Axel by Bry Ann

He lets the darkness consume him. He is rugged, hot headed and trapped in the ghost of a memory.
She choses to live in the light. A young woman risking it all to move on from her past…

X is a professional fighter running from a dark past. His true identity is a mystery. The only battle he’s ever lost is the one within himself. He uses alcohol, drugs and violence to dull the pain and anger that consume him. His rage keeps everyone at arms length. What happens when he runs into a girl with a past so dark even he can’t turn his head?
Aly is running away from a family whose evil she can’t see until the innocence she has always held onto is ripped from her.
As their worlds collide, Aly finds her life in danger and must rely on X to save her from the ghosts of her past.
Can Aly ever escape her former life? Is she right to trust X, or is she placing herself in even more danger by letting him in?
The heart is a hard thing to heal.