At seventeen-years-old Grace Morgan had managed to live through what would be the worst day of her life. Three years later she finds herself in the beautiful, small town of Sunset Bay, South Carolina—a perfect place to start her life over. This is where she meets the bestest friends she will ever have, and one cocky, sexy former Navy Seal who makes her heart beat faster. Right when things start … faster. Right when things start looking up, the worst day of her life comes back with a vengeance, ruining the peace she has finally found.
Sawyer Evans loves women just as much as they love him. His philosophy is: the more the merrier, with no strings attached. But all that changes the day he meets a sweet, beautiful blonde baker with sad amber eyes, who smells like cupcakes. The only girl who isn’t affected by his good looks and charm, or so he thinks.
When Grace’s life is threatened, he will not only protect her but also prove to her that his heart is bigger than his ego.
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This is Book two in the Men of Honor series but can be read as a standalone.
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This book was all about all the characters being unbelievably beautiful, unbelievably sexy and extraordinarily horny. There was a storyline but it was all so predictable and over-the-top unbelievable. Very descriptive sex scenes (about 1/2 the book content) and crude language. Not a book I would recommend.
As I said with Fighting Temptation, basically, how in the ever loving hell have I NOT read this book before!? I absolutely went to jelly knees reading all about ‘Sexy Sawyer’ and his journey with ‘Cupcake’. I didn’t think I could love a character in the MOH series more than I did Jaxon…….but, oh how wrong I was!
Sawyer was witty, HOT AS HELL, and absolutely amazing with his love and devotion for Grace. Those two were absolutely perfect for each other. I loved how patiently persistent Sawyer was with ‘his Cupcake’. That’s exactly how my husband was with me and I could feel all of my own emotions resurfacing.
Grace’s sassiness was the absolute best mixture with Sawyer’s cocky attitude. Following Grace, learning all she went through, and all she lost, was absolutely heart breaking, but seeing her rise above it all, seeing her and Sawyer together, truly was badass in it’s own way and together they baked up as the perfect couple!
Lynn and her trademark angsty work stole my heart with book 1. With book 2, she has become my absolute second favorite author. The deep love these fierce and fearless men have for their witty, challenging women, are wonderfully chiseled into plot lines that have the feels. From start to finish, this book will have you twisted up inside with ALL THE FEELS. All of them. Every last one. But, in the end, you’ll be in love with Sawyer, Grace, and all the men, dying to read the next one. But, be warned…..Sawyer will set you on FIRE and make every part of your body blush in this 5 star read!
*I read this book from Kindle Unlimited and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*K.C. Lynn
2.5
h: Grace
H: Sawyer
(Alternating POVs)
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first book in this series. Unfortunately, I was not a fan of Sawyer. I didn’t have a problem with Sawyer sleeping with another women in the beginning. Sawyer and Grace were not really dating at that point and it isn’t the first time I’ve read a book where the male character tries to drown his sorrows with alcohol and another girl. I feel as though Grace let him off easily. I didn’t appreciate Sawyer yelling at Grace all the time. And certain behaviors, like kicking down doors. You would think it would be terrifying for a woman who was attacked and physically abused in the past.
Favorite Quotes:
“Bullshit! What I feel for you is a lot more than a fucking friend and we both know it.”
My eyes snap to his, all the anger from last night returning with a vengeance.
“Are you really sayin’ you care for me more than a friend, after you just shoved your dick in someone else, Sawyer Evans?”
“You once told me that everyone should belong to someone. I’m asking you, Grace, to belong to me for the rest of your life.”
Read this years ago, so here is my review:
Sweet Temptation is the second Men of Honor Book. While I do believe you could read this as a stand alone, I feel that you will understand the characters better if you have read book one. Sawyer is a bit of a ladies man. He likes women, but he doesn’t like to do repeats. He is one of the ex-Seals that we were introduced to in book one. Grace is just a young woman trying to live day by day. She has had so much hurt in her life. She has reason to be mad at the world, but she is the opposite. She is so sweet. She is one of my favorite female leads. I just feel so badly for her. There were many moments where I teared up just reading her back story. I was so disappointed in Sawyer for hurting Grace. I seriously wanted to rip his privates form his body and put them in a blender. She didn’t deserve what he did to her. At this point I knew that Sawyer would have to worm his way back into my good graces as I read on. Grace forgave him so I did too. Once I got over being mad at him, I loved him. He was all in. That didn’t mean that he didn’t do stupid stuff, but at least he did it for Grace. Their romantic scenes were HOT!!! He certainly is “Sexy Sawyer”. He would make you want a man like him to protect you. There is a bit of suspense in the book, and we get to see the Alpha side of Sawyer often. Dual point of view. No cliffhanger, but you are left with a glimpse about who the next book will be about.
Very sweet heroine with a cute arrogant hero 🙂
Loved this whole series!! Read one right after the other…
The best book I’ve read in my life. I just loved the characters and the fact that has a little of everything makes it perfect.
A Wonderful 4.5 Star Read!!
