Review: HAWKE by Sawyer Bennett

This is the fifth book in the Cold Fury Hockey series and I loved every minute of this delicious story and it is now my favorite in the series.  This is a second chance romance about a hockey player and his high school sweetheart.  Hawke Campbell and Vale Therrien dated for four years until Vale unexpectedly shattered both their hearts when she broke up with Hawke, just as he was leaving to play in the NHL.  Hawke and Vale are thrown together again when they accept positions with the Cold Fury hockey team; Hawke as a player on the team and Vale as a trainer.  A lot has happened in their lives in the seven years since they have last seen each other.

I really like Hawke. He is a tough hockey player with a big heart and Vale has always been the only woman for him.  Hawke likes to have a good time and has always been a party animal.  He has tried his best to forget Vale by concentrating on his hockey career.

Vale is strong and I admire her dedication to her dad.  When Vale was young she was a free spirit, would do anything on a dare and she loved to have a good time as much a Hawke.  Now, Vale doesn’t have time to have fun; she is serious and totally different from the young woman she was seven years ago.  She is hiding things from Hawke and he still doesn’t understand why she broke up with him.

There is a lot of chemistry flowing between Hawke and Vale and it is obvious how much they love each other.  Unfortunately, they were young when they fell in love and circumstances tore them apart.  Now, they are thrown together again and it is hard for them to resist one another, even though they are still harboring some hard feeling.  I think Sawyer Bennett is a talented writer, she knows how to write an engaging story and I enjoy all of her books.  This is a captivating, emotional story with strong, genuine characters and there are also many endearing secondary characters.