Rookie Recovery

Bobcat Boys, Book 1

Jamie Sullivan does not date hockey players.

As the PT for the Bringham Bobcats, he knows they're loud, cocky, and more trouble than they're worth. Not to mention painful reminders of the career ripped from his grasp a decade ago—a past he's desperate to leave behind. All he needs to do is finish his business course and open his own practice to be free of hockey forever. It's all going according to plan, until a dirty-mouthed young hotshot who won't take no for an answer waltzes into his office, and Jamie's forced to reconsider whether he's ready to give up on the game.

They call him a rising star, so why does Archie Bowman still feel like a rookie? Maybe it's the number of times he's been traded in his short career. Maybe it's the homesickness for the family, biscuits, and rugby he left behind in Britain. Or maybe it's how, despite everyone else buying his cocky act, he still isn't sure he belongs in the big leagues.

When an old shoulder injury resurfaces a few weeks before the season starts, Bowie's dream is at stake, and Jamie is just the doc to help him get it back. That is if their blossoming relationship doesn't cloud their judgment...

©2024 Jemma Croft & Lex Easton (P)2024 Podium Audio

Slow Burn and intense tension

I loved this book so much for the sports romance and slow burn. The fire of tension burns between them and had me giggling and grinning like a fool. Looking for the perfect sports romance this has got it all!!

Good story. Lots of humor and banter

An excellent love story between two unusual characters. Great amount of spice and humor that helps with the development of their story. Great narrators even with all the accents

The Narrator made it unlistenable

I really enjoyed this book.
The story was great and I really cared for the characters and wanted them to succeed and find love in each other.
However, the narrator doing Bowies voice made it unlistenable. The choices he made for the characters not being Bowie made them all sound ... there's no nice way of describing how he made them sound. I couldn't stand it.

Best hockey romance I've read all year!

Everything about this book & narration is perfection! It's now in my top 3 of hockey romances!

Performance Issues

I love this book so much. Jemma Croft is one of my go-to authors, I will read anything she writes.

That said, this book did not need two narrators. They perform the book with two completely different vibes. Jameson Adams nails it - the voices he does for both characters sound exactly how I imagined them. His performance of Archie is both playful and sexy, and his Jamie is growly and uptight but when he lets loose *hoo-boy*. His narration of the spicy scenes is *chefs kiss*.

Tom North overdoes Archie's playful side but leaves out any sex appeal. His performance of the spicy scenes sounds more like the characters are going on a jaunty stroll through the park.

All in all it was a fun listen of one of my favorite books, but I wish they had stuck with one narrator.