Lucas by Sawyer Bennett is the newest addition to the Cold Fury hockey series! The book comes out next week but you can read an exclusive excerpt here now!

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About ‘Lucas’ by Sawyer Bennett:

The Carolina Cold Fury hockey team is stacked with hotshots. But when a new player joins their ranks, he learns that even superstars can’t go it alone when it comes to love.

Lucas Fournier is only serious about one thing: hockey. The league’s fun-loving charmer, Luc is always up for a good prank or a great lay, and he has no intention of settling down. But being traded to the Carolina Cold Fury—and to play alongside his big brother, Max—is no joke. With another title in sight, the last thing Luc wants is to let his new teammates down. To succeed, Luc will need to keep his head in the game and the most . . . er, demanding member of his anatomy in check. But when temptation hits, Luc hits back harder.

Museum curator Stephanie Frazier has always put business before pleasure, which just about explains her nonexistent sex life. But when Stephanie meets Luc at a champagne-fueled gala, she finds herself flirting like crazy—and going home with the uninhibited athlete. For one night, she learns what passion is all about. She just never counted on the little surprise Luc leaves behind. And that’s when things really start to get . . . interesting.

Sawyer Bennett’s New York Times bestselling Carolina Cold Fury series can be read together or separately.

‘Lucas’ by Sawyer Bennett exclusive excerpt:

My mind is cleared, though. I’ve got some distance between us and I know I’ll be by myself in the hotel room tonight. And I realize most intensely that while I’ve been considering this a monogamous relationship—because in my mind, I’d been completely happy with the arrangement—I have no clue if that’s what Stephy thinks this is. After all, she’s a beautiful woman with a healthy sexual appetite. We never explicitly said that we’d be faithful to each other, and if there’s one thing I learned that first night when she told me about her family, it’s that Stephy doesn’t form attachments very easily.

Therefore, without thinking, I’d whipped out my phone and called her. I hunkered down in my seat and turned toward the window slightly. Max hadn’t boarded yet, and we normally sit together, so I had a moment of privacy if I kept my voice low. She sounded breathless when she answered.

“You’re all out of breath,” I teased her. “What’s a guy to think?”

She laughed. “I was running on my treadmill. What are you doing?”

“Getting ready to take off soon.”

“Hmmmm,” she hummed in acknowledgment. “I know I already said it, but let me say it again . . . good luck tonight. I’ll be watching and rooting you on.”

Warmth bloomed and spread through my chest and I couldn’t prevent the sappy smile that came to my face. She was going to watch me tonight.

Where would she be, though?

“So where are you going to catch the game?” I asked casually.

“Right here in my apartment,” she said without hesitation. “I’ve got the NHL package. I’ll be in an old pair of sweats with a bowl of popcorn watching your every move.”

That warmth burned brighter. I’ve pretty much licked every inch of her body and given her countless orgasms, but I had no clue she was that big a hockey fan. We’d never really talked about it much.

I hunched into my seat further, my eyes darting around. People were boarding the plane, there was lots talking and laughing, and I shouldn’t have been heard. “Listen, Stephy . . . I wanted to ask you something.”

“Yes, I’ll go steady with you.” She cackled into the phone, and I smiled as I shook my head. But she stopped laughing abruptly and became serious. “Okay . . . sorry . . . couldn’t resist. What did you want to ask?”

I scratched my head and she couldn’t see the sheepish look on my face, but I’m sure she heard it by the tone of my voice “Actually . . . that was sort of my question.”

She remained silent and that wasn’t good.

“Stephy?”

She gave a little cough. “I’m not exactly sure what you mean.”

I rolled my eyes, because she’s not dense, and I don’t want to play games. I lowered my voice even further. “It means I want to be exclusive with you for however long we keep fucking each other. I only want your pussy coming on my cock, and I’m curious if you want the same.”

A long, quavering gust of breath echoed through the phone and I could her the tremble in her voice because that right there just turned her on. “Okay.”

“Okay?”

“Okay,” she affirmed. “But . . . this is still just casual, right? I mean . . . we’re both giving each other something the other wants, and it’s mutually beneficial to us, and—”

“Easy, Stephy,” I said with a chuckle. “I’m not really asking you to go steady. Just that I want the sex to be exclusive.”

And even as I said that, that wasn’t quite right either. I wanted to learn more about her. I wanted her to make me laugh—which she does quite easily—and well, fuck, I just want to be around her more than just when I’m balls deep. I feel at ease around her because what we do in the bed is so fucking intimate the way we push each other. I just want . . . a little something extra.

I got the promise back from her that this would be exclusive and she even confided in me that she actually doesn’t have a lot of hookups, but she normally wouldn’t pass up an interesting opportunity either. That relieved me as much as it pissed me off thinking about her hooking up with anyone either before or after me, but in the end she said she really liked what we had and was more than happy it being just the two of us.

Lucas by Sawyer Bennett will be released on September 19! Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Google, and Kobo. And don’t forget to add it to your Goodreads!