Rough Road

Written by Vanessa North

Narrated by Archie Montgomery

Eddie Russell is many things: A wealthy pillar of the community. An outrageous flirt. A doting best friend. A masochist with a kink for brawling with his bedmates. But he is definitely not a man who invites intimacy. His friends are close but few, his lovers rarer still.

When Eddie runs his Mercedes off the road on a hot July afternoon, Wish Carver comes to his aid—and leaves his number in Eddie’s phone. Wish, a road crew worker half Eddie’s age and sexy as sin, seems fascinated by Eddie’s different sides. Mutual attraction and compatible kinks ignite the sheets, but it’s their connection outside the bedroom that Eddie begins to crave.

When the two come down on opposite sides of a local issue, Eddie finds his growing feelings for Wish at odds with his business interests and his devotion to his best friend, local wakeboarding legend Ben Warren. Torn between old loyalties and his new love, Eddie is reluctant to make a choice. But he knows he can’t make Wish wait too long to make up his mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Jun 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094418698

Vanessa North

Vanessa North is a romance novelist, a short fiction geek, and a knitter of strange and wonderful things. Her works have been shortlisted for both the Lambda Literary Award and the RITA© Award, and have garnered praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Publisher’s Weekly. She lives in Northwest Georgia with her family: a Viking, twin teenagers, and a very, very large dog.

Reviews for Rough Road

[Unathi Guma · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed the story a bit. It is a bit of a cringe fest however. The play violence is rather challenging to get into, so I skipped most of it. And there is also a VERY irresponsible scene about safe sex. I thought that entire scene was horrific, misleading and very irresponsible of the author ! Especially because it was VERY unnecessary, they could've written an engaging dialogue, that would still be informative and NOT so irresponsible.

[giuliosuprig · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Sexy and touching

Made me want to get a gish ring

[judy griffin · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Not a good writer.