Legend

Steam, suspense , comrades, and cute packages on door steps !!!

Legend is the hottest goalie in the league right now and he is loving all the media attention that goes along with it. Returning home from his daily workout at the arena he is blinded by Peppers Christmas decorations on her house and has about had enough and is ready to confront her, again, about her over the top and annoying ways until something on his doorstep catches his eye. When Legend finds a baby girl on his front porch he freaks out and runs over to Pepper's house to seek her help. When Pepper steps in full force to help Legend care for little Charlie he begins to see that her quirky behaviour is actually one of the things that he enjoys about her and starts to see Pepper in a new light.

Again, Sawyer Bennett does not disappoint in the hockey romance category. Legend and Pepper's enemy-to-lovers story was fun and exciting right from the beginning. Throw in a baby and a crazy ex-girlfriend and you have a fun and suspenseful novel. This book is highly recommended as are all of Sawyer Bennett's hockey romances as they never disappoint.

Legend is the third book in the Arizona Vengeance series by Sawyer Bennett which can be read as a standalone or as part of the Arizona Vengeance series and is written in Legend and Pepper’s point of view. I recommend this novel and give Legend 5 stars.

4.25 stars--LEGEND is the third instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult ARIZONA VENGEANCE erotic, hockey romance series focusing on the members of the Arizona Vengeance professional hockey team. This is Vengeance goalie Legend Bay, and children’s book author and artist Pepper Nantais. LEGEND can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for the history between and about the characters. There is a slight-cross over with the author’s Cold Fury Hockey series.

Told from dual first person points of view (Legend and Pepper) LEGEND follows in the wake of a surprise ‘gift’ on Legend’s front porch. Struggling with the logistics, the responsibility, and the unpreparedness of the situation, Legend arrives at his neighbor’s front door desperate for help and immediate support. Enter colorful and feisty Pepper Nantais, and the woman with whom Legend will fall in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Pepper and Legend, and the potential fall-out as Pepper is targeted by a woman from Legend’s past.

Legend Bay has a hate on for his obnoxious neighbour Pepper Nantais, a woman who pushes all of his buttons with her gaudy outdoor displays, especially during the holiday season, but hate may be too strong of a word, as Legend’s attraction to Pepper is matched by the palpable and intense sexual attraction between the leading characters.

The relationship between Pepper and Legend is an enemies to lovers, of a sorts, enemies predicated on Pepper’s outlandish style and Legend’s inability to accept what is. As Pepper becomes a more permanent fixture in Legend’s life, the sexual attraction can no longer be denied. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but, once again, I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

All of the previous story line couples, and characters play secondary and supporting characters including Bishop and Brooke, Erik and Blue, Tacker Hall, Dax Monahan and coach Claude Perron. We are introduced to Legend’s parents Wendy and Nathan Bay; Pepper’s parents Richard and Meryl Nantais; Legend’s former girlfriend Lida Martin; Lucy and Charlie.

The world building continues to focus on the players, the game, the camaraderie and the relationships of the Arizona Vengeance. The premise is entertaining, emotional and uplifting; the romance is passionate and seductive; the characters are energetic, strong and sassy. LEGEND is a spicy, spirited and heart warming addition to Bennett’s ARIZONA VENGEANCE.