Novel Confessions: Hawk by Kat Savage - "Sometimes it gives you what you never knew you wanted."

Hawk by Kat Savage

BOOK BLURB

Hawk Tanner is not a man of many words—especially if you’re a silly girl getting a silly tattoo in his shop. The owner of Bird’s Eye Tattoo Studio doesn’t want you to tip him with your phone number or flirty glances. He’s tired of all the wrong women wanting him for all the wrong reasons.

Drew Ashby has no time—for anything. As a recently-divorced single mother, her focus is on finding a job, caring for her daughter, and rebuilding some semblance of a life after hers was wrecked.

When Drew lands a job at Bird’s Eye, sparks don’t immediately fly. She can't deny the fact that her boss is a delicious specimen of a man. His tattoo-covered skin might even drive her wild, but his brooding presence and set jaw make him hard to read.

That is, until he drops the bad boy persona and starts making moves on her—kind and caring gestures she doesn't expect.

Things turn hot, and just when Drew thinks everything is finally going right, life does what it does best: It throws her a curveball from her past.

Bird’s Eye might not be the family Drew envisioned for herself, but ideals can change in a heartbeat. There’s no doubt Hawk is the man she wants, but can he step up and be the man she needs?

REVIEW

Hawk is book one in the new Men of Bird's Eye Series by Kat Savage. This series follows characters from Bird's Eye Tattoo Studio. This book was about Hawk. He's the hot, tatted owner of Bird's Eye and of course an artist. He's also a man of few words. His best friend Will, short for Willette, manages the shop. The book begins in the shop and Will reminds Hawk of an interview they have coming up for a front desk receptionist. Drew is interviewing for the receptionist position. She's a recently divorced single mom to 8-year-old Ava.

Drew has moved back to her former hometown to build a new life for her and her daughter following her divorce. Her ex essentially left her with nothing and she has to start over. Once she's hired at Bird's Eye she begins rebuilding. As the book progresses Drew is making friends with the artists and settling in nicely.

Hawk's heart is so huge, but he hides it really well most of the time. His actions speak so much louder than his words. Something about Drew and her daughter Ava have captivated him. He's such a sweetheart. I think this fact is one of my favorite parts of the book. Slowly but surely she and Hawk are drawn to each other. Their friendship slowly blossoms into more.

I really enjoyed this book. I had quite a few laugh out loud moments while reading Hawk. The banter between the characters and even their internal dialogue just tickled me. There were definitely roadblocks to Hawk and Drew's happily ever after, but they were able to work through them in a realistic way. Hawk and Drew had great chemistry, but I feel like the steam factor wasn't fully there in the scenes. I'll rate a 3 out of 5 in steaminess.

I like how Kat Savage seems to have set up an easy transition into book two. I'm hoping we get Will's story along with the man who has her attention. I'm excited to see this world grow with each book.

RATING

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Buy Link

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Meet Kat Savage

Kat Savage resides in Louisville, Kentucky with her three beautiful children, her hunky spouse, and two spoiled dogs. She secretly has hope of getting chickens one day.

By day, she’s an office manager, pushing paperwork and daydreaming. When she’s not at her nine-to-five, she’s writing. Or thinking about writing. Or preparing books and book stuff. Or quite possibly, designing stuff for other people’s books.

She was driven to writing out of a need to distraction and self-preservation after the death of her sister in 2013. Since then, it’s snowballed into a full blown passion she can’t escape. Even on the toughest days, she wouldn’t want to.

She writes poetry packed with real, raw, and sometimes ugly truths. She won’t lie. Her goal is to make you ache, in that perfect delicious way we often secretly crave.

Shortly after putting her poetry and prose out into the world, she turned to novel writing. Savage is a natural storyteller, getting better with each book. She tries to give the characters in her novels depth, whether they’re serious or comical, she builds them in layers with the hope that you see a little of yourself in some of them.