatever he wants.

And for reasons I don’t understand, he seems determined to tear my father’s legacy apart piece by piece.

I won't let him.

I'm no longer the soft girl who worshipped him from beside the ropes anymore. I've learned a few things about fighting dirty.

I’m going to uncover every secret James has buried, including the reason he destroyed us.

But one thing is for sure.

James Callahan already had my heart once. He will NEVER get a second chance to destroy it again.

Gut Punch is a standalone second-chance boxing romance: coach’s daughter x heavyweight champion, forced proximity, lovers-enemies-to-lovers, and a hard-won happily ever after.