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    Any Man of Mine
    Any Man of Mine
    Any Man of Mine
    Audiobook7 hours

    Any Man of Mine

    Written by Rachel Gibson

    Narrated by Kathe Mazur

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    About this audiobook

    “Rachel does it again! A fun, steamy story.”
    —Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author

    What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there, as New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rachel Gibson delightfully demonstrates in her smart and sexy romance, Any Man of Mine. The story of a successful wedding planner whose world is turned upside-down when the man she once impetuously married in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony bursts unexpectedly back into her life, Any Man of Mine is pure joy—a beautiful marriage of the wit, heart, and sensuality that is a hallmark of two-time RITA® Award winner Gibson, solidifying her equal standing among Jennifer Crusie, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and Nora Roberts as the crème de la crème of contemporary romance fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJul 5, 2011
    ISBN9780062113344
    Any Man of Mine
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    Rachel Gibson

    Rachel Gibson began her fiction career at age sixteen, when she ran her car into the side of a hill, retrieved the bumper, and drove to a parking lot, where she strategically scattered the car’s broken glass all about. She told her parents she’d been the victim of a hit-and-run and they believed her. She’s been making up stories ever since, although she gets paid better for them nowadays.

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    • 5/5
      I love this sereis!
    • 3/5
      Narrator was so corny. Book was a little lame too.
    • 2/5
      Admittedly I'm not all too fond of the Hockey series, but Rachel Gibson is one of my must-read authors when it comes to chick-lit, so I inevitably will buy all her books. Same ingredients as always, this time round with a, at first, not all too likable male main character which readers of other novels in the series will already know by name, Sam LeClaire, and a pretty redhead named Autumn, who is in fact his ex-wife. After the usual highs and lows, the couple will get together again. Obviously the sexual pull was too strong to stay apart. While it is funny and sexy, this certainly isn't the best work in comparison to other books by the author, but I soaked up this brain candy like a chocolate bar after three weeks of dieting nonetheless. I realize that romance novels are often the same mix with different faces, but in this case just not all that convincing to me. Here's hoping the next one will be more to my liking!In short: If you like Rachel's books, you're going to read this regardless, though admittedly it's not one of my favorites by her!
    • 3/5
      I just couldn't get into this one. Maybe too much of a good thing, but it didn't grip me like the others I have read in this series.
    • 5/5
      I don't read many romance novels and I'm incredibly picky about what I do read. I can't stand anything resembling Fifty Shades of Grey and I'm not big on the classic mass-market romance novel writers like Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. I picked up Rachel Gibson many years ago and since then, I've read everything she's ever written, usually multiple times. Gibson writes for the younger adult woman who likes a little plot, a little disaster, and a little fun. I love that Rachel Gibson has written several mini-series and connected some of the characters in her many different books. What's more, is Rachel Gibson writes a fantastic mini-series about a group of good-looking Canadian hockey players. Any Man of Mine is a part of the Chinooks hockey series and not only do I feel it's the best in the series, but it's the best of everything she's written. Sam is a famous hockey player for the Chinooks. He met Autumn at a very low point in his life and the end result of their fling is their young son, Connor. Autumn is a strong, confident, and sometimes stubborn single mom who has yet to get over Sam abandoning her. The story that unravels is one of making a choice to forgive and forget, and one of being able to accept someone truly being able to change. I love the interactions between father and son and the way that Autumn cannot help but fall back in love with Sam. Is he not the Canadian woman's dream: a sexy, rich hockey player who is a good father, and undeniably, utterly and completely in love with an average woman? There are some familiar faces from the other Chinooks books, as well as some NHL player name-dropping. Rachel Gibson is a perfect summer read. The intimacy of the characters is important, but not the central focus of the novel. There's something substantial in the plot to appreciate and her books are fun, witty, and leave you with a very sweet happily-ever-after.
    • 4/5
      While I did enjoy this, it's not my favourite. I do think however, that the author always manages to write a pretty engaging story and the descriptions of this particular big, brawny hockey player were seriously hot.
    • 5/5
      Any Man of Mine by Rachel GibsonAutumn Haven marries Sam LaClair hockey player, who is raising their son and asks for another chance.What happens in Vegas, she just wanted to take in a show and gamble a bit. That's not quite what happened. She's a wedding planner and one of her jobs is Sam's friend.Veronica who chases him from town to town as the hockey team plays and travels, she is wanting more from him...Book travels back to when they met, love Las Vegas strip and the different places there that I also have fond memories of.Back to the present day he also gets their son some nights when he's in town from the hockey season. She remembers what she loved about Sam even now.Love the 'any man of mine isms' at the beginning of every chapter, sets the mood.With his injury they get to spend a lot more time together and Autumn and Sam have much unfinished business to finish...Love the hot steamy sex, it's just the right touch...
    • 4/5
