Highball Rush

Bootleg Springs, Book 6

By: Claire Kingsley, Lucy Score

Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Natalie Duke

Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

"Suddenly, all those old country love songs I’d played so often made perfect sense.”

Gravel-voiced Gibson Bodine takes his lone wolf image seriously. The tough guy. The bad boy. He lives alone. Works alone. His one love - besides starting a good brawl - is sitting on a rinky-dink stage in a backwoods bar playing guitar and singing about things he’ll never have. When a video of him playing goes viral, Gibson ignores the unwanted attention. He’s got bigger things to worry about. Like the bomb his half-brother’s mom just dropped on him. And the fallout from the memento he’s been carrying around for 13 years. He doesn’t have time for fame...or love...or meddling neighbors stopping by with casseroles and questions. But one night in a bar, 50 miles from home, he meets her. And she changes everything.

In Bootleg Springs - home of the best moonshine and nosiest neighbors in West Virginia - secrets don’t keep. When the truth about Callie Kendall’s fate brings danger home, it’s up to Gibson to step up and be the hero. And maybe find what he’s been missing all along. Love.

©2019 Claire Kingsley (P)2021 Claire Kingsley

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I really enjoyed all of the books. Definitely worth getting all of them. You just fall in love with all the characters!

Perfect end to Bootleg!

Gibson may be quiet and moody in the other Bootleg books but his love and dedication to his family quietly shines through in his small gestures . Gibson is my favorite of the brothers and I couldn't wait to read his story. It didn't disappoint.

This book helps answer many mysteries from the series. It has everything you can expect from the series - humor, romance, a little mystery, and Bootleg Justice.

I quickly read my way through Gibson's story. He took great care of his heroine while she rediscovered her confidence and healed past wounds.

The rumbling, growly Southern twang performed by Stephen Dexter for Gibson is swoon-worthy. Natalie Duke makes our heroine come to life with the emotion she puts into her performance. Both narrators have a versatility that provided unique and fitting voices for all the characters, They smoothly transitioned between characters without hesitation. Wonderful performances!

This is a must read/listen!

Absolutely Love This Series!

It couldn’t be better! To be a Bodine and live in Bootleg Springs would be divine…the ending of this series left me both both exhilarated by the twists, HEA, mystery solved, and epilogues and downcast there wasn’t a book seven. It’s tough to review Highball Rush without giving any spoilers, but know that I highly recommend reading this series. It’s worth every single credit.

Vocal performances by Stephen Dexter and Natalie Duke were exemplary. Just buy it and start reading today!

Excellent book/ series!!!

This book had me on the edge of my seat! Absolutely loved the Bonus Epilogue!!!

Bodine family complete

I am so glad that Gibson got his HEA. I knew deep down he was a softy & he had a big secret he was holding back on. I absolutely loved the way he just knew, from one glance that she was it for him. Maya was dealt one heck of a hand in life to play with. But I must say, she made the absolutely best out of what she was given. Even though she hadn’t put down roots, she was thriving. But at some point, roots are what make us whole. She came in like a tornado & made the Bodine family whole.
Bootleg Springs has a way of showing us what we are missing. Just one trip to the quirky town seems to snare all of the good ones to stay & never want to leave.
This book was a perfect end to an amazing series. The mystery and the clues throughout the series were awesome. I loved soaking them in & trying to figure it out for myself.

Love love love it!!!!

The audiobook of Highball Rush is so amazing I don’t want it to end ever! Claire Kingsley wrote a masterpiece closing a fantastic series AND she picked narrators that not only does justice to main characters but differentiates between the so many other characters in the book. It’s a delight to the ears of audiobooks lovers. Even if you read the book, listening to it it’s a whole new experience. Love love love it!!!

What a way to wrap up the series!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This series was freaking amazing!!! I love the small town and all it’s people!! Each book is unique and gives little tidbits to the missing person investigation. I felt like it was going one way and then bam…. Some little twist!! This was such a great finale to the series. Who doesn’t love a grumpy guy!!! Gibson was a grouch throughout the whole series but he was justified in his reasons. He always kinda kept to himself. It’s not until a friend from his past comes to town that chips away slowly at this wall he’s built around himself so we start to see the softer side of him!!
Also all the extra little epilogues at the end were fantastic! It gave closure not to just the couples but also people in the town. I also loved the break down in conversation between both authors and what they thought these books should be about and how they all tie to each other.
The narrators were simply freaking AMAZING!!!! ❤️🎧

My favorite series!

This has been my favorite series by far! I loved the building mystery of Callie Kendall that evolved throughout each book. It added an extra layer to the story and kept me hooked. I had a “who done it” theory about the Callie case that surprised me when my hunch was correct, because all the twists and turns with details kept me second guessing. This was more than just a romance series of boy meets girl, falls in love, has a fight, makes up, and lives happily ever after.

Lovvvvveeeed it

This final book was amazing. The whole series is a favorite for sure!! Loved all the characters!

Awesome series

I loved every single book in this series!!! I was actually sad there was not a book 7 🤣