RAFFERTY (Pittsburgh Titans 15) by Sawyer Bennett-review tour

RAFFERTY (Pittsburgh Titans 15) by Sawyer Bennett-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 14, 2025

Rafferty Abrams has been having the time of his life since joining the Pittsburgh Titans, but a poorly thought out one-night stand is about to cause unwanted drama with potentially serious repercussions.

As a member of the Pittsburgh Titans, I’m afforded a certain level of leniency in my behavior. The perks of being a celebrity, I suppose. But a run-in with my “one-night stand turned borderline stalker” has me crossing all sorts of lines with a beautiful but unsuspecting grocery store employee. When I surprise the complete stranger with a giant kiss and quiet plea to help a guy out, she not only plays along but gets my blood racing like I’ve never experienced before. Score one for Rafferty Abrams.

Temperence Martin isn’t just the stunning girl in the international foods aisle. Tempe is also a devoted daughter taking a break from college to help her mother as she heals from a serious accident. That includes making sure her younger brother stays on track with school and keeping everything running at home. To say she’s burning the candle at both ends is an understatement, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t see the spark in her eyes after our spontaneous make out session. That’s exactly what has me coming back for more, even if I use that pesky stalker as my excuse.

As we get to know one another, I realize a fake relationship just isn’t going to work. I want something other than a ruse, something real, and lucky for me, so does Tempe. But when my mistake of a hookup starts telling lies in retaliation for my alleged betrayal, things get messy. For me and for Tempe, who has found herself embroiled in a love triangle that doesn’t even exist. I can only hope Tempe isn’t scared away by the baggage I unintentionally brought to our relationship because the truth is, I saw my happily ever after with her the first time our lips met.

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REVIEW: RAFFERTY is the fifteenth instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult PITTSBURGH TITANS erotic, hockey romance series focusing on the Pittsburgh Titans professional hockey team. This is Rafferty Abrams, and Temperence ‘Tempe’ Martin’s story line. RAFFERTY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but Rafferty’s story has been building throughout.

SOME BACKGROUND: A couple of years earlier, a devastating plane crashed claimed all but three members of the Pittsburgh Titans hockey team including owners, coaches and staff. Rebuilding the team, owner Brienne Norcross, offered positions to one-time professional and semi-pro players. These are their stories.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Rafferty and Tempe) RAFFERTY follows the building but originally fake relationship between our story line couple. Several weeks earlier, Rafferty had a one-night stand who now refuses to take no for an answer. Hoping to dissuade said stalker, Rafferty surprises a stranger at the local grocery store, and offers up a fake relationship until the stalker relents. Enter Temperence ‘Tempe’ Martin, the woman with whom Rafferty will fall in love. As Rafferty and Tempe’s relationship quickly turns into something more, threats from Rafferty’s stalker become all too real, taking aim at his career, his livelihood and the team for which he plays.

The world building focuses on the building relationship between our story line couple, and Rafferty’s struggle to shake a woman who refuses to back down. From the outset, Rafferty’s predicament could have been stopped but our heroine refuses to cross the line until it is too late.

The relationship between Rafferty and Tempe begins as a fake relationship in which Tempe is willing to play along. With several of his teammates aware of the stalker, and of his relationship with Tempe, Rafferty begins to fall for the woman that calls to his heart. 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, familiar and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Rafferty’s teammates, head office and team owners. We are introduced to Tempe’s brother Cooper, their mother Natalie, as well as Rafferty’s sister Farren.

RAFFERTY is a story of betrayal and vengeance, obsession and madness, power and control, love and acceptance. The premise is dramatic, entertaining and captivating; the romance is seductive and impassioned; the characters are desperate and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Baden
Stone
Gage
Coen
Drake
Cannon
Hendrix
Camden
Bain
Van 2
Boone
Callum
Foster
King

Reviewed by Sandy

Copy supplied for review

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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