The Way We Play: or Tempting the Kicker
The Bradford Boys
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The Way We Play: or Tempting the Kicker
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Narrated by:
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Marcio Catalano
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Kirsten Leigh
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By:
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Tia Louise
About this listen
He’s a grumpy, retired kicker who says he only breaks things. I’m a thirty-year-old virgin with something he can break (and I don’t mean my heart).
How does one get to be a thirty-year-old virgin?
In my case, start with being risk-averse and cautious, focused on building your career, then inherit your 12-year-old, special-needs brother. Done!
Zane Bradford appeared at the perfect time. He takes my brother to equine therapy, he gives me rides to work, and he rescues me when I collapse in the shower. (Yes, he saw me naked.) He says he only breaks things, but I only see him fixing everything. Heck, his job is as a repair man.
This grumpy, angry god with lean muscles, silky dark hair, and ice blue eyes has taken himself out of the game. But massage therapy is my job, and I’m ready to play.
Rachel Wells is ruining everything. She walks into my workplace and argues with me, talks back, defends herself. She gives me romance books to “improve my mood,” and insists on massage therapy to ease my pain. Chronic pain isn’t my problem—she is, with her bright green eyes and sassy attitude. Then she tells me she’s never been kissed. (What’s wrong with the men in Birmingham?) The more she tempts me, the more I feel my resolve weakening. She wants to play, but I’m not going to break.
(THE WAY WE PLAY is a small-town, grumpy-sunshine, sports romance with close proximity, enemies-to-lovers vibes, and a virgin FMC, and an over-protective alpha hero. No cheating. No cliffhanger. No third-act breakup.)
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Marcio Catalano and Kirsten Leigh were amazing as Zane and Rachel nailing their personality traits.
Zane & Rachel
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The Way We Play is book 2 in The Bradford Boys series. Rachel is the sunshine to Zane’s grump. Zane is a retired kicker who has been alone since his football injury. He carries some heavy guilt and trauma over some things that happened when he was younger. The combination of the guilt and trauma, and his need to protect those he cares for, has him keeping everyone at a distance (he sees this as protecting them). Meanwhile, Rachel has been focused on building her career, and now she is the guardian to her 12-year-old special needs brother Eddie whom she is determined to care for. This has cost her her personal life. Zane and Rachel meet when Rachel becomes friends with Zane’s sister and she offers Rachel and Eddie their family home to live in. This leads to Zane and Rachel constantly being around each other and they just can’t stay away from each other. From their first meeting, they bump heads, but those feelings eventually develop into something more romantic.
I really enjoyed this story. Zane and Rachel had soo much chemistry and they were perfect for each other. I loved how protective and caring Zane was, especially with Eddie. And Rachel, she was just such a sweetheart. I really loved them together. I usually have a favourite between the two main characters when I read romances, but in this, I really loved both Zane and Rachel equally! The chemistry was off the charts and I loved getting to see how they fit each other into their lives. This book delivered on romance, friendship, and family. I enjoyed every moment of it!
Narrated by Marcio Catalano and Kirsten Leigh. They set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the characters’ emotions, and had you feeling every single one. Thank you for a great listen.
5 Stars!
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And like in my other review, Eddie and Miss Gina were my favorite characters in this story. I loved Zane and Rachel, but those two for me just made the whole story come together.
Rachel was the light to Zane's grumpy side. She really knew how to bring out the lighter side of him and make the reader/listener see him as more than just a dark grumpy male. The relationship he developed with Eddie, melted my heart and I totally loved him for that 😊
The narration took me a minute though. The male narrator, Marcio Catalano, took me a minute, I think we needed someone with a gravellier voice. I will definitely give him another go, as I enjoyed his narration, but just needed to come across darker and broodier for this story. The female narrator, Kristen Leigh definitely spot on for Rachel😊
I am definitely looking foward to the next story in this series
Loved It
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Zane has been grumpy and feeling the guilt of for the pain he accidental caused his sister Dillan by breaking her foot. Believing in Karma when his career as a kicker ended prematurely because of a bone crushing injury. He believes this pain is just and he only causes pain to those he loves. He now works for Miss Gina, doing maintenance and fixing things. Rachel is also working for Miss Gina massage therapist. She and her twelve year old brother Eddie, is also staying in the Bradford house, on the suggestion of Dillan.
These two try and boy do they do try to stay away from each other. Rachel is looking after her brother, from an early age when their father dumped them. The same father who caused problems for the Bradford family.
Fate and Miss Gina have ways of making two stubborn people find each other.
This book has it all, amazing characters, humour, angst, drama, emotions and amazing chemistry and heat.
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I am absolutely smitten with the Bradford clan!
Why yes, I did listen to this audiobook even though I’ve just read the story less than a couple of weeks ago! LOL Why you ask? *sigh* I’m just special like that :) Also, I’m in my audiobook era and I love Tia so … *shrug*
Zane Bradford’s story wasn’t easy-breezy, and what I mean by that is that he takes *grumpy* to a whole new level, plus, he’s angry at the world so … But you know what? I was already drawn to him from the few pop-ins he had in The Way We Touch and I love a good challenge! ;) AND I already knew the sparks were gonna fly between him and Rachel for the same reason!!
I love this audiobook, I really do, but I’m not sure Marcio Catalano was the best fit for Zane. His voice was so ”smooth” that I’ve had to remind myself that Zane was grumpy! So, while I wouldn’t say the audio experience was not good, my reading experience was a lot better. FOR ME. Let us all remember this is 100% opinion. Okay, let’s move on.
This story had me all up in my feels all the time! I was feeling in one way or another and isn’t that exactly what we should be striving for from our reading experiences? 👏🏻👏🏻standing ovation to you Tia Louise!👏🏻👏🏻 Incidentally, that’s what made me fall in love with Tia’s writing. Her stories are heartfelt, realistic, and relatable. They are realistic fiction with circumstances that need depth, and she delivers on that every time, with respect and knowledge. I’m no stranger to “special needs” circumstances and Eddie’s character was a balm to my soul. Not once did my eye twitch (IYKYK) so props on that! The push pull between Rachel and Zane was electric and humorous at times and it always sparked off the pages. Rachel’s strength, endurance and determination exhilarated me and just made me so darn proud of her! Like I said, I felt everything all of the time and it was glorious!
I’m loving this Bradford world that Tia is creating in this small town and I’m looking forward to not just the rest of the siblings getting their HEA but also seeing cameos of all the Bradford siblings and their significant others in each other’s books! It’s my favorite part about reading a family series!
The Way We Play: Bradford Boys Book 2
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