A powerful contemporary romance set in the fast-moving world of international rugby.
When your world crashes down
When they all say youโre out
When your body is broken
I will rise.
I will return.
And I will be undefeated.
Nick Renshaw is the golden boy of British rugby. When a serious injury threatens his career, he starts to spiral downwards, a broken man.
Feeling abandoned and betrayed by those closest to him, he fights to restart his life. Maybe thereโs someone out there who can help him. Maybe he can find his way back toward the light. Maybe โฆ not.
Dr. Anna Scott might be the one person who can help Nick, but she has her own secrets. And when Nickโs past comes back to haunt them both, the enigmatic doctor is more vulnerable than she seems.
Broken and betrayed, the struggle to survive seems intolerable. Who will give in, and who will rise, undefeated?
Itโs a beautiful game.
Itโs a hard game.
And even on a good day your body is battered and bruised. Itโs a brutal game with blood, mud and dirt.
See this scar on my cheek? Rugby.
See this scar running through my eyebrow? Rugby.
I have a lot of scars.
I have 13 scars on each arm from keyhole surgery, knee surgery, scars on my forehead and the back of my head, scars on my knuckles, broken fingers. Iโve had both eyelids stitched, surgery on both shoulders, suffered a broken nose twice and spiral fractures in my hands, Iโve broken my fingers so many times, I donโt event count those. Iโve had cartilage cleaned out of my left knee, two medial ligament grade two tears on each knee, three lots of surgery for Achilles tendon injuries, and once I put my bottom teeth through my top lip. Getting stitches in your mouth isnโt much fun. They tug when you eat or speak.
Thereโs nothing nice about rugby. Maybe thatโs why I bloody love it.
Chicks dig scars? Yeah, Iโve heard that, too.
In my experience, theyโre not so keen on being around while youโre healing. Being the loser whoโs benched, not so sexy. Being the guy whoโs career went down the toilet โฆ Iโm looking a lot less appealing now.
Trusting a woman when youโre at your lowestโdumbest, stupidest thing ever.
Beat me, break me, butcher my heart.
Iโm coming for you. And this timeโฆ
Iโm going to win.
Stuart is a retired England International Rugby League player whoโs career spanned 16 years as a professional playing for several top League clubs. He has had several major injuries that nearly ended his career just as in Undefeated, the amazing collaboration with Jane.
Currently he is a Personal trainer living in Cheshire, and has an online fitness program: Fear Nothing Fitness.
I enjoy watching surfers at my local beach, and weaving stories of romance in the modern world, with all its trials and tribulations.
Itโs been the best fun working with Stu on this story. And yes, he did think about joining the Marines once.
