Kace: A Pittsburgh Titans Novel

Sawyer Bennett

Apr 2026 · Big Dog Books, LLC

About this ebook

Kace Elliott is the hockey player with a genius IQ and a secret side hustle in applied physics. He’s falling for his research partner, but she doesn’t know who he is outside of the lab. Now, the closer they get, the harder it becomes for him to keep his two worlds from colliding.

On the ice, I’m Kace Elliott—starting goalie for the Pittsburgh Titans, fighting to prove myself in the playoffs. Off it, I’m William—a scientific researcher, quietly holding on to the academic world I’ll return to when hockey is over. Both versions are real, they just aren’t meant to overlap.

Until Dr. Laurel Kent.

Laurel is brilliant, principled, and deeply rooted in a world where transparency matters. She knows me online as William, her intellectual equal, the man who shares her passion for data, late-night collaboration, and easy, unexpected chemistry. William is very much her type whereas athletes are not.

I need her to like the bigger part of me—the hockey player. When she meets me in person, as Kace, I make the choice to let her see the type of man she’s sworn off from ever dating. She gets the Titans goalie and all the craziness that comes with the playoffs. But here’s where it gets complicated: I make the dangerous decision not to tell her Kace and William are the same person.

By some stroke of luck, Laurel agrees to give Kace a shot, and our time together is more than I ever hoped for. The closer together we grow, the less she talks about William, and I convince myself I’ll tell her the truth when the timing is better, once I’m able to prove I’m more than the label she’s written off. But timing has a way of unraveling even the best intentions.

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As the pressure of the playoffs intensifies, the boundary I’ve relied on becomes impossible to maintain. When Laurel discovers how closely intertwined my worlds really are, I’m faced with the cost of asking someone to love only part of me.

And winning on the ice means nothing if I lose the woman who made me want to stop dividing my life in two.

 

Ratings and reviews

KACE is the twentieth and (final? ) instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult PITTSBURGH TITANS hockey romance series. This is Titan’s goalie and scientist William ‘Kace’ Elliott, and research scientist Dr. Laurel Kent’s story line. KACE is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and heart break, friendships and relationships, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is captivating, and edgy; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined and charismatic.

I absolutely loved Kace, the latest book in the Pittsburgh Titans series! It is filled with witty banter, an intriguing storyline, engaging characters, and hot sexual tension that leaps right off the page. From the first moment Kace and Laurel interact, I wanted to know all about them. I fell so hard for them and loved the way their story played out. I thought there was an excellent build and when the sparks ignited, it was explosive and sweet and beautiful.

Loved this last book of the Pittsburgh Titans. Kace and Laura had an interesting romance. Kace is the hockey goalie and also a brilliant scientist. Laurel is also a brilliant scientist and Kace works as her assistant, but remotely and goes by William! They have never met, but Kace wants to; however he knows Laurel does not like dating athletes and is very reserved, so Kace has the “brilliant” idea to “meet” her as Kace instead of William. Very interesting read