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

I had it all—a successful hockey career, the respect and adoration of the fans, a rotation of beautiful women warming my bed, and a feeling of self-worth and contentment with the direction of my life. But that all changed the day the team plane went down, taking my only chance of redemption with it. Now I’m left with the daily reminder of all my failures and my inability to correct them.

My new teammates are tired of my attitude and following my suspension, I hole up in a mountain cabin to get away from all of it. The isolation is exactly what I need to get out of my own head, and I’m beginning to think I could be content in this quiet forever.

Tillie Marshall isn’t the type of woman who would usually catch my attention, yet she manages to do so for all the wrong reasons. I’m here for the peace and seclusion but the quirky artist is hell-bent on destroying that by cutting down the trees that separate our properties so she can open a pottery studio. If it’s a fight she wants, it’s a fight she’ll get. I have the money and the time and no issues bringing her down through the court system. While I see flashes of steely determination within her, I’ve found that being a jerk comes naturally these days and she won’t be hard to intimidate.

Unfortunately, that gorgeous and somewhat odd neighbor who has been causing me grief is creating another type of feeling within me. And once that spark is lit, Tillie displays a faith in me that for the first time since the crash I desperately want to believe. Now it’s time for me to step up and become the man—no, a better man than I once was

Coen by Sawyer Bennett was such an amazing story, one laced with emotion and connection and self-discovery, one that offers deep insight into the depth of grief and the power of love, both of loving yourself and someone else.

If you have read the Pittsburgh Titans series then you know Coen is one of the Lucky Three, one of three members of the team that were not on the team plane when it crashed. And yes though reading that is heavy, promise you this book and even this series does not read heavy.  This is a testament to Bennett’s talent!

Coen has detached himself from his life, he is living in a cabin in the books, one he purchased from his current teammate Stone. Stone lost his brother, Brooks, in the plane crash and I also highly recommend this book but I disagree….. Coen purchases Brooks’ cabin and is now just surviving.

The purchase of this cabin puts Coen in the orbit of Tillie and her dream of an art studio tucked away in the woods. This part I am not going to dive into as it is so much fun to read, the banter, the attraction, and the in the end the depth of connection is amazing!

I do want to make sure to say that I love the use of nature, it was almost it’s own character in the book!

This was such a wonderful read, one that reminded me why Sawyer Bennett is must read author for me!

I am so EXCITED, did I mention I am excited for Drake!