Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Release Day Review: Wicked Knight (Wicked Horse Vegas #5) by Sawyer Bennett



Wicked Knight (Wicked Horse Vegas, Book #5)
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: January 1, 2019


Synopsis:

He never wanted to be anyone’s hero…

Asher Knight is tall, dark, and wickedly handsome. He’s also irrevocably broken. Submerging himself in long hours at work by day and debauchery at The Wicked Horse by night, Asher uses work and play to numb the pain and guilt he feels over the death of his wife. What isn’t satisfied with one will surely be resolved by the other. At least that’s how he’s survived the last few years.

Hannah Madigan works three jobs just to make ends meet. Beat down by life, not to mention a cheating husband who was unfairly awarded custody of their daughter, Hannah is determined to make a better life for herself and get her kid back. But with pressures mounting and one costly mistake that leaves her owing Asher a huge debt, Hannah is as close as she’s ever come to throwing in the towel.

She’s given a golden opportunity…


Determined to stay the course by any means necessary, Hannah accepts an unusual proposal from Asher. He’ll give her a job. She’ll give him her body. Sounds easy, right? Until she realizes she needs his help more than she’s willing to admit. And he finds her adding to his life in ways he never wanted to accept.

This wicked knight may just learn that sometimes saving someone else means allowing yourself to be saved in return.   


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What I thought about Wicked Knight

The blurb pretty much covers the main points of the story so I'm not going to rehash that. The story is a familiar one, and the surprises in this are more about how the characters react to each other rather than what happens to them.
 
Hannah is driven to do whatever she needs to do to get her daughter back after a rather nasty ex-husband steals custody, including selling herself to her employer Asher Knight.  I have to admit I found this situation questionable and inappropriate.  He basically blackmails her into having sex with him at the club. It took most of the book for me to like Asher, but the charm of this book for me was that he does redeem himself at some point.
 
Hannah and Asher are good together, especially at the club. I did like that their relationship evolved into something that I liked and not only because he helps Hannah with some of the problems that only money can solve effectively.  I really liked how being with Hannah brought out Asher's heart.
 
Overall, this is a solid story with plenty of heat. It works as a standalone and is another steamy installment for the Wicked Horse Vegas series.  
 
An ARC was provided for review.

 

About the Author:
Since the release of her debut contemporary romance novel, Off Sides, in January 2013, Sawyer Bennett has released multiple books, many of which have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. 

A reformed trial lawyer from North Carolina, Sawyer uses real life experience to create relatable, sexy stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From new adult to erotic contemporary romance, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.

Sawyer likes her Bloody Marys strong, her martinis dirty, and her heroes a combination of the two. When not bringing fictional romance to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to a very active daughter, as well as full-time servant to her adorably naughty dogs. She believes in the good of others, and that a bad day can be cured with a great work-out, cake, or even better, both.

Sawyer also writes general and women’s fiction under the pen name S. Bennett and sweet romance under the name Juliette Poe. 

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