Ride: A Bad Boy Romance

Written by Roxie Noir

Narrated by Maxine Mitchell and Brett Galliford

Save a horse. Ride a cowboy.

Bull riding is dangerous as hell, but that’s half the fun. Guts, glory, and cute country girls lined up for days. It may take only eight seconds to win, but I can go all night. Yeah, I’ve broken almost every bone in my body at some point, but I’ve been the world rodeo champion two years running. Nothing’s gonna keep me from making it three. Not even Mae Guthrie, a spitfire who’s as hot as a Texas wildfire and one hell of a distraction—and who acts like she doesn’t remember me at all.... I’ll just have to remind her that we’ve been acquainted. I bet she’ll remember once she’s screaming my name.

Jackson Cody nearly ruined my life. I was dumb, drunk, and 18. He was a rodeo star with a smile that could melt steel, and I was this close to giving him everything. Thank God for that close call with the cops. I learned my lesson, grew up, and moved on. Now I’ve got my first huge assignment as a photographer, and if I play it right, this rodeo shoot could make my whole career. There’s just one problem, and it’s got spurs, boots, and hazel eyes. He’s grown up, too—Lord has he grown up—and he’s only gotten hotter, cockier, and more dangerously alluring since the last time I saw him. But now I’m older, wiser, and not interested in a fling with a cowboy...right? It’s only a couple of days. How hard can he be to resist?

Ride is a 90,000 word stand-alone romance, and it’s got a happily ever after ending and explicit scenes that’ll make you need to turn the AC up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Insatiable Press
• Release date: May 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781624615191

Reviews for Ride

[bonnie dzendzel · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved the story from the first page to the last! And the bull riding cowboy narrator voice makes you believe in true love. ❤️

[carvanz · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3 stars for the story/5 stars for the narration!

Audio-book: Narrators - Maxine Mitchell and Brett Galliford

Holy crap!!! I have never heard another male narrator do such a freaking amazing job with a character like Mr. Galliford did with Jackson Cody! I am not a swooner nor do I like to pretend something caused me to swoon (okay, not quite true) but his rendition of Jackson was so perfect, I didn’t want this book to end. So deep and smoky, that rough drawl and lazy inflection just about set my listening device on fire! The only complaint I had was the actual recording. His voice is on such a deep register that even at the loudest setting for my speakers I couldn’t hear him over the sound of running water or daily activity and that was with the speaker right next to me. I had no problem at all hearing Ms. Mitchell’s voice. Not sure what caused the issue but had his voice not melted butter, I would have stopped listening as I had to do so with my earbuds rather than with the speaker that I prefer.


Ride is a little angsty, a little bit forbidden, and a lot of steamy. The chemistry between Mae and Jackson was electric. However, Jackson tended to turn to other women a time or two after spending time with Mae. While I’m aware men will be men, I want my hero to not be able to tolerate another woman around that isn’t his woman much less allow her to sit on his lap as he holds her butt. I’ve read a lot, although not all, by this author so I was surprised by this activity as I haven’t seen it in anything else of her’s. To say I was disappointed is an understatement and it not only took me out of the story it made me not like Jackson, despite the narrator’s deep baritone.

However, once this couple get their act together and decide what their next step is, I was on board with them being together. Everything from that point onward felt organic to their relationship even if they were having to sneak around in order to protect her job. The reasons given that caused the fear of losing her job felt contrived and I had to force myself to overlook it and move on.

I did like these characters both individually and together. They were pretty well developed and I enjoyed their easy camaraderie as well as the humor they shared. Their sexy times were intense and their fun times always made me smile. The conflict was more in line with “what am I going to do with the rest of my life” and “how not to get caught with the star so I don’t lose my job” kind of thing with neither really going anywhere with much drama. It was all smoothed over rather quickly and almost absently but I was all good with it. There’s a nice little epilogue and while this is not my favorite of this author’s, I did love the audio portion and ended up enjoying the book a considerable amount.

[Bookwormum19 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ohh mama, give me a hot cowboy any day! What a brilliant introduction to this author. Loved the narrators, did an excellent job not just voicing their own character but also the other, both sounding sexy as male and female. The story was great, characters well developed and the sex scenes were awesome and added to the story as each character comes to it from a different perspective. It was sassy, funny and sexy just so much fun to listen to, looking forward listening to other books by the author.

[Carmen Forsythe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Sweet little read. Perfect balance of sweet & sexy. I want me a cocktail cowboy just like Jackson.