Nothing But Trouble
Chinooks Hockey Team • Book 5
by Rachel Gibson
Narrated by Susan Bennett
Why You'll Love This
The voice of Siri narrates a grumpy hockey player slowly, reluctantly, completely falling for the pink-haired assistant he treated like dirt — and it's deeply satisfying.
- Great if you want: enemies-to-lovers with a genuinely unlikable hero who earns his redemption
- Listening experience: breezy and banter-driven with a slow emotional payoff
- Narration: Bennett's crisp warmth suits Chelsea's wry, self-aware voice perfectly
- Skip if: grumpy heroes who stay grumpy too long test your patience
About This Book
Chelsea Ross is a struggling actress whose Hollywood career has stalled at forgettable bit parts and dead-end auditions. Desperate for steady income, she takes a job as personal assistant to Mark Bressler, a Seattle Chinooks hockey superstar now benched by injury and radiating hostility at everyone around him. Chelsea needs the paycheck; Mark needs someone to manage his life whether he admits it or not. What neither anticipates is the inconvenient pull that develops beneath all that friction.
Susan Bennett narrates with a light comic touch that suits Gibson's banter-heavy style perfectly, distinguishing Chelsea's dry self-awareness from Mark's grudging vulnerability without overselling either. The push-and-pull dynamic between the two leads lands especially well in audio, where delivery carries the timing that makes the humor work. At just over eight hours, the pacing stays brisk. A RITA Award winner for Contemporary Single Title Romance in 2011, this fifth entry in the Chinooks Hockey Team series showcases Gibson at a confident peak, and Bennett's performance gives it staying power beyond the page.
