Rink Rash

“YOU PUT THIS COLLAR ON AND YOU ARE MINE. MINE TO KEEP, MINE TO PROTECT… EVEN IF THAT MEANS FROM YOURSELF.” **There are three things that get under Madeline Maddox’s defeat, disorder and disruption…especially when it comes to her carefully curated life and her roller derby team. **No one outskates Mad Maddox** —that is, until a cocky little jammer blows back into her hometown wreaking havoc into all her plans. Vera Havik is mayhem, she’s chaos, she’s everything Madeline despises. Madeline is set on making their time on the track a rink-rash-filled nightmare, pushing through Vera's defenses like a bad block. That’s when she learns the heavy secret the world-famous jammer is hiding and now, *everything’s off-track, including their hearts.* The fine line between love and hatred can be crushed, snorted, or injected… But it can’t be ignored. ** spit in my mouth & brush my hair stone top X pillow princess roller derby found family only I can hurt her rivals to lovers please check content warnings this is a dark romance with heavy topics such as grief, addiction, and mental health.** Rink Rash is a Stand alone sapphic sports romance previously published under the title False A roller derby romance, character names, background and descriptions have since changed for a better reader experience.

Wow. I wasn't expecting to feel as much as I did reading this. This story features one of our main FMCs, Havoc, struggling with addiction and grief. If that is a trigger for you, perhaps pass this one up. Those aren't triggers for me, and I found it hard at times being in her head while she was struggling. The team as a whole is dealing with grief. On top of that, they're having to deal with a change in management and trying to keep their rink open. I love the love of this family of skaters. Man, I can't get over this.  This was so good. AND top tier queer representation! Thank you so much Samantha from the Smuthood and Santana for sending me an ARC!