Cannon

"𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆."

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧, the sixth book in the Pittsburgh Titans series by Sawyer Bennett is Cannon and Ava's story.

Cannon is the new coach for the Pittsburgh Titans and has a big job ahead of him to prove that he belongs behind the bench. After being in Pittsburgh for some time and frequenting the local coffee shop, he finally gets up the nerve to ask out Ava, the manager that he has been flirting with. As Cannon and Ava grow closer, his demons from the past threaten everything they have built.

I have always enjoyed Sawyer Bennett's hockey books but I am struggling to really get into the Pittsburgh Titans series. Cannon was constantly at war with himself as half the time his actions and his words did not match up. Cannon and Ava defiantly did not lack in the chemistry department. I am going to keep up with this series as there are some players coming up that I am really interested in.

Stephen Dexter and Mackenzie Cartwright did a good job of brining the characters and the story to life and making for an enjoyable listen.

Get ready for... sports (hockey), age gap, mf, and dual first-person point of view.

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 has a heat level of 3 flames and gets 4 maple leafs!

4.5 stars-CANNON. Is the sixth instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult PITTSBURGH TITANS erotic, hockey romance series. This is Pittsburgh Titans head coach, thirty-six year old, Cannon West, and twenty-seven year old, barista/PR promoter Ava Cavanaugh’s story line. CANNON can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Some of the events of CANNON cross over with, and run parallel to the events of book five Drake.

SOME BACKGROUND: Several months earlier, a devastating plane crashed claimed all but three members of the Pittsburgh Titans hockey team including owners, coaches and staff. Rebuilding the team, owner Brienne Norcross, offered positions to one-time professional and semi-pro players, including our story line hero.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cannon and Ava) CANNON follows the building romance and relationship between Pittsburgh Titans head coach, thirty-six year old, Cannon West, and twenty-seven year old, barista/PR promoter Ava Cavanaugh. For several weeks Cannon West has been frequenting the small coffee shop near his condo, and finally got up the nerve to talk to barista Ava Cavanaugh. Cannon is a widower, having lost his first wife to cancer, and knows that to get involved with someone else means setting up parameters for a life with a man who spends half his time on the road. Ava Cavanaugh came to Pittsburgh with her former boyfriend but quickly found herself jobless, homeless in the wake of her boyfriend’s workplace affair. Struggling to make ends meet as a barista, Ava is fired when a night spent with Cannon results in her late arrival to open the store. As her relationship with Cannon slowly turns into something more, Ava searches for a job, a job that may take our heroine some place else but Cannon’s past is about to affect his future, and our hero pushes Ava out of his life. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Ava and Cannon, and the potential fall-out as Cannon struggles to let go of the past, and the doubt that lingers behind the grief and guilt.

Cannon West knows the life of a professional hockey player and coach is no life from the people left behind. Going into a relationship with Ava means setting up boundaries and limits, boundaries that Cannon keeps moving to support himself. Ava Cavanaugh is well aware of the possibility of spending most of her time without the man with whom she is falling in love but Ava never expected to love Cannon to a ghost and guilt from the past.

The relationship between Ava and Cannon begins slowly as Cannon takes his time before asking Ava out. Ava has struggled in the months since moving to Pittsburgh, having lost everything in the wake of her boyfriend’s affair. Falling for Cannon was easy; taking on his guilt means moving forward without the man that she loves. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including several hockey players and their significant others; team owner Brienne Norcross and her boyfriend/ goalie Drake McGinn, as well as both Ava and Cannon’s extended families, and Cannon’s former mother in law Connie.

CANNON is a story of grief and guilt; betrayal and forgiveness; family and friendships, relationships and love. The fast paced premise is intoxicating and inspiring ; the characters are animated, dynamic and spirited; the romance is edgy and intimate. If you are a fan of hockey romance, Sawyer Bennett writes some of the best story lines to keep you entertained and addicted.

Cannon's story was the one I was waiting for the most! He is the most dedicated coach, and his dedication to the game and the players comes from his passion to it. He doesn't socialize much but every dy he goes to his corner cafe for his cup of java. There is picks up a conversation daily with a barista Ava. After a while he asks her out and explains his personal life as a widower and head coach of the Titans. The next day when Ava's world is turned upside down, eberything changes and Cannon must come to terms with his past. No spoilers, but this is the best of the series...(I say this at every release)