Alex (Cold Fury, #1) by Sawyer Bennett ~ Review & Giveaway

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Cold Fury Hockey Series

New Adult Contemporary

Released October 14, 2014

Published by LoveSwept (Random House)

Hockey star Alexander Crossman has a reputation as a cold-hearted player on and off the rink. Pushed into the sport by an alcoholic father, Alex isn’t afraid to give fans the proverbial middle finger, relishing his role as the MVP they love to hate. Management, however, isn’t so amused. Now Alex has a choice: fix his public image through community service or ride the bench. But Alex refuses to be molded into the Carolina Cold Fury poster boy . . . not even by a tempting redhead with killer curves.


As a social worker, Sutton Price is accustomed to difficult people—like Alex, who’s been assigned to help her create a drug-abuse awareness program for at-risk youth as part of the team’s effort to clean up his image. What she doesn’t expect is the arrogant smirk from his perfect lips to stir her most heated fantasies. But Sutton isn’t one to cross professional boundaries—and besides, Alex doesn’t do relationships . . . or does he? The more she sees behind Alex’s bad-boy façade, the more Sutton craves the man she uncovers.

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Review...

I love that bad boy and Alex can be that.  He's a cranky pants for sure.  A professional hockey player who is so good at what he does but hates the game?  Yeah, he's that too.  But he has his reasons.  And his attitude isn't going to change.  Well, until Sutton gets hold of him.

These two are clearly drawn by chemistry.  It's clear where they're going and Alex isn't even resisting.  Sutton puts up a minor fight.  Her ex-boyfriend comes back in the picture to make things interesting.  I think mostly as a contrast for her attraction to Alex.  What I loved about them together was the honesty.  Alex is painfully honest.

What I loved about Sutton was her ability to take what Alex gave her.  Maybe it was the counselor in her but she didn't put up with his attitude and always had a comment that made him think.  She made him better and I loved that about her.

While the plot is somewhat predictable, I enjoyed watching it unfold.  I loved how Sutton got to Alex.  How small changes in him popped up just from spending time with her.  I loved how he treated her family.  And I enjoyed the hockey.  While I am a football girl, any sports in books make me happy.  And what is it about a hockey player that just screams "throw me up against the glass and let's do this thing".

This author does a good job with bad boys and hot scenes.  These two definitely know how to bring the pleasure to each other.  Some of the pages were smokin' hot.

Fans of Sawyer Bennett and perhaps Abbi Glines books will enjoy this one.

           

About the Author...

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate

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Sugar on the Edge by Sawyer Bennett ~ Tour, Review & Giveaway

SUGAR ON THE EDGE

BY USA Today Best-selling Author Sawyer Bennett

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Last Call, #3

Adult Contemporary Romance

Released July 28, 2014

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He’s utterly alone…

Tortured and existing in a dark spiral of despair, bestselling British author, Gavin Cooke, has come to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to escape the seedy lifestyle he had been living in London and in a desperate attempt to regain his writing focus. He’s twisted, bitter and angry at the world. He’s a loner… needing not a single thing other than his Scotch and a laptop upon which he can bang out his next erotic, dark thriller.

She’s running in place and getting nowhere…

Savannah Shepherd’s life is falling apart. Her dream of being a wildlife photographer seems a distant memory and she’s barely able to make ends meet. Driving herself forward with no clear goals apparent, she’s about ready to pack up her bags and head home with her tail between her legs.

Two unlikely lovers…

He’s raw, forceful and a dirty talker. She’s a flowers and romance type of girl. Yet within each other, they find a mutual craving that can only be satisfied by giving in to their desires for one another.

Lust turns into something more… something they were not looking for but tentatively accept. Will it be enough to push them past the obstacles of Gavin’s bitter past?

*SUGAR ON THE EDGE can be read as a stand-alone*

Review...

I always enjoy Sawyer Bennett's characters.  Rich with passion and strength they don't know they possess, her characters always invoke emotion in me.  Gavin and Savannah are right there doing the same.

I enjoyed their story though I saw where it was going pretty quickly.  The happy time they had together before things fell apart was long and yummy.  I like that.  Some books give you half a page of happy before the other shoe drops.  I loved that part of the story.

This one can certainly be read stand alone.  While we see the other characters from the first two books, they don't really play a large roll at all.  Brody does some behind kicking but you know he loved it.  

I'm always a little nervous reading Sawyer's sexy scenes.  They are usually too much for me.  Gavin has some dark pain and his filthy ways are how he deals.  I'm not really comfortable with it but Savannah was.  That's all that mattered to me.  But the heat level is high for sure.

If you've read and enjoyed Sawyer Bennett before, then you will definitely want to read this one.  If you love the dark, sexy guys then you should definitely read this one.  If you love your sexy a little filthy then you should definitely read this one.

About the Author

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.

