Real (2013) Mine (2013) Remy (2013) Rogue (2014) Ripped (2014) Legend (2016) Racer (2017)
⚡ Pace: fast · 🎭 Emotions: intense, passionate · 🚪 Entry threshold: low · ⭐ Why read: raw chemistry, addictive romance
The first time Brooke Dumas sees Remington Tate in the ring, it isn’t the violence that hooks her – it’s the stillness beneath it. A fighter whose body speaks in impact, but whose eyes look like they’re always bracing for something no referee can stop. Real begins not with a love story, but with recognition: two broken rhythms that somehow sync, two people who want more than the roles they’ve been surviving in. Fame, adrenaline, heavy breathing under stadium lights – all of it fades next to the quiet fact that Brooke doesn’t want to fix Remy, she wants to stay when the crowd’s roar dies. And Remy, for the first time, lets someone see the part of him that never makes it into headlines.
Across the series, desire isn’t a slow burn – it’s combustion. Muscles, music, hotel rooms, late-night heartbeats where vulnerability feels more dangerous than any punch. But Evans doesn’t confuse heat with hollowness: every kiss drags childhood shadows with it, every victory costs another piece of peace. Mental illness, trauma, control, relapse – the story lets them exist without apology, showing that love isn’t a cure, but sometimes it’s the only reason someone keeps fighting. The world cheers for Remington the fighter; Brooke learns to love Remy the man.
Seven books later, the saga feels less like fantasy and more like a dare: can passion survive when the body breaks, when trust wavers, when life stops playing to the soundtrack of desire? Real answers not with perfection but persistence. Love here is sweat, stubbornness, relapse, return. A reminder that some stories don’t ask to be admired – they ask to be felt, pulse to pulse, like a fist against the mat saying: still here.
📚 Did you know 📖
Katy Evans’s debut novel, published in 2013, immediately reached the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists.
The story was inspired by themes of vulnerability and strength in the modern world of sports.
For a long time, the author shared her drafts in online communities before finally signing with a publisher.
Separately, the author published stand-alone novels Womanizer (2016), Tycoon (2017), and Mogul (2018), which are not part of the Real series.
The success of Real made Evans one of the most popular writers in the “new adult romance” genre.
Legend has it: at book signings, fans often brought boxing gloves and asked Evans to autograph them.