Rika the Cuban Flame

Undefeated MMA champion Rika Hardric demands total surrender, in and out of the octagon. Ruthless, wealthy, and ruling an empire built on tap-outs, she has zero tolerance for weakness and disrespect.

Lucas Alayna has spent years building a future he can't afford to lose. Buried in student debt, he clings to graduating with honors as his only way out. He needs that future to survive, so he can't afford distractions.

When a misunderstanding puts Lucas in Rika's crosshairs at her private gym, she decides this mouthy college boy needs a lesson in respect.

She makes it public, cornering him in a packed lecture hall. Trapped in one submission after another, Lucas is pushed to the brink, his resistance rewarded with the snap of his arm. But amid the frantic tapping out, his body betrays him with an unmistakable reaction he can't hide, and Rika notices.

As the fallout threatens Rika's carefully controlled empire, she can't erase the memory of Lucas. After a lifetime of searching, the undisputed queen of the cage has finally found the one prize money can't buy: a man built to submit, who craves every agonizing second of it.