Why You'll Love This
He's a charming hockey player chasing a fling — she's quietly running out of time, and neither of them sees what's coming.
- Great if you want: a flirty sports romance that earns its emotional gut-punch
- The experience: fast and breezy early, then quietly devastating as stakes build
- The writing: Bennett balances sharp banter with genuine tenderness without overselling either
- Skip if: medical storylines in romance feel manipulative rather than moving to you
About This Book
Garrett Samuelson plays hockey with the same reckless energy he brings to everything else — chasing the next rush, the next laugh, the next beautiful woman. Olivia Case looks like exactly his type, and he pursues her with everything he has. What he doesn't know is that Olivia is fighting something far bigger than his charm offensive, something that makes the idea of falling for a self-proclaimed fling specialist feel not just foolish but genuinely dangerous. This is a romance built on a collision between someone who lives like tomorrow is guaranteed and someone who can't afford to assume it is — and that tension cuts far deeper than the usual push-and-pull.
Sawyer Bennett keeps the pages moving with clean, confident prose and a real talent for letting her characters surprise you. Garrett earns his complexity gradually, and the shift in how readers see him mirrors Olivia's own reluctant reassessment. The Cold Fury series is built for bingeing, but this second installment stands comfortably on its own — emotionally grounded, unexpectedly tender, and smarter about vulnerability than its breezy opening chapters might initially suggest.
