Path To Realization

Fighter's Den #4

by TheFeveredBookaholic

Asher Pryce hides behind a wall of secrets he's spent most of his life building up. How else is the adopted child whose birth parents run a drug cartel supposed to fit in? He's notorious for his overconfident swagger and total lack of patience for bullshit - a master of masks. The one thing in his life he can't fake? His feelings for his best friend's twin sister. When she returns back home after eight years of living in another city, Asher is ready to take their lifelong friendship to another level. Of course, life has rarely worked in his favor. Between the letters, his birth parents keep sending him, a run-in with an old enemy that's out for his blood, and his responsibility to protect his adoptive parents from his fucked up birth family, he would only be putting the woman he loves in danger. He may make his living as a fighter but this is one fight he's destined to lose. Right?

Aria Hunter has gotten pretty good at faking it until you make it. After getting through an abusive relationship and fleeing to another city Aria is ready to return home years later. Everything has changed, including her relationship with her best friend. There's a constant magnetic pull between them and Aria feels their intense chemistry with every touch and look Asher steals from her. Gone is the once scrawny and irritable ten-year-old boy replaced by a cocky and assertive man that's way too hard to resist. But his looks aren't the only thing that changed about him. When Asher finds himself part of his birth parent's crowd once again, Aria knows this only means trouble. The more she fights to keep him safe, the harder it is to hide how she feels about him. Maybe their feelings for each other just aren't meant to be realized. After all, falling for your best friend is just a cliché. Right?

Genres: Romance, Sports Romance, Sports, Friends To Lovers

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Reviews

[Tarynrose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finishing this series never gets easier 😭
I love them with all my heart ❤

[Aiza Safvi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was sooooooo sad like this was the only book that’s made me cry out of the entire series. the plottwist WAS SOOOO GOOD in this i didn’t see it coming. Asher is lowkey annoying at times but i like him and aria together.

[Mariam.022 · Rating 4 out of 5]

THIS BOOK WAS OH MY GOD
ASHER has my HEART.HEART.
so freaking good

[susannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

childhood friends, brother’s best friend, cannot stay away from each other - i ate this up

[natalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is probably my favourite book of the series but I can’t wait to read Wolfies and Lennys story. I loved Arias and Ashers omg. I cried fo freaking much. Go and read this series, it’s so amazing.

[Brooklyn Weller · Rating 5 out of 5]

The tension. The friendship bracelets. The tattoos. The balconies. The ice-skating. The pinky promises. The "it was always us." Just the everything ❤️‍🩹 perfection. Ash and Aria have always been my favs

[Alyssa Oakes · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5. loved this book dude it made me cry a lot but this book inspired me to become a domestic abuse lawyer. she is a role model of mine.

[Dianthe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so heartwarming.

[Addison · Rating 4 out of 5]

asher is so hot

[NA · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm really love this story. Their chemistry are off the charts but I think no one can beat Nate & Delilah for me.

[⛓️jeonzzuk⛓️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5✨

[Ava · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5**

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read it, I honestly have no words to describe how much I fucking love this series. Emily and Jaxson, Avery and Cameron, Nate and Delilah, and Melanie and Wolfe, will forever have a very special place in my heart. This series made me go through so many emotions and I loved every second of it. One of the best book series I have ever read. All the hardships and road bumps were so heart wrenching that they had me angry and sobbing at the same time. But it just made the stories so much better!

[Di🌟 · Rating 5 out of 5]

5⭐️
SO GOOOODDDD
Im a sucker for childhood friends to lovers and this was no exception
I’m honestly so sad,, this series is coming to an end and I’m crying
What a wholesome journey
Loved our sassy and lethal Ash
Aria was perfect.. and most definitely perfect for him
She completed him and matched his fire
They were soo hotttt gahdamn

[hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

obsessed actually obsessed, this whole family has my heart icl

“I love you. Always you.” STOP.
‘Like always, it’s a sleep where no nightmares are found as long as I have Aria in my arms. She doesn’t know it but she protects me, too.’
“This princess doesn’t need saving, Ashes. This princess will save you.”

addicted quite literally

[shruti (taylor's version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will read absolutely anything this queen writes. If she ever published these books istg id buy them. I'm not a fan of besties to lovers but I LOVE childhood besties to lovers. There's always something so pure about them. Asher and aria had my heart melting and omg the smut was so good and so hot. I don't love smut but holy shit all I wanted to do was re-read it in this book.

[Caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

my ashes. the tattoo ari got for him was so cute- their story is one of my favourites, bc who isnt a bitch for a mafia type romance- although all i wanted was for him to leave the whole time. i hope his parents die a painful death after what they did to him 💟💟💟

[Monya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked that Asher's past was different from the normal "mafia" type. He made it way more interesting. I loved the whole Childhood best friends to lovers thing that was going on. Aria and Asher are meant for each other.

[Ju · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just didn't liked the pregnancy but loved the rest

[YA reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot. Diggity. DAMN.

[Phoebee · Rating 5 out of 5]

ashes. the phoenix. the friendship bracelet. the balconies. greg and mitch omfg. christian and robbie i’m happy your dead and nora and mike i hope you die an even more painful death 💟💟💟

[sisi_readsbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Asher just became my fav.
I mean after each book I’m like “okay, he (the main lead) is definitely my fav”
But then I read the next one and i’m like ????

But asher? Ugh husband material.

[jen ⸆⸉ · Rating 5 out of 5]

COMMUNICATION IS KEY. FOR 7 YEARS.
anyways asher ur so strong especially mentally, but ur an ass, love the way how you treat aria though.

[mariee ® · Rating 4 out of 5]

Asher, the typical emotional numb badboy, and Aria, the tough twin sister of Nate - childhood best friends, that have THE ABSOLUTE amount of CHEMISTRY

theyre my favorite ship for now - wow, wow, wow

[Hala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished this series yesterday and it hurts I LOVED IT SO MUCH IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST BOOK SERIES EVER WRITTEN IDC WHAT ANYONE SAYS THESE BOOKS DESERVE AN AWARD HDJDJDJFKRKT

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[lukaspoon · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO EXCITED FOR WOLFE THIS SERIES IS AMAZING

[Nawal Aljehani · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS SERIES WILL BE THE END OF ME ITS SO GOODODDDDDDD

[Juwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

childhood friends to lovers are my soft soft omg🤭🤭

[Araújo · Rating 5 out of 5]

and the Princess rises from the Ashes <3