NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The rugged men of the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team are winning hearts once again in another scorching novel from Sawyer Bennett. The stakes have never been higher for Carolina Cold Fury goalie Ryker Evans. With his contract running out, he’s got a year left to prove he’s still at the top of his game. And since his wife left him, Ryker has been balancing life as a … been balancing life as a pro-hockey star and a single parent to two daughters. Management is waiting for him to screw up. The fans are ready to pounce. Everybody’s taking dirty shots—except for the fiery redhead whose faith in Ryker gives him a fresh start.
As the league’s only female general manager, Gray Brannon has learned not to mix business with pleasure. And yet even this tough, talented career woman can’t help breaking her own rules as she gives Ryker everything she’s got. She hopes their hot streak will last forever, but with Ryker’s conniving ex plotting to reclaim her man, the pressure’s on Gray to step up and save a tender new love before it’s too late.
The Carolina Cold Fury series from New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett can be read together or separately:
ALEX
GARRETT
ZACK
RYKER
HAWKE
MAX
ROMAN
LUCAS
VAN
REED
MAREK
And don’t miss her Arizona Vengeance series:
BISHOP
ERIK
LEGEND
The Love Hurts series features sexy standalone novels:
SEX IN THE STICKS
JILTED
And the Sugar Bowl series is one treat you’ll want to read in order:
SUGAR DADDY
SUGAR RUSH
SUGAR FREE
“One of the best voices in contemporary romance.”—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Layne
Praise for Ryker
“A hot hockey player with a heart of gold . . . a smart, ballsy heroine . . . and enough heat between them to melt any hockey rink. Sawyer Bennett scores another solid hit with Ryker!”—Katie Rose, award-winning author of The Heat of the Moment
“Ryker is some of Ms. Bennett’s best work yet.”—Shh Moms Reading
Praise for Sawyer Bennett and the Carolina Cold Fury series
“Sawyer Bennett never fails to deliver heroes I fall hard for and heroines I adore.”—New York Times bestselling author Violet Duke
“Wow. Just wow. Sawyer Bennett is my new favorite author.”—Jami Davenport, USA Today bestselling author of Skating on Thin Ice
“Garrett is a sizzling and emotional read with laughter and secrets thrown in for good measure. Sawyer Bennett had me at hello.”—New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan
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Ryker Evans is a goalie for the Carolina Cold Fury hockey team, he is older and may not have many more years to play. After a fight with a former team-mate, Ryker finds himself and his two daughters in Cold Fury country while his soon to be ex-wife travels with the man Ryker hit. While Hensley cheated and her marriage to Ryker fell apart, he is ready to move on and try to find love again. Gray Brannon is one smart lady, no she is a genius and the new General Manager of the Fury. While some thinks that a woman has no place in hockey, Ryker is the first to accept her. But can he hide the feelings he is beginning to have for her? While Gray is feeling things for Ryker, they both want to keep it quite for a while. When a few people find out, Ryker wants to shout it from the rooftops and Gray was to keep it quite still. When Hensley shows up at Ryker’s house and Gray is there, will they be able to keep a lid on things before Hensley tells their story? Will Ryker and Gray ever tell the world how they feel? I have loved each of the Cold Fury men in this series but I find Ryker has stolen my heart. He has a heart of gold, two beautiful daughters and will protect anyone he loves. I hope there will be more men from this hockey team. I love Sawyer Bennett and her writing style, she has a way to draw you in at the very beginning and not let you go until the end and will leave you wanting more. If you haven’t read anything from Sawyer yet, then start with this series, the Cold Fury men are yummy, protective and will steal your heart right before your eyes.
**Copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review**
5 Star Review
I was given this book by the publisher through Netgalley for a honest review
I love this author and I love this series after all what isn’t there to love about sexy, gorgeous Ice Hockey Players ….
This is book 4 in The Cold Fury series and I would recommend you read them all.
This is Ryker the goalies story, He is a single dad trying to do the best for his girls as well as his team. His wife cheated on him and then decided he could raise their daughters.
Gray is the newly appointed general manager of The Cold Fury and getting the team to the play offs is her goal she is also the first woman manager so love is not on her mind…..
