• Bad to the Bone (Dreamspun Desires)

  • By: Nicki Bennett
  • Narrated by: Colin Darcy
  • Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Bad to the Bone (Dreamspun Desires)

By: Nicki Bennett
Narrated by: Colin Darcy
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Publisher's summary

Alex can’t think of himself as anything but a failure. In high school, he was on the fast track to a career in pro football when he forged an unlikely friendship with a half-Comanche boy from the wrong part of town, Ricky Lee Jennings. Their shared love of books could have grown into more—but a homophobic teammate attacked Ricky Lee, and Alex wouldn’t risk his scholarship to defend him. Ricky Lee was kicked out of school, and Alex never heard from him again. Now Alex’s glory days are nothing but a memory. An injury ended his football aspirations, his marriage fell apart, and his dreams of making a difference as an environmental lobbyist are as dead as his fantasies of sports stardom. But all that could change in one magical night, when Ricky Lee shows up at their high-school reunion.

©2018 Nicki Bennett (P)2018 Dreamspinner Press

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A good "the one that got away" story

While I don’t usually like “second chance” books, I really enjoyed this one.

This was very heart-felt, with a real-ish type setting but enough “fantasy” elements to make it feel a bit like Cinderella.

I loved the added touches of making Ricky Native American, as well as rich. The “bad guys” were super bad and I definitely felt like I was reading an old timey romance – with a gay twist!

I thought Alex and Ricky Lee had great chemistry and their story was mostly sweet and little hot. I loved Sam – especially the end scene!

Overall this was exactly what you’d expect for the genre, well-written and a quick sweet read.



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I found the narrator, Colin Darcy, to be good but not great. He definitely makes the attempt to give everyone a unique voice and does his best to "act" out the emotions. However, there are times when his narration is rather sing-song and while I appreciate his attempts, he doesn't always give a good match in terms of tone or tenor to the emotions that he is reading.
Those are definitely "icing of the cake" type issues and the main body of his narration is good and solid and easily a perfectly fine way to enjoy this story.
Overall 3.75 of 5 stars



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