BECOMING A LEGEND (Kavanagh Legends #3) by Sarah Robinson-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 13, 2016

Kane Kavanagh has always had one goal: being the best mixed martial arts fighter alive. With the MMA National Championships in Las Vegas fast approaching, the man they call “Killer” has no intention of letting anyone or anything get in his way. Somehow, though, a feisty opponent has slipped beneath his guard—and stolen his heart. Fiery and passionate, Nora Hannigan is harder to pin down than any rival Kane has faced in the ring. And she isn’t afraid to tell Kane that she wants nothing to do with him.

With her best friend about to marry into the Kavanagh family, Nora has been resisting Kane’s shameless attempts at flirting for months. But after their undeniable chemistry finally takes over, leading to the hottest night of Nora’s life, she’s running scared. There’s a lot about her life Kane doesn’t know, and she won’t be responsible for ending his career. Now Kane’s out to prove that he’s ready for commitment by winning her heart—and he’s never lost a fight.

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REVIEW: BECOMING A LEGEND is the third installment in Sarah Robinson’s contemporary, adult KAVANAGH LEGENDS MMA erotic romance series focusing on the Kavanagh family of MMA fame. This is Kane ‘Killer’ Kavanagh, and psychology student Nora Hannigan’s story line. BECOMING A LEGEND can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Kane and Nora) BECOMING A LEGEND focuses on Kane’s upcoming championship MMA fight, and his building relationship with Nora Hannigan- a love/hate relationship that finds Kane offering a friends with benefits proposition that Nora readily accepts. But all does not go according to plan when Nora begins to have feelings for the man who finds his relationship with Nora a distraction from his ultimate goal. When Nora’s past threatens to destroy her hard-fought foray into higher education, Kane and his family immerse themselves into Nora’s life. What ensues is the building love between two people who continue to push at one another’s boundaries, and Kane’s decision that could destroy a career that he has fought for long and hard.

The relationship between Kane and Nora begins acrimoniously. There back and forth banter is fraught with tension, sexual energy, and a passionate foreplay of give and take that hides a palpable attraction between our leading couple. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and hot.

All of the previous story line couples, and the Kavanagh family play secondary and supporting roles including Rory and Clare, and Kane’s twin brother Kieran whose wedding to Fiona Doherty is high on the list of priorities for the Kavanagh family.
The world building continues to focus on the sport of mixed-martial arts: the family involvement, the upcoming championship fight, and some of the behind the scenes irregularities and threats from an outside source.

BECOMING A LEGEND is a sexy and sometime heartbreaking story about one woman’s struggle to keep one step ahead of the past; and one man’s battle between the woman he loves, and a championship he has worked towards his entire life. The premise is dramatic and intense; the characters are passionate and inspiring; the romance is intimate and provocative. BECOMING A LEGEND will intoxicate your senses, and leave you breathless for more.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Breaking a Legend
Saving a Legend
Becoming a Legend

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Reviewed by Sandy