Ioanna Jordan works her plushy butt to the bone. Bad job after worse job, scrambling to make ends meet. She is drowning in debt and her last life preserver is one covered with lies and poison. Why else would she be working as a cocktail server in an illegal fight club like Fortune Favors? Why does she stay? Why does she fight so hard to make a good life? For her sick daughter. Tameron Albro has seen it all and done it all in the fast paced and short careered life of MMA. How has one gone from Vegas lights to Boston underground? A lucky takedown, that's how. But he can’t stay away, the rush, the blood lust, the cheer of the crowd as he takes down his opponent still calls to him. Plus he has a ringer, a sure bet in the cage to rise to the top as long as he keeps the Moskiven Family from sinking their fangs into him. Mikhail Pashkov wants nothing more than to get his family out of Russia. Lucky for him Tameron ‘The Beast’ Albro found him on the street, patched him up, and gave him a job hanging drywall. But that's not going to get his family safe and if beating up some asshole in a cage gets him a better cash flow, then that's what he needs to be doing, as long as he can keep the mob off his back. Ioanna wasn't looking for handouts or love, she just wanted her daughter home from the hospital. Tameron and Mikhail wasn't expecting to meet anyone that easily tamed the raging beasts inside of them like Ioanna and her sweet little girl did. They would do whatever they needed to do to keep not only Ioanna in their arms, but to save her daughter, Savanah. 18+. Contains language and actions some may deem offensive. Sexually explicit content.
I think this one was my favorite of the fan participation bunch. How could I resist to rough tough MMA fighters who are mushy and gushy at their core? Add in an exhausted single mother doing her best to keep afloat financially while her child lays in a hospital bed battling a deadly disease and the world’s cutest yet toughest little girl and I was a goner.
Ioanna had more problems than most and had decided desperate measures were needed to make sure her daughter got the treatments she needed to survive. It didn’t turn out at all how she needed it to, but she did get saved by a Russian fighter and his somewhat older, wiser counterpart. Next thing she knew they were everywhere helping her out even when she didn’t ask for it.
As for Mikhael and Tameron, I really liked both of them. I know they fell for Ioanna first, but when they saw how she was with her little girl, Savanah, is when they smooth fell in love with both of them. Mikhael was surprisingly romantic, especially when you looked at his outer appearance. Tameron was jaded and doubtful, not even believing someone like Ioanna could exist. I enjoyed “watching” him find out it did.
I loved the storyline, and I also appreciated that even though it was insta-love, they didn’t fall into bed immediately. Mostly, though, little Savanah stole my heart. She was freaking adorable, and I wanted to reach into the pages and hug her.
This does not mean the book was without problems. It had some errors but it flowed well. The ending was really rushed with all the issues just falling together which was a bit of a letdown. I also think a little more research could have gone a long way in improving the book. I was so engaged with the storyline, I let all that go. I’m now off to do a little research into this new to me author.
4 Stars
I received a complimentary copy of this book from The Author in exchange for an honest review.
Saving Savannah is the first book of Rayne’s that I have read, and I really enjoyed this quick read. I will admit that I found the story slightly slow in parts and for the first half of the story I kept getting confused on which description was Mikhail and which was Tamron. I loved the ending to this book but the grandparent was my favourite scene of the book.
Ioanna is a single mother trying her hardest to make ends meet. Ioanna wants the best for her sick daughter, she will do anything for Savannah, even if it means taking on a risky/dangerous job at the club, Best Fortune. Whilst waitressing at the underground fight club, she meets Mikhail and Tamaron. After a dangerous incident, the men take Ioanna under their wing and soon get attached to the young women. After finding out about Savannah both men grow attached and want to look after them both. As they become a little family and the bond grows stronger, Savannah doesn’t get any better. Ioanna soon decides that she has to reach out to Savannah’s grandparents and ask them if they are willing to have themselves tested for a the possibility of being a bone marrow donor for savannah.
The 2 star rating is not because of the quality of the story but the quality of the editing.
Apostrophes make a massive difference to the meaning of a word and using the correct word helps a story move along.
All too often Rayne uses the wrong words. One examplr, of many, is approximately 66% into the book the paragraph talked about throwing convention out the window by perusing a ménage relationship. I really think the correct word to use was pursuing. I found these mistakes very off putting and they distracted me from the story.
What could one princess mommy and one princess daughter need but Twp Russian men to come to their rescue. What a hard life Ioanna has, having a baby so young and losing the babies father on the same day you tell him you're pregnant - then having to leave your home because of jacked up parents - fast forward four years later to meeting Mikhail and Tameron and the love they have for her and her daughter brought tears to my eyes. This was an amazing love story.
The writing was oddly phrased, almost as if it was translated from another language. Some passages seemed stilted, and just a little "off". I put it down to maybe a newish author but when I finished there was a pretty extensive list of previous books - so that isn't a reason. It was also very poorly edited (or not edited at all). Mixed tense in the same sentence; missing words; wrong words used - when combined with the odd writing style it kept me from becoming engrossed in the story.