Pipe Dreams
Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 3
by Sarina Bowen
Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella, Rock Engle
Why You'll Love This
Two people who already know how good they are together — and spent years pretending they don't.
- Great if you want: a second-chance romance with emotional weight, not just heat
- Listening experience: warm and slow-building, with tension that earns its payoff
- Narration: dual narrators give each POV distinct texture and emotional pull
- Skip if: sports settings or co-parenting subplots aren't your thing
About This Book
Mike Beacon is a championship goalie for the Brooklyn Bruisers, a man who reads plays with precision but has never managed the same clarity in his personal life. A widower raising a teenage daughter, he carries a quiet regret about Lauren Williams, the woman he let slip away years ago. When Lauren unexpectedly rejoins the team's front office during a playoff run, old feelings resurface alongside old wounds, forcing both of them to decide whether a second chance is worth the risk of another heartbreak.
Nicol Zanzarella and Rock Engle bring a charged, intimate energy to this dual-narrator performance, capturing the push-pull dynamic at the story's core. Zanzarella gives Lauren a guarded warmth that makes her gradual softening feel earned, while Engle renders Beacon as quietly earnest rather than simply charming. Together they sustain the romantic tension across nearly ten hours without letting it tip into melodrama. Bowen's character-driven pacing suits the audio format well, rewarding listeners who want emotional depth alongside the heat.
