Boyfriend

A Moo U Hockey Romance

By: Sarina Bowen, Heart Eyes Press

Narrated by: Jason Clarke, Emma Wilder

The dreamiest player on the Moo U hockey team hangs a flyer on the bulletin board, and I am spellbound:

Rent a boyfriend for the holiday. For $25, I will be your Thanksgiving date. I will talk hockey with your dad. I will bring your mother flowers. I will be polite, and wear a nicely ironed shirt....

Now everyone knows it’s a bad idea to introduce your long-time crush to your messed-up family. But I really do need a date for Thanksgiving, even if I’m not willing to say why. So I tear his phone number off of that flyer...and accidentally entangle our star defenseman in a ruse that neither of us can easily unwind.

Because Weston's family is even nuttier than mine. He needs a date, too, for the most uncomfortable holiday engagement party ever thrown.

There will be hors d'oeuvre. There will be faked PDA. And there will be pro-level awkwardness…

Boyfriend is a full-length book for Weston and Abbi!

©2021 Sarina Bowen (P)2021 Sarina Bowen

Best of the bunch

This was such a feel good sports romance where you get all the feels! My favorite of the entire series the book builds such amazing character depth it’s hard not to have your whole heart involved. This one unlike a few of the others in the series has a complete ending. I highly recommend and give a strong 5 stars!

I enjoyed this audible book

I got this book on a credit, and that was just fine, Jason Clarke is a favorite narrator of mine Emma Wilder is good too as Queen of sarcasm. I liked that this book did not have a ton of drama that was weird. There was a little bit around the two main characters when Abby decided to kick Weston to the curb. As usual, poor communication was the cause. Abby made a cake during the book which made me run out a by cake-making ingredients for the first time in 30 or more years. Probably more like 40 years. I prefer dark chocolate brownies. While the story is nothing earth shattering, I still enjoyed that the narrators seemed to get nearly equal billing, there wasn’t a lot of weird boy-child play, and Abby, for the most part, was very mature.

This was pretty good

It was a delightful college romance between a hockey player and another full-time student who was also a waitress. She is hard-working and dedicated to making her way in the world. He is a star hockey player on the college team and somewhat of a player. He is gun-shy about a serious romance because he has witnessed his father and mother go through a messy divorce. She is alone because her mother has been killed in a car accident. She has a tentative relationship with her stepfather and tries to keep it civil for the help he offers her while in school. Our H and h meet up in a situation where she hires him to be a pretend boyfriend, although she has had a crush on him all along.

The romance is slow to build and turns out to be very solid. They both learn some real trust along the way and face small adversities. This came to a happy conclusion and was quite interesting. Enjoyed it enough to purchase the next in the series. I did have to speed up the narration because of Emma Wilder. Her tone was a little grading for me as I couldn't stand to listen to those sickly sweet-speaking voices. The three stars are for Jason Clarke.

good narrators.

Overall very good. Like the story and characters. good topics. Have enjoyed all of Sarina's books.

All my fake dating romance dreams come true!

All my fake dating romance dreams come true! This book and narration was just the boost I needed, I smiled and laughed so much. When Abbi answers Weston’s rent a boyfriend ad, she definitely wasn’t expecting more than a one time thing or that he’d even answer her text. So while Weston seemed like an unattainable top hockey hottie on campus it turned out he was a down to earth guy just looking for a home cooked meal for the holidays. But Weston’s charms went well beyond fake boyfriend status, he and Abbi had off the charts chemistry and one day together was not going to be enough. ⁣
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These two were a perfect match and were the ideal buffer for all the family drama the holidays can entail. I was cracking up over their Christmas night act to fool Westin’s brother they were dating for real, nothing like faking some bed creaking and exaggerated moans! There were definitely some heavier subjects woven into the story and gave the opportunity for Abbi and Weston to grow closer together. Weston’s protective side had me swooning and watching him realize his commitment phobia meant he would miss out on an amazing woman like Abbi was so satisfying. Abbi deserved all the love in the world and I loved her strength to take control of her life and achieve her dreams.⁣ If you are looking for something fun, flirty and definitely sexy, check out this audiobook!⁣ 5 stars for me!⁣
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As for the narration, Jason and Emma were just perfection for this story! Jason gave off all the hot hockey guys vibes but also the vulnerability of a guy falling for a captivating woman. Emma’s narration brought strength and laughter to Abbi’s character, a versatile voice that I love listening to!