The Wrong Game

About This Audiobook

Kandi Steiner’s *The Wrong Game* is a rom-com that ditches saccharine meet-cutes for a premise so specific it *has* to work: a die-hard Bears fan recruits a rotating cast of men to fill her extra season ticket—until the one who *shouldn’t* stick around refuses to