NEW RELEASE! Camden (Pittsburgh Titans, Book #8) Sawyer Bennett Release Date: August 1, 2023
Synopsis:
Camden Poe is the last of The Lucky Three, the surviving Pittsburgh Titans who weren’t on the team plane the night it went down. By all outward appearances, he’s adjusted to post-crash life well but inside he’s wrestling with the guilt of living.
The catastrophe that killed the Pittsburgh Titans changed my entire world. My teammates were more than my friends—they were my brothers. I mourned their loss with the rest of the nation but then I did as I’ve been taught… I moved on. I focused on returning to the ice with the newly rebuilt team and put the tragedy behind me. Considering the circumstances, I adjusted well. Or so I thought. Now I’m plagued by nightmares of the crash and my play has suffered as a result. Facing the possibility of losing my place on the team, I need to pull myself together and fast.
My buddy and linemate, Mitch Brandt died in the crash, leaving his wife Danica and son Travis behind to pick up the pieces of their shattered family. After reconnecting with Danica at a support group meeting, I find myself inexplicably drawn to helping her and her son move forward. What starts as two friends finding solace in one another following a tragedy becomes something more, leaving us both wondering if we deserve this chance.
I feel as if I’m walking a precarious line between a man falling for an incredible woman and a man moving in on his dead friend’s wife. But one thing is crystal clear—I’ve found a peace with Danica that I wasn’t sure I’d ever have again. Now I need to find the confidence within myself to push past the insecurities and make sure she knows how important she is to me because if I don’t, I’ll lose the one thing that makes me truly complete.
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New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.
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Elizabeth's Review
4.25 Stars - Would Recommend to a Friend
Review Copy Provided by Author
With Camden, Ms Bennett returns us to the world of the Titans with the last of the “Lucky Three” in a heartfelt look at life after loss and when is it okay to fully “move on.” While this book is immersed in the world of the Titans, it is not a traditional hockey book, in that there isn't a lot of gameplay. The focus here is on the family that exists within the team and how they are doing as time moves them forward from tragedy.
Camden's leading lady is Danica. She's someone that he has known before because she is one of the team widows whom he has recently reconnected with. One of the things I truly appreciated about this book is that Ms Bennett openly acknowledged that Danica and her son had suffered the loss of their husband and father. Recognizing that journey and pairing Camden and Danica first as friends allowed me as a reader to embrace this couple as they grew together emotionally and romantically.
The challenges Camden and Danica face are organic to the story and are what I would consider to be real and authentic to people in the same situations. Both Camden and Danica handled things (mostly) with grace. Well-placed towel snaps from teammates helped a bit too!
If I liked Camden so much, why isn't it a full 5-star read? Honestly, it is book 8 in a strongly interconnected and sequential series. The secondary cast here is made up entirely of the Titans family; many of whom are the leading characters from the previous 7 books. This is a series that needs to be read (mostly) in order to get the full scope of the back story and who the different players are. Given that this book might lose some of it's emotional impact if read on it's own, I can't give it 5 stars.
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