Book Blurb:
Play dirty, play to win.
Josh Flynn is the king of the bare-knuckle gypsy fighters. His reputation is un-blemished; his fist a deadly weapon.
Claire Milo has always loved Josh, they were destined to be together from the day they met. Two gypsy lovers with their whole lives ahead of them. If only Josh would find a different way of earning a living instead of knocking the living daylights out of another man in the boxing ring. One day, she knew something really bad was going to happen. She could feel it . . .
Shauna Everett always wanted what she couldn’t have, and nobody, especially Claire Milo was going to stand in her way. She’s had her eye on Josh Flynn for years and she knew just how to get him. If it meant playing dirty, then so be it. What had she got to lose?
In a world ruled by violence, crime and backstreet brawls, only one woman will win in Jessie Keane’s Fearless, but how low is she prepared to go to achieve that goal?
Fearless was published by Pan MacMillan on the 22nd of March 2018. It is available now in Hardback and ebook, you can purchase your copy here.
My Review:
In Fearless Jessie Keane has truly created an utterly gritty, violent and believable world. I was drawn in from the start and kept guessing as to what was going to happen next.
My favourite character was the lovely Claire who seemed a little out of place at times in the harsh world she lives in. Her love for Josh was lovely to see and I really felt for her and all that she goes through throughout the book. I hate unfairness so I really wanted her to win and get the happy ending I felt she deserved. I really didn’t like her arch rival Shauna. She really sent a shiver up my spine with some of her antics. How anyone can be so uncaring about other people is completely beyond me but she didn’t seem to have one ounce of compassion in her! A very nasty piece of work!
The story is quite fast past and the short chapters make the story easy to read. I was soon gripped and found myself turning the pages faster and faster to see what would happen next. ‘Just one more chapter I kept telling myself’ only to look up a while later and find an hour had past!
The gangland world the author has created seems very real which makes the violence even more shocking, more so when it is women doing it. This might not be to everyone’s taste but is obviously necessary due to the world the novel is set in.
This is the first book by Jessie Keane that I have read and I will look forward to reading more from her in the future. If you like gritty crime novels you will enjoy this book.
Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Pan MacMillan for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Jessie Keane is the best-selling author of hard-hitting gritty dramas like No 1 Heatseeker Dirty Game, Black Widow, Scarlet Women and Playing Dead – all part of the Annie Carter series – and also Jail Bird starring Lily King, and The Make, starring Gracie Doyle.
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