Van (Cold Fury #9) ~ Sawyer Bennett ~ New Release and Review

Van (Cold Fury, Book #9) Sawyer Bennett Release Date: November 28, 2017

Synopsis: Score one for the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team as a stone-cold badass melts for a woman who makes his blood run hot. As one of the league’s toughest enforcers, Van Turner is ruthless on the ice. He plays hard because it’s the only way to channel the rage boiling inside, and a reputation as an A-hole is better than everyone knowing the truth. Van has spent his entire life running from a secret that’s kept him from getting involved in relationships—or accepting lucrative deals with East Coast teams. Then the Carolina Cold Fury makes him an offer he can’t refuse . . . and Van meets a woman he can’t resist. Simone Fournier is the stubborn one in her family—and that’s saying something, considering her brothers are two of the Cold Fury’s biggest stars. Simone gets what she wants, and what she wants is Van. Still, there’s a part of him Simone can’t reach, no matter how hard she tries. In private, he’s all fire and passion. In public, he freezes her out. Van may want to push her away, but Simone won’t let him go that easily. Because this time, she’s playing for keeps. Sawyer Bennett’s New York Times bestselling Carolina Cold Fury series can be read together or separately.
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 Since the release of her debut contemporary romance novel, Off Sides, in January 2013, Sawyer Bennett has released multiple books, many of which have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. A reformed trial lawyer from North Carolina, Sawyer uses real life experience to create relatable, sexy stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From new adult to erotic contemporary romance, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone. Sawyer likes her Bloody Marys strong, her martinis dirty, and her heroes a combination of the two. When not bringing fictional romance to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to a very active daughter, as well as full-time servant to her adorably naughty dogs. She believes in the good of others, and that a bad day can be cured with a great work-out, cake, or even better, both. Sawyer also writes general and women’s fiction under the pen name S. Bennett and sweet romance under the name Juliette Poe.
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Elizabeth's Review

3.5 Stars - Worth a Reader's Time

Review Copy Provided by Publisher via Net Galley

Sawyer Bennett returns us to the land of the Carolina Cold Fury with Van Turner’s story. This is the final book in the Fournier sibling arc of the series and is written as a stand alone. The time line here runs parallel to Lucas’s book, so there are potential spoilers if you aren’t reading the series in order.
This is an interesting one for me. All of the Cold Fury men are very “Alpha” and Van is no exception, he is just more emotionally closed off than we’ve seen before - he’s honestly one of the harder heroes to get to know and invest in until you get to know him better.
I’m going to duck behind the computer while I say that I think Simone might just be my least favorite of Ms. Bennett’s heroines. Having said that, I like her for Van and I liked her more once she and Van got together, I just had a hard time embracing her as they got to that point.
Ms. Bennett does an excellent job of keeping the series fresh and the story lines varied as she pairs the team off with their lady loves. Van and Simone’s story has one of the more unique complications and it speaks to the author’s skill that she was able to take such difficult subject matter and introduce it into a romantic story.
I would also call this a sports romance “lite” as the book does center around a hockey playing hero and the couple would not be together except for the sport, but hockey definitely plays a back seat to the relationship and other off ice issues.
The Cold Fury series continues to be a “go to” for me and I am looking forward to the next installment.


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