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Release Day ~ Sugar on the Edge by Sawyer Bennett

SUGAR ON THE EDGE

By USA Today Best-selling Author Sawyer Bennett

Last Call, #3

Adult Contemporary Romance

Released July 28, 2014

He’s utterly alone…

Tortured and existing in a dark spiral of despair, bestselling British author, Gavin Cooke, has come to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to escape the seedy lifestyle he had been living in London and in a desperate attempt to regain his writing focus. He’s twisted, bitter and angry at the world. He’s a loner… needing not a single thing other than his Scotch and a laptop upon which he can bang out his next erotic, dark thriller.

She’s running in place and getting nowhere…

Savannah Shepherd’s life is falling apart. Her dream of being a wildlife photographer seems a distant memory and she’s barely able to make ends meet. Driving herself forward with no clear goals apparent, she’s about ready to pack up her bags and head home with her tail between her legs.

Two unlikely lovers…

He’s raw, forceful and a dirty talker. She’s a flowers and romance type of girl. Yet within each other, they find a mutual craving that can only be satisfied by giving in to their desires for one another.

Lust turns into something more… something they were not looking for but tentatively accept. Will it be enough to push them past the obstacles of Gavin’s bitter past?

*SUGAR ON THE EDGE can be read as a stand-alone*

About the Author

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.


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Cover Reveal ~ Uncivilized by Sawyer Bennett

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UNCIVILIZED

By USA Today Best-selling Author Sawyer Bennett

Erotic/Mature Adult Contemporary Romance

Releasing September 8, 2014

**Warning: This book is a wild, sexy beast of a read. 18+**

Putting a woman on her knees before me is what really makes my cock hard. I fuck with dominant force and absolute control. I demand complete surrender from my conquests.

  Savage man, loner, warrior… I am dangerous at my core. I have lived amidst the untamed wild of the rainforest, in a society that reveres me and where every woman falls before me in subjugation.

Now I’ve been discovered. Forced to return to a world that I have forgotten about and to a culture that is only vaguely familiar to my senses.

Dr. Moira Reed is an anthropologist who has been hired to help me transition back into modern society. It’s her job to smooth away my rough edges… to teach me how to navigate properly through this new life of mine. She wants to tame me.

She’ll never win.

I am wild, free and raw, and the only thing I want from the beautiful Moira Reed is to fuck her into submission.

She wants it, I am certain.

I will give it to her soon.

Yes, very soon, I will become the teacher and she will become my student. And when I am finished showing her body pleasure like no other, she’ll know what it feels like to be claimed by an uncivilized man.

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About the Author

USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.


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Cover Reveal ~ Alex by Sawyer Bennett

COVER REVEAL! ALEX: A Cold Fury Hockey Novel by Sawyer Bennett

Loveswept (Random House) is thrilled to debut the cover of ALEX: A Cold Fury Hockey Novel by USA Today bestselling author Sawyer Bennett! ALEX is the first in a sexy and exciting new series that’s hot enough to melt the ice…

ALEX (A Cold Fury Hockey Novel)

Loveswept Contemporary Romance

Written by Sawyer Bennett

On sale: October 14, 2014

ISBN: 978-0-553-39300-2

About ALEX:

Hockey star Alexander Crossman has a reputation as a cold-hearted player on and off the rink. Pushed into the sport by an alcoholic father, Alex isn’t afraid to give fans the proverbial middle finger, relishing his role as the MVP they love to hate. Management, however, isn’t so amused. Now Alex has a choice: fix his public image through community service or ride the bench. But Alex refuses to be molded into the Carolina Cold Fury poster boy… not even by a tempting redhead with killer curves.
 
As a social worker, Sutton Price is accustomed to difficult people—like Alex, who’s been assigned to help her create a drug-abuse awareness program for at-risk youth as part of the team’s effort to clean up his image. What she doesn’t expect is the arrogant smirk from his perfect lips to stir her most heated fantasies. But Sutton isn’t one to cross professional boundaries—and besides, Alex doesn’t do relationships… or does he? The more she sees behind Alex’s bad-boy façade, the more Sutton craves the man she uncovers.

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About Sawyer Bennett

USA Today bestselling author Sawyer Bennett is a snarky Southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. Her husband works for a Fortune 100 company which lets him fly all over the world while she stays at home with their daughter and three big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.

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BLURB

WARNING, LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK

FROM MATT CONNOVER, LITIGATION GOD

Please do not attempt to read my story in public, as my sexual proclivities have been known to cause squirming in your seat, squeezing of your legs together and unintentional moaning, sometimes with spontaneous bursts of laughter at random moments. If you are offended by the fact that my oral skills are just as accomplished in the bedroom as they are the courtroom, then this book is not for you. There may be moments while reading my story that you get so turned on… so hot and bothered… that your squirming and moaning could turn maniacal in nature and neither I, nor the author, are responsible for the weird looks you may get. Notwithstanding the aforementioned warnings, if you assume the risk and read my tale in public, then I recommend you carry a spare set of panties with you. You will need them and you have been warned.


