{"product_id":"2940150552999","title":"Love, Tussles, and Takedowns","description":"\"Simply put, Love, Tussles, and Takedowns will make you laugh (a lot), make you cry, have you cheering, and make you believe that when two people are meant to be together, nothing can stop them.\" -- Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews Blog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Can't Resist series comes a fun, romantic standalone novel in the USA TODAY bestselling Cactus Creek series. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe's a better fighter. But she has all the weapons. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his combat injuries retire him from the military career he wasn't ready to give up, battle-scarred Hudson Reyes now spends his new life as a movie industry fight scene and weapons specialist simply doing what he knows best: surviving. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil he meets her. The one woman who makes him want to live again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn antique arms authenticator with a lifetime of martial arts training, Liana Lin has made a living turning the demons of her past into the passions that fuel, and fill, her life. She's a scrappy little thing. A sweet, angel-faced wrecking ball to his good intentions capable of making him laugh, and turning him inside out. Hell's bells, watching her execute that wicked roundhouse kick of hers shouldn't be a turn-on--especially not when his head is the receiving target--but hot damn, it is. She's a fiery, unpredictable paradox who wears her heart on her sleeve, despite the wounds he knows she has hidden as deeply as he hides his own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven though she's everything he's told himself he can't have, Hudson can't help but want her. Sure as sin, if one woman could sneak past the barbed wires he's wrapped around his heart, it'd be Lia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow if only they could stop sparring long enough to find out...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CACTUS CREEK SERIES \u003cbr\u003eLove, Chocolate, and Beer [Luke \u0026amp; Dani] \u003cbr\u003eLove, Diamonds, and Spades [Rylan \u0026amp; Quinn] ** \u003cbr\u003eLove, Tussles, and Takedowns [Hudson \u0026amp; Lia] -- Available Now\u003cbr\u003eLove, Exes, and Ohs [Isaac \u0026amp; Xoey] -- March 2015\u003cbr\u003eLove, Sidelines, and Endzones [Grady \u0026amp; Sienna] -- April 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** Special Fan-Requested Book, Coming to the Series Feb 2015","brand":"Violet Duke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112670707952,"sku":"2940150552999","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150552999_p0.jpg?v=1764005304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150552999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}