Mending Fences

A Crow Creek Novel

By: Nya Rawlyns

Narrated by: Nick J. Russo

Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

Ben Kincaid's been told he's lucky; everybody wants to be his friend. He's not so sure about that kind of luck because it comes with a price. When you're juggling feelings for the one who got away, it's not easy to make lemonade from the lemons life keeps throwing at you. Ben doesn't want everyone, he just wants one. The one.

Matt returns home to Crow Creek to settle a score with his dad and lay to rest demons that have haunted him for years. He's made some spectacular mistakes that cost him dearly: his career in the military and the trust of his brothers-in-arms. He's willing to spend a lifetime to atone, but his past dogs him at every turn.

Ben's and Matt's paths cross when they discover Matt's father has gone missing from a cattle drive in the high country of the Absaroka Range. What starts as a simple search and rescue turns into a race against time when rustlers and the forces of nature conspire against them. Both men discover the wilderness will test their mettle and their bravery, but the ultimate proving ground lies in overcoming the challenges to their minds and hearts.

©2015 Nya Rawlyns (P)2018 Nya Rawlyns

Good story line

I like the suspense of the story but the romance part was a little rushed. I felt like I skipped a few chapters and bam they are in love. Overall good story and great narration by Nick J Russo.

Good Story

A good story that is an enjoyable listen. Matt and Ben are wonderful characters who develop feelings for one another as they are searching for Matt's father. This story has suspense, drama, romance, and hot cowboys! I truly like Ben and after everything he's been through with his unrequited love and being let down by love, he really deserves his HEA!
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

It's a lovely story with amazing narration

I enjoyed listening to Mending Fences a lot. Its a lovely story with amazing narration. Nick Russo brings Ben and Matt to life with so much charm and personality. This is my first book in Crow Creek series so it took me few minutes to figure out the dynamic between few side characters, and now I want to read the series form the beginning.

Terrific audiobook!

This listen was amazing! What the characters found was interesting. There was a twist in there that I didn't see coming. I really like the character development and interactions. Narrator was awesome!

Yay Ben gets a story of his own!

This is book 6 in the crow creek series and though you could probably read this one on its own it is best to read this series in order as most characters recur.
I am so happy Ben finally gets his story. In the last book I had kind of gotten to where I didn't like Ben as much as he was like everyone's friend with benefits but in this one, he finally shows his full potential.

Matt has been down on his luck. Now that he is out of the military on a dishonorable discharge, he feels like a failure in all aspects of life so he is coming home to talk to his dad.
They find out that there has been a rustling on the drive Tom, Matt's father and Ash's foreman was on and The guys all set out on search and rescue.

This book is emotional, action-packed and just plain good. I got a bit confused about the rustling when drug runners were mentioned but all in all, it was nail-biting suspense as the guy's team up to save Tom and Matt's dad from the rustlers and the oncoming storm.

I could listen to Nick J Russo all day. He has such a nice voice, good pacing never feels like he is just reading a story and the characters just come to life.

I’m just not sure

I was given this book for an honest review. I’m just not quite sure how I’m feeling about it. The narration was fantastic and the writing was good. It didn’t have grammatical errors and it flowed well. But I had trouble caring about any of the characters. It felt like I was stepping into a movie that had already started. Yes you get more background as the story progressed. But I felt I was being told it rather than learning it organically. The climax felt anticlimactic and the story didn’t really go anywhere.

When I read it’s too escape, and I want to be engaged and really care about what happens to the characters and if they get an HEA. I don’t find any points in the story particularly gripping.

So while it wasn’t a bad story by any stretch. It wasn’t captivating either. So I’m on the fence with this one, since I finished it and didn’t give up completely on the story I’ll lean in the more positive favor and give it 4 stars instead of 3 for overall. The narrator definitely helped.