Spotlight & Giveaway: Wicked Secret by Sawyer Bennett

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Sawyer Bennett to HJ!

Hi Sawyer and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Wicked Secret!

 
Hello!!
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Wicked Secret is a bit of a crossover of the Wicked Horse Vegas series and Jameson Force Security. August Greenfield works at Jameson, and gets the surprise of a lifetime one night when his high school girlfriend, who vanished without a trace ten years ago, shows up on his doorstep. But that isn’t the biggest surprise in store for him when he opens the door. This is a second chance romance with a couple twists and turns.
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

“I want to f*** you, Leighton. In here. While people watch. You took a lot from me the night we were together. I want to see how much more I can bend you to my desires.”

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

• My readers will be happy to see a couple familiar faces from Jameson Force Security pop into this book.
• August’s friend at the Wicked Horse, Declan Blackwood, is the hero for the next (and final) Wicked Horse Vegas book, Wicked Billionaire (releases 8/4).
• There is a medical element to this book, as I’ve had in several of my past titles. I have a very good family friend that I turn to for all my medical knowledge and advice when I’m writing my books, and he’s been a valuable resource to me almost my entire writing career.

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

August and Leighton have a history, so there is a physical attraction already present. It takes a while for other attractions to come into play, because there is definitely some bad blood there. But as they get reacquainted and learn who the other is now, they eventually realize all of the qualities they once loved about the other are still there, with the added attraction of who they are now.

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

“I invited Declan to join us,” August says pointedly, and my eyes flare.
“Join us?” I reply shakily.
August gives me a soft smile. “You were watching that threesome last night after we fucked. Figured you might want to try that, so I decided to give you the opportunity.”
My head whips toward Declan, my face burning like someone pressed hot irons to each cheek. His stare is intent, and explicit images flash through my brain of what I watched those two men do to that woman last night. Those men’s faces are quickly replaced by August and Declan’s as I think about what they could do to me. Could I take both at once? Can my body even accommodate that?
If I have to be honest, I’ve thought a lot about the things I saw last night and the idea of two men using me for their pleasure—incidentally giving me pleasure, too—is a thrilling prospect.

Readers should read this book….

If they’re a fan of second chance romance, a touch of suspense, and secrets, secrets, secrets!

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

There will be one final book in the Wicked Horse Vegas, Wicked Billionaire, releasing 8/4/2020. After that, we’ll be saying goodbye to the infamous sex club to make way for an all new, and top secret, series coming in 2021!
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

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Excerpt from Wicked Secret:

Once again, I straighten my spine before stepping onto the porch. After locating the doorbell, I place my fingertip to it, hesitating a nanosecond before I depress the button. Inside, it chimes loudly and I physically cringe.
No dog starts barking. Everything is silent. I wonder if August is even home, but then a light comes on through the frosted glass panes of the front door.
My pulse picks up as I hear the front door unlock—a regular lock and a deadbolt—and then the door swings open.
And there stands August. He looks so much like he did almost ten years ago, yet so vastly different.
The first thing I notice is how much he’s filled out. He’s in a low-slung pair of sweatpants and nothing else. His brownish-red hair is slightly longer than how he wore it in high school. It sticks up at various angles, indicating he was most likely soundly asleep when I rang that doorbell. He has a layer of scruff on his face, brown with red highlights. The tattoos on his arms and chest are definitely new, and they make him look like a badass. I have no clue what he does for a living, but I approve of the ink.
His eyes are the one thing that haven’t changed, and the sparkling green brilliance still takes my breath away. In my entire life, I’ve never seen eyes as beautiful as his.
August scrunches his eyebrows, an inquisitive expression crossing his face over finding a woman on his doorstep at two o’clock in the morning. He even gives me a polite smile—perhaps thinking I might need assistance with a broken-down car.
Then, he actually sees me. He leans a little closer as his gaze roams all over my face, finally locking on my eyes. Recognition dawns, and his mouth parts in astonishment.
“Tracey?” he asks, sounding awed. His voice trembles slightly. “Is that you?”
I smile, relieved he recognizes me even though my hair is coffee brown instead of blonde. It’s no longer down to the middle of my back, instead it’s cut into an angular bob. My blue eyes are now brown, thanks to the miracle of colored contacts.
“It’s actually Leighton now,” I say with an upturned chin. Wincing, I realize how sanctimonious that sounds, as if I were too good for my name. “What I mean is… I had to change my name to Leighton.”
August regards me in surprise before his expression changes… it’s almost as if he understands, but I don’t know how. How could he possibly understand why I’m here right now?
Stepping back from the door, August motions me inside. “Why don’t you come in?”
I cross the threshold, more nervous now than I have been in an exceedingly long time of having to look over my shoulder. August may have figured a few things out due to my change in appearance and name, but he has no clue what I’m getting ready to hit him with.

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Book Info:

Those that truly know August Greenfield, will tell you that I live my life to the fullest. Work hard as part of the team at Jameson Force Security but play just as hard at The Wicked Horse Vegas. I have no regrets about my life.

Well, maybe just one.

Leighton Hale was my first love and the woman I wanted to spend my life with, but one day she was just gone. Vanished without a trace. Even my extensive contacts as part of the team at Jameson left me empty-handed in my search for answers. My single remorse is never being able to find out what happened to her, because no matter how difficult the truth may be, it can’t be as bad as never knowing at all.

Ten years later, a knock on my front door brings me face-to-face with the woman I thought I’d never see again and nothing in my life could have prepared me for the secrets she holds.
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Meet 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.

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