Roman

By: Sawyer Bennett

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart, Graham Halstead

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

In a league full of troublemakers, Cold Fury defenseman Roman Sýkora stands out - at least when it comes to negative publicity. When he's not chilling in the penalty box, the sizzling Czech skate demon is racking up tabloid headlines for his scandalous behavior with the ladies. But now Roman's feeling the burn from management to clean up his act, or else. Luckily he's got an enticing distraction: a fun-loving barista who plays the ukulele and brings out a side of Roman he didn't know he had.

Lexi Robertson came to Raleigh, North Carolina, to finally meet her father, Brian Brannon, and her half sister, Gray, both of whom work in the Cold Fury's front office. That's where she first meets sexy, intimidating Roman - who's really a big softie at heart. As one relationship takes off, another begins: Brian seems to be clicking with Lexi's boss at the coffeeshop. But when the friction between Roman and her new family heats up, Lexi wonders whether she's a pawn in their game. Feeling hurt and foolish, Lexi's ready to quit while she's ahead. Trouble is, Roman's not ready to quit on her.

©2017 Sawyer Bennett (P)2017 Tantor

loved this book

By far my favorite book of the series. Both of the narrator's did an excellent job on this book. They captured the bad boy perfectly, and Lexie character had me laughing out loud more than once. Great overall story. I can't wait for Lucas.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Really fun!

I highly enjoyed this 7th book in the Cold Fury hockey series! Roman, the hero, is one of those players who is always making trouble for the team, whether it's fights or naked pics on Twitter. The heroine, Lexie, is the unknown daughter of Brian Brannon and sister to Gray Brannon. Gray is suspicious at first, but comes to accept that she has a sister. Roman meets Lexie on the day she comes to the team offices to try to meet her father, who she found out about just before her mother's death. He's instantly drawn toward her and the feeling is mutual. Things are complicated by Gray not having any liking or respect for Roman. It's entertaining to see how all these family shenanigans work out, because Brian meets Georgia (Lexie's boss) and they fall in love too. Great narration as always! I hope there are more books in this series!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

***** SOOOO GOOD!!!!!!

I love Sawyer Bennett and this series!! I swear, they just keep getting better & better. The characters, the narrator's, story line are all A++++

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Unapologetic Bad Boy on Ice

Roman is so bad that he's good -- truly another ice hockey god. And definitely good for the sweet and charming Lexie. The special treat of this book is that it's two love stories in one book. The Brannons are an endearing family and they find a way to pass that sense of family throughout the Cold Fury team. I love that these relationships are so entwined with the team and team politics. Sawyer Bennett has written another hit in this series.

The narrators were good but Graham Halstead did not speak Roman's voice with an accent. I really wanted to hear the accent.

Definitely worth a credit. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

One of the best of the Cold Fury Hockey stories

This one needs to be read in order with the rest of the series but is a bonus 2 romances within the Brannigan family. It introduces a couple of charming, interesting ladies that are good additions to the team and will add some levity to future stories. The main plot has a good premise and while there is the usual dealing with over the top female fans the player in this instance is recognizes the media quagmire and also considers his girl’s probable feelings as well as his own discomfort, showing real growth and maturity. Roman’s character transforms as does Gray, Lexie, and their dad. Would like to have had a little more character development with Georgia and more lively interaction between Ryker and Gray as in the past they are not always in agreement but basically a good story. I do wish the rest were on the Romance package like the earlier books. This one was worth the purchase.

Awful narration

The two narrators should have discussed beforehand how they wanted to handle the Roman’s character’s accent because the accent was all over the place. Very annoying.

love, love loved it.

Bennet knocks it out the park again with the Cold Fury series. I'm not suprised and have no complaints. I'll be moving on to my next book in the series soon. but I will say it threw me that the inclusion of the Cold Furys owners own romance was included in this story. i did geek out a bit thinking of Brian, who is like 195 yrs old, in a romantic fashion. but i got over it. on to the next book........

Yawn!

It’s sad when the B-storyline is more interesting than the main one. I wanted more of the Brian and Georgia story than Roman and Lexi. Roman was a jerk for no good reason and Lexi was kinda whiny. I found myself rolling my eyes at her. The narrators threw me off because Cris did an accent for Roman and Graham didn’t. The book as a whole was okay

Another good book in the series

Loved the fact that we got to see Brian's point of view. I liked Lexi and Roman. Good story.

Love

I have listened to this entire series, I definitely didn't want to miss this one.... Two love stories in one book!! Don't miss this one!!