Forbidden Rolls

ROBERTO built Echelon Jiu-Jitsu to be a fortress. A clean slate carved from the wreckage of past failures, held together by discipline, sweat, and one iron-clad rule: Never mix the mats with messy feelings.

Six months ago, he broke that rule for SARAH. His white belt student is quiet, focused, and demands the kind of emotional commitment he's terrified to give. She wants the world he keeps locked down. He wants the easy escape of her surrender.

Now, his past and present are slamming into a dangerous collision:

The chaos arrives in a relentless competitor named AMBER. She is a dangerous blur of ambition and sexual challenge, rolling with a predator's instinct. She doesn't just want the blue belt that belongs to Sarah-she wants Roberto's control, and she's not afraid to exploit every fault line in his life to get it.

As the tension inside the gym-and outside of it-reaches a breaking point, Roberto is forced to choose:

• Does he cling to the strict rules that left him lonely?

• Or does he risk everything he's built for a love that could dismantle his fortress, one roll at a time?

In the world of Forbidden Rolls, the deepest scars aren't on the mat-they're on the heart.