WICKED LUST is not necessarily the sort of book I would
normally choose; I picked it on a whim, because I had been
very impressed with the quality of Sawyer Bennett's writing
for Friction, which does even belong to the The
Wicked Horse series. Sometimes I like to live
dangerously, and sometimes it pays off, as it did in this
instance.
Cain Bonham is most definitely an alpha male, he works as
the head security man for The Wicked Horse bar, as well as
being a participant in sex fantasies in a sex club, The
Silo, which is hush-hush, and affiliated to the bar. Cain
also works at odd jobs; he needs money. At first, he appears
quite shallow because it seems that only one thing holds his
interest: sex. Sex, anytime, anywhere, with whomever, and
never twice with the same person. Until the arrival of
Sloane Preston. Sloane is a newspaper reporter, and she's
been sent to check out a story about the possible
involvement of Governor Hayes' daughter Callie in the sex
club. When Sloan goes to The Wicked Horse and notices Cain,
she is instantly attracted to him, and she makes sure he
notices her. And does he ever! Sloane however tells him
nothing about the reason she's in Jackson, Wyoming; she's
undercover, she uses her mother's maiden name, she has a job
in town. She plans to use him for her journalistic purposes,
and he uses her for sex; they can't get enough of each
other, but they never planned on things getting out of hand.
I don't know how Sawyer Bennett does it: Cain is the type of
character I would not normally like: he's coarse, he could
have been such a two-dimensional character; I almost wrote
one-dimensional, being almost solely focused on sex, and yet
I loved him. I loved how complex he really is; he is honest
and true to his ideals, and loyal to those worthy of his
trust. I should have hate Sloane: she lies to Cain from the
get-go; she is educated, she does not belong in Cain's
world, and yet she does.
WICKED LUST is an inordinately compelling book, and Ms.
Bennett's superlative writing skills turn what could have
been an unpleasant or preposterous story, as far as I'm
concerned anyway, into one of the most fascinating reads in
several months. There is, unsurprisingly, a lot of sex, in
every way possible, everywhere, and those passages are
insanely erotic. But Sawyer Bennett's characters are very
authentic, flawed; they seem like living and breathing
entities who just happen to exist in the context of a
fictional world. The chapters of WICKED LUST alternate
between Cain and Sloane's points of view, and the voices are
so distinctive that you could open the book anywhere, read a
sentence, and know exactly whose chapter it is. Regardless
of how many books this series will comprise, I will read
every one of them because the characters are so remarkable,
I want to read all their stories. WICKED LUST is an
outstanding book, and Sawyer Bennett can make anything work!
Cain Bonham is as big and bad as they come. After serving in the Marines, he’s returned home to Wyoming and now works as head of security at the exclusive sex club, The Wicked Horse. His job is to protect not only the patrons, but to zealously guard the secret existence of the club itself.
Sloane Preston is all about discovering secrets. As an undercover reporter, she’s determined to reveal the truth behind the facade of The Wicked Horse and expose it for all the world to see. She just didn’t count on her pathway into the club coming at the hands of one gorgeously scarred and bad ass bouncer who manages to easily possess her body and soul.
While Cain’s not looking for anyone to catch his eye, Sloane did it all the same, and he’s not bemoaning the fact that she’s as wickedly kinky as he is. As both get caught up in the sinful fantasies that only The Wicked Horse can create, secrets and loyalties will be tested and hearts will risk being broken. **Warning: this book has sex in it. Lots of sex. Dirty sex. The Wicked Horse Series is a bit different than what Sawyer Bennett normally writes. While you’ll still enjoy fabulous characters, a suspenseful story, some witty banter and an epic romance, there’s just… a lot of sex. You’ve been warned.
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