💙Formula Freedom (Race Fever 3) by Sawyer Bennett-review tour💙

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 26, 2025

Reid Hemsworth is still a relatively new face in the racing world but hasn’t wasted any time making a name for himself. No stranger to standing on the podium, Reid’s success isn’t all champagne showers and post-race parties. He may be considered a rising star in the sport, but to his brother, Lance, Reid stole his chance at racing glory and that can never be forgiven.

Lara Candlish grew up with the Hemsworth brothers, the three of them wasting away the hours of their youth riding waves together in the Australian surf. But as they got older and Reid’s career started to take off, their trio splintered under the weight of Lance’s jealousy. In the end, one brother had the career and one got the girl, but they both wanted what the other had.

When Lara finds herself trapped in an increasingly volatile relationship, she turns to the one man she knows she can trust above anyone else—Reid. Harboring deep feelings for much of his life, Reid doesn’t hesitate to bring Lara into his inner circle to provide her with the safety that she needs, no matter how much that might infuriate his brother. Their forced proximity quickly uncovers feelings he thought he’d left behind and Reid is prepared to act on them. But when his brother finds out that Reid now has the career and the girl, the situation goes from bad to worse.

As the relationship between Reid and Lara intensifies, so does the danger, and one truth becomes abundantly clear. Reid will stop at nothing to protect the one thing he now knows he can never live without—Lara.

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REVIEW:  FORMULA FREEDOM is the third instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult RACE FEVER erotic romance series focusing on Formula International (F1), a fictionalized version of motorsport racing. This is driver Reid Hemsworth, and Lara Candlish’s story line. FORMULA FREEDOM can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.For fans of Sawyer Bennett, there is a slight cross-over with the author’s Pittsburgh Titan’s series and team owner/ Formula International team owner Brienne Norcross, and husband Drake McGinn.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers

Told from dual first person perspectives (Reid and Lara) FORMULA FREEDOM focuses on the rekindling friendship and relationship between our story line couple. At fifteen years of age, Reid Hemsworth fell in love with his best friend Lara Candlish but his future was in racing, and he set his sights on something bigger, only to lose the woman he loved to someone else. Fast forward to present day, Lara’s relationship has imploded, and her first call is to the man who previously broke her heart. Determined to protect Lara, Reid becomes guardian and lover in the hopes of rekindling the romance they left behind but the past refuses to let, spiralling out of control, taking aim at our story line couple.

The world building focuses on the upcoming racing season from Australia, to Monaco to Zurich to Japan as Reid embarks on a new relationship with Lara, and a career that is quickly speeding to the top but as Reid’s career continues to surge, his mind is constantly pulled back to the woman he loves.

The relationship between Lara and Reid is one of second chances, of a sorts. Childhood friends whose lives went in different directions but never forgetting about the person , left behind. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, dynamic and familiar secondary and supporting characters including Drake McGinn (Titan’s Hockey), as well as the return of racer Carlos Moreno. We are introduced to Reid’s brother and fellow racer Lance, their parents Leanna and Graham, as well as Lara’s parents Colin and Margot Candlish.

FORMULA FREEDOM is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is dramatic and edgy; the romance is impassioned and seductive; the characters are determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Formula Fling
Formula Chance

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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.

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