Crush

Hmmm ... You know that dish where you follow all the ingredients in the recipe but it doesn't come out as expected? That was this.

Periodically I dip into Audible Escape (the AB version of KU) particularly for short listens that carry me through commutes or a work day. This series has been great for that but this installment was less than the sum of it's parts.

Continuing with tradition the MC are characters we've met in previous installments. Orlando was Gannon's stalker and Andrei the hulking Russian hockey player tasked with protecting Gannon. Following the flow of this series it was expected that Orlando and Andrei would become an item and it should work but somehow falls short. Andrei is a damaged man, who escaped his father's torture in Russia and has made a life for himself in hockey and America. Orlando carries guilt over his brother's life and what he could've done differently to help him. Fate throws him together and they do their thing but ... I fell short of really believing it. Still I enjoyed the AB, no one was hurt, we get a visit with Alex & Gannon, Kieran (who I find to be the most compelling character in the series) and an intro to future MC in the series.