Nothing but Trouble

By: Rachel Gibson

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Rachel Gibson’s “eloquent prose” (Publishers Weekly) has earned the author a number of coveted awards, including the RITA, Golden Heart, and National Reader’s Choice. Nothing But Trouble features an injured, prickly Seattle Chinooks hockey player who is none too pleased to be bedridden. Taking on the unenviable taskof personal assistant to the fallen star is Chelsea Ross, a Hollywood scream queen awaiting her big break. From the jump they’re a match made in H-E-double hockey sticks, but once the gloves come off, a heated attraction threatens to melt both their resolves.

©2010 Rachel Gibson (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Deserves more than five stars!

Wow I loved this book so much! Yes, the story is a little predictable: moody athlete falls for sweet, totally not his type girl who knows nothing about the sport. There's a secret that will cause trouble between them but it gives you the fairytale ending I love. There's also a nice secondary love story between Jules (Faith Duffy's assistant) and Bo (Chelsie's twin sister). I did not want this book to end!

Narration: Susan Bennett did an excellent job! Each character has a distinct voice and she adds so much feeling and emotion to the story (especially the hot scenes!!) she deserves more than five stars for her performance as well.

Rachel Gibson is one of my favorite contemporary romance writer. Her stories are funny, interesting, butterflies-in-the-stomach romantic and teary eyes intense. She brings out so many emotions out of me... Can't wait to start listening to her next book Any Man of Mine (although sadly has a different narrator).

No Trouble at all!

Any additional comments?

This is my favorite Rachel Gibson novel. I first read it and then immediately purchased it when audible published it. This has almost all of my favorite elements of a good romance: flawed characters, great (hilarious dialogue) and an engaging plot. I loved how the romance unfolded between Mark and Chelsea. I thought the narrator lacked a bit, she was very monotone and I did not think she captured Chelsea's care free character.

Good book with great narration

This was a good book, but not fantastic. The main character just really irritated me. She deals with this prior hockey player as he picks up the pieces from a debilitating accident. he is rude to her and just really does not want her there. She is there because of the money. Most of the book later, they fall in love, he finds out she did it for the money and gets mad. within like 10 minutes of listening to it, everything is resolved he proposes and they get back together blissfully in love, the end. There isn't any getting together bliss, no makeup romance, just 'bang' they're together again and going to get married and that's it.

love

loved the book characters were fantastic, story line loved it, love happy endings ,keep up the good work

Rachel Gibson at her finest!

As usual, Rachel hooks you on the first sentence. Narration by Susan Bennett is totally perfect.

a great escape

The female characters are fun, smart, & confident. Jules continues to make me smile, & it was fun catching up with the players & couples from the other books in the series. This is a great listen while working around the house or distracting oneself while working out. Enjoy!

Sexy, romantic and lots of fun!

STORY (contemporary romance) - This is a really cute contemporary romance. Mark is a sexy hockey player who is recuperating from a very serious traffic accident. Chelsie is hired to be his assistant while he recuperates. Mark starts out a grumbly jerk and Chelsie is adorably irritating to him -- "Nothing But Trouble." Like many romance stories, they start out seriously disliking each other till things start warming up. I personally like my romance stories to also have a mystery or thriller plot line to make things more interesting, which is why I've rated this a 4.5 overall instead of a 5, but this story is just so sarcastic and clever that I caught myself smiling or laughing out loud several times. Some might think it's just silly fluff, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

PERFORMANCE - Rachel Gibson's humor and wit is perfectly delivered by Susan Bennett. This author/narrator combo is a great pairing, much like the Molly Harper/Amanda Ronconi team. I plan to hear more books by them!

OVERALL (actual overall rating 4.5) - There's some pretty explicit sex, but not a whole lot of it. The tension builds for a while before they finally actually "do it." There's also a sprinkling of cursing and F-words through the story but, again, not a lot. The story stands alone. Recommended for adult females because of the language and sexual content.

very disappointing ending

Overall it "would of been" great book but the ending is so bursting with bull that I wanted to gag.

Prefect

You know I love this series
Thank you Rachel now on the last book it’s been great

A happily ever after

It was great how two disgruntled people came together unexpectedly and found true love. Yay