This book is a standaloneThey say Blake Bennett is downright irresistible. They’re mostly right.I’ve never had to work too hard to fill my bed. One smile is usually all it takes.I like it like that. With the men of my family dropping like flies into true love and marriage, it’s nice to know one of us can still maintain the famous Bennett bachelor lifestyle. Even if they are starting to pressure … if they are starting to pressure me to join them.
So how has Clara Abernathy managed to resist all my charms?
Her sweetness and sass are a lethal combination, and I’m dying for just one taste.
Our family has treated her like one of our own for years. After spending her life in group homes, we’ve given her a place to belong. And after she needs a place to stay, I offer her a literal home next door to me. Yeah, maybe hooking up with me would be crossing a line. Just a little.
I know family friends are off-limits. She has professional conflicts on top of it. But she’s filling a hole in me I didn’t even know I had. Soon I have this bizarre compulsion to make her this happy too. I’ve always liked bending the rules, but will this be the one that finally breaks me?
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Clara and Blake
Wonderful, fun read. I love the Bennett family. Close with someone always having their back. You don’t have to start with the first in the series as they are stand alone books. But I am sure that you will love each book.
Love all the swoon worthy Bennett men and Your Fierce Love, the seventh book in The Bennett Family series did not disappoint. Once again Layla Hagen has delivered a sizzling romance between bad boy Blake Bennett and Clara Abernathy. Your Fierce Love is Blake’s story, who has been smitten with Nate Becker’s former assistant and Bennett family friend, Clara Abernathy. Clara is in need of temporary housing, because her new apartment is not completed yet. Blake lets Clara live in the apartment next to his above the bar that he owns. Clara must be careful with her feelings. She loves the Bennett family and after having grown up in groups homes, does not want to jeopardize losing the love and support that they supply. Living next door to Blake proves to be challenging for Clara and before long they begin a romantic relationship. Problems arise for her at work when her boss asks her to provide dirt on the Bennett family, unbeknownst to him that Clara is living beside Blake, rent free. I love the way Layla Hagen tells a story in such a way that we fall in love with the story, the characters and root for happily ever afters. I love the entire Bennett family and love getting caught up in all their lives with each new story. Layla Hagen again has proven that she is a skilled storyteller. I love the bittersweet and poignant moments in the story, as well as the light and humorous ones. As usual Layla Hagen included a plot twist that puts Clara and Blake’s happily ever after in jeopardy. I love how she resolves all the issues, showing that in the end love is all that matters. I so enjoy that Layla Hagen writes about strong women and swoon worthy men that do wonderful things for the women they love. Your Fierce Love was an amazing story that I could not put down. I loved every moment!
Clara and Blake Bennett have a romantic steamy story. Love
Clara is a beautiful soul. As a kid, she lost her parents in an accident and ended up in the foster care system just wanting someone to love her. When she is introduced to the Bennett’s through Nate, she is immediately embraced and made an honorary Bennett. When she suddenly needs a place to stay, Blake steps in with the perfect solution to use the second apartment above his bar. Clara is nervous about being Blake’s neighbor, she has always been attracted to him but doesn’t want to jeopardize her relationship with the whole family. Blake has been the bad boy in the past but he has built a great restaurant business with Alice and is really a true gentleman. He is more than happy to offer up the extra apartment in his building for Clara. Now that she is his neighbor, he really applies the charm but what I truly enjoyed is his overwhelming desire to do nice things for Clara. She had lost so much and is a true fighter as she coped with her loss and has built a life for herself but she has lacked anyone just doing things to be nice. These two have a slow burn to their relationship. Clara isn’t a push over and Blake has learned to be cautious. There is a lot of fun with their interactions along with a lot of heat and steam, he is very Alpha in the bedroom. Their romance just made me happy and I enjoyed every moment of the ride.
Favorite Quotes:
Sweet baby Jesus on a unicorn. What am I supposed to do with this?
I feel like I should be mad at you for being sneaky… I can’t… I happen to abide by the rule that sneakiness is allowed for a good cause.
You have that post-hanky-panky glow that only comes from excellent hanky-panky.
Glow? I’m so far past glowing, I’m practically a neon sign.
There is no right moment. Just right now.
My Review:
I enjoyed this delightful and charming friends to lovers story from start to finish. I have unfailingly cherished each and every one of Layla Hagen’s beguiling stories as well as her adorable and endearing characters. Her writing guarantee a pleasant and entertaining read and Your Fierce Love upped the ante by also providing a winsome, well matched, clever, and fun-loving couple with minimal conflict or angst. I loved their clever and feisty bantering and quick-witted teasing. This series just continues to get better and better with each sweet and atomically steamy installment.
The Bennetts have mastered the art of romance. When they fall, it’s quickly, completely and forever. Ms. Hagen keeps the love flowing and hearts glowing, this time with Blake’s headlong plunge into the abyss. His chance at cloud nine is Clara. Clara is a dreamer. Life has not been kind and her dreams always seem to fall through. The realist in her knows to keep it’s distance, yet the little girl in her longs for happiness. Clara and Blake take sensuality to the sky and beyond as they tumble headfirst into love. Ms. Hagen runs away with the heart. She takes a little more with each Bennett, she reveals. A master thief is she, but I never seem to mind.
I love the Bennett Family as if they were real. I am one of those readers who re-reads books in a series that I love before the new book comes out. So you can guess what I re-read before Your Fierce Love was released…Yes you bet your bootie I read all 6 Bennett books to get ready for Blake’s story.
Growing up in a large family is hard and each child has to find there on path in the family and then in life. I know this for a fact. I am one of 8 myself. I love how Blake found his path slowly it made this story so real.
Clara oh Clara the family friend who needs a place to stay until her place is ready. Clara has been a family friend so it’s not like Blake doesn’t know her so it’s like a given she can share the other half of his upstairs apartment (it is separate) without any issues…Or will there be. Cupid comes a calling before the boxes get moved in. I love how our author writes this story slow and real. Clara grew up without a family and doesn’t want to loose the Bennetts. If you have read even one of the books you know you love to adopt people.
I invite you to read this RED HAWT book that is so full of LOVE and Romance. It shows that true love grows out of deep friendship.
We get to catch up on all our favorite Bennetts and get a sneak peek into what I HOPE is the next Bennett book Caroline and Daniel.