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RYKER
Cold Fury #4
Sawyer Bennett
Releasing Sept 8th, 2015
The
rugged men of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team are winning hearts once again
in another scorching novel from New York Times bestselling
author Sawyer Bennett.
The
stakes have never been higher for Carolina Cold Fury goalie Ryker Evans. With
his contract running out, he’s got a year left to prove he’s still at the top
of his game. And since his wife left him, Ryker has been balancing life as a
pro-hockey star and a single parent to two daughters. Management is waiting for
him to screw up. The fans are ready to pounce. Everybody’s taking dirty
shots—except for the fiery redhead whose faith in Ryker
gives him a fresh start.
As
the league’s only female general manager, Gray Brannon has learned not to mix
business with pleasure. And yet even this tough, talented career woman can’t
help breaking her own rules as she gives Ryker everything she’s got. She hopes
their hot streak will last forever, but with Ryker’s conniving ex plotting to
reclaim her man, the pressure is on Gray to step up and save a tender new love
before it’s too late.
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Ryker was the fourth book in the Cold Fury Hockey Series. Well Sawyer what can I say you skated by again with a fantastic book! I look forward to every book that is put out in this series and she hasn't failed me yet with any of there stories. I have to say I love series like this that are all basically stand alones but if you read them all you get to see more on the past characters that you fell in love with in the beginning of the series.
I would give this book a 4.5 stars and most definitely recommend to others. Each character in this series just gets more intense and interesting. Ryker's story will warm your heart and melt your panties at all his male hotness and heart of gold. And Gray the heroine of the story will shine her own light into this fantastic tale. That is another thing about this series each heroine steals my heart too as all the men have melted my panties right off!
Thanks for another one Sawyer and I hope this isn't the end for the Cold Fury because I need more! I love Sawyer Bennetts books but this series by far has been my favorite of hers and I will read almost anything she writes! So get to one clicking this bad boy cause you have to meet Ryker!
I would give this book a 4.5 stars and most definitely recommend to others. Each character in this series just gets more intense and interesting. Ryker's story will warm your heart and melt your panties at all his male hotness and heart of gold. And Gray the heroine of the story will shine her own light into this fantastic tale. That is another thing about this series each heroine steals my heart too as all the men have melted my panties right off!
Thanks for another one Sawyer and I hope this isn't the end for the Cold Fury because I need more! I love Sawyer Bennetts books but this series by far has been my favorite of hers and I will read almost anything she writes! So get to one clicking this bad boy cause you have to meet Ryker!
Ryker by Sawyer Bennett is the 4th book in the Cold Fury Hockey Series and I will admit one of my favorites so far. Sawyer Bennett makes her readers fall in love with these rough on the outside but softies on the inside hockey players and Ryker's book was no different. This book was filled with everything that I have come to love in her books, love, a little angst, strong female characters and of course HOCKEY! This book was a 4.5 star read for me and anyone who hasn't started this series needs to pick it up soon! You won't be disappointed!!
Ryker Evans was introduced to the reader at the very end of Zack Grantham's book and I couldn't wait to read his story; hoping that he would find a love that he deserved. As the goalie for the Cold Fury, Ryker is one of the oldest players on the team, which doesn't go unnoticed by the ego driven rookies are looking out for only themselves. Hockey is a team sport and Ryker plays it as such, showing that despite his age, he still has what it takes to play at the professional level. With his personal life being turned upside down, now a full time dad to his two beautiful girls, he doesn't believe that he has time for them, hockey and a love life but when he meets the stunning Gray Brannon all bets are off and he knows what he wants and he wants her.
Gray Brannon has been in the background of Cold Fury with her father being the general manager for many years with her position as a scout. Using her love of numbers and statistics, along with having played hockey at the highest level that a woman is able to achieve, Gray knows her way around a rink with a stick and a puck in her hand; which makes her a perfect candidate to be the first and only female general manager in the business. Knowing that it will take time for the team to accept her as their manager and adapt to the different way she will run things, Gray has a strict rule of never dating hockey players, especially one on her team; that is until Ryker Evans sits on the other side of her desk.
The feelings that begin to spark between Gray and Ryker are immense, but both of them try to deny what they are feelings, each for their own reasons. But when those reasons can no longer extinguish the flame that burns between them all bets are off for these two. How can a reader resist a secret romance, a team on their way to win the cup and getting to see where the rest of the players are now that their stories are finished? I will tell you that you can't! Don't miss out on this amazing book or series!
My phone gives a short chime and I pull it out of my pocket. I can’t help the curl of slight disgust that comes to my lips when I see an email from Hensley. Most people would agree: A man is allowed to be disgusted by his wife when she sleeps with another man. Even more so when that other man is a teammate.
But that’s not why I curl my lips and wrinkle my nose. No, I’m pretty much past that, and I know I’m past it because I just don’t think about it anymore. In fact, I’m expecting the final divorce decree in the mail any day now. Our hearing was last month in Boston and my lawyer assured me it would sail through with no hitches, mainly because Hensley and I were able to agree on a division of our assets and custody of the girls coming to me.
No . . . there is absolutely not a single remaining bitter feeling left in me about the loss of my wife and her betrayal to our marriage. It’s over and I’m ready to move on.
I am, however, completely affronted by Hensley’s attitude toward her daughters. Those precious silver-eyed beauties whom she dumped on my doorstep before she checked out of their lives so she could run around the country with her boy toy during hockey season.
A quick glance at her email and my stomach knots up. A simple reminder that she’ll be in town next week when the Boston Eagles—my former team—will be here in Raleigh to play the Cold Fury. Because Hensley is still currently fucking my former Eagle teammate Patric Sutter, and living with him on the road, she’ll be here for a visit. Obviously, she wants to spend some time with Violet and Ruby.
I hit Reply, but before my fingers can even begin to type what I hope will be a fairly calm response—because let’s face it, I’m not going to keep her away from the girls—my phone starts ringing, immediately followed by a picture of Zack popping up.
Zack Grantham.
My teammate. My best friend.
Boyfriend to Kate Francis, my girls’ part-time nanny and the angel who helped me get grounded when I needed it most.
“What’s up?” I say, leaning back against the hallway wall. I keep an eye on the space below the bathroom door, making sure the spider doesn’t come prowling out. I have my foot poised to strike out and stomp the little fucker if it shows.
“Dude . . . turn on the TV right now to channel thirty-three,” he says in a rush.
I don’t think to question the urgency in Zack’s voice and quickly step into Violet and Ruby’s room to grab the remote. I deftly change the channel to the sports news network as I sit on the end of Violet’s little twin bed decorated in purple flowers and white lace.
“. . . while this is still very much speculation, it appears the wheels are in motion for the league to see its first female general manager in its ninety-eight-year existence. Sources inside the Cold Fury office will do nothing more than confirm that while Brian Brannon has stepped down from his position as the team’s general manager, he will still retain his position as president and CEO of the organization. A more formal statement is expected later today.”
The male reporter turns to his co-anchor at the desk, a beautiful blonde who looks more like a beauty queen than a sports reporter and says, “So, Jessica . . . potentially historic news coming out of Raleigh, North Carolina, today.”
The blonde nods seriously and turns to face the camera. “Very historic and also controversial. If these rumors are true, Grayson Brannon, daughter and heir to the Brannon fortune, will become the first female general manager of a professional hockey team. I’m sure this is going to spark a lot of heated debate over her capabilities, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out.”
The male reporter nods sagely and looks down at a digital tablet sitting before him on the desk. “Already, Twitter is blowing up with comments about the potential change in management.”
A news graphic appears to the left of the reporter on the TV screen, showing some of the tweets as he reads them out loud. “Here’s one from @FuryFan4Life . . . What the hell is @Carolina_Cold_Fury thinking? A woman general manager? Ridiculous.”
The blond reporter props her chin in the palm of her hand, watching her co-anchor as he reads the tweets, her face the perfect mask of concerned interest.
“Gray Brannon is more than qualified. Give her a chance,” he reads aloud. “That’s from @carolina_girl_87.”
“There’s going to be a lot of polarized opinions about this,” the blonde says, and the camera zooms in on her. “But everyone needs to remember, Gray Brannon may be young, but she has the experience needed—”
I hit the mute button on the TV, not needing to hear all about Gray Brannon. I know plenty already.
“Think it’s true?” I ask Zack as I put him on speakerphone.
“No idea. I was just watching TV and this breaking news came on.”
Almost as if by eerie design, my phone chimes and a text appears. It’s from the Cold Fury office and simply says, Team Meeting 5PM.
“Did you just get that text?” Zack asks.
“Yup, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s true.”
Zack gives a low whistle. “Ballsy move for Brannon.”
That it is.
Moving his daughter into the position of the team’s general manager. Fucking ballsy as hell and I’m guessing it’s going to cause some dissension in the ranks.
Not from me, though. I personally think Gray Brannon can do the job. She is, after all, the one personally responsible for getting me traded to the Cold Fury, and for that alone she has my support.
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Sawyer is the author of several contemporary romances including the popular Off Series, the Legal Affairs Series and the Last Call Series. She will be releasing her third book in the Cold Fury Hockey Series with Random House Loveswept, June 2015.
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