(Read using Kindle Unlimited)
This book was even better than book #1
Grace has had it tough since her Mum was brutally raped & murdered, it was a senseless & random crime, committed as part of a Gang initiation, Grace was extremely lucky not to have suffered fully the same fate!! We know that whatever happened to her after that & before she arrived in Sunset Bay was also traumatic for her, but we don’t know any details!!
Sawyer is an Ex Navy Seal, he was in Jaxon’s unit, Seal Team 3, as was his bestfriend since childhood – Cade!! Sawyer is cocky, a charmer & manwhore but he is the least mentally ‘messed up’ of his Seal buddies. He’s got a heart of gold but don’t mess with what he considers his – family, friends and Grace, Grace just doesn’t know it yet!!
This is a beautiful story of a shy, beautiful girl, Grace, being befriended & drawn out of her shell by the sexy & supremely confident Sawyer His Alpha tendencies are hot He tries to show her respect at all times. He’s a guy that’s never had more than one night stands before so does make some dumb mistakes
I loved this book, it’s so emotive all the way through!! It has a big surprise in it Like book #1 it concentrates on the friendships & the couple more than the bad stuff, which I appreciated!! My only complaint – they’re REALLY long, I feel like if the books were 4-5 hours in length instead, that the pacing would really impact much more!! That’s just my opinion though but it’s why I didn’t give the full 5 stars!!
On to book #3 about Cade & Faith soon but I need some Fantasy/Urban Fantasy before I tackle it
Debbie, 1970, UK
Definitely 4.5/5 for me. Fairly well edited.
Sawyer meets Grace at the diner where she works. He feels a pull towards her, and begins trying to be around her, finally deciding he wants to get to know her. Grace, of course, thinks he is all that, but she is a little afraid to trust in a relationship. Grace has a tragic past – walking in on the murder of her mother and then left to the mercy of an unloving uncle. Sawyer begins to gain Grace’s trust, and when the man responsible for her mother’s murder manages to get out of jail, he moves in to protect her. Will Sawyer be able to keep Grace safe? Will they be able to open their hearts to love?
This one is enjoyable, light, and rather sweet. Sure, there are underlying serious issues – murder, abuse, the torture Sawyer suffered in Iraq – but overall, it is about the sweetness of Grace and her learning to trust in Sawyer’s love. Enjoy.
This is one of my favorite series and i am in love with listening to them, i read them a few years ago and now to go back and listen to them is awesome. You never think that the first story or couple can be beaten as your favorites but what i love about KC Lynn is there are no favorites you just love every single story and characters the same.
This book has the perfect title for this story because when i think of Grace i just think Sweet, she is the sweetest character who has been through hell and back but her love story is just so sweet.
I love Sawyer in the first book you got his playful and funny side and a little insight to who he was, in this book you got an even funnier character who’s ego was as big as could be but you can’t help but fall in love with him. He was just like Jaxson so alpha and protective and just god dam sexy.
Grace was beautiful and had been some terrible things in her past and really all she wanted was to be loved and to belong to someone. She was independent and worked hard for things she wanted and when a guy like sawyer comes along she was never going to escape him.
This story was amazing the storyline kept you interested and i laughed out loud so many times but it also had me in tears from how sweet sawyer was to the devastation of some events.
Loved loved this book and if you haven’t read this series yet you need to get onto, i have even got my mum on to this series.
A massive 5 Sexy Sawyer Stars
On my these stories somehow just keep getting better and better.. I can not wait to read the next one!! I’m in love with K.C. Lynn’s books she is absolutely amazing!!
I have really fallen for this series and this is book 2 in the Men of Honor series. I really love the writing style of this author and how she can make you feel every ounce of every word! The story of Sawyer and Grace is no different. From the beginning until end, I not only really felt for Grace but also for what Sawyer went through. Some moments in your lives you can never take back but those moments just make you fight harder for what you want!
Sawyer’s a navy seal and just got honorly discharged. He meets Grace and there’s an instant attraction between them. Although Grace tries to fight it and Sawyer makes some mistakes, that connection is there. Grace still has some battles to fight on her own but Sawyer helps her in ways she can’t even imagine… Will they find their way to each other or will events keep them apart?…
One of my favourite lines in the book was “It would be to find you sooner, because I would have never let anyone hurt you.”
This book is definitely a must read for me (the whole series is) and can’t wait to read the next story.
Amazing
After reading Fighting Temptation, I couldn’t wait for this book to come out…. This book was so worth the wait. Sexy Sawyer and his beautiful, sweet Grace give new meaning to baking!!! This story has it all, the sexy Alpha male, the beautiful heroine and a funny, likable cast of characters…. I highly recommend this book, you will not be disappointed. I am very much looking forward to the third book in this series. Best part is each couple gets their own story and there are no cliffhangers……
Loved this book! Sawyer is my new book boyfriend. Some parts of this book were laugh out loud funny. This is one of those books that when it ends you are sad. The whole Men of Honor series is the best!!!
There are so many things going on it’s not just “oh I knew that was gonna happen”. I loved it the story was great and it didhave it’s moment when I just could not crying lol!