ATLAS
Sawyer Bennett
Release Date: January 13
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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.
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Blurb:
As a star left-winger for the Pittsburgh Titans, Atlas Karolak thrives on the ice but keeps his
personal life uncomplicated. That all changes when tragedy strikes, pushing him into an
unlikely partnership that tests his patience, challenges his heart, and threatens to rewrite
everything he thought he knew about love and family.
Playing professional hockey wasn’t just a dream, it was the only one that ever mattered. I’ve
worked my whole life for this career, and now that I’m playing for the Pittsburgh Titans, I’m
exactly where I want to be. My life feels complete.
Losing my best friend to cancer shatters me in ways I didn’t see coming. And as I’m trying to
figure out how to say goodbye, I’m blindsided again—because he’s named me and Maddie St.
James as joint guardians of his daughter.
Maddie and I… we’re not friends. We’re barely acquaintances. If I’m oil, she’s water, and we’ve
never managed to mix without friction. But for the sake of a little girl who’s already lost too
much, we need to find neutral ground and figure out how to co-parent.
Are we capable? I’d like to think so. Are we scared out of our minds? Without a doubt. Can we
put our differences aside and work together? Honestly, it depends on the day. But when stress
turns into stolen glances, which turn into nights we can’t take back, our partnership gets a
whole lot more complicated.
Because what started as obligation is starting to feel a lot like forever.
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As a star left-winger for the Pittsburgh Titans, Atlas Karolak thrives on the ice but keeps his personal
life uncomplicated. That all changes when tragedy strikes, pushing him into an unlikely partnership
that tests his patience, challenges his heart, and threatens to rewrite everything he thought he knew
about love and family.
Playing professional hockey wasn’t just a dream, it was the only one that ever mattered. I’ve worked my
whole life for this career, and now that I’m playing for the Pittsburgh Titans, I’m exactly where I want to
be. My life feels complete.
Losing my best friend to cancer shatters me in ways I didn’t see coming. And as I’m trying to figure out
how to say goodbye, I’m blindsided again—because he’s named me and Maddie St. James as joint
guardians of his daughter.
Maddie and I… we’re not friends. We’re barely acquaintances. If I’m oil, she’s water, and we’ve never
managed to mix without friction. But for the sake of a little girl who’s already lost too much, we need to
find neutral ground and figure out how to co-parent.
Are we capable? I’d like to think so. Are we scared out of our minds? Without a doubt. Can we put our
differences aside and work together? Honestly, it depends on the day. But when stress turns into stolen
glances, which turn into nights we can’t take back, our partnership gets a whole lot more complicated.
Because what started as obligation is starting to feel a lot like forever.
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Trinette Dungee's 4 Star Review
This latest installment of the Pittsburgh Titans was a quick read with a feel-good vibe despite tragedy.
Thrown together by a tragedy, Atlas and Madison must learn to move away from their disdain for one another to honor the request to raise the daughter of their deceased friend.
When Gray Donovan’s request in his will is for Atlas and Madison to raise his daughter Grayce, it comes as a complete shock to them both. Not because he chose either of them, but because he chose both. Not only has Grayce been left in their care, Gray wants them to adopt Grayce and be her mom and dad. Doing this will require major changes in both of their lives.
Gray and Atlas have been best friends since childhood. They’ve always been there for one another and have been each other’s constant. Adulthood and careers have them living miles away from each, but their bond remained strong. Being a professional hockey player for the Pittsburgh Titans doesn’t allow Atlas as much physical time with Gray and his daughter, but he’s always been just a phone call away. Not being physically there as much as liked during his friend’s final days, Atlas is determined to honor his friend most important last wish/request. Atlas must now learn to juggle being a dad with being a professional hockey player, and learn to get along with Maddie, not just for Gray, but for Grayce. Having parents that were never there, he was making it his personal mission that Grayce never felt neglected.
Maddie has led a very closed off life. Other than Gray, she has no other true friends. Since meeting in college Gray has been her family. Being there for him and Grayce during his illness, she always knew Grayce would be hers. What she wasn’t expecting was to have to share her with Atlas. In her opinion Atlas isn’t prepared to be a full time dad. His lifestyle has done nothing to prepare him for this responsibility, and she’s not convinced he won’t decide to one day abandon this responsibility. Growing up in foster care, she understood what it was like to not have security, and she was determined that Grayce would never have that experience.
I am not a fan of high angst or that dreaded third act breakup, and this story had the potential for both, so I braced myself. Color me surprised that there was neither in this book. This book was truly about two people coming together under the worst circumstances possible, committing to the same cause and learning to navigate their new lives and along the way, learning more about each other and discovering parts of themselves they never knew. I thoroughly enjoyed these characters. They each showed up knowing who they were and what they needed to work on to make the situation work. While Maddie was definitely the harder sell for this new life, her backstory completely justified her hesitation.
I appreciated how Atlas did things to assure Maddie once learning her background and how Maddie eventually gave Atlas the berth to acclimate himself with Grayce; once learning his experience growing with his parents. What I appreciated most was the communication between the two. There weren’t huge “misunderstandings” that led to unnecessary tension. It was obvious that each was jealous of the other’s relationship with Gray that fueled their dislike for one another, but once they realized they played different parts in his life and could give insight on Gray at different times in his life, these two really liked each other. Banter is always a win for me and theirs was great. This all made the inevitable falling in love, seamless.
I love how Gray was just as much a part of this story as Atlas and Maddie, but not in a heartbreaking way.
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