Rookie Move
Brooklyn Bruisers • Book 1
by Sarina Bowen
Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella, Rock Engle
Why You'll Love This
Two narrators, one unresolved heartbreak, and a hockey locker room — Zanzarella and Engle make six years of tension collapse in under ten hours.
- Great if you want: second-chance romance with genuine emotional stakes and sports backdrop
- Listening experience: brisk and emotionally charged — the tension never fully lets up
- Narration: dual narrators sell the push-pull convincingly; Engle's Leo feels earnest, not brooding
- Skip if: sports world detail bores you or you dislike slow emotional payoffs
About This Book
When Leo Trevi finally gets called up to the newly formed Brooklyn Bruisers, he expects the usual pressures of breaking into the NHL. What he doesn't expect is coming face to face with Georgia Worthington, the team's sharp, composed publicist and the woman who walked away from him six years ago. Sarina Bowen opens her Brooklyn Bruisers series with this second-chance romance set against the fast-paced world of professional hockey, where Leo must navigate a hostile coach, the demands of proving himself on the ice, and the far more complicated challenge of working alongside the only person who ever really got to him.
Dual narration from Nicol Zanzarella and Rock Engle gives each character a distinct, fully realized voice, letting the push-pull tension between Georgia and Leo land with real weight. Zanzarella captures Georgia's careful composure and the cracks beneath it, while Engle brings Leo's mix of athletic drive and bruised vulnerability to life. The format suits Bowen's alternating perspectives perfectly, making the nearly ten-hour runtime feel earned rather than stretched.
