SAVING A LEGEND (Kavanagh Legends #2) by Sarah Robinson-a review

Saving a Legend

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 14, 2016

His family’s gym has produced a roster of mixed martial arts legends, but so far Kieran Kavanagh hasn’t followed in their footsteps. After a brawl lands him in jail, Kieran is assigned to work at a center for at-risk youth. Though given a second chance, Kieran’s simply going through the motions—until he meets one very special kid, Shea Doherty, and falls hard for her very beautiful, very grown-up big sister, Fiona. The trouble is, Kieran’s best opening moves are getting him nowhere fast.

Fiona Doherty has too many responsibilities to fool around, especially now that she has custody of Shea. Sure, she’d love to find a devoted partner. But she won’t jeopardize her sister’s happiness—or risk revealing her tortured past—on a love-’em-and-leave-’em type of guy like Kieran . . . so it’s up to him to prove her wrong. As Fiona spends more time with Kieran, she starts to see a softer side of the reckless warrior. Now she must admit that when it comes to the possibility of real love, well . . . there’s a fighting chance.

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REVIEW: SAVING A LEGEND is the second installment in Sarah Robinson’s contemporary, adult KAVANAGH LEGENDS erotic romance series focusing on the Kavanagh siblings. This is former MMA fighter Kieran Kavanagh, and florist shop owner Fiona Doherty’s story line. SAVING A LEGEND can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. All of the previous story line characters play secondary and supporting roles.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Kieran and Fiona) SAVING A LEGEND focuses on Kieran Kavanagh, his release from prison, and his building relationship with Fiona Doherty. Two years earlier Kieran was sentenced to prison for the near beating death of an opponent during an illegal underground MMA match. Fast forward to present day wherein Kieran is assigned community service at the local center for special needs children where he will meet Shea Doherty-the sister of the woman with whom he will fall in love.

Fiona Doherty has custody of her sister Shea-a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder-but a child who will bring together two families, and many lives. What ensues is the building relationship between Fiona and Kieran that will suffer from secrets and lies from the past. Fiona fights her feelings for Kieran, and by extension his close knit family, knowing that once the truth is revealed, her life may never be the same. Our heroine is a bit of a hypocrite, and with it comes a judgmental attitude that should never have been.

The relationship between Fiona and Kieran is slow to build as Fiona is reluctant to make plans for the future. As she struggles to raise her younger sister, as well as working full time and the owner of the local florist shop, Fiona does not have the time or energy for something more but Kieran’s mother makes Fiona an offer she cannot refuse when everything does not go according to plans. The $ex scenes are intimate.

The world building continues to focus on the family business-LEGENDS-the gym owned by the Kavanagh family where ‘legends’ are made and history is written in the Bronx borough of Woodlawn, New York. As Kane (Kieran’s twin) amps up his training for a championship match, the siblings work together towards the ultimate goal. The Kavanagh’s are a close Irish family who are supportive, loving and willing to help those in need. Kane’s story is next.

SAVING A LEGEND is a story about family and love; trust and understanding; secrets and lies. Kieran is a chivalrous hero willing to accept responsibility for someone else’s sins; Fiona is willing to sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of everyone else. The premise is entertaining; the characters are real but flawed; the romance is a slow build to a happily ever after.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of BREAKING A LEGEND (Book 1)

Copy supplied by the publisher through Netgalley

Reviewed by Sandy