Ryder

New York Vulcans Series, Book 1

By: Teagan Kade

Narrated by: Alex Kydd, Sofia Willingham

Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

The definition of trouble is a pro football player. Change my mind.

Ryder Summers - The big, bad New York Vulcans linebacker with an anger-management problem to match. He's being sent to an exclusive beachside retreat to "heal" and "refresh." Read: Save his career. And I'm the sucker who has to escort him.

I didn't go to Harvard to babysit an oversized toddler who can't control his temper, and I'm sure as hell not giving into his endless pickup lines and bad boy wiles. I'm a professional. I don't fall for guys like Ryder, even if he is a hundred kinds of hot - sinful, seductive, and oh so gorgeous. But the more I get to know him, the more I wouldn't mind a taste, just a teaser of what it's like to actually live.

One "O" - one back-breaking, headboard-shaking climax is all I want, just to know it's not a myth. I have no doubt Ryder can deliver, but the secret I'm guarding could destroy both our careers, nothing but disaster incarnate to follow. So why the hell am I hungering for his touch, ready to throw caution to the wind and whip my panties off?

One thing's for sure, sports fans. Things are about to get crazy.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Teagan Kade (P)2022 Tantor

Surprisingly good

This was surprisingly good when you consider the short length. And while the initial sexual scene was a little cringy, the rest was good and appropriately timed. For the most part the dialogue was good and the writing was very well done. I liked the storyline a bunch too.

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Sofia is so monotone she is just boring. When she's reading the actual narration part of the story I nearly fall asleep. For the other voices she does good. Maybe narration gets better over the other 3 books.

Rapid love story with some football thrown in

I’m actually in the 4th book of this series but thought it best to write this review under the 1st book to make other readers aware of what they’re getting into.
I absolutely adore, Alex Kydd and his narration! I hated giving the performance a low star rating because he is AWESOME! The books would have been better if he did all of the narration!
It was my first time listening to Sofia and hopefully my last. Not only does she whisper, but she speaks in a monotone and delivers each sentence almost in a nursery, rhyme fashion! It really takes away from the story and makes it hard to listen to.
So, if you can get past that, the stories are fun and just ok.

Why Whispering ?

Why the female narrator is whispering?! It’s annoying sometimes and I needed to put the volume high to listen 🤨

So Worried

5⭐️5🌶 I was super worried that I was going to DNF this one. So glad I didn't. I'm adding it to my top 20!!

No plot, just spice.

In my opinion, As soon as the main characters did anything spicy together, it went from a story with the potential to have good enemies to lovers and a good plot to being just spice and a complete loss of the story line/plot. I feel like every 5 seconds they were either have sex or thinking about sex. I just wasn’t the biggest fan of it. I like to have at least a little bit of plot.

Football and Feelings ❤️🩺🏈💙

I like unconventional romances. Amber and Ryder meet in a way that would be hard to imagine leading to a love story. But helping to tame the rage in him is what she’s tasked to do.

Football is his life and his lifeline, until Amber shows him another way. They have a great connection which eventually leads to an HEA. Looking forward to his teammates’ stories.

The narrators do a nice job.

Missing a few chapters

I think it was missing 3-4 chapters in the middle where they actually fall in love. It jumped from thr one week together at the rehab to them already head over heels in love.