Blog Tour Review: Bennett by Brenda Rothert

Posted March 24, 2016 by Shannon in Blog Tour, InkSlingers PR, Reviews, Shannon / 0 Comments

Bennett by Brenda Rothert
Series: On the Line, #2
Published by Self Published Publication Date: March 15, 2016
Pages: 236
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Bennett Morse devotes his time to chasing two things: an NHL career and women. He’s the easygoing member of his three-man line on the Fenway Flyers, content to play the game he loves and soak up the female attention it brings – as long as it’s from a different woman each time. He learned the hard way that choosing only one leads to heartache.
Newly single attorney Charlotte Holloway finds just what she needs in Bennett – a sweet, sexy man to ease the burn of her recent breakup. One night is all she wants from the left winger who seems to have all the right moves. Soon circumstance draws her back to Bennett, and the sparks between them become a fiery blaze. But with the stakes high, will they risk it all and put their hearts on the line?

Cocktails and Books received this book for free from Inkslinger PR in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect our opinion of the book or the content of our review.

I love hockey romances, so anytime I see one I tend to snatch it up.  Brenda Rothert’s series was new to me so I was interested in what kind of hero Bennett would be.  Thankfully, he wasn’t a douchebaggy hero who readers might love to hate.  Instead, he was a sweet man who fought hard to have the woman that he wanted, even when she didn’t want him there.

Bennett is a minor league hockey player trying to make it to the NHL.  He plays hard for his team and often plays just as hard off the ice.  But everything changes for him when he meets slightly tipsy Charlotte at a local bar, has earth-shattering “it’s supposed to be a one-night stand” sex and suddenly finds his world turned upside down two months later when she ends up pregnant.

Generally the whole accidentally pregnancy storylines bores me.  But for some reason, this one worked.  Maybe it was because instead of the heroine chasing down the hero and pleading with him to man up, Bennett demands to be involved in everything pregnancy related.  It’s Charlotte who tries to fight it.  Demands she wants nothing from Bennett and declares she can do it on her own.  Add in the fact that Charlotte is Bennett’s best friend’s sister and the tension was enough to make me quickly read to see what happens next.

The story was cute, our hero and heroine obviously meant to raise their family together.  There were a few storyline flaws (such as how did Bennett not know who Charlotte’s brother was considering they’re roommates and best friends), but the storyline in general was put together enough that a reader could move on without dwelling on it.

 

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KILLIAN (On the Line, #1)

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Killian Bosch knows he’s his own worst enemy – he just doesn’t give a damn. The star forward of a minor league hockey team, he’s unstoppable on the ice. His reckless behavior, devil-may-care attitude and complete disregard for consequences have made him a major source of headaches for the Fenway Flyers’ brass.

But the new Flyers owner is more steel than brass. Sidney Stahl is a disciplined woman who parlayed earnings from a college job into a real estate empire. She’s determined to transform the Flyers from marketing nightmare to hockey powerhouse. Once she gets Killian in line, she knows the rest of the team will follow his lead.

The seduction of his sexy new team owner is a challenge too forbidden for Killian to resist. Sidney plays into his attraction as a means of controlling him, but soon finds that she’s the one surrendering. It’s all on the line as Killian and Sidney are forced to choose – business or pleasure?

AUTHOR BIO:

Brenda Rothert is an Illinois native who was a print journalist for nine years. She made the jump from fact to fiction in 2013 and never looked back. From new adult to steamy contemporary romance, Brenda creates fresh characters in every story she tells. She’s a lover of Diet Coke, chocolate, lazy weekends and happily ever afters.

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I am a lover of alpha males with dirty mouths, strong heroines putting alpha males in their place, and the Chicago Blackhawks. I'm a proud hockey mom who can often be found at the hockey rink cheering on my favorite forward, with my kindle close by.