Ryker and Gray have chemistry and once they realize they have fallen for each other need to keep there relationship under wraps, The team and the press cannot not find out. He needs to keep his starting place and she needs to keep the respect of the players.
This book has it all humor as well as romance.
This is a beautiful journey to go on with Gray and Ryker. This story had the perfect amount of compassion, passion, emotion, and heartfelt romance. This is something “forbidden “ but what Ryker and Gray find is a wonderfully beautiful love that is heartwarming and unconditional. I loved this story.
Oh my! Ryker is all kinds of goodness and hotness rolled into this single father goalie who is playing at this all-time best. Add into that and he is carrying on a secret affair with the newest GM of the team, the first female GM in the NHL. Gray Brannon has been working towards this all her life and now she could lose everything if they are found out. This one was so good! You could read this one as a standalone but I do not know why you would want to…
Read this a long time ago. Here is my review.
This is the fourth book of the series. I feel that it can be read as a stand alone if needed. I loved this book. I think Ryker just pushed himself to the top of the list for my favorite guy of this series. Ryker is the goalie for the Carolina Cold Fury. He is on the downside of his career. He is newly single and is having to raise his two little girls alone. Gray is the team’s new general manager. Ryker notices her right away, but they must deny a relationship because of how it looks to everyone. So, they start a secret affair. It is a STEAMY affair. The pages just scorched with passion. Within the first few pages of the book I was grinning. I mean a man who can braid his little girl”s hair and have tea parties is top notch. What a dad! The book focuses on the couple trying to be a couple, but having to hide their feelings. Both main characters are strong and fight for each other. We get to visit with some of the other sexy hockey players that we have come to love as well. I don’t know if this is the end of the series or not. If it’s not then I can’t wait to read about more sexy hockey players. If it is the end, then the series ended on a grand note that made you smile. Dual point of view. No cliffhanger. Just awesome!! Sawyer Bennett has become one of my go to authors since I know every story that I get from her will be a great read.
I have always attempted to give ‘star’ ratings on my completed reads, just as a tracking method for my titles that I have completed. I have unlimited packages for audio, kindle, and utilize the local/state library.
However, I do not check the ‘I recommend this book’ unless I am willing to reread a book and or a series.
[I read about 5-15 books a month through kindle, and I listen to about 15-30 books monthly]
I have a full life as a nurse, professor, wife, daughter [daughter in law], sister, and mother. I love to read and love a thousand other lives by turning the pages in countless books.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a review. Happy reading 🙂
Love Ryker!
(3.5 stars)
I have nothing but love for this series but Ryker was just missing something the others had. The story definitely could’ve used a bit more angst. It was attempted in spots but then it just sort of fizzled out. I liked the basis, the player/management aspect to their relationship and that they had more of a connection that just between the sheets. I’m still looking forward to meeting the rest of the team.
This was a great read, after reading Zack I was dying to get my hands on Ryker. Both Ryker and Gray were great characters, who didn’t play games. It was refreshing reading a book where both characters were so REAL with each other and just told each other how they felt. I love reading about strong, intelligent and independent women, Gray definitely is one. Ryker is a great father to his daughters who he has custody of. I loved that he wasn’t your typical manwhore/player and really wasn’t into flings. As a full-time single father you don’t have the time to do that. I loved the interaction between Gray and Ryker, and how their relationship developed. Their relationship is of course “forbidden” because Gray is technically Ryker’s boss. So they keep it on the down low. I really liked how they finally came out to the world about their relationship.
Loved this one! Cannot wait to read the rest of the series!
Ryker is a considerate guy, “but,”Ryker drawls. “If you ever decide you want to try to seduce me, I just want you to know I’m not going to stop you.” Ryker is not shy, no sir-ee-bob, “Ryker Evans stands there gloriously naked, completely unabashed with his huge erection pointed outward . . . holding out a Christmas gift for me.” Gray likes to be first to greet her man after a winning game, “I have to be here so Ryker is the first to get my hug. And kiss. And maybe a squeeze on the **.” I’m hoping this isn’t the end of this series because I love the books and the men and I’m greedy and want more.