Taming Zach

The Team Loco Trilogy, Book 1

By: Amy Sparling

Narrated by: Brittany Goodwin

She never meant to fall for someone she can’t have. He never meant to let her.

Bree Grayson may have graduated high school in her small Tennessee hometown, but she never got to leave it. She works as a maid with her mom and flags at the local motocross track on the weekends. It’s good money, but it won’t get her out of Hopewell. She’s determined to make something of herself, but she’d settle for something...anything to get her out of this rut.

Zach Pena’s notorious motocross fame crashed and burned as quickly as he had risen to the top. He let the fame get to his head, and the partying and girls took over his life. Now, he’s off the race team. Determined to get back into the sport he loves, he moves back home to spend the summer focusing solely on motocross. Girls are off the menu.

And then, he runs into Bree. She’s gorgeous and sweet and everything he shouldn’t have this summer. He doesn’t recognize her as the girl from his childhood, but Bree knows exactly who Zach is. She’s only had a crush on him forever. She knows he’s a womanizer and too hot for his own good, but he’s fun.

Bree doesn’t expect to fall for someone she can’t have. And Zach doesn’t expect to be pulled back into his world of fame before the summer is over. Will Bree finally be the girl to tame his wild ways? Or will their romance crash and burn?

Taming Zach is the first stand-alone book in The Team Loco Trilogy, a series of flirty, upper young adult contemporary romances. No cliff-hanger, and a happily ever after.

©2018 Amy Sparling (P)2019 Amy Sparling

Great Read

Taming Zach (Team Loco #1) was another great read by Amy Sparling. Bree lives in a small town in Tennessee, where she lives a simple life. She is a maid with her mom and works at the local motocross track on weekends. She wants to get out of her small town and make something of herself. Zach is famous in the motocross world, but his fame is seeming to crash and burn. He returns to his hometown to try and get back to the sport that he loves. I really enjoyed reading Bree and Zach’s story and can’t wait to read more by Amy Sparling.

Refreshing characters and plot

One of the strongest aspects of this story is both of main characters backgrounds.

Both Bree and Zach come from backgrounds where money is a big deal, with Zach having come from a single parent household and Brees parents working lower income jobs. It’s something seen less often in romance books, where there seems to be billionaires on every corner. ( I do enjoy these kinds of books as well, just stating a common occurrence in my favorite genre.)


The relationship development between the two was fun to see it blossom and grow over time, however, I feel like both of their realizations that they really wanted to stay in the small Tennessee town seemed really hasty and not really pondered for awhile.


I really enjoyed the narration by Brittany Goodwin. She did a great female voice and a good male voice.


Overall, I would rate this four stars.


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Disclaimer: I received a free code from audiofreebies.com. All opinions are my own.

Sweet, Heart-Warming Romance

I loved this book because it isn't cheesy and is a very sweet, pretty clean romance. I am in love with Zach (and Bree!!!). I loved the narration, the narrator did a great job with the alternating M/F POVs and with bringing the emotion to life. Can't wait for the next book in the Team Loco series!