True Love and Other Disasters

By: Rachel Gibson

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Best-selling author Rachel Gibson is acclaimed for her quick-witted and endearing romances. True Love and Other Disasters begins as the Seattle Chinooks hockey team owner dies, bequeathing the team to his young widow, Faith. Faith is determined to be taken seriously as the owner, and she’s not going to let anyone—especially dreamy star player Ty Savage—get in her way.

©2009 Rachel Gibson (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

“With humor and eloquent prose, Gibson brings substance and depth to this loving, modern romance.” ( Publishers Weekly)

Great listen and steamy!

Any additional comments?

Bought this book on the $4.95 special and lurrrrved listening to it!! The narrator was great. The writing was witty, light hearted and steamy at times. I would highly recommend this book!

Stripper Gone Good Sweet Romance

What did you love best about True Love and Other Disasters?

The banter between the characters. The love scenes were hot but funny.

What other book might you compare True Love and Other Disasters to and why?

Molly Harper books. Not the same type of story line but the same type of character development with humor and great love scenes.

Which scene was your favorite?

I laughed out loud when she walked in on her mom having sex with her boyfriend.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I just enjoyed the whole story and how it developed. There were parts where I laughed out loud. I also loved how the whole team started to accept her as one of the members of the team.

Any additional comments?

I will be downloading more books from this author. Hope they are all as good as this one. I looked up the authors bio and found that this is a book series. Audible please get the rest. I want to read more.

Feel good romance well written and performed

All of Rachel Gibson's books are decent, but some of them have a special magic to them. I consider this one to be one of the really good ones. I don't know if it was the characters themselves that I liked, their situations or the little bit of humor mixed in with this story but True Love and Other Disasters ended with me feeling really good about this book, performance and purchase.

Cute, but Predictable

I thought this book was cute, but I think it tried really hard to be one of those romance novels that's super passionate, but it didn't quite get there. The first part of the story is really slow--like alright, we get that this is a forbidden romance. I really enjoy hockey, and I was looking for there to be more in the way of describing some of the game and how a team manager works, but I guess that wasn't really the point. You never know about how Faith got a hold of taking care of the team after Virgil dies, just that she's interested in Ty.

Overall, I think this story has a lot of potential, but could've panned out a bit more besides the romance part of it. I think it'd make a great film adaptation. The narration is pretty good. I like how Susan Bennett expresses worry/shock--it fits what I think the character sounds like.

Glad I got this book on sale.

WOW

I love this story. I’ve listened to it multiple times and it never gets old. Love the characters and the story. Susan Bennett did an excellent job at bringing them to life.

Fresh, fun, and sexy!

There is always something charming and intriguing in sports romance. I am HOOKED ! My first book for Rachel was Sam's story in this series. It was good and it made me want to buy the rest of the books in the series. So I bought this as a second book. You do not need to listen to them in order. And this book was SOOOOO GOOOD, I liked it more that I liked Sam's story. It is not a new concept of a story, but it was so well written , funny , witty and sexy. And the narration was so good ! My new addiction .... sports romance ;) love those hockey players ;) buy it and enjoy :)

good book

This is a great idea for a book, well written, good narrator. BUT.... I really take offence to the Canadian hockey player saying "EH" all the time. I am CANADIAN!! And I have yet to met another Canadian that says EH. This is such an insulting thing to put in a book.

Hilarious!

Just what I have been looking for! I finished all of Susan Elizabeth Phillips novels and was desperately in search for another author similar to her! She does such an amazing job of telling a great story with just enough true feeling/steaminess/hilarious moments! Rachel Gibson nailed it on the head! I wish the end was a bit longer. I felt as if it was rushed- but beggars can't be choosers. And she is one of the best contemporary romance novelist i've read in awhile! Couldn't put it down and can't wait to read the rest!

Fantastic!

Loved the characters and dialog. First time reading this author but will look for more. Thoroughly enjoyable read!

Another wonderful story from Rachel Gibson

What did you love best about True Love and Other Disasters?

The story is wonderful and heartwarming and is written in Rachel Gibson's usual style of humor and the reader/listener identifying with the character. Susan Bennett really brings the characters to life.

What does Susan Bennett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She adds life to the characters, gives them a "tangible" presence. Really good readers bring added dimension to the characters. Awesome.