Sparrow

Rebel Sky Ranch, Book 2

By: Kelly Fox

Narrated by: Declan Winters

I like horses better than most people. After years of supporting our local equine rescue, it’s safe to say that I have a certified hate-on for the rodeo. So why is Luke McCall, injured rodeo diva, in my training paddock?

I feel bad that he was outed by the media, and I get the need to regroup out of the spotlight. I might even be willing to admit that he’s a little more vulnerable than his Rodeo King persona would suggest.

But seriously—why does he have to recover in my bunkhouse?

I thought volunteering at a queer-friendly horse ranch was a stroke of brilliance—I’d get to hang out with horses while rebuilding strength and mobility after my injury. Win-win, right? Wrong.

Rebel Sky’s gorgeous foreman hates my guts on sight, even if he is willing to protect me from the bigots who just want a shot at the fallen cowboy.

What would it take to get him to see that I’m a good man with a soft heart and a helpful little rope kink?

Enemies-to-lovers, opposites attract, hurt-comfort, rope play.

©2021 Kelly Fox (P)2022 Kelly Fox

Sparrow

Book 2 of the Rebel Sky Ranch series and this one follows the foreman of the ranch Sparrow and a hurt rodeo cowboy Luke. One of my favorite tropes so of course I would love this one. Sparrow hates the rodeo and everything it stands for, and Luke, one of the biggest stars of the rodeo ends up getting injured and laid up for a while and while recuperating he ends up at Rebel Sky Ranch to help out and get better. From the jump Sparrow hates Luke and of course Luke can’t keep his eyes off the lovely looking man. There does happen to be Shibari involved with this one and omg Kelly does an amazing job. Zac (Declan) did a wonderful job with bringing these two to life.

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Declan Winters hit it out of the park!!

Now … tbf, I am little white human born and raised in NE Fla. I don’t know how authentic D. Winters’ accents are, but they certainly sounded beautiful.

I enjoyed this audiobook every bit as much as the print version.

Great story

I have fallen in love with these books. I started with wrecked guardians, the narrator in the first series just isn’t for me but I love Zane Blake and Declan. I like that they all link together and we get to see past characters again. Most of the stories are good as are the sexy scenes. Will continue listening to more of her books.

Performance 4.8

I liked Declan’s voice on this, except for occasionally being confused if it was Luke or Sparrow he was narrating.

I love Rebel Sky Ranch!

Animal lover and ranch foreman Sparrow hates the rodeo, but when big time rodeo star Luke McCall comes to volunteer and stay at the ranch, Sparrow realizes his expectations of Luke are not even close to the reality. Who wouldn’t love Luke once they’d gotten to know him?

I loved Luke and Sparrow together! Their dynamic was so hot, loved the rope play, loved the humor too. I always love a found family story and who wouldn’t want to live at Rebel Sky Ranch? This book didn’t have the danger and action her books usually have and I was perfectly happy with that. Just humor, love, animals, pool parties, hot guys, and of course no book set at a ranch would be complete without sexy times in a barn!

I really loved Sparrow’s style and thought he was such a unique character. I know Kelly was inspired by the beautiful Willy Cartier (go look at his Instagram!), but I think Sparrow definitely had his own thing going on and the cover model she chose is gorgeous too! I pictured Sparrow as sort of a combination of the two. Pocket-hunk Luke sounded just adorable too! He’s the kind of character you just want to hug and tell him everything will be ok! I’m so glad he got some love and support finally.

Really loved this one and I’m so excited for Wyatt and Desi’s book!
(Original review September 2021)

EDIT Jan 2023: I just listened to the audiobook and loved this book all over again. Honestly, this is probably my least favorite of the series, but I still think it’s great. Declan Winters narrates and I thought he did a great job. He gave Sparrow a very subtle accent that I thought sounded really good. And of course Luke had a nice Texas twang. I’m not sure he did Desi’s voice the way I imagined, so it’ll be interesting to see if he narrates the next one. I really loved Blake Lockheart’s narration of Goodnight, so I’m interested to see who will narrate book 3. I think either one would be great.