Holy WOW - I loved this book SO MUCH!!!!

There was just something about it that agreed with me wholeheartedly.

Maybe it was because of Eden Goodnight being a Hollywood starlet, or the southern charm, maybe the rekindling of a childhood love, or the wonderfully likable characters. I really can't just single out one thing, I think it was all of the above and so much more.

I swooned!! Honestly to God I swooned. Jilted left me all glowey and gooey. I needed a light-hearted feel good romance and that's exactly what I got with Jilted. It was perfectly fluffy, easy to read, and entertaining until the very end.

It was also a book that I finished in one sitting with a big SMILE on my face.

A perfect novel for a Saturday afternoon.

I easily fell in love with Coop and Eden. There was really no way I could have prevented it from happening. Both were such genuine and likable characters. Coop and Eden had been lovers when they started college and even fourteen years later they still had enough chemistry between them to keep the sheets dangled and the sexy times interesting.

Fourteen years ago Eden was offered a chance of a lifetime and she jumped on it. She was eighteen, and the opportunity of earning a six figure salary modeling was an offer she couldn't refuse. Not realizing that it would end her relationship with Coop, she grabbed the chance with both hands and dove in. The young lovers tried to make it work long distance but it just wasn't feasible.

Now, many years later, Eden was a highly successful actress. And after a horrific public embarrassment she packed her bags and left Hollywood behind to head home.

It didn't take long for her to cross path with Coop.

Coop, now a landscape designer and owner of his own landscape business, wasn't prepared seeing the starlet on his doorstep. Surprised by her sudden appearance he let his anger and frustration surface and soon tempers were running high and sparks flew. And it didn't take long for the former lovers to pick up were they left off.

They both thought that they could indulge in some rebound sex without feelings getting involved and tangled up. Coop and Eden just weren't aware that it was never really about bouncing back from broken relationships, it was all about connecting with the person they were meant to be.

SWOON!!!

This book was all about the swoon, the light-hearted banter and a love that had been dormant, but never forgotten.

I LOVED Eden and Coop.

There was NOTHING that I didn't like about them. They were pretty awesome together. And it was palpable how much they still liked and how well they knew each other and how deeply their love for one another ran.

The entire novel was pretty awesome!!

Funny, sassy, and deeply emotional with a dash of Hollywood.

I was sold from the very first page and devoured it in one sitting. And now it's midnight and I'm going to bed.

This book would be definitely a recommendation to anyone that is in need of a light-hearted novel with genuinely great and likable characters.



review will be posted on june 22nd

Jilted was a wonderful second chance romance. This is the second novel in Sawyer Bennett’s Love Hurts Series. In the first book (Sex In the Sticks) Sawyer took us to the cold temps of Alaska, well this time she takes us to warm temps of Newberry Georgia.

I love that no matter what climate of city Sawyer puts her characters into, us the reader feels like we are also in that part of the country. Her stories are descriptive but not overdone. It’s the perfect amount so you feel like you are in Georgia.

Jilted is a complete standalone novel told in Dual POV. You don’t need to read any other book before this one to enjoy this story. Even though this is part of a series, there is nothing recurring in this story. The characters and storyline are completely separate and different in this book. Even though this story was fairly predictable it is still very enjoyable. It managed to hit all my emotions and left me with a smile on my face. This book wasn’t filled with a lot of excess drama, just enough to keep things interesting and rooting for Coop and Eden’s HEA. This story is a pretty quick read, but that isn’t because of the length of the story, it’s because you just get sucked in and before you know it the story is over. This book was everything I have come to expect when I pick a Sawyer Bennett book. I am never disappointed with her books.

I have to say I think, after reading the first two books in this new series, this is shaping up to be one of my favorite Sawyer Bennett series. I don’t really know why, except that to me these books are fantastic. They are the perfect mix of romance, humor, and drama. You’ll understand what I am saying if you have read a Sawyer Bennett book before.

In Jilted we follow the story of Eden Goodnight, a famous model and actress and Cooper Mayfield, a business owner in Newberry Georgia. This is a second chance romance that was done right. Eden and Cooper were a couple when they were 18 years old. They were in love and going to college together. Until Eden is offered the opportunity of a life time. Taking her all over the country and world and leaving her hometown of Newberry behind. Now it’s 14 years later and after a scandal on the red carpet rocks her world, she decides to leave and get perspective. So she goes back to Newberry, but her welcome home reception isn’t what she expected. Can these two past lovers get over the distance and hurt from the past to find their HEA?? What happens when another opportunity comes along for Eden, can they work things out??

So if you are a fan of a second chance romance or love a Sawyer Bennett book, then this is one you definitely don’t want to miss!!!

