Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 4.5 stars 
 While I haven't enjoyed the Ultimate series as much as I did Lori Foster's original fighter series, I found Fighting Dirty to be a joy to read. I loved seeing the hero and heroine finally admitting their feelings and doing something about them. I loved seeing a truly good man realize his worth. I loved seeing so many of the original SBC fighters return and offer support, help and some much needed words of wisdom, but most of all I loved that the story made sense, the threat felt real and the outcome was everything a romance reader could want. Fighting Dirty would have been 5 stars, but given that this was the last book in this series an epilogue would have been greatly appreciated. 
 I knew that the relationship between Armie Jacobson and Merissa "Rissy" Colter would be complicated and unconventional given their long history, his friendship with her brother, her long time affection for him and his reputation for dirty, raunchy, anything goes sex. So it surprised me at how tame this book was and that's not a complaint, it was simply unexpected and while there was no doubt these two enjoyed each other physically their intimate moments were just that intimate with a dash of sexy. 
 Armie's back story was interesting and at times heart-breaking and it gave great insight into the man he had become and his reasoning behind his decision to try and stay out of the limelight. It also shed a lot of light on his work with the kids and teens that frequented the recreational center and his commitment to them. 
 While we'd seen bits and pieces of Rissy throughout this series, she was always in the background so I very much enjoyed getting to know her and seeing her spitfire attitude. I admired her tenacity and her strong work ethic and I especially admired the way she confronted Armie and made him face up to his attraction to her. 
 Fighting Dirty was pretty low on drama (always a good thing in my opinion) and high on building a relationship and falling in love thus making it a pretty perfect romance. 
 Review copy provided for an honest review.