Wylde: An Arizona Vengeance Novel

A fantastic audiobook! Wylde is a known player and so swoon worthy. Clarke has been burned before and is not impressed with his hockey player status. I really enjoyed Aaron having to work for her affection and combined with their chemistry makes for a steamy listen. Teddy Hamilton and CJ Bloom’s narration is fantastic! Another great addition to this series!

Wylde showed his softer side in this story. Our playboy notices Clarke in a bookstore while jogging. He is intrigued by the beauty wearing glasses. So not his usual type. When she tries to brush him off he challenges her to a book quote test to win a date with her. She thinks he's just a jock and figures there's no way he can win. He surprises her and thus begins a love story. I had a little trouble loving Clarke until you find out why she is so not interested. I love how kind and understanding Wylde was with her. I love seeing all the guys and gals from previous stories getting together. Such a fun read.

***4 Stars*** I get all kinds of excited whenever a new AS book is about to be released. Sometimes it’s because of who the MC of the book is about (Tacker is still kind of everything), sometimes it’s simply about getting to hang out and catch up with the characters I’ve come to love, and sometimes it’s a mix of both. This time it was a mix of both. I was all in when I saw that the woman who was going to bring Wylde to his knees owned a bookstore and knowing who his BFF was, I also knew I’d probably get a good dose of my fav AS player. And I have to say, I enjoyed this addition to the series. There were some great heartstring pulling moments, as well as fun and smexy ones that kept me turning the pages to see what would happen next and left me excited for the next book in the series. I really liked Wylde and Clarke. Wylde is charming and has a confidence about him that draws you in. Clarke is sweet, sassy and unassuming in a way that makes it easy to like her. They both have situations from their past that have affected the way they look at not only themselves, but just what they want when it comes to a relationship, so when they collided ~ things definitely weren’t totally smooth sailing. But what was clear was once they let down their respective walls they flowed really well together. I’ll admit that even though I liked them both, they did frustrate me in equal measure, so when the big sinkhole dropped ~ one that wasn’t a total surprise ~ I didn’t favor one over the other. Both were right and wrong at the same time, so it was just waiting to see how it would play out and though I was happy they got back together, it felt rushed. I didn’t necessarily need a lot of groveling or a true grand gesture, but I felt like they really needed to talk things out more. But that’s just me. As I said at the start, much of my enjoyment of this series is because of the cast of characters that inhabit it and getting to catch up with them every time a new book comes out. Tacker and Nora are still my hands down favs, but I loved seeing how much of a family they all become and while one situation hurt my heart and has me wondering where that storyline will take us, I’m totally looking forward to both Kane and Steele’s books and seeing them get their own HEA’s. ~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~