PRE - ORDER - DISTRIBUTION 24TH OCTOBER 2026
Description: Hard Back Book.
Synopsis:
They were never supposed to be partners.
Draven Volkov is all controlled violence, dark eyes, and brutal precision. Predatory, ruthless, and built like a weapon, he has spent his life turning instinct into discipline and pain into power. A fighter with a past buried deep beneath silence and muscle, Draven doesn’t let people close. He doesn’t need softness. He doesn’t believe in surrender.
Aalto Merrick is everything Draven shouldn’t want near him.
Cocky, blond, sharp-mouthed, and impossible to ignore, Aalto fights like water under pressure — fluid, unpredictable, devastating. Behind the lazy smiles, colourful ink, and effortless arrogance is a man who knows exactly how to hide damage in plain sight. He has his own scars, his own secrets, and his own reasons for never letting anyone see too much.
At Apex Strike Club, rivalry is expected. Ego is currency. Weakness is expensive.
But when Draven and Aalto are forced into the same space — training side by side, travelling together, sharing rooms, sharing silence, and pushing each other past every limit they thought they had — the line between hatred and hunger begins to blur.
Deadlock: The Guard He Dropped is a high-heat, emotionally intense enemies-to-lovers sports romance filled with forced proximity, brutal chemistry, elite fighters, buried trauma, dangerous loyalty, and the kind of love that hits harder than any opponent.
PRE - ORDER - DISTRIBUTION 24TH OCTOBER 2026
Description: Hard Back Book.
Synopsis:
They were never supposed to be partners.
Draven Volkov is all controlled violence, dark eyes, and brutal precision. Predatory, ruthless, and built like a weapon, he has spent his life turning instinct into discipline and pain into power. A fighter with a past buried deep beneath silence and muscle, Draven doesn’t let people close. He doesn’t need softness. He doesn’t believe in surrender.
Aalto Merrick is everything Draven shouldn’t want near him.
Cocky, blond, sharp-mouthed, and impossible to ignore, Aalto fights like water under pressure — fluid, unpredictable, devastating. Behind the lazy smiles, colourful ink, and effortless arrogance is a man who knows exactly how to hide damage in plain sight. He has his own scars, his own secrets, and his own reasons for never letting anyone see too much.
At Apex Strike Club, rivalry is expected. Ego is currency. Weakness is expensive.
But when Draven and Aalto are forced into the same space — training side by side, travelling together, sharing rooms, sharing silence, and pushing each other past every limit they thought they had — the line between hatred and hunger begins to blur.
Deadlock: The Guard He Dropped is a high-heat, emotionally intense enemies-to-lovers sports romance filled with forced proximity, brutal chemistry, elite fighters, buried trauma, dangerous loyalty, and the kind of love that hits harder than any opponent.
