SLEIGH RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #7)

Sleigh Ride - The South Florida Riders Book 7 (A Holiday Novella)

It's Christmas in the Tropics…but not everyone on the South Florida Riders team is feeling the cheer. When the players and their families gather for a holiday dinner with their beloved coach John Watson, they learn that he’s facing heartbreak in his happy home. Determined to do whatever they can to turn the tide, the couples devise a plan to save Christmas and their coach’s marriage by recreating the night John and Jeanette met…in Vermont. In the snow. On a sleigh.

Can they turn the beaches of South Florida into a romantic winter wonderland? Can they make it snow? Find a sleigh? Get a reindeer to South Beach? When love is on the line, these guys and their wives have to get quite creative. But if there’s one thing a South Florida Rider can do, it’s win at love. All they need is a Christmas miracle and some holiday magic under the palm trees.

Release Date: November 13, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #7

Contemporary romance/Sports romance

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Liza's review:

Breezie Bennett gives her readers a wonderful early Christmas present this year with the surprise release of Sleigh Ride. First you get to spend time with all the couples you have fallen in love with over the course of this series to date. I often wonder what happens next with couples from a series, so that alone was wonderful. Add in the plan to reunite Coach John Watson and his wife Jeanette for Christmas, and this story was total catnip for me.

I love the passion and romance in every book from Breezie Bennett, and it was totally there in Sleigh Ride. There are always funny events in her stories, but the humor in this novella totally had me laughing out loud over and over again. It was a story I didn't want to put down, and it tugged on all my heart strings. I absolutely loved every single moment of Sleigh Ride. It was the feel-good romance I needed right now. While Sleigh Ride wasn't as steamy hot as other books from Ms. Bennett, it was a beautiful, sweet, and funny story from start to finish. 

I'm a believer in reading books in a series in order. That being said, Sleigh Ride gives new readers the perfect chance to read a fast-paced romance from Breezie Bennett, and totally fall in love with her voice. I absolutely loved this early Christmas gift!

Rating: 5 Stars (A) 

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SWEET RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #6)

When the beloved superstar quarterback of the South Florida Riders is benched with an injury, back-up quarterback Matt McKenzie's life changes in every imaginable way. Not only is the team's first real chance at the Super Bowl now riding on his arm, a celebratory hook-up with the new team owner's daughter ends up rocking his world completely...with the news that she's expecting his baby. So much for that playboy lifestyle Matt had been trying to embrace. Being a father means everything...and it feels so much better than the hook-up life. Plus, it doesn't hurt that the woman who's having his baby is as irresistible and elusive as that Super Bowl ring.

Ellie Vice can happily pack all her earthly belongings in two suitcases and spends about 350 days of the year visiting her billionaire family's hotel properties to manage PR campaigns and explore every corner of the world. When she reveals the news that she's pregnant, her powerful family "grounds" her in Miami, and gives her a new PR assignment for their NFL team: making South Florida fall in love with the Riders' second-string quarterback. But when they learn he's her baby's father, they will do everything to make sure she doesn't fall in love with him, too. But nothing and no one can stop the passion that's building with Matt, and this sweet and sexy quarterback is quickly becoming her next big adventure.

As the South Florida Riders series comes to a dramatic close, readers meet the new billionaire team owners, the Miami Vices. This colorful South Florida family has secrets, makes mistakes, gives into temptations, and takes risks...all in the name of love.

Release Date: August 28, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #6

Contemporary Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

I've loved each of the books in the South Florida Riders series and with each new story, I think there is no way this book with top the last. I'm happy to say I was wrong once again. Sweet Ride is absolutely the very best book in the series! I love the surprise/secret baby trope, and Breezie Bennett did an amazing job with Ellie's and Matt's story. I've wanted Matt's story from the moment we first met him, and Sweet Ride was so worth the wait!

Ellie Vice is the daughter of the new owners of the South Florida Riders. She is a very successful single businesswoman who travels the world for her family's company, and has no plans to change anything about her life. Everything changes once she finds herself pregnant following a one-night hook up with Riders' back-up quarterback Matt McKenzie. Her parents reassign her to Florida for the duration of her pregnancy and put her in charge of PR for the team, and especially getting the fans being the new starting quarterback Matt McKenzie...not knowing Ellie and Matt already know one another.

