The Jock

The North Woods University Series, Book 6

By: J. L. Beck, C. Hallman

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Ava Lucas

All it took was one frat party for me to notice her. Blair Jensen. Gorgeous nerd with a sharp tongue and give-no-shits attitude. The moment she sneered jock at me, I was captivated.

Then she poured a beer over my head and walked away like I was nothing. Nobody turned down Cage Wilder, nobody, and I knew then that I had to have her, no matter the consequences.

She bruised my ego and embarrassed me in front of my football buddies, turning me into the laughing stock of the team, so I made a bet with them. They claimed there wasn’t any way I could melt the heart of Blair the Ice Queen; after all, she had shown her disgust for me.

Shutting off my feelings after we spend many late nights studying together isn’t easy, and it doesn’t take long for me to discover there is so much more to Blair than what everyone sees.

Sweet, funny as hell, and a believer in happily-ever-afters. I start to fall for her, but she has secrets too, things she’s hiding, a past that haunts her, and I find I want to save her, help her.

She sees me for more than a football god, and she doesn’t take any of my shit. Suddenly, I realize there is so much more to life than living someone else’s dream. The bet I made still hovers over my head though, and I know that if I want more with her, an actual chance, I’ll have to tell her the truth … before someone else does. Question is, will she still want me when she finds out what I’ve done?

©2020 J. L. Beck and C. Hallman (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Loved it!! 😍

Great plot/storyline. Liked the fact that the heroine didn't become self-righteous afterwards, she still appeared humbled. Loved the enemies to lovers that wasn't too harsh. Loved the HEA. The writing was great on the last couple of stories, however, Teddy Hamilton's performance was fabulous, & made it worth it! Ava's performance was also good. And the spice...👌🏾.

Really enjoyed this

I really like how this story played out. The relationship between the MCs didn't feel forced, and the ending was easy-going. The voice acting was very good, but that is expected from these two narrators.

Cage and Blair

A charming, adorable and sweet romance. Cage and Blair embark on a journey of growth, moving on and undeniable love. I enjoyed everything about this is story. Narration was perfection. Teddy Hamilton and Ava Lucas always do a Fabulous job of bringing stories to life. Loved it!

Cute story

Teddy Hamilton was great as always. I enjoy anything voiced by him..................I can't get tired of his voice.

My Favorite

I love this series and I love Teddy Hamilton’s narration. I can’t wait until Mia’s story.

Great story

Blair reminds me of myself when, I met my true love. From beginning to end our love story played just lie het’s & Cage’s.

Loved it!

The overall story was really good, I love a good university sports jock falls for the nerd story. I also love that he fell for her so quickly. It took a minute for this book to get spicy, but it didn’t take away from the story or make me lose interest, so I wouldn’t necessarily classify it as a slow burner. As with slow burners I’m like chop chop get with the program, but with this story I was content listening. And the spice was decent. My only complaint is the whole bet thing, it ended up not being the whole climax you think it’s going to be. Blair accepts his apology just after finding out about the bet and hearing a brief explanation, her turning point was his dad’s decisions. I found it ironic that she trusted Cage enough to believe him about the bet, but not enough to try long distance. But I guess she was just protecting herself, and it didn’t really matter in the end anyway because they got the HEA~ The narration was good Teddy Hamilton is always solid. This is my first time listening to Ava Lucas, she’s good, her male voice isn’t the sexiest, but not bad. Overall, I recommend the listen~

Good

Typical college story entertaining decent to listen to spicy enough too narrators do well there’s enough drama happy ending

Cage and Blair

the football jock and nerd, typical opposites attract story line. they both had some parental issues that had big impacts on their personalities, but they were good for each other. not my usual kind of listen but it was good. the characters are well written and have a good emotional connection. HEA is a must... also seems to tie into another series I'm not familiar with "black thorn elite" Blair's friend Mia and her body guard. however not really sure which book in the available series is hers.
both narrators are great!

** found Mia and Zeke's book, Taking you (her Mafia bodyguard) narrated by Tor Thom and Heather firth. apparently not actually part of the blackthorn elite series but most of the story takes place on campus. also a good read.

Strange

If I were a teacher and a writing class I would say this was more than plagiarism but I’m not a teacher lol. If you liked the after series you might like this because it’s basically the same. Were you might hate it because it’s basically the same