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*
I have always been intrigued by Sawyer Bennett’s books but for some reason or another, I was never able to get to them to read. Rest assured I am now stalking her after reading Sugar on the Edge!!!!!!! What the hell was I thinking not reading her books sooner!!!!! If you have not read one of her books before, get on it. Do not be like me and push it aside and say, I’ll get it to later… later never comes and trust me, her books need to be read… like now! I will now buy and devour every book she publishes! Why you ask… Girl has skills and can write! Holy shit can she write! Sugar on the Edge was smoking hot and had me turning the pages like a mad women! She just pulled me into the story and kept me there until the end! I devoured this novel and now have a mission to go back and read the rest of the books! Even though this book is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone. It’s a complete story told in dual POV.
Savannah Shepherd and Gavin Cooke are polar opposites of each other. Savannah is the sweet and nice southern girl who is struggling to become a working photographer, working crappy jobs just to make ends meet. Gavin is a British successful author that has smoked, drunk, and sexed his way into depression after a tragedy strikes. He is forced to get away from things to finish writing his book. He buys a house on the coast of North Carolina and asked the realtor for a housekeeping service. Her best friend and roommate, Savannah cleans some houses so she recommends her. When Savannah agrees to be his housekeeper, she gets more than she bargains for. Gavin thinks he has Savannah begged for the timid passive type that will cower to his aggressive nature. But there’s something about her that he’s curious about…
“I’m attracted to her… sure. But it scares me to think that the attraction is because I can’t quite figure her out. I normally steer clear of any type of situation that makes me out of my comfort zone, and she definitively makes me uncomfortable.”
Savannah is also perplexed by him as well, he thinks she has her all figured out and this infuriates her.
“I feel like a different person when I’m around him. When he’s taunting me. Goading me. Seducing me. I’m so far out of my league that my natural inclination is to turn tail and fun, but there is a dark part to me… way deep down, that wants to explore the feelings he’s conjuring up inside of me with his voodoo magic.”
Their relationship turns hot and heavy and SMOKING HOT! (Did I mention how hot this book was??!!) Where he is filthy, she is sweet. Never has opposites attract been so true! Right when they look like they will balance each other out, the shit hits the fan! The unexpected happens and Gavin leaves back to England leaving Savannah alone. Let’s just say I’m so pissed off at this point! Even though Gavin made clear expectations to Savannah when they started this relationship, I never saw this coming.
Will Gavin be able to work pass his demons from the past and move forward or will he go back to his self-destructive ways? Will Savannah be able to lead him out of the dark or will the decisions she made be too much for Gavin to handle? It’s one amazing ride and I am so thankful I took a chance on this book! Thank you Sawyer Bennett for such a fabulous story! 5 huge stars!!!!!!
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.
