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Sparring Partners: A Spicy Enemies to Lovers Mma Sports Romance

by Erin Rose

A gym, a camera, and a clash of wills

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A gym, a camera, and a clash of wills

Lily Parker arrives at a South Side MMA gym with two goals: build a new life in Chicago and help keep the gym open while creating content that supports women’s self-protection. The obstacle is Kieran Sullivan, its guarded coach, who sees the new hire as an enemy. When a viral video puts them in front of an online audience, their uneasy partnership becomes part of the gym’s effort to hold onto its fans. The setup brings workplace friction and forced proximity into a sports-romance setting, with the gym’s future and Lily’s fresh start adding stakes beyond the couple’s attraction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy enemies-to-lovers and forced-proximity romance.
  • Fans of sports romance set around MMA and gym life.
  • Readers interested in romance involving content creation and a found-family element.

Themes

Enemies to loversMMA and gym lifeStarting overWomen’s self-protectionFound family

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Book overview

When a Gen Z content creator meets a brooding MMA coach, they are the hottest thing on the mat in this forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers sports romance for fans of Nikki Castle and Elle Kennedy.

Gloves off.

And hands on...

When things get hard, some choose "flight..."

It's been a year since Lily Parker fled to Chicago, hoping to lose herself among millions of people. Becoming the new content creator for a South Side MMA gym isn't just a fresh start or a new job--it's a chance to save the gym and help women protect themselves. But while the gorgeous, scarred and tatted-up MMA coach has marked Lily as an enemy, there's definitely something spicy between them...

He chooses "fight."

Kieran Sullivan only knows how to use his fists. His body is a testament to survival and protecting those he loves--and that does not include the gym's newest employee. But when a video goes viral, Kieran and Lily must play nice in front of the cameras to keep the gym's fans happy. Now the internet is obsessed with their scorching, will-they-or-won't-they chemistry.

Sometimes, the only thing that separates love from hate is knowing exactly who your opponent really is.
Sparring Partners is a spicy, fast-paced romance you can read in one sitting.
  • enemies to lovers
  • sports romance
  • working together
  • forced proximity
  • found family
  • healing from trauma

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