Rush

De: Samantha Towle

Narrado por: Brooke Bloomingdale

From Samantha Towle, New York Times best-selling author of Breaking Hollywood and Ruin, comes a new powerful, passionate and dramatic contemporary romance.

“With the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, the New York Giants select...”

It’s been three years since quarterback Ares Kincaid’s NFL dream came true, and he’s living the high life. The days of cleaning up after his drunk of a father are long gone, and he has no intention of going back.

A car crash and DUI charge meant a lengthy stint in rehab for Arianna Petrelli, and her dream of being a professional artist slips further away when she’s sacked from her position at a gallery. Her need for a job stronger even than her dislike of football, Ari goes to work for her father, the head coach of the New York Giants.

Ares hates alcoholics, which is fine with Ari because she thinks he’s a brainless jock. Yet when Ares rescues Ari from a situation with her ex-boyfriend, an unlikely friendship begins - one that quickly becomes more.

But messing around with the coach’s daughter can only lead to one thing...trouble.

©2018 Samantha Towle (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Robotic narration

The narrator is usually one of my favorites. This book is an exception b/c the narrator reads in a weird, robotic rhythm. It alters between regular narration and an anxious play by play. Maybe the writing style with so much internal dialogue contributes to the awkward listen. Other than that it’s a good storyline.

Oh my yes please

Fantastic book. Loved everything about it! Brooks male voice is super hot and kind of a turn on.. geez... the hot meter is on level 10 about to burst along with ovaries around the country. Definitely worth a buy!

What a great series!!

This was a great series!! I normally don't like the "famous person" hooks up with the common girl type romances but this series was really good. The author left room for another book in the series so I hope that she finishes hooking up the Kincaid siblings. give it a go its worth the time!!!

My favorite audiobook

I love this audiobook. Every once in awhile, you’ll stumble across a new author and go into their book blind, and just have your world shook.

I love sports romances, but in Rush, football merely set the scene while character development was the star of this show.

Quick overview:

🏈 Ares Kincaid, Quarterback for the NY Giants, mix of alphahole and perceptive needling caretaker. Super tight knit family of siblings who he helped raise bc his father was an alcoholic.

🎨 Arianna Petrelli, recovering alcoholic, an artist with artist’s block, daughter of the NY Giants Head Coach.

When I read the synopsis, I was expecting just another forbidden romance in the sports world, but every single aspect of this book surprised me.

Towle’s writing style is so unique here, as not only is it beautifully written, but the minutia of Ares and Ari’s daily lives are woven in making them feel like real people - something I didn’t realize I was missing from books I’ve been reading lately.

The book’s real focus was Ari’s recovery from addiction and rebuilding her sense of worth and forging new relationships. Vicariously experiencing her struggles, her loneliness, her strength when challenged by and let down by Ares, was such a painful, yet beautiful journey as a reader, making me feel things from a book that I haven’t felt in a very long time.

It’s also only told from Ari’s perspective, which I normally don’t like but was so necessary to fully immerse yourself in her world and tag along on her ride to personal growth.

This is also the narrator, Brooke Bloomingdale‘s (aka Brittany Pressley) greatest performance ever, so I’d recommend the audiobook experience.

Wow! All the feelings!

I really enjoyed this book. There were so many emotions. I have been sober for 15 years and I related so much to this book. All I can say is wow. One of my favorites.