Review for Quake by Amity Cross
Caleb Carmichael's star studded boxing career came to a screeching halt the day he ended up flat on his back in hospital.
If he fights again, he risks becoming permanently paralysed from the waist down. Professional Boxing is his whole life and he's lost without it, but he doesn't have a choice. Reluctantly, he cuts his losses and takes a job running the infamous Melbourne boxing studio, Beat.
But when a frightened woman turns up at the studio looking for a way to take her life back, Caleb realises there might be something out there for him after all.
Juliette Spicer was twenty-three when her twin sister was murdered.
Five years later, haunted by the public scrutiny, she changes her name and moves cities, only to find herself walking the streets the same night another crime is committed. The same crime that took her sister.
Realizing she can't escape her past, Juliette takes action and finds herself walking into a boxing studio, vowing never to be frightened again.
But what she finds there might save her in more ways than she was expecting.
From Amity Cross comes Quake, a sizzling new instalment in the Internationally Bestselling MMA fighter romance series, The Beat and The Pulse.
Kim's Review
Amity Cross' "Quake" is the #8 tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. Caleb Carmichael has had a rough few years. He was a boxer until one opponent decided to play dirty and end his career early by nearly paralyzing him. He's taken over managing Beat for Ren and has been training boxers in the gym to make a living. His dad is a douche and likes to try to tell him what do do, even though he's a grown man. His home life was always trailing after his dad's heavyweight boxing career in Vegas and various other places. Juliette Spicer has moved a few states away from her family in Queensland to get away from the place her twin was brutally murdered. One night on her way home she comes upon a crime scene, it reminding her of what happened to her sister. She decides to do something about it and shows up at Beat to look into self defense classes. Can Caleb help Juliette overcome her fear? Find out this and more in this awesome read!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Just in case you missed them, here are Kim's reviews for #1-#7:
Amity Cross' "Beat" is the first tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. This book is a MUST READ! I think Ash could be your next book boyfriend, he's my new one! Good God do I love a tatted up, muscled man. Especially a MMA fighter. Can we all say, yummmmmm. Follow Ren and Ash through trials and tribulations of meeting and what happens in the dark side of MMA fighting.
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars
Amity Cross' "Pulse" is the second tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. I was hooked from page one. This author doesn't disappoint. EVER. All of her books hook me and keep me engrossed from page one. Follow Ren as she qualifies for the pro circuit. Where has Ash gone? Did he kill Hammer? Is he hiding? What happens when Ash's sister Violet shows up at Beat and wants to talk to her? Find out the answer to those questions, and more in this amazing book. This is a MUST READ!!!!!
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars
Amity Cross' "Crash" is the third tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. This book is Violet's story. Violet is still mostly housebound. She's been taking online classes and her therapist keeps trying to get her out of the house and venture into the world to overcome her fear of being in public. Who can blame her for her fear after what Hammer did to her at only 19 for revenge on Ash. What happens when Ash gives Violet a job at his new gym? What happens when a man from her past comes back to work at the gym? Will they clash, or will they crash? Find out in this awesome read!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Amity Cross' "Spike" is the #4 tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. This is the continuation of Ren and Ash's story. We lest them off with the opening and running of Pulse. What happens when secrets come between them even though they have agreed to have an open and honest relationship? Can they save what they have or will it go up in smoke? What happens when Ash seeks out his past? Will he get the answers he needs, or the answers he's known all along? Find out this and more in this awesome read!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Amity Cross' "Steel" is the #5 tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. Josh Caplin otherwise known as "Steel" at The Underground fight club. At the end of the last book he was fighting Ash "Maverick" Fuller at The Underground and he got hurt so badly he was strapped to a backboard and dropped off at the hospital. Holly Walsh is a doctor at the hospital who's outside the ER on the phone. After her call she finds a man strapped down to a backboard abandoned on the sidewalk outside the hospital. She helps save him. After Josh wakes up he sees a woman with fiery hair taking his vitals. She tells him who she is and that she saved him. They talk over his time there and he wants to get to know her. After he gets out of the hospital she starts to get flowers from someone and no one knows who. Josh and Holly start to date and all hell breaks loos when she finds out what he does on the side to make money. A past person who was interested in her comes back to haunt her and all hell breaks loose when Josh comes to the hospital to see her. This book is full of twists and turns and is an AWESOME READ!!! I can't wait for the next book in the series!!!
5 out of 5 stars
Amity Cross' "Flow" is the #6 tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. Hamish McBride AKA Goblin is the best man for his friend, Ash, at his wedding. He's dancing with his on again/off again girlfriend, Josie. Josie has been in Melbourne with the AUFC. She's been promoting the current fighters and acting as their manager so they don't see each other much. They end up breaking up at the wedding when Hamish sees something he isn't aware of. He leaves and hits the bar to find someone to screw the thought of Josie out of his mind. Things after that turn around and he doesn't know which way is up anymore. Can a bartender that works at The Underground help him see which way is up by befriending him? Find out this and more in this MUST READ!!!!
5 out of 5 stars
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Amity Cross' "Surge" is the #7 tale in The Beat and The Pulse series. Dean Hayes has always wanted to do MMA with his brother by his side. They've been training side by side since they were teens. His brother, Lincoln, is the current Middleweight champ of their division. He wants the belt but won't fight his brother over it. Josie is his and Linc's PR rep who has wanted him for a while, but he's always turned her down, he only wants to fight and have Monica as his. Josie has wanted Dean for a long time, but has turned to other men for affection, namely her back and forth relationship with Hamish McBride. Can Josie break down Dean's walls? Dean gets a match with another fighter and all hell breaks loose with the aftermath in his and Linc's lives. Can Dean get what he really wants in his MMA career? Can Josie get her man? What happens when their pasts collide? Find out in this awesome read!!!
5 out of 5 stars
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Amity Cross isn’t her real name. That’s no secret.
She is the author of wicked stories about rock stars looking for redemption, gritty romances featuring MMA fighters and dark tales of forbidden romance. She loves to write about screwed up relationships and kick ass female leads that don’t take s**t lying down.
Amity lives in a leafy country town near Melbourne, Australia and can be found chained to her desk, held at ransom by her characters.
Don’t send help. She likes it.
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