I loved Matt and Ellie together from the very beginning. Partly because while they were raised completely differently and in totally different worlds, they both really seemed to be sweet and positive individuals. They also had smoking hot chemistry, yet there was also a sweetness to them as well. They seemed to care and respect one another from the start, and while they both seemed to be thrown for a loop about their impending parenthood, they also seemed to be on the same page about working together. It cracked me up they both were like we can wait until after the Super Bowl to share with family and really start to figure things out. 

I loved how Matt seemed to be low-key courting Ellie to spend more time together. I really loved that while Matt really wanted to be seen as a player much like other professional football players, his true self shined through and Ellie saw him for who he really was and was able to show it as one of his strengths for their PR push. Sweet Ride gave me all the happy feels and I seriously wanted to re-read it as soon as I finished reading it the first time.

I'm always a little sad when a favorite series comes to an end, and that is definitely the case with the South Florida Riders series. Breezie Bennett is an amazingly talented author, who writes stories filled with so much laughter and love, I can't wait to read each new story. I'm so very excited to see Ms. Bennett will be writing books about the Vice family in the future. While I didn't love Ellie's dad originally, he did end up being a much better person than he appeared at first. I adored her mom, and absolutely loved her brothers. I can't wait for this series to start!

Rating: 5 Stars (A+)

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ROUGH RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #5)

Andre Smoke is the newest arrival to the Riders, an incredibly private defensive player who is feared and revered in the NFL. His trade to South Florida is a little unexpected in the league, but Smoke has his personal reasons for heading to the tropics to play football. Well, one reason. Her name is Kendall Collins and her big brother, Smoke's lifelong best friend, needs someone he can trust to keep an eye on her...without her knowing it, of course.

Loyal and protective, Smoke agrees...but one look at Kendall and things get a little complicated. The sassy designer is definitely not the awkward fourteen-year-old in braces that he remembers, and the attraction between them burns as hot as his name. Smoke hires Kendall to renovate his historic Miami home...but the plan to keep an eye on her soon turns into a desire to keep his whole body on her. Before long, Smoke is falling hard for his best friend's sister who is determined to fix more than his house...she's getting awfully close to his damaged heart and just might have to give it to her.

Release Date: May 29, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #5

Contemporary Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

Breezie Bennett is back with another wonderful story in her South Florida Riders series with Rough Ride. Andre Smoke was recently traded to the South Florida Riders. I loved him from the moment he first appeared on the page, and was so excited to get his story with Rough Ride. 

Andre Smoke has been best friends with Wyatt Collins since they were kids. When he is traded to South Florida, Wyatt asks Smoke to check in on his little sister Kendall who is living and working in South Florida now. Kendall is all grown up now, and nothing like the young 14-year-old who had such a huge crush on Smoke when they were growing up. Kendall now runs a renovation and redecorating business with her best friend and her husband, and the house Smoke has purchased is perfect for the HGTV house flip contest. As it is a perfect way to keep his eyes on Kendall, Smoke hires her to renovate his historic mansion.

I absolutely loved Smoke and Kendall’s story! I love the friends to lovers trope, and add in the older sibling’s best friend, and it is like catnip! I love that Kendall was still crushing on Smoke, even as an adult. However, my favorite part was how attracted Smoke was to Kendall from the moment he saw her again. Their chemistry was smoking hot, yet there was also a sweetness to them that I didn’t expect but absolutely loved. I loved they each seemed to get each other like no one else every had. Rough Ride gave me all the happy feels and I so wasn’t ready for the story to be over when it ended.

The South Florida Riders series has quickly become one of my favorite. Breezie Bennett gives her readers wonderful, sexy and funny stories with each new installment. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Bennett does with the next book in this series.

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

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THRILL RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #4)

NFL kicker Dylan Rivera and quirky yoga teacher Melody Hayes have absolutely nothing in common, except they both believe in "one true love." But when they are forced to live together for one month before Melody takes off for her dream job on a cruise line, they can't resist the thrill that comes when two opposites attract and ignite.

Dylan:

Look, I get that it's cheesy, but I know there is one woman who was put on earth only for me. I just haven't found her yet. So, when I wake up next to a pink-haired ray of human sunshine after a wild night at a South Florida Riders party, I know Melody Hayes is the one...the one I better avoid at all costs. Sure, she's kinda irresistible with all that optimism and cheeriness and a body that brings me to my knees -- literally, on her yoga mat -- but this eccentric beauty isn't the soul mate I've been expecting. But now she's crashing at my place and no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to keep her out of my bed. And the more she's lights up my life in ways I didn't think possible, the more I'm dreading our inevitable goodbye. 

Melody:

When the universe speaks, I listen. But what the hell is the universe saying when it floods my apartment in the middle of my unexpected one-night fling with a smokin' hot football player? I guess it's saying move in with him, and why not? Dylan is totally crush-worthy, no matter how hard he tries to hide his sweet heart under all those tough muscles. Besides, it's only temporary. I'm on my way to a new life and nothing can stop me from fulfilling my destiny...unless my destiny is a man who is making me ignore all the signs and fall in love. 

Release Date: February 14, 2020

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #4

Contemporary Romance

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Liza's Review:

Thrill Ride is kicker Dylan Rivera's story. I have to say he has been pretty low-key so far, so I was super excited to learn more about him. I'm just going to say right here, I totally love the opposites attract troupe, and Melody Hayes is as far opposite of Dylan as one can get. OMG though the smoking hot chemistry between these two had me staying up super late so I could read more of their story.

Dylan is pretty set in his ways. He is convinced he will know "the one" when he meets her and compares all romances to his parents as he saw them growing up. Melody is as far from his idea of "the one" as any woman could be, yet he is totally and completely drawn to her. When she unexpectedly needs a place to stay, Dylan offers up his apartment for the short-terms since she is leaving in a month for a new job. Seriously they were the cutest couple/non-couple ever trying to stay away from one another. Their connection was so much more than chemistry from the very beginning, and it was such a fun journey to each other.

Melody is a yoga instructor who follows her own path based upon signs from the universe. I have to say she could be pretty out there with her thought process, but her enthusiasm and love of people and helping people totally won me over. Seriously, she is one of the most giving characters I've ever read. I loved she helped Dylan be a bit more spontaneous and take things much less seriously. Their differences completely worked for me. Honestly while I loved them as a couple and seeing them figure out how much they loved one another, my favorite part of this story was Melody stepping up to help out Dylan's father. Her heart for giving was so strong and her path, while unconventional was the perfect one for this story.

I swear I fall more in love with this series with each new book. I absolutely adore Breezie Bennett's voice and impatiently await her next book. Thrill Ride is the perfect book for contemporary romance fans, and especially for those who love the opposites attract troupe. 

Rating: 5 Stars (B+)

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EASY RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #3)

Star quarterback Chase Kennedy has had everything -- and every woman -- he ever wanted. Except Whitney Cooper. She's been his best friend since kindergarten and his soft place to fall when life gets too hard. But when she comes to him for lessons in love, temperatures rise, clothes fall off, and it's way too easy for their friendship to turn into something much sexier.

Chase:

I'm not gonna lie, I dig my position as the top scoring playboy on the South Florida Riders. As the biggest name on the team, huge wins, bright lights, and beautiful women have all come easy to me. Everything has...except Whitney. I don't score with her. I've lived firmly in her friend zone since I could write my name. It works for us, since Nit Whit's looking for a husband, home, and 2.5 kids...and I just want to bang my way to the next big game. But now she thinks she's found the perfect guy and needs an assist in the sack. I'm happy to help, but the closer we get to a touchdown, the more serious this game is getting.

Whitney:

As an ER nurse, I'm no stranger to the human body. But when it comes to using that body in the bedroom, my resume is a little light. So when I meet a guy who fits every one of my strict criteria for the husband I think I want, it only seems right to get some expert advice from my best friend. Because no one knows sex like Chase Kennedy. That might be the reason we've never been more than friends, and why this sexy little play-date has to be strictly educational. But with each lesson I learn about his favorite subject, I can feel myself falling for my teacher...and with Chase, that pretty much guarantees a broken heart. 

Release Date: December 6, 2019

Palm Island Publishing

Contemporary Romance/Sports Romance

South Florida Riders #3

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Liza's Review:

The South Florida Riders series gets better with each new release. OMG I wanted to get Chase Kennedy's story since he first appeared on the page and have to say it was more than worth the wait! The best friends to lovers’ trope is a favorite of mine, and Ms. Bennett did an amazing job with Chase and Whitney's story!

So Chase has pretty much been a man-whore since we first met him, so I knew it was going to be so much fun to have him finally find the right woman. The fact the right woman was Whitney Cooper, who also happened to be his best friends pretty much from birth made this story catnip for me. OMG I loved this story so hard!!!

I loved that Chase and Whitney can pretty much talk about anything and as with all best friends they told it like it was and picked on each other just a little bit. My favorite thing was they are always there for each other. I laughed so hard when Whitney asked Chase to give her lessons on how to be hotter in bed. I knew they were already perfect for each other and just knew once they took that next step, they would finally realize how much they loved each other beyond being friends. They had smoking hot chemistry and I fell in love with them as a couple even before they realized they were a couple.

Easy Ride is such a funny, emotional, and sexy romance. Much like with the other books in the South Florida Riders series of books, Easy Ride had me laughing, sighing, and even crying a couple of times. Breezie Bennett has become a must read author for me and I highly recommend her books to readers who love contemporary romances.

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

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SLOW RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #2)

A sexy running back who needs a nanny for his little boy. A waitress trying to hide from her past. Could she be the one to trust with his most precious possession? Could he be the man who makes her believe in love again? Only if they can take down their walls with the same ease that they take off their clothes. But when this single dad finds out the truth about his charming nanny, their sexy slow ride might come to a crashing halt.

Elliot:

My priorities are pretty clear. Take care of my five-year-old son and run that damn ball. But I can't find a nice, qualified nanny to look after him during the season. So when I help out a dazzling blond with her flat tire and she connects with my kid, hiring her to watch Asher seems like a brilliant move.

It's purely coincidental that Jessica Randall happens to be smoking hot, tons of fun, and every time she puts Asher to bed, I want her to get in mine. But that's off the table, because Asher adores her, and she's the first person to bring my boy out of his shell.

Sleeping with Jessica would be a huge mistake, and falling in love is an even bigger risk. But that just might be a risk worth taking.

Jessica:

Elliot Danes is an NFL star dripping with all the wealth and flash I ran away from when I was a teenager. Since then, I've lived a simple life, as far away from that world as possible. But a simple life means money problems, and a job as a rich guy's nanny would solve all of mine.

His kid's a doll, the job's a breeze, and the income is going to help the only person I love. But the sweet and sexy single dad is one big temptation that I can't resist. So when steamy sex turns into something serious, I've got real problems...

I'm falling in love with Elliot, and I'm crazy about his son, but the truth about my past could break both their hearts.

Release Date: November 8, 2019

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #2

Contemporary Sports Romance

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Liza's Review:

Slow Ride is the second book in the South Florida Riders series from Breezie Bennett, and I have to say I loved it even more than the first book. Seriously, sexy single dad football player who will do anything for his son?!?! I'm all in!!!

I wanted Elliot's story from the moment we met him in Wild Ride. I love he always puts his son Asher at the top of his priority list. Elliot is super protective of his son and needs just the right person to be a live in nanny after his former one moves away to be closer to her own grandchildren. As Asher is super shy and doesn't warm up to strangers very quickly, Elliot was shocked at how fast he connected with Jessica Randall when they pull over to help her with a flat tire, and offers her a job as his son's nanny on the spot.

Jessica is such a strong, independent, and loving woman. She has been on her own since she was 16, with the exception of Maria, who took her in, and is the only person who knows about Jessica's past. Jessica and Maria have become their own little family, and Jessica will do anything to help take care of Maria, even become a nanny so she can afford all the medical bills.

I had mad love for Jessica and how she seemed to just get Asher pretty much from the moment they met. Yes there was major chemistry between Jessica and Elliot, but as she was hired to take care of Asher, their time together was so sweet. Asher was such an important part of this story, and I absolutely fell in love with this little boy right along with Jessica. 

Elliot and Jessica had a mutual attraction from the very beginning, and I loved they took their time before acting on their attraction. I won't lie, I had to laugh out loud at a couple of the times they were interrupted along the way, as it is was so spot on with a young child and just life in general. I love them together so very much. Their chemistry was off the charts hot and yet there were so many tender moments along the way as well. All the happy sighs from me.

Slow Ride was a fun, sexy, and emotional read. I highly recommend Slow Ride to everyone! While this is only the second book from Breezie Bennett, she is the read deal and absolutely is one of my auto-buy authors. 

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

WILD RIDE (SOUTH FLORIDA RIDERS #1)

A smoking hot wide receiver with a tattered reputation. A feisty tomboy with dreams of being a sports agent. Can he build his brand with a fake fiancée? Can she snag the promotion she desperately wants? Sure. If he can keep it in his pants and she can resist taking the ride of her life. Fall in love with Leo and Frankie as their romance slides from fake to forever.

Release Date: October 18, 2019

Palm Island Publishing

South Florida Riders #1

Contemporary/Football Romance

Liza's Review:

Wild Ride is the first book in the South Florida Riders series of books by debut author Breezie Bennett. I absolutely fell in love with Frankie's and Leo's story from page one. The fake fiancé troupe is such a fun troupe when done well, and Ms. Bennett knocked one out of the ballpark with her very first book (totally mixing up my sports metaphors here).

Frankie and Leo are both such fun characters, even if Leo is known as a bit of a bad boy when we first meet him. Because of that situation, his agent decides he needs a fake fiancé and as Frankie works for his agent's company, she is the perfect person for the job. Let me just tell you Frankie is absolutely my favorite character in this book. She is a tomboy who loves sports and can walk the walk and talk the talk. I'm a huge sports fan, and it was fun to read about another woman being so into sports. She is such a smart and laugh out loud funny character. She even invents a drinking game that I know my friends and I would have been all over when we were in college.

Leo is super yummy and all about his football career...until Frankie arrives. I liked their friendship moved naturally to a physical relationship based on mutual attraction. Seriously you could feel their connection from the very beginning, and it only grew stronger with each day they spent together. The sexy times are super sexy in Wild Ride! So much mad love for this story! I literally couldn't put the book down until I was finished reading and stayed up way too late to read it in one night.

Breezie Bennett is a fresh new voice in sports romance, perfectly blending steamy romance and heartfelt humor. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the South Florida Riders series of books!

Rating: 5 Stars (A)

WILD RIDE RELEASE DAY BLITZ

We are thrilled to be sharing the release of WILD RIDE, the first book in debut author Breezie Bennett's South Florida Riders series. If you love sexy football players, be sure to get your copy today!

About WILD RIDE

A smoking hot wide receiver with a tattered reputation. A feisty tomboy with dreams of being a sports agent. Can he build his brand with a fake fiancée? Can she snag the promotion she desperately wants? Sure. If he can keep it in his pants and she can resist taking the ride of her life. Fall in love with Leo and Frankie as their romance slides from fake to forever.

LEO

I guess I’m in trouble for real now. At least that what my agent says. Just talking my way out of my latest PR shitshow isn’t going to cut it this time. He says the South Florida Riders fans need to believe I’m more than just a cocky wide receiver who throws Benjamins at strippers and breaks the hearts of innocent girls.

His brilliant plan to fix my image is to hook the perfect woman on my arm and convince the world I’m engaged to her. Only problem is, I definitely don’t have the perfect woman. As my agent puts it, I’ve been ‘too busy banging my way through NFL groupies to get serious.’ He’s not wrong.

But then he decides to hire his intriguing and annoyingly hot assistant to play the part…and all of a sudden his ideas don’t seem so dumb.

FRANKIE

I know you, Leo Sterling. I know your type. I can predict your every move, on and off the field. And I want absolutely as little to do with you as possible.

I’m well aware that working for a sports agent will be a pain in the ass and that my dream of eventually becoming an agent myself will put me in very close quarters with unfathomably arrogant athletes like Leo. It’s par for the course with my career path, one I chose so that I can stay as close as possible to the one true love of my life—football.

So, when my boss tells me I have to be fake fiancée to this particularly infuriating and sexy player to keep my job, I have no choice. And it doesn’t exactly suck. Having a little weakness for athletes like Leo Sterling doesn’t make me pathetic, it makes me a normal human. And it definitely doesn’t mean I’ll fall for him.

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About BREEZIE BENNETT

Breezie Bennett has had her fingers on a keyboard since she was a middle-schooler writing sports romances about her brother’s baseball team. A graduate of the University of Florida, she is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, can dance on pointe, and has been known to shotgun a beer in 5.2 seconds.  When not writing romance, you’ll find her on a Florida beach with her two dogs, Ginger and Rosemary, and a playlist full of Pink Floyd and Lil Wayne.

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