A decent short story about a shy librarian and aspiring boxer who meet when he comes to her library to do some construction work, and have an instant connection.

It's pretty much what you'd expect from a 55 page story - not much character development and very insta-lovey, which is why is tend to prefer full length novels. It wasn't bad for what it was, though, and I had a good time reading it. I think the author has great potential and should they decide to write longer stories, I'd be very much interested in picking them up.

Massive thank you to Netgalley and the author for the review copy!

This was sent to me in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley

Talk about insta love. The introduction of this book held nothing back, within the first sentence of the book the reader is thrown into the world of Tabitha and Brodie. While this book is a great fast read, and I mean fast, there are a couple things that I would keep in mind before you buy this book (although its only 99 cents so what do you really have to lose) the MCs in this story hold nothing back, the insta love is almost unbelievable, and that's saying something as you always have to take insta love with a grain of reality. While I really enjoyed this read I feel that the author could have added a lot more detail to the scenes and backgrounds of the MCs, there were parts of the story that just felt lacking.

If you enjoy fast paced insta love stories with a smidge of alpha male then this is the book for you

A great short story.... Tabatha a curvy librarian who hasn't had any luck in the love department starts dreaming of the hot Brodie worming on the renovations of the library... Brodie a man who dreams of making it big in the boxing world waiting for an excuse to talk to the beautiful librarian..

This story was short but cute. It moved quickly so it was hard to get a feel for any chemistry between them or even their personalities. It seems more like it should be in a short story collection, not a standalone title. It was a good story, there's just not much of it.

I really liked this short story. It reminded me a lot of Christa Wick's curvy girl stories - which isn't a bad thing at all! Tabitha is a curvy, shy, beautiful, librarian and new cat owner. She's been burned by a past "relationship" with a real jerk. Brodie is a boxer - who is doing construction work while he tries to go pro in the boxing world. Brodie is very attracted to Tabitha - but Tabitha has a hard time believing he is really interested in her. Brodie is definitely one of the good ones. He is focused, sweet, and is very much in to Tabitha.

Because this is a short story - a lot of things happen in a very short period of time. Including declarations of love, sex, and dealing with anxieties. I would have enjoyed reading a longer version of this story with those issues fleshed out more - but somehow even in this short format - it still worked!

I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, but these opinions are my own.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for an eARC of Knock Out for my honest opinion.

I like the setting, characters, and plot. Tabitha and Brodie take an instant liking to one another. Being such a short novel, character development was lacking. The writing drew me into the story, but it moved way too fast. I think it would be better as a longer novel with more drawn out action, and character development.

This one was okay to me. It was pretty fast pace.

Tabitha had a bad experience with a past relationships that caused her to be self conscious and doesnt value herself. But that doesn't srop Brodie for going after his girl. But it takes a kittie Max to really win Tabitha on a date.. it goes good but Tab does push away alot.. and her social anxiety is high also.

It's just what I needed: instalove relationship between a shy librarian and an alpha male boxer, sexy times, and a cute kitten. Definitely read this book if you love all three.

I really enjoyed this book. Tabitha and Brodie are both lovable characters and you just want the best for them. Since this story is short, things happen pretty quickly but it was still a great read with lots of love. I just wish it was longer!!
*this was sent to me via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

For me, this one started off strong and then went downhill. Yes, I read the whole thing... and it was okay. Great concept for a story!

I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

I can never turn down a book when one of the characters is a librarian. Brodie and Tabitha have an instant connection that they can't ignore, but Tabitha is trying to protect her anyway broken heart. Good thing for her that Brodie is persistent!

I feel like they didn't talk to each other that much and got to know each other before caving into their attraction. But other than that I enjoyed this story a lot! I'm curious what else this author will write in the future, as this looks to be her first novel.

Actual rating 3.5 stars

This super short, novella length, read was sweet and light hearted and exactly what I needed to pass the time today. I wish it had been longer because for such a short book the writing was great and even with the instalove it left me wanting more from the characters. And honestly I'm not usually a fan of instalove. I'll definitely check out the author's future books.

This instalove story was just what I needed after reading so many thrillers/horrors.

For a short book, it was very well written and was such a lovely believable funny story.

I would highly recommend this book and this author.

Thank you to Netgalley and BooksGoSocial for allowing me to read this.

In this short, super sweet story, Tabitha, a shy librarian, falls for Brodie, a boxer with captivating muscles and tattoos.

While I always appreciate a good romance, I was really expecting fireworks with this classic trope of polar opposites falling for each other. Of course, Brodie made me swoon and I related to Tabitha's insecurities, I found their characters lacking depth. For the most part, Brodie and Tabitha's personalities were static, completely reliant on who they were outside—as a tough boxer and a timid librarian. Their love story would have been more powerful and solid if, as a reader, we could see more of who they were individually and how they balanced each other out.

A wonderful erotic happy ending story with hot scenes. Though short I really enjoyed it. A quick pleasant reading I would recommend.

This was a super short insta-love story. Somewhat cliché (shy librarian with a cat meets bad boy boxer/construction worker) but it was fun and quick and sweet.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

In 'Knock Out', Brodie needs to focus on training for his upcoming match. Interfering with his regimen is working with Tabitha. He can't get her off his mind, and zeroes in on getting a date with her. Tabitha has self esteem issues due to a jerk from her past. She's very interested in Brodie, but needs help coming out of her shell.

I really loved this story. Its short, but nothing is missing from the plot. I liked both of the main characters, and adored little max. I look forward to reading the sequel.

This was a super sweet and quick romance that just lifts your mood. Definitely 18+ in some places but it's tasteful and balances out the adorableness of the budding relationship. The book's description describes it as insta-love and while it has elements of that I am much more inclined to describe it as insta-lust. For such a short novel (Only 55 pages) the characters were very likeable and relatively well developed. Max was my favourite character - I mean who doesn't love a kitten, but a kitten who actively tries to get you the hot guy... where can I get myself a Max! I would have liked to have a bit more of Colin and seen more of Brodie's jealousy. I also would have really liked it if Greg had been at the Boxing to cause some more tension and drama for the conclusion of the story. Other than that it was a really nice lighthearted romance to cheer you up when you need a quick pick-me-up.

So while this story is fast paced and constantly moving along, which is awesome however there were a few parts that were blah.
Every time he gets close to her in the first three chapters it’s the smell of him over and over and over again. It’s so redundant and I just skip over it. There is also a spelling error in chapter one, the small of fresh, salt air and something masculine, it should be smell not small. But here we are again with the smell thing.
Another part where I was just like what? They are sitting in the diner and the waitress asks her: “You work at the library, don’t you?” Katie asked. Tabitha nodded. “I moved to town about a month ago and started there.” This response makes no sense at all. It makes her seem flighty and air-headed that she can’t answer a simple question. When we know she must be educated and well read since she works in a library.
There is a bunch of redundancy with her being so timid and shy it really gets boring to read. I just started skimming because I wanted more conversations between these two.
The kitten is a cute addition and makes for a nice way that they get to taking and interacting with each other.