The Lion: An addictive dark boxer romance from the bestselling author of Holding the Reins

Paisley Hope

Feb 2027 · Random House

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Fierce. Dangerous. Addictive. From the author of The Soldiers of Bedlam series comes a scorching dark romance about power, redemption, and a love that was never meant to be real.

Dominic "The Lion" Leonelli is a fallen superheavyweight champion with blood on his hands and a legacy he can't escape. Violence made him. Control defines him.

Until Natasha Snow, the beautiful ballerina who moves in next door. An injury has left her fighting for the career she's sacrificed everything to build, while her family is determined to force her into a marriage she doesn't want.

Natasha is the perfect woman to rehabilitate Dominic's reputation, and he's just the man she needs to tarnish hers.

A fake engagement seems like the perfect solution. Except nothing about Dominic is safe. And nothing about the way he wants her is pretend.

Fierce. Dangerous. Addictive. From the author of The Soldiers of Bedlam series comes a scorching dark romance about power, redemption, and a love that was never meant to be real. Dominic "The Lion" Leonelli is a fallen superheavyweight champion with blood on his hands and a legacy he can't escape...

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Paisley Hope is a USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling author of spicy contemporary romance. She loves to write found family, dreamy settings, happily ever afters and the occasional dark romance that will keep your pulse racing. Paisley spends all her free time with her husband and children. She loves to bake, garden and travel.
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Paisley Hope is a USA Today and Sunday Times Bestselling author of spicy contemporary romance. She loves to write found family, dreamy settings, happily ever afters and the occasional dark romance that will keep your pulse racing. Paisley spends all her free time with her husband and children. Sh...

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