Wilde Abandon

A Dark Horse Dive Bar Novel

By: Jennifer Ryan

Narrated by: Dani California

Welcome to the Dark Horse Dive Bar, where the Wildes throw one hell of a party and love could be a barstool away!

Broken and betrayed, Fox Bridges escaped Blackrock Falls sixteen years ago, vowing never to return. But when his mom is diagnosed with terminal cancer, there's no escaping it. Making the best of a bad situation, he goes back to face his past and set up a program to help foster kids who age out of the system like him. But more importantly—to reunite with the best friend he had to leave behind.

Melody Wilde never got over the loss of her childhood best friend. She saved his life . . . but it cost her Fox. He left town and never looked back, hating her for revealing his secret.

So when Fox walks back into town—right through the front door of her bar—she realizes he's the man she's been falling for online. He could be her chance at forever.

But Fox has secrets, and there are those who will do anything to bring him down. They'll exploit any weakness. And he's just given them the biggest one yet—Melody.

Contains mature themes.

©2024 Jennifer Ryan (P)2025 Tantor Media

Great story!

I did not like the narrator, having one narrator did a disservice to the story. She was unable to succinctly capture both male and female voices.

She took care of me

Great book. Fox was almost dead when they found in the freezing barn. The love of Melody saved his life.

the narrator was terrible

this is a very slow moving book. the first 2 of this series were great. I wish I didn't waste a credit on it. there is one more book after this one and I am not sure if I should waste a credit on it

This is a Jennifer Ryan plot rehash. I would pass

This book was just ok, I won't waste a credit and am sorry I did. It wasn't great or even anything new.

When I read my first Jennifer Ryan book (this wasn't my first JR book) I really thought she was writing something fresh and new but the plot for this book is similar to other Jennifer Ryan books. Basically, the same plot as Saved by the Rancher. And as always, she never quite finishes the story line, too much is left hanging.

BUT the narrator was the worst I have ever heard. Giving her one star was too much. She droned on and on in her monotone voice, making an already tedious book drag. She couldn't really repeat the same voices for all the characters which made some parts confusing.

I sorry I don't like to be mean, but I have to be honest. JR could do much better than this and I will be more careful in the future about buying any of her books. Please don't waste a credit on this one.

Bad narrator/bad language

I like Jennifer Ryan and have enjoyed the series but I didn’t like this book until almost chapter 30. I would be a millionaire if I had a $1 for every time the word “fucking” was used. I also didn’t care for half of every chapter 1-29 was just sex and no plot. It felt like she didn’t know how to differentiate this book from the others in the series. The narrator cannot do male voices and just sounds like she has a bad cold. I might read the next book in the series but I cannot listen to another book by this narrator.