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Benched

By: Colleen Charles
Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Teddy Hamilton
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Publisher's Summary

She's my friend's little sister. But I've ached for her for years...and I won't be denied.

What does the star center for the Minnesota Caribou professional hockey team do in the face of the ultimate betrayal?

Right, I've sworn off women because I caught my fiancee with my brother. Now, they're both dead to me. They represent an ache so deep, I might never recover.

I've never known a goal I couldn't score - or a girl I couldn't score with. Until I see her curled up in a sexy ball in my hospital room.

She's off-limits. Julia Wales is lush, smart, more determined than I am, and 100 percent taboo. For the first time in my life, I want someone I can't have. She's the successful business owner who obeys every rule. I'm the guy who breaks them.

Not since my injury have I shown a woman my scars. Until now...and there's no going back.

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Colleen Charles (P)2020 Tantor

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MC 👌🏻 FC was boring and super annoying wouldn’t bother

FC grated on nerves and had to stop half way. Teddy’s performance made it worth getting that far through.

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Good listen!

Enjoyed the book but didn’t really enjoy the uselessness of the female character at times - she just seemed a little “help me”.
but otherwise the rest of the listen was great!

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This was a struggle.

Honestly I hate giving a bad review but this book was a struggle to get through. I feel so bad saying but it was just not it. Everything was so predictable and not in the comforting way. The time line was overly confusing. It was just not enjoyable. I found myself not wanting to listening. I almost didn’t finish it but just didn’t want to quit

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Meh kinda book

I found this book to be a struggle to finish. I continually lost track of what was going on. It seemed that the ideas and events were very jumping and hard to keep track of. There was a lack of character identify I feel, and I didn't get attached to any of them to be interested in the book.

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Not bad

This is such a feel-good book. I loved listening to this as an audiobook. It had great narration that definitely added a certain personality to the characters. The romance in this is very cute and while there are parts where you might feel your heart breaking, they don't last very long. This book wouldn't be my favourite though because there are a lot of things that are mentioned at the start and are never mentioned again. The actual start/middle part of the relationship is only briefly mentioned and not hugely elaborated on. This could have been better but it wasn't a bad book. It was still enjoyable to read and if you like reading feel-good romances, you might enjoy this but it is definitely not a book to try out the genre with. If you feel comfortable with this genre already though, feel free to give it a try. You might find you like it.

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not great

Wanted to like this but had to give up. I always like to start a series from the beginning, so tried it despite the low stars. Frustrating plot and unnecessary prose. Not a fan of these narrators either which didnt help. First time I've felt compelled to write a review!

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Omg!

Felt was a great book but the audio book was crap instead of reading and beingmore engaged with the book the person reading kept skipping parts and mixing up the words which confuses me personally

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