      Rachel Gibson's Chinooks Hockey Team series just keeps getting better and better. So far every book I have read in this series has not left me with any disappointment at all. Any Man Of Mine is currently book six of the series, and honestly, my favorite so far in the entire series. Autumn has finally learned to let go of her past with Sam and has vowed to never let Sam or any other man have an effect on her the way he did. She has finally moved on and her career is booming. Sam obviously doesn't think about Autumn or that amazing weekend they spent together, but all that changes when they see each other again at his teammate's wedding. Autumn happens to be the wedding planner and knew she would see Sam again, but did not think he would still be able to stir any type of emotion in her.I was easily pulled into Autumn shoes. It was heart breaking everything she went through with Sam. She quickly fell in love with Sam and actually thought that it was something real in Vegas. She had no idea Sam would just pick up and leave and act like it never happened. Autumn was heart broken and left with so many unanswered questions. Now that they are face to face again Sam can't help but remember what exactly it was that pulled him to Autumn in the first place. As they try to build a friendship with each other, somewhere down the line they end up back in each others arms. Autumn changed Sam back in Vegas and neither one of them knew it. He was having a rough time and wasn't ready to be with Autumn then. Now, he is seeing her and their relationship in a whole different light. It was very emotional and touching. I definitely recommend Any Man of Mine and all the previous books in her Chinooks Hockey Team series. They are full of some super hot and sexy men, a little humor, mixed emotions and some very touching love stories. You will not regret it! My only problem is now waiting for the next in the series. I want it now! LOL4 out of 5 Stars!
    • 5/5
      I love this sereis!
    • 4/5
      I went between 4 and 5 stars!! I really loved this story! It was so sweet and heartwarming! It was a quick read because it was so enjoyable!! No annoying characters it was just a really good sweet romance! I loved the cover and that is what drew me in but it is just a really fun book!
    • 3/5
      Not Gibson at her best. It felt as though I'd read this one before.
    • 4/5
      My sister loves romance novels and chick lit. She has stacks and stacks of paperbacks pretty much everywhere. Over the weekend I was in the Poconos and she had Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson on her bedside table. I was totally attracted to this novel by the cover, it was simple and romantic. I loved the flower in the woman's hair and the pearl earring. When I read the summary, I was stoked that Ms. Gibson was taking me back to Seattle for another chapter in the love lives of the men of the Seattle's fictional hometown hockey team, the Chinooks. So, yeah I was sold.I love hockey (Go Isles & Jenn's Sabers!) and a novel about the fictional love lives of hockey players is pretty much right up my alley. Once I got the bones of the story, I couldn’t put the novel down. It’s your basic boy meets girl, boy is a jackass and loses girl, boy tries to win girl back story. This one had the added elements of an impulsive Vegas wedding following by an unplanned pregnancy.Overall I thought this was a great summer read, perfect for the beach, pool, or lake. I really liked Autumn and Sam as a couple. I had my pompoms out and was cheering for them to reconcile. Although the story was obviously shroud in fantasy, I liked that Ms. Gibson gave Autumn character, she was very real to me. In many ways she reminded me of our very own Julie, for reasons I can’t really explain other than she showed maturity beyond her years and took something that would have knocked any other woman on her ass and turned it into something positive. I think Sam had the perfect mix of jerk and charmer, and it was nice to see him mature into the kind of man worthy of Autumn.Is this the kind of novel that will change your life? Probably not. But if you are a hockey and romance fan, you'll enjoy it.Now if I can only figure out a way to get Ms. Gibson’s The Seattle Chinooks into a TV series very much like the short lived Canadian MVP and the UK’s Dream Team….
    • 3/5
      My thoughts:Yes this is book but with some books you can read out of order. I jumped in head first and I had no trouble at all. Since this is about hockey players finding love and they all got a book of their own. Even if other players were mentioned here I never felt lost. So you can read this one without having read the other books.Many have said it and yes I agree, Sam is pretty much as an ass for much of this book. He is a hockey player who likes his women tall, with big boobs and not much between the ears. Once he tried something else and that was Autumn. Married her and left her pregnant. No wonder she does not like him. He says she blows hot and cold, well that is because you are an ass mister. She is a struggling mom with a job that takes a lot of time. I liked her at once. Sam, well Sam took some time to get used to. He stood his son up a lot too, and the things he said sometimes. You do not say to your son that some things he does are something a sissy would do. Now it sounds like I hated Sam, but I didn’t. He was just a jerk that did not think about other people any more.That sounds hopeless doesn’t it? It was, but Sam started to change a little at a time. He understood that he should be there for his son, and that it was a woman like Autumn he should have in his life. Not a silly braindead model. He is a man who changes, and it’s not like he is fully changed at the end. Things like that take time, but he is almost there. And I liked that because change takes time, and here it certainly did. He did really want Autumn, and I forgave him.Conclusion:A different sort of contemporary romance. I did not fall for the hero at once, he had to work to prove he was a good man.
    • 1/5
      I should start this review by saying that I’m a huge fan of Rachel Gibson and I was anxiously anticipating this book. I should continue this review by saying how disappointed I was after reading it. This book didn’t work for me at all; I can honestly say that the only redeeming quality about it was the writing style.Any Man of Mine is book six in the series about the fictional hockey team the Seattle Chinooks but stands alone quite well so you can read this one first.The book's leads are Sam and Autumn. About six years ago they met in Vegas. 72 hours latter Autumn finds herself left alone in the hotel room after her wedding night (that’s right, they got married). It turns out that Sam, who apparently was drunk the whole time, has realized his mistake and has fled the crime scene. Days later Sam has files for divorce while Autumn finds out she is pregnant. After the birth of the boy, and after the paternity test results come back positive, Sam agrees to take care of him financially, but he is pretty much absent from the boy’s life. Flash forward five years later and Autumn and Sam meet again. This time they try to be more civilized to each other for their son’s sake. Here is where the book begins and you probably can guess what comes next.This book had an interesting plot, a very crappy hero trying to clean up his act and be a good father. I like books where the characters have layers and are not particularly good or even likeable, but to be honest this book took it too far. Sam is so unlikeable and behaves like such a jerk, that the only thing I could think while reading the book was that he had a lot of hoops to jump in order to redeem himself. It became apparent that those hoops would never come, and why would they? The heroine was an idiot; she forgave him almost magically fast. Sam behaved like a douche the whole book and the only thing that was different by the end was that he now was somewhat present in his son’s life, and he wasn’t sleeping around. I can quote tons of examples for you to get an idea of what a piece of work this guy was, but I’ll just use this conversation they have after he arrives late to drop their son at Autumn’s:“You said you’d have him here at noon.”“I said ish.”“What?”“I said noon-ish.”The tick in her eye moved to the center of her forehead.“What is that? Some sort of special Sam time? While the rest of the world lives and operates in time zones, you’re special and operate in ish?”He smiled like he thought she was funny. “I wanted to spend a little more time with him, Autumn. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to spend a little time with my son.”He made it sound so reasonable. “You’re an hour and a half late. I thought something might have happened.”“Sorry you were worried.”That wasn’t good enough. Besides, she didn’t believe him. He threw the word around, but he didn’t mean it. Sam was never sorry about anything. “When you didn’t show up, I called.”He nodded. “I forgot my phone at home. When we got back, I saw that you’d phoned.”“What? You didn’t think to return my call? To let me know Conner was okay?”He folded his big arms over his equally big chest.“It occurred to me, but by the way you blew up the phone with all your calls, I knew you’d chew my ass. Just like you’re dying to do right now. And to tell you the truth, I’m never going to purposely call anyone who’s dying to chew my ass.”She took a deep breath and glanced up at the big window and Conner’s little face glued to the glass.Holding on to her control by a thread, she calmly said,“You’re immature and irresponsible.”“Well, sweetheart, I’ve never said I wasn’t irresponsible. But you’re too controlling.”“He’s my son.”“He’s my son, too.”“He’s your son when it’s convenient for you.”“Well, it was convenient today. Get over it.”Do I need to say more? Because the only reason I didn’t stop reading right there was because I still had hope that Rachel would manage to redeem Sam.I think it was good for Sam to realize that he was hurting his son, and I get that he was immature when he had him. I can even believe that he loved the boy, I just think that he was a self-centered bastard who loved himself more. He had a crappy father, he knew how was like to have an absent parent and to be disappointed and brokenhearted. Then why was he doing the same exact thing to his own son?Now, don’t get me wrong, the hero wasn’t the only one who ruined the book for me, the heroine was responsible for that too. Here we have a woman who goes to Vegas, gets married two days after meeting a guy, falls in love, or thinks she falls in love, then gets dumped, gets slapped with a divorce order, finds out she’s pregnant, gets slapped with a paternity test, the father only shows up after the baby is born, he then proceeds to broke promise after promise he made to the kid, and what does she do? Nothing. She doesn’t get on with her life; she says she hates him passionately, but can’t move on! Once the guy is back claiming to be a better person, she just takes him back? Like that? We are talking about the same guy whose own coworkers, the guys who are his family, his friends, don’t know he has a son! Come on, they deserve each other! This is the first time I read a romance novel where I’m absolutely positive that the leads won’t stay together happily ever after. I just hope their son will grow up to be a happy and well-adjusted man, but with parents like those I seriously doubt it.Let me tell you how this book should have ended: Sam steps up to the plate and becomes a good dad, but he doesn’t get together with Autumn again. She finds someone different, and Sam matures more in time as a consequence of his newfound responsibility, and then he finds a woman he can love and respect and be happy with. The book ends with both leads finding their HEA away from each other. Sadly that ending is only in my head.What really happens is that Sam becomes a good dad but keeps on being unlikeable, which is fair enough I guess, and Autumn remarries him. By the end of the book I was more annoyed at her than at him.I’m really glad this is not the first time I read something by Rachel Gibson, because otherwise it would have been my last. I really don’t know what happened because I have enjoyed all of her books and she is on my auto-buy list. I am going to forget about this book and hope the next one is better.I won’t recommend this book to you, I will recommend Rachel though. If you are a fan of sport player heroes she is the one for you, just skip this one, because there is not even any hockey on it.