ATLAS
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: January 13
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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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Blurb:
As a star left-winger for the Pittsburgh Titans, Atlas Karolak thrives on the ice but keeps his personal life uncomplicated. That all changes when tragedy strikes, pushing him into an unlikely partnership that tests his patience, challenges his heart, and threatens to rewrite everything he thought he knew about love and family.
Playing professional hockey wasn’t just a dream, it was the only one that ever mattered. I’ve worked my whole life for this career, and now that I’m playing for the Pittsburgh Titans, I’m exactly where I want to be. My life feels complete.
Losing my best friend to cancer shatters me in ways I didn’t see coming. And as I’m trying to figure out how to say goodbye, I’m blindsided again—because he’s named me and Maddie St. James as joint guardians of his daughter.
Maddie and I… we’re not friends. We’re barely acquaintances. If I’m oil, she’s water, and we’ve never managed to mix without friction. But for the sake of a little girl who’s already lost too much, we need to find neutral ground and figure out how to co-parent.
Are we capable? I’d like to think so. Are we scared out of our minds? Without a doubt. Can we put our differences aside and work together? Honestly, it depends on the day. But when stress turns into stolen glances, which turn into nights we can’t take back, our partnership gets a whole lot more complicated.
Because what started as obligation is starting to feel a lot like forever.
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🏒Review🏒
Atlas has been best friends with Gray since they were children so when he passes away and asks him to raise Grayce as his daughter he can’t say no even if that means co-parenting with Maddie, Gray’s other best friend, who he doesn’t get along with. He now finds himself living with Maddie and Grayce and what began as a co-parenting relationship is beginning to feel like a family.
Maddie has been best friends with Gray since they were in college, and she has been there to help his daughter while he tried to fight a devastating disease. She knew that he wanted her to raise his daughter however she didn’t know that included Atlas. She now finds herself uprooting her life and moving across the country to live with Atlas while they try to give Grayce the home she deserves but developing feelings for Atlas wasn’t part of the plan.
Due to their pasts both Atlas and Maddie don’t allow people close, but I enjoyed seeing their evolution as they not only opened their hearts to Grayce but each other as well. The way that the Titans family embraced Maddie and Grayce as they helped her adapt to her new life was heartwarming. Jeremy York and Kirsten Leigh bring out all the feels as Atlas and Maddie deal with their insecurities and their escalating feelings for each other.
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