CROSBY
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: May 19
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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:
She’s here to expose hockey’s biggest flaws. He’s the complication she never planned on. Neither one is prepared for the sparks that fly every time they collide.
Juno Paxton has built her award-winning documentary career dismantling institutions people blindly worship. Her latest assignment is her most high-profile yet: immerse herself in the league’s newest hockey expansion team—the Portland Wildfire—for an entire season and create a behind-the-scenes film the league can parade around as “authentic.”
Juno doesn’t buy it. Not the hype, not the hero worship, and definitely not the polished personas of pro athletes. She expects egos, theatrics, and plenty of manufactured grit.
What she doesn’t expect is Crosby Hale.
The Wildfire’s starting goalie is stoic, meticulously focused, and infuriatingly camera-shy. He wants nothing to do with her film, her questions, or her insistence that he “show some personality.” Unfortunately for him, the league wants Juno’s documentary to center on the enigmatic goaltender who refuses to cooperate.
But the more time Juno spends with Crosby, the more she glimpses the steady, thoughtful man beneath his guarded exterior. He isn’t the stereotype she’s built her name exposing—he’s better. The more she learns about him, the harder it becomes to keep her documentary, and her heart, objective. And for Crosby, letting Juno in feels less like a mistake and more like the beginning of something worth fighting for.
Warm, witty, and unexpectedly emotional, CROSBY launches the Portland Wildfire series with a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance between a skeptical filmmaker and the goalie determined to stay out of her spotlight… until she becomes the one thing he can’t turn away from.
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Tropes:
🏒Hockey Romance
🔥Forced Proximity
🏒Reluctant Hero
🔥Slow Burn
🏒Workplace Romance
🔥Opposites Attract
🏒Found Family
🔥Emotionally Guarded Hero
🏒Bold, Unapologetic Heroine
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Crosby has joined the expansion team Portland Wildfire as their goalie and is happy to reunite with his best friend but one of the other team members also happens to married to his ex-fiancé. He is a private man who wants to keep his personal life that way so having Juno film a documentary on him and the team is not something he is looking forward to.
Juno has a difficult past which led her to career producing documentaries. She is focused on the truth rather than sensationalism and wants to spend time with each of the players. Even though Crosby isn’t interested as they spend time together they open up to each other which brings them together and the lines between professional and personal begin to blur.
I really enjoyed getting to know both these characters and their backstory. The feelings between them are heartwarming, the angst is low and there is a great group of secondary characters that leave us wanting the next book in this series. Aaron Shedlock allowed us to understand what drove Crosby’s actions while Amanda Stribling brings out the strength of Juno.
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