My name is Matt Connover. I am a Litigation God.

Other lawyers quake before me. Women crawl on their knees just to spend the night in my bed and when I’m finished with them, I walk away without a backward glance. I am well satisfied with my life and there isn’t a damn thing I’d change about it.

That is, until McKayla Dawson came along.

She was meant to be for one night only.
But she got under my skin, and now I want her back underneath my body.

It’s torture working with her in my law firm… day in and day out. But I have to think maybe the Fates have intervened to throw us together because she is unlike anyone I’ve ever known, and thus I need to pay careful attention to these Legal Affairs.

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Confessions of a Litigation God is a stand alone, full length erotic novel. It follows the affair of Matt Connover and McKayla Dawson as told in the Legal Affairs Serial Romance, Volumes 1-6. This book is told strictly from Matt's point of view and has many additional scenes not included in the serial volumes. You do not need to have read the Legal Affairs Serial to understand this novel.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

USA Today Best-Selling Author, Sawyer Bennett is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have three big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn't have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.

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Pamela Harty, The Knight Agency

Make It A Double by Sawyer Bennett ~

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Brody Markham has endured a nightmare, spending the last five years in prison and losing everything that was dear to him. Now he’s back home, trying to survive in a world he doesn’t recognize anymore. While his family and friends desperately try to reach through to him, he shelters himself further and further away from their love.

Alyssa Myers has worked her entire life to distance herself from the luxurious and privileged lifestyle in which she was raised. Running her non-profit agency, The Haven, she is content to spend her days helping abused animals find sanctuary, which fulfills her in a way that money just can’t buy.

Maybe it’s that she recognizes in Brody some of the same char- acteristics she sees in her homeless wards, but Alyssa is power- less to stop her personal quest to make Brody whole again.

While Brody struggles to surface from the darkness, Alyssa tries to protect her heart in case he’s not willing to accept the light that she offers him.

MAKE IT A DOUBLE can be read as a stand-alone.

My Thoughts




5 stars -  Brody makes this book perfect.  Love him so much.

First Impressions...

I was totally taken by Brody in On The Rocks.  I very much wanted to know all the details of his story.  He was so brooding, moody, gorgeous and quiet; I had to know him.  So I was desperate to read this one.

The Characters...

I knew I would love Brody but what surprised me was how much I loved Alyssa.  She comes from money but she isn't the spoiled chick who couldn't do anything for her self.  She is one strong women and her determination to run The Haven had me loving her.  It's a no kill animal shelter and she loves the animals she takes in.  She goes out of her way to make sure they are comfortable and well taken care of.  I was in complete awe of her.  It was wonderful that she was such a great character because no one less could be the girl for Brody.

Brody.  He had my heart twisted around his finger in nothing flat.  He's broken.  What was once a promising life is reduced to slinging drinks at his brothers bar and waking up at 5 AM every morning.  Those 5 years in prison were hard on him.  He's not letting anyone in, not his twin brother, his family or his friends.  And certainly not the rich chick running the animal shelter even if he does love animals.  But then he sees Alyssa in her element - with her animals and a crack forms in the brick wall he has build around his heart.  I loved that he admitted he was wrong.  I loved that he was responsible, patient, and kind.  He ignores the thoughtless looks from the ignorant people who see him as only an ex-con.  He refuses to drink - not just because it's part of his parole but because it no longer serves him.  He reacts to the problems that Alyssa is having.  He's such a good guy.   The real thing. 

And after I fell completely in love with him, he broke my heart into pieces and I was contemplating if it was illegal to take out a fictional character.  Not Brody, of course, but those that hurt him.  The first book in this series was okay but this one was perfect and Brody is why.

The Story...

I loved Brody and Alyssa's story.  They are immediately attracted to each other but the feeling develop as they work together.  Then a common and unexpected bond brings them closer.  It made the story real and had the pages flying by.  There were even a few surprises for me.

I can't wait for more from this series.  I'll be hoping for any and all glimpses of these two among the pages.

Could I Put It Down...

I read it over two night but most of it was in one night.  No choice but to set it down but I really didn't want to.  I would have read it straight threw if I'd had the time.  It's the kind of book that you don't pause while reading.  I just kept flipping the pages because I had to know what was going to happen next.  

In The End...

My favorite of the two books by far, this book will appeal to the New Adult crowd and the contemporary romance crowd.  It stands alone, so no worries if you haven't read On The Rocks. 

If you love the brooding, quiet alpha male that has given up on a relationship but then has his armor cracked, then this book should be your next read.

About the Author


USA Today Best-Selling author, Sawyer Bennett, is a snarky southern woman and reformed trial lawyer who decided to finally start putting on paper all of the stories that were floating in her head. She is married to a mobster (well, a market researcher) and they have two big, furry dogs who hog the bed. Sawyer would like to report she doesn’t have many weaknesses but can be bribed with a nominal amount of milk chocolate.