I really loved this book. I am a big fan of these love hurt books! Great adds to Sawyers collection. Eden and Cooper were a fun read. There is history in their relationship from high school..... life happened and as much as they loved each other, they were not able to make it work. Will 14 years and some life experience make a difference? Small town guy and a movie star girl from Hollywood, one looking for hook ups and the other looking for something more in life and she did not know it..... Can the past be over come and leave way for a great future? I really enjoyed this book and thought it was well written romance.

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Coop and Eden are swoon-worthy. First loves and meant to be together can be some of the best stories if done right. And Sawyer has the magic touch of creating characters that hook you from the beginning. You feel for Eden from the start, but then she's thrown for a huge loop and her strength shines through, she's not staying down. And Coop just sounds like a well aged whiskey, smooth and yummy! There are definitely fireworks for this couple, both in and out of the sheets. Take the time to read, it's funny, heartfelt, steamy and easy going wrapped up all together.

Just like all the other Sawyer Bennett books that I've read, I loved this one.

Oscar...check. Diamond on her finger....check. More fame than one could want...check. Happiness and love..... You would think Eden had it all. Professionally she did, but personally she was lonely and sad. When her fiancee is exposed as a cheat, she seeks solace in the one place she could think of. Home.

I love how Eden is not automatically welcome home. It shows how sheltered she really is as a celebrity. Luckily, Coop is there for her and straightens everything out.

When you are young with your whole life ahead of you, sometimes love is just not enough. You have to find out who you are before you can share you life with a person and I think that is what had to happen for Coop and Eden. I love how they "play" together. It is hot yet sweet.

I cried during the epilogue.

4.5 stars
A fun, loving second chance romance!!! Eden and Coop's sexual chemistry is scorching hot like the Georgia town they come from. Eden thinks hiding away in her home town and having "rebound" sex is what she needs to get over her two timing ex fiancé with her childhood boyfriend Cooper. Much to both of their surprises, old feelings return and can they keep those feelings alive.

Eden literally is on top of the world in her film career. One major event happens while she's on the red carpet and leaves and heads back to her hometown. Thinking she will find alone time in the house she grows up in see finds the man who gave her an ultimatum 14 years ago. Stunned and speechless as Coop tells her it's his house now.

After a few days,sparks are rekindled. Coop and Eden are pretty damn explosive! I was captured from page one and could not put this book down. I fell in love with the storyline and fell in love with Coop and Eden!

Sawyer Bennett makes her characters go from zero to OMFG hotness in the matter of a few pages! You will NOT be disappointed in this book!

I haven't read a book by Sawyer Bennett that I haven't fallen in love with and JILTED is no exception. Fans of her other novels will LOVE this tale. Perfect blend of fun, romance, steamy sex, and terrific characters that will have readers drawn in from the very first page. Sawyer Bennett does a great job of giving us characters that are interesting and well written. The chemistry between the main characters, Eden Goodnight and Cooper Mayfield, is off the charts. Readers should be warned that spontaneous bursts of laughter might escape when reading the witty dialogue but JILTED would make a great addition to your summer beach reading list. Definitely recommend!

Love the standalone books by Sawyer Bennett!! I found Jilted to be a book I was able to read in one sitting. I found Eden to be an awesome character. She wasn't the snuty Hollywood diva type I was expecting. Eden is a really sweet woman tired of being lonely and by herself.

Eden Goodnight is a hot Hollywood actress. Her fiancé is also one of Hollywoods elite. Then it all comes crashing down. Eden finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her with a colleague. And Eden ends up running back to her hometown that she hasn't really been back to since she left.
Coop was Edens high school boyfriend. They both thought they would end up being together forever. The relationship was off the charts hot. Then life happens and Coop and Eden call it quits. And Coop hasn't really committed to a woman since he had Eden. None have had staying power. That is until Eden shows back up in their hometown and in the same house.

Coop and Eden must find a way to live together while she's back licking her wounds. But while they live togeher will they be able to keep their attractions buried?

This book is a really great story. Not a shock as I have enjoyed alot of Sawyer Bennett books but this one was a little different than her usual stories. For one it is very Hollywood. The story starts in Hollywood at an movie premier for the heroines fiancee, Brad where we find out like Eden does that he had an affair with his married co-star. Dumping him and wanting to get away Eden drives to her East Coast town of Newberry where she thinks she owns a house her grandmother left her.

That is when she meets up with Cooper, her high school boyfriend who now owns the house too with her and they fight over who gets which room. Which while juvenile was kinda fun. She also discovers the town HATES her with a passion. The only one willing to talk to her is the former fat girl Missy. And to make matters worse Cooper is having a fling with mean girl Ashley.

The author tortures poor Eden and she hits rock bottom. And that is when the story gets great. This story has LOTS and LOTS of hot sex. LOTS. If you don't like pages of sex well then this is not the book for you. But we also get to see Eden and Cooper fall for the other. But the issues that split them up after high school still exist. Can the more mature adults make it work? And that really is the question in this book. Can we go home again?

For me I did not like the first 30% of the book. We see Cooper and Ashley together and we see Brad and Eden together and I did not like that. I did love Cooper and Eden's antics as they battle it out for the master bedroom in their house. And I loved how hot the story was. I loved Missy and how she helps Eden out and they become good friends. And Cooper and Eden really were great together. I was 100% rooting for them to be a couple throughout the end of the story.

4.5 🌟 stars.
Was invited by the publisher to review this book and I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I don't need to be asked twice to read a Sawyer Bennett novel as I am always so impressed by this author's writing style and I am really loving this Love Hurts series. This is book no.2 and they are both standalones and unrelated stories.
I am very much a sucker for second chance romances so needless to say I really loved this book. It contained all of the elements I enjoy with this type of story-lovable characters, dual POV, entertaining and funny LOL situations with sexy wicked banter.
Coop and Eden also had off the charts chemistry that translated into a very sexy and fairly lighthearted read. I also liked the very sweet epilogue included and I highly recommend this book.

I REALLY REALLY loved this book! I always love a second chance romance but add to that the extra drama of Hollywood vs small town and that makes it even better! Of course im not really that shocked that its an amazing book, i mean come on, Sawyer Bennett wrote it so i knew without even reading the blurb or opening the book that it was going to be good. So there i sat...tea close by and cuddled up under a blanket (im in Canada so of course its still blanket weather lol) thinking that i was prepared to start this book...fast forward a few hours and im in deep! Its after 4 am and im just finally putting the finished book down lol. Tea has long since gone cold and i've not slept a wink and its almost time to get up and start my day lol. So i did what any normal person would do...i went back and reread my favorite parts until it was time to get up and get dressed. Ok so now on to the book...

Eden and Coop might be my favorite couple yet (yes i realize i say that about most of Sawyer's book couples lol)! Eden has the world at her finger tips...well thats what anyone looking at her would think. She's gorgeous and famous and rich. To most people that seems like more then anyone could ask for. To Eden that's nothing, she's lonely and scared, and shes tired of the fake smiles and fake life shes been living for the last 14 years. So when the spotlight starts to shine on just how fake her life has turned she runs...she runs back to the one place that was real to her. Goodnight house and the town it sits in was the last place that the real Eden felt at home so that's where she goes.

Cooper hasn't laid eyes on Eden in a long time. Of course he's heard the gossip about her and her famous life in Hollywood and all the movies shes done. He hasn't bothered to see any of them but he did indulge and pick up a copy of her Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition just like every other male in town did. Imagine his surprise when he looks over his shoulder and there she is! Standing on the steps of Goodnight house looking just as beautiful as she did 14 years ago.

I do like Sawyer Bennett, and even though I go against most of the reviews, because I did not love it, it was not horrible. This book about Eden and Coop who were once young and in love, they were separated for 14 years. When Eden is humiliated by her fiance on a red carpet, she runs home, and is surprised by how the town is treating her. Both Coop and Eden have to deal with immature exes, and try to move on. I hated Ashley she needed to grow up. After misunderstanding, and after a much needed talk, they were able to work things out.

Eden and Coop were high school sweethearts in a small town, Georgia USA. They had planned to stay together in college, but when Eden becomes first an fashion model then movie star they broke up. Fourteen years later Eden comes back home after a tabloid worthy break up with her lying, cheating movie star boyfriend while on the red carpet. She and Coop rekindle there relationship with the agreement that is just a short term fling, but deep down they both know that neither has ever loved anyone else the way they loved each other. If you are a fan of second chance romances, that what this book is all about.

I enjoyed the characters well enough and there is plenty of steam; however, Coop's character seems more feminine than masculine in his thinking. It's sometimes hard to tell whose head I am in, but that is not unusual in this genre. Authors seem write men the way we women want them to be which is understandable. Jilted is a pleasant light read for fans of Sawyer Bennett.

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S. B. Dodd's review May 23, 2017 · edit
it was amazing

Yet another lovely tale from this author, who creates some of the best characters I've met in books. The story of a protagonist who becomes famous and returns to his or her small town has been told often, but in my opinion never this well. Eden has none of the affectations of a superstar, which given her background one would certainly expect. Coop is the love left behind, small town good-guy. But mercifully the author does not stereotype him. Both characters have enough complexity to keep the story interesting. I was especially intrigued with the empathy Coop displayed on several occasions - not a quality often seen in guys with his other commanding characteristics. And I was also taken with the way the author portrayed their college breakup. It would seem to have more dramatic for there to have been some sort of blow up, but here, more realistically, they hung on until they couldn't anymore.

Unless I'm reading non-fiction, I just like someone to tell me a good story that keeps my attention, has some authentically interesting characters, a little humor or drama, and leaves me with a little smile at the conclusion. This book delivers. It was one of those I read slowly because I didn't want it to end.

I used to wonder every time I picked up a new title by this author if this would be the time when she produced a dud, a book that was not filled with interesting and authentic characters telling an intriguing, humorous, lusty and usually heart wrenching/heart warming story. Nope. I am beginning to think it is impossible for her to write a book that does not suck you in quickly and hold you there until she's finished with you and allows the characters the resolution they deserve. When evaluating a book I place the highest premium on whether it tells a good story. All the beautiful prose in the world doesn't make up for a boring narrative. I would love a visit inside this author's head, because it would have to be a seriously interesting place!

What do you do when the piranhas of the press are looking for blood? You go to the last place where to look for you. A small town in the middle of Georgia. Except they are just as hostile there. But none so colder to Eden then the man that she left behind, Cooper, so that she could follow her dreams in being an actress. He holds anger for her not only about what happened when they broke up but what happened when she was gone. He thinks that he’s over her, that is until she comes up with a proposal that has him rethinking things.
Here I thought that the book couldn’t get any hotter than the last book, but I was sadly mistaken. Eden and Cooper are into some kinky and crazy things that once they finally get together it’s dynamite. It sizzles and burns from page to page that I was blushing at times with the things that Cooper did to Eden. Sawyer Bennett’s words are so descriptive and intense that you forget about the world around you and get enraptured but what is unfolding in the story.

There are some plot ‘twists’ in the story, if you want to call it that, but it’s nothing that you couldn’t probably see coming. The biggest one comes towards the front of the book and you know that it’s only going to explain how and why Cooper and Eden get back together. The only issue (if you want to call it that) is how quickly the book goes over the plot points of the story. How they each just accept the other person’s mistakes of the pasts without any real talking about it and figuring out how it makes them feel. Of course, with it being a romance novel, that is to be expected.

Sawyer Bennett’s love stories are some of my favorite to read. I love that they are quick reads and I am blown away with how creative her stories can be because they are not all that similar. I have read other romance authors and there are times when the author uses the same story lines over different books, but I have yet to see that in her books (and I have read a good 80% of her books). I can’t wait to see what she writes next.
While the book is the second book of the Love Hurts series, it’s actually not connected to the first book in any real way. There are no characters that are similar so it’s nice to know that it can be read as a stand-alone. It does end with a HEA so you can breathe easy.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It begins with the heroine, Eden, finding out that her fiancé has had an affair. She's been living in Hollywood as an actress, but when she's publicly humiliated she heads back to her small hometown. She runs in to her high school sweetheart, Coop,pretty quickly. They had ended things on friendly terms, but he seems to be angry with her. The whole town seems to be angry with her and she has no clue as to why.
It was fun to watch these two rekindle their relationship. Rediscovering who each other was and how they could build on it. This story had its drama, but for the most part it was a fun and funny read. I highly recommend everyone who enjoys a good ol love story to read this wonderful book.

FIVE! FIVE! FIVE! Five stars for Jilted!

Finally I'm getting out of my mediocre reading slump! I loved this book! I've only read one other Sawyer Bennett novel, and while I liked it well enough, it didn't blow me away. Jilted, on the other hand, was perfect.

I loved the storyline of Jilted, which introduces us to Eden Goodnight, a very famous actress who is jilted within the first scene of the book. She heads home to a small town in Georgia to lick her wounds in private, but isn't welcomed back with open arms by anyone in her hometown. She also finds that her ex-boyfriend, Coop, is now living in her home (long story but actually makes sense when you read it.)

Coop is the perfect hero as far as I'm concerned... a little bit dirty but protective and honest. I loved the story between him and Eden. It was hot but still had moments so tender that you couldn't help but swoon.

Definitely check this book out. It broke my streak of 3 star run of the mill reads. Finally!

Did not finish. Stopped at 61%.

With all the books out there, I just didn't want to waste anymore time reading Jilted. The story is too similar to many others. There isn't much to the story and it is jam packed with sex. Lose some of the sex and add some drama or humor!!!

I wish it had taken longer for them to get together. I was really enjoying the War of the Roses but it lasted for all of two seconds! If it had continued longer, it would have been really entertaining.