Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Heart Trouble 
SERIES: Hearts and Health #1
AUTHOR: DJ Jamison
NARRATOR: Kenneth Obi
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2019
LENGTH: 5 hours, 21 minutes
BLURB:
When Gage Evans gets a look at his hot nurse, he’s smitten immediately. Too bad he’s given the nurse the impression he’s some kind of daredevil. It couldn’t be further from the truth. Gage is a college journalism instructor writing a series of guest columns that require him to jump into new experiences — a fun bucket list, but one that does nothing to convince Ben he’s not an adrenaline junkie.
Fresh off his latest heartbreak, nurse Ben Griggs is wary when one of his patients shows an interest in him — especially when that patient showed up in the ER after a motorcycle accident. Ben’s ex was a biker, a friend with benefits, and he dropped Ben cold when someone more interesting came along. Ben isn’t the kind of guy who can hold the interest of an adrenaline junkie like Gage Evans for long. The last thing he wants is to lose his heart to the wrong man again.
The more Ben gets to know Gage, the harder he is to resist. He can only hold on for the ride and keep his guard up as much as he can. But Ben’s lack of trust seriously gets in the way of building a relationship, and Gage will only be patient so long. Can he trust Gage enough to give his heart, or are they destined to have a fling that goes nowhere?
REVIEW:
Ben Griggs knows what he wants and what he doesn’t want. And one thing he most definitely is not interested in is daredevils. Working as a nurse in the ER, along with some past experience, has made him appreciate safe. His only problem Is to get his body on the same page as his brain, because he can’t seem to get a particular patient from his mind.
Gage Evans teaches a class in journalism at college. He’s also writing a series on trying something new, something different. Unfortunately those new experiences seem to land him in the ER with one injury or another. He’s drawn to the nurse taking care of him and does everything he can to get Ben to go out with him.
There is a lot of back and forth between these guys and entirely too much drama for my tastes. It felt out of proportion and mostly unnecessary. I get that Ben was hurt in the past, that he had trust issues, but it was too much and I found myself kind of screaming at him to get over it (and himself) already.
In general there isn’t a lot going on in this book. It’s pretty straight forward with no real detours. Boy meets boy, instant attraction, spend some time together (in and out of bed), que some commitment drama and all it entails, make up and then live happily ever after. Sometimes that’s all you need from a book, sometimes you need those detours – it all depends on what you want and expect from your next listen.
Kenneth Obi isn’t among my favourite narrators, but there are times he really nails it. That’s why I keep coming back to his books. When listening to Heart Trouble there were a few things that got to me and sadly not in a good way; the strange intonations and sentence structure, and not to mention mixing up names. At the last one I actually did go back and listen to it again just to make sure it wasn’t in my imagination.
This was a mostly sweet romance. I’ve seen others mention this wasn’t the strongest in the series so I will continue on with the next one as there is potential for something really good here.
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