Boyfriend Bargain

By: Ilsa Madden-Mills

Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Stephen Dexter

Length: 11 hrs

Publisher's Summary

Now a Top 8 Amazon Best Seller
Number One Sports Romance
Number One New Adult and College Romance

Wall Street Journal best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you take a chance on love.

Wanted: one hot guy with rock-hard abs and a big stick.

Broke and desperate, Sugar Ryan has no use for arrogant, bad-boy athletes...until she's forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all.

If only he knew she was alive.

Her mission? Get on this hockey player's radar any way possible.

Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom, but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does - frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can't refuse. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: no falling in love.

But after one (um, two) smoking-hot hookups, he's done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Too bad she can't trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts.

Will this hockey star score his forever girl, or will this boyfriend bargain end in heartbreak?

©2019 Ilsa Madden-Mills (P)2019 Ilsa Madden-Mills

Critic Reviews

"Steamy and emotionally intense, Boyfriend Bargain is the perfect new adult sports romance! Ilsa Madden Mills has done it again!" (Melanie Harlow, USA Today best-selling author)

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️I need 10 cups of coffee and a whole lotta Jesus!

This was my first book by this author and I fell in love with her writing and her characters! Sugar and Z are so lovable and as an Alabama girl myself I thought Savannah nailed the Southern accent. Great story, great angsts with all the feels! I listened to it twice in a row. Super sexy! Great love story and sports romance with excellent performances. Don’t miss this one.

Drama over bullshit

Childish and boring. Make narrator is so dramatic it’s almost funny. If you are over 15 years old don’t wast your credit

different kinda hero

I enjoyed the story of Zack and Sugar. It's refreshing to see a hero like Zack, as he is not your typical "Alpha" type. I feel like the two really progressed and there was good character development. Savannah is a new to me narrator and I am a fan of Stephen, so this was an enjoyable listen.

Back story didn’t come full circle

There is a back story about her father that really didn’t fit the story line. Other than that it was a entertaining listen.

Same story;different characters

If you’re into sports romance and Insta love and most of the book spent in the character’s inner dialogue instead actual dialogue with the people in their lives, then this is the book for you.
This author tried to have mental health as a “new” topic but I felt like she bungled it which is really disappointing since it would be nice for this subject to be normalized instead of sensationalized. It’s a pass for me.

Solid 4 stars!

I really enjoyed this book.

Turns out it was a perfect filler while I wait for the next book in a dark HS series I was listening to.

I think Stephen Dexter’s voicing of college aged men on the emotional edge is spot on. He portrays the different moods well.

Savannah is always a pleasant listen. Her British accent was a tad cringeworthy, but the slightly southern dialect was great!

I could not stop listening to this book!

Just loved it!
Great character and amazing story, I'm a big hockey book fan so this was all I wanted. Stephen Dexter was amazing and made Zack so a life and his emotions..just wow! Savannah did also a great!

Yes! I think it's worth a Credit!

can't wait to start book 2!!

GOOD STORY!

This story is really good. I enjoyed the storyline and the characters.
It is nice to have a male character that is not perfect and has flaws that you get to see.

I listened to the audio of this one and loved it! Savannah and Stephen do an awesome job bringing this to life!

Good story

I like the story line and the characters. I really liked Sugar, I don’t always like the women in romances, but she is smart and fun to get to know. Savannah Peachwood always does a great job narrating. Stephen Dexter, however, is so over the top that I would switch over to my kindle to read rather than sit & listen to him. Thankfully, he doesn’t have nearly as much dialogue as Savannah so I would still recommend a listen.

Ok good book but..

The ending was so cute but… it kinda left me hanging. It was as if I needed another 30 minutes of story I never got. Or like idk I’m confused just touch. Seriously a good story but I am a person all about the ending…

Fantastic listening experience!

I only listen to books I've already read and this book was a Top Read 2019 for me. I thought it was a stunningly good read!! My heart is full. Just fabulous!

"Zack Morgan is an inferno that will burn me up. There's something about him that makes me lose my breath. And that...that must not be allowed."

Sugar Ryan has got something to prove, which makes her a desperate young woman. Desperate enough to proposition the big sports star on campus. However, when the lines start to blur, she must remember to keep her vulnerable heart guarded.

"I'm going to make her mine. She just doesn't know it yet."

Zack AKA Z Morgan is on the cusp of NHL stardom. He's in his final year of college and he wants to leave on a high. He's fed up with the party scene but, as captain of the hockey team, he likes to keep up appearances. And, appearance is important since he's hiding a big secret from everyone except his family and his best friend.

I loved this book SO HARD!! I thought it was going to be a fun, light read but it was actually quite angsty and emotional.

Zack's reputation precedes him but a lot of it is just rumour. I loved the real guy underneath his public persona. He's full of guilt and pain from the past. His connection with Sugar is compelling and I loved how he could let his walls down and be real with her. Sugar is a tough cookie. She's got real backbone and I admired her courage. And, goodness, the chemistry between them is absolutely scorching! The author really knows how to write those steamy scenes! *fans self*

This novel was just gorgeous. It was about passion, guilt, forgiveness and falling into forever love. I was completely riveted by it.

I thought that Stephen Dexter and Savannah Peachwood brought the book to life. Dexter is an amazing voice actor and he portrayed Zack's emotions perfectly. Fabulous!

Writing great /male narrator unpleasantly dramatic

Love the excellent writing. Drama somewhat contrived, but enjoyed the story. Loved the characters - main and supporting. Looking forward to more of the series.


Listened on audiobook:

Way too slow - sounds sluggish and bad at 1x speed. Listened at more like 2x speed. Don’t understand why books are released with such a slow recording speed - maybe to look like an 11 hour book when it should be way less?

Male narrator has a nice voice, but overdoes it with the emotion - cringed at this. Also didn’t like his uhh/umm… sounds - distracting. His narration was not enjoyable. (2 stars)

Female narrator did a great job. (4 stars)

good listen

enjoyable listen, good characters and well narrated, I loved the cat . recommend a read or listen

loved this story

this was one of the best story's I have listened to by Isla Madden -Mills the narrators were excellent especially the male he spoke with such emotion .I loved all the other characters as well

Loved the book

Such beautiful a book to listen just destroyed by the voice over because it does no favours to the book