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The Pittsburgh Titans organization suffered a devastating loss when their team plane crashed, killing all forty-one passengers aboard. This January, the team gets one step closer to getting back on the ice when Baden Oulett joins the coaching staff.

 

The Pittsburgh Titans series will bring the same hot hockey hunks and strong heroines that readers expect from Sawyer Bennett but will turn up the feelings and emotions.

 

● Baden: A new city, a second chance.

● Stone: A minor league player whose big break comes after his younger brother died in the crash.

● Gage: A player at the end of his career who struggles to bring the team together.

● Coen: A broken man spiraling out of control with survivor’s guilt.

● Drake: The goalie who walked away from the league after they turned their backs on him.

 

The first FIVE books are all plotted and ready to go, and you can preorder the first THREE now!  Get full series details: https://sawyerbennett.com/bookstore/the-pittsburgh-titans-series

 

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Baden – January 11, 2022

After suffering a horrific injury that threatens to end his career, Baden Oulett is about to learn that sometimes a fresh start is just what the doctor ordered.

 

I worked my whole life to achieve one goal—play professional hockey. As part of the defending Cup champion Arizona Vengeance, I was living my dream until one split second decision destroyed it all. Instead of lacing up my skates and hitting the ice, I’ve spent my days in rehab and physical therapy just so I could walk again. When a coaching opportunity with the Pittsburgh Titans is presented to me, I find myself with a career I had never considered but which allows me to continue being part of the sport that I love. While my injuries are physical, the same can’t be said for the woman I rescued. Suffering from wounds that can’t be seen, Sophie Winters has withdrawn from the world in fear and guilt. I didn’t know Sophie before that fateful night and have only met her once since, but I refuse to let her face her demons alone. Determined to be a friend, I support Sophie in the only way I know how… by simply being there. Through our shared trauma, Sophie and I begin to find peace within one another. As we grow closer, what started as friendship becomes more intimate until our broken pieces become one. But can a love born of anguish endure, or will the pain of our past prove too much to overcome?

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Stone – March 1, 2022

 

Minor league player Stone Dumelin lost his younger brother when the Titans’ team plane went down. Now the team has offered him the opportunity of a lifetime, but is his big break worth the price?      

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Gage – July 26, 2022

 

Veteran player Gage Heyward retired from the league three years ago following a very successful career. Now the Titans need him, but does he have what it takes to get back on the ice and pull this team together?      

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Coen – December 20, 2022

 

Coen Highsmith was a league star, but he lost more than his team the day the Titans’ plane crashed. Can he be saved from his downward spiral of guilt and regret to become the man he once was?      

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Drake – March 28, 2023

 

Drake McGinn turned his back on hockey and settled into life as a single dad of three after the league betrayed him. Will the Titans be his chance to clear his name and take back the career he once loved?      

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About the Author:

 

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone. A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs. If you’d like to receive a notification when Sawyer releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter (sawyerbennett.com/signup).

 

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Doskonała powieść do niespiesznego smakowania dla tych, którzy lubią się czasem zmierzyć z trochę trudniejszą i nietypową literaturą.

 

Zamiast własnej opinii pozwalam sobie zacytować cztery małe fragmenty z zamieszczonej na końcu książki analizy książki Susan Sontag "Z miłości do Dostojewskiego". Analizy, dodam, doskonałej i wartej przeczytania samej w sobie.

 

     Głównymi wątkami powieści nie są hazard, twórczość czy religijność Dostojewskiego. Tematem zasadniczym jest przejmująca wielkoduszność miłości małżeńskiej, która nie stawia warunków i granic, ale nie gwarantuje też szczęścia. Kto potrafi zapomnieć o „pływaniu" zakochanych — wyjątkowej metaforze aktu miłosnego? Wszystko wybaczająca, ale zawsze pełna godności miłość Ani do Fiedi przypomina miłość strażnika literatury Cypkina do pisarza Dostojewskiego.

     Nic nie jest wymyślone i wszystko jest wymyślone. Narrator podażą śladami Dostojewskiego i jego powieści, ale to tylko pretekst do napisania książki, którą trzymamy w rękach. Lato w Baden stanowi rzadki i wyjątkowy typ powieści, gdzie narracja o historycznej postaci, wybitnym przedstawicielu innej epoki przeplata się z historią współczesną. Autor usiłuje zrozumieć wewnętrzny świat człowieka, którego przeznaczeniem jest wielkość i nieśmiertelność. (…)

 

     Język Cypkina przywodzi na myśl styl Saramago — jego mknące jedno za drugim zdania, szatkujący opisy dialog, oplatające dialog opisy przepełnione czasownikami, które uparcie odmawiają zgody na przyjęcie formy wyłącznie czasu przeszłego lub teraźniejszego. Z powodu swojej nieskończonej dłużyzny zdania Cypkina oddziałują z tą samą nieujarzmioną siłą, która cechuje styl Thomasa Bernharda. (…)

 

     Powieść Cypkina to także wspaniała podróż przez rosyjską rzeczywistość. Jakkolwiek dziwnie to zabrzmi, sowiecką przeszłość od wielkiej czystki lat trzydziestych do pielgrzymki autora odbytej pod koniec lat siedemdziesiątych tak się odbiera, jakby to wszystko mieściło się w porządku rzeczy. Książka aż pulsuje historią. Poza tym Lato w Baden jest natchnioną i wzruszającą opowieścią o rosyjskiej literaturze i rosyjskich pisarzach. W powieści pojawiają się Puszkin, Turgieniew (w scenie ostrego sporu z Dostojewskim), a także wybitne postacie dysydentów i pisarzy XX wieku — Cwietajewa, Sołżenicyn, Sacharow, Bonner. (…)

Theses sentences are too long, I struggled to follow.

Remains Silent - Michael Baden, Linda Ke... I must say that I was really disappointed in Baden's fictional work. I would have expected more from this book, given his writing in his non-fictional books, plus I really enjoy seeing him interviewed and such on news programs, etc. This book was really weak and amateurish though...I really had to choke it down. If I didn't need it for a challenge and it wasn't only 196 pages, I probably would have stopped reading it.

I belong to a book club where a member gets to pick a genre each month and we all read whatever books we want to from that genre. When I first saw the shelf for February was Science, I admit it, I groaned. Then I figured that I like thrillers, so a book on forensics might be pretty good. And I was right. Dr. Michael Baden is a forensic scientist, medical examiner, news consultant, and expert witness. He has been involved in many cases over his career, including many high profile cases. In addition, he has consulted on the forensics in such endeavors as the identification of the Romanov remains in Russia, TWA flight 800, the Thomas Jefferson paternity case, and many others. In his lectures and meetings he has come across some of the most well known people in the field of forensics including the man who teaches a class on blood spatter, the "forensic bug" guy, and Dr. Henry Lee. His chapter on Doctor Lee is especially fascinating.

Marion Roach is a contemporary non-fiction writer. In addition to this book, she has written a book about Alzheimers, and has been published in many of todays leading magazines. She is also the sister of author Margaret Roach. She has a wonderful writing style that is easy to read and really makes Micheal Baden's stories come alive. In addition, she attended many meeting with him and classes with the experts that they profile, bringing her first hand knowledge into the writing.

Between Marion Roach's writing style, and Michael Baden's experience in forensics, this book was a surprisingly easy read. Definitely a 4 star read and recommended for anyone who is interested in the science behind the thrillers that are so popular.