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SKIP: Second Round
Second Round is a gritty, sharp-witted crime thriller about second chances, hard-earned trust, and an unlikely partnership between a fighter who only knows how to win and an old man who has spent his life making sure he never has to fight.
Thirty seconds into the second round, her body stopped answering.
Cass "Lockjaw" Delgado was one win from the big leagues. The scouts were watching. The first round was hers. Then her legs went heavy, the crowd went quiet, and a kick she saw coming put her on the canvas in front of everyone.
They called it a gas-out. Cass knows better.
Her water bottle tells a different story. Her cornerman, the man who raised her on the mats, has vanished in the middle of the night. And the promoter who runs Reno's fight scene is smiling a little too wide. One punch later, Cass has lost her license and her freedom, and she's out on a bond she can't afford.
Then Harlan Pike shows up. He's sixty-six, with a bad knee, a rusted Bronco and a cane, and in thirty-five years he has never failed to find someone. He doesn't chase. He doesn't fight. He talks, drinks your coffee, and waits for you to tell him where you're going.
Cass thinks he's too slow. Harlan thinks she's a cheesecake waiting to be tackled. They might both be right.
His experience. Her muscle.
Forced into an unlikely partnership, they start chasing bail jumpers across the Nevada desert. Every trail leads back to the same a fixed fight, a notebook full of signed secrets, and a ruthless hunter who learned every trick from Harlan himself.
The truth is out there somewhere between the casinos and the ranch country, and someone will do anything to keep it buried. To survive, Cass must learn the hardest lesson of her life. Sometimes the strongest move is to wait.
Gritty, funny and full of heart, Second Round kicks off a crime series about second chances and the partnerships that save us.
Start the Skip series today.
Thirty seconds into the second round, her body stopped answering.
Cass "Lockjaw" Delgado was one win from the big leagues. The scouts were watching. The first round was hers. Then her legs went heavy, the crowd went quiet, and a kick she saw coming put her on the canvas in front of everyone.
They called it a gas-out. Cass knows better.
Her water bottle tells a different story. Her cornerman, the man who raised her on the mats, has vanished in the middle of the night. And the promoter who runs Reno's fight scene is smiling a little too wide. One punch later, Cass has lost her license and her freedom, and she's out on a bond she can't afford.
Then Harlan Pike shows up. He's sixty-six, with a bad knee, a rusted Bronco and a cane, and in thirty-five years he has never failed to find someone. He doesn't chase. He doesn't fight. He talks, drinks your coffee, and waits for you to tell him where you're going.
Cass thinks he's too slow. Harlan thinks she's a cheesecake waiting to be tackled. They might both be right.
His experience. Her muscle.
Forced into an unlikely partnership, they start chasing bail jumpers across the Nevada desert. Every trail leads back to the same a fixed fight, a notebook full of signed secrets, and a ruthless hunter who learned every trick from Harlan himself.
The truth is out there somewhere between the casinos and the ranch country, and someone will do anything to keep it buried. To survive, Cass must learn the hardest lesson of her life. Sometimes the strongest move is to wait.
Gritty, funny and full of heart, Second Round kicks off a crime series about second chances and the partnerships that save us.
Start the Skip series today.
159 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 19, 2026
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