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Can Londonās lady champion fight for love?
As Londonās undefeated womenās boxer, Bess Abbott has the scarsāboth inside and outāto prove it. But when one of her boxing students, Violet, needs protection, Bess Abbottās rock hard heart cracks open. And when a handsome blacksmith comes along, giving her compliments and treating her, well, like a woman, Bess doesnāt know what to do. Sheās on the ropes in the face of his affections.
Os Worley was a child when he became an accidental stowaway. He grew up not knowing the family or the island that inflected his accent. His only memory of his mother is a head bent, hands working a stitch, a voice humming a melody. Now that he has his own foundry and his own apprentice, heās come to London to find the woman attached to this impression. His heart is already tempered and quenched, focused on his goalābut a lady boxer threatens to recast his love in her own image.
As Os and Bess face-off, will they toe the line or retreat to their corners?