Hoping to sign with one of the biggest boxing promoters in the country, Kross Maxwell has to maintain a near perfect record. He can’t afford to lose any more bouts. But his head isn’t in the ring. Instead, he can’t seem to shake his past that’s been beating on his mind. To get back in the game, he goes in search of the girl he walked away from--the one girl who's always owned his heart.
Twenty-year-old, Ruby Lewis, is angry and frustrated with the way her life turned out. She dreamed of becoming a ballerina, but instead of performing for the rich and famous, she’s swinging her fists at girls twice her size in filthy, underground fights. She’d give anything to sleep in a bed, rather than the cold dark streets of Boston. Begging for her next meal, she often thinks of the friends she once had, the nice home she lived in, and the only boy to ever steal her heart. But Kross Maxwell wouldn’t want her now--not with dirty fingernails, ragged clothes and oily hair. But when she runs into him, the concrete wall she’s erected around herself threatens to crumble, and she can’t let that happen--if she wants to survive and get back the only thing that's ever mattered to her.
I can't believe it took me this long to read Dare to Dance. After reading all the others and been disappointed in the last one, I was glad I ignored it and picked this up. I loved it.
It was so different to the others.
Ruby is living on the streets, literally bin diving for food and begging strangers for money.
But Ruby has more than being on the streets as a secret and when Kross finds out, everything in Ruby's life goes from bad to worse.
Kross fights her tooth and nail but life on the streets and in prison has changed her. She's jaded, hardened but her heart still beats for Kross and I think that is the only reason she gives him the chance to breath. I do wish she had gone to him with a few things first instead of letting it get out of hand, but it's life.
The outcome was brilliant. I loved reading this story and I can't wait for the last Maxwell's book.
SB Alexander really outdone herself with this one. There was so many heartbreaking events and struggles it was hard not to connect to Ruby. I also want to read a few of the secondary characters story, especially the one who takes in the homeless girls. I think he has a deep story. I really love his character.
5*
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