Settle the Score

De: Kris Ripper

Narrado por: Pete Cross

Lost goals make way for new dreams. Two enemies must face their cold past and find new warmth in this wintry, forced proximity rom-com from Kris Ripper, author of Book Boyfriend.

Aspiring investigative reporter Des Cleary had dreams of a better world—one more accepting of people like him—when he broke the story of Orion Broderick’s relationship. A story that kicked Orion out of the soccer halls of fame and sent him careening into obscurity. Racked with shame, Des abandoned his own career for good.

Now working at an LA marketing firm, Des gets a daunting assignment: recruit Orion for a Pride campaign aiming to get LGBTQI+ kids into sports. But this is no shot at redemption—how could Des ever make up for what he’s done?

Des finds Orion’s cabin in the snowcapped mountains. His strategy? Keep it professional and get out quick. Nature has other plans. Snowed in together, Des and Orion have a chance to address past wrongs and lost goals. Time and shame have changed them both, but winter has a way of clearing the way for fresh beginnings.

©2024 Kris Ripper (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Ripper’s keen character work and lively narrative voice will make readers warm to Des even while wishing he would get his act together. This is good fun.”—Publishers Weekly

“Writing with a generous dash of snarky humor, Ripper inventively deploys several popular romance tropes, including enemies-to-lovers and forced proximity, to fresh and captivating effect.”—Booklist

Good story, but way too much neurotic inner monologue for me.

Overall I liked the story. It was frustrating that it took until chapter 17 for anything other than being bombarded with the thoughts of the POV character. Once it got through the almost cartoon like phase of the story it was grounded and interesting. I almost gave up because it was so frustrating, but I am glad I stuck it out. Great narration!

Brought to life

I read Settle the Score and liked it a lot. I bought the audible version to listen to Pete Cross. He narrated another of Kris Ripper's book The Love Study. in the same way, Pete takes a fun read and brings it to life making it even better. Lines that made me smile or chuckle while reading the book made me laugh out loud due to Pete's delivery. I listened to this while driving a 3 day trip and it made the trip much less boring. I highly recommend it.