Steele (Arizona Vengeance 9) by Sawyer Bennett-Review tour

STEELE
Arizona Vengeance #9
by Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: December 8, 2020
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, hockey romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 8,2020

A second chance may be just what James Steele needs…

I might be one of the older players on the Arizona Vengeance, but I like to think that also makes me one of the wisest. Or at least I used to.

Turns out, I’ve been a bit selfish. I’ve been married to hockey and my team for years, which hasn’t left much time for my actual wife, Ella. Now I’m juggling a separation I never wanted, the pressure of being a single dad to our teenage daughter, and the career I sacrificed it all for.

While my game on the ice might be on fire, the game in my personal life is clearly lacking, as evidenced by the fact I just saw my wife on a date with another man. If I have any hope of saving the family I love, I need to re-prioritize, and fast. So it’s time for me to get back to fundamentals, just like I did when I learned how to play hockey. I’ve never backed down from a challenge, and romancing my wife is a challenge I am very much looking forward to.

Time to put on my game face, because I’m in it to win it.

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REVIEW:STEELE is the ninth instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult ARIZONA VENGEANCE erotic, hockey romance series focusing on the members of the NHL’s Arizona Vengeance hockey team. This is Arizona Vengeance defenseman James Steele, and his wife, graphic designer Ella’s second chance story line. STEELE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Some of the events of STEELE cross over with, and run parallel to the events in book eight KANE.

Told from dual first person perspectives (James and Ella) STEELE follows the rebuilding romance and relationship between Arizona Vengeance defenseman James Steele, and his wife Ella Steel. Five months earlier James Steele was taken by surprise when his wife Ella,the woman he loved, asked him to move out of the family home. Having no idea what had happened or why, Steele is floored when Ella tells him she feels taken for granted, and she and their daughter Lucy are no longer a priority for the husband and father he is supposed to be. Hoping to woo back his wife, James sets into motion a plan to seduce the woman he loves in an effort to make whole the family he destroyed. What ensues is the rekindling romance and relationship between James and Ella,and the potential fall-out as the game of hockey , once again, takes center stage.

The relationship between James and Ella is one of second chances. For years Ella no longer felt she was a high priority in her husband’s life, and the game of hockey took up all of his time. Missing his daughter’s recitals, and school events were the final straw, and Ella made a decision to move on without the man that she loved. James Steele struggled in the five months he was separated from his family, even resorting to stalking the woman that called to his heart. Proving himself worthy, James would have to seduce Ella, in an effort, to put his family back together, again. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including most of the previous story line couples, couples of which , using our story line heroine, the reader gets a refresher about the who’s who on the Arizona Vengeance.

STEELE is a story of family and relationships, friendships and love. The premise is heart warming and engaging; the romance is seductive and captivating; the characters are energetic and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Bishop
Erik
Legend
Dax
Tacker
Dominik
Rafe
Wylde
Kane

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Reviewed by Sandy

Since the release of her debut contemporary romance novel, Off Sides, in January 2013, Sawyer Bennett has released more than 30 books and has been featured on both the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists on multiple occasions.

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 toddler, as well as full-time servant to two 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 a combination of the two.