Rink Rash

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SHE'S UNDER MY SKIN AND I'M OUT OF MY MIND

There are three things that get under Madeline Maddox’s skin:
defeat, disorder and disruption…especially when it comes to her carefully curated life and her roller derby team.


No one outskates Mad Maddox—that is, until a cocky little jammer blows back into her hometown wreaking havoc into all her plans.

Vera Havik is mayhem, she’s chaos, she’s everything Madeline despises.

Madeline is set on making their time on the track a rink-rash-filled nightmare, pushing through Vera's defenses like a bad block. That’s when she learns the heavy secret the world-famous jammer is hiding and now, everything’s off-track, including their hearts.

The fine line between love and hatred can be crushed, snorted, or injected…

But it can’t be ignored.


Rink Rash is a Stand alone sapphic sports romance previously published under the title False Start: A roller derby romance, character names, background and descriptions have since changed for a better reader experience.

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  • Explicit sexual content
  • Explicit language
  • Discussions of active addiction
  • Discussions of relapse and withdrawal
  • Consumption of illegal substances
  • Suicidal ideations and intentional overdose
  • Driving under the influence
  • Death of a parent
  • Mentions of cancer
  • Misgendering
  • Descriptions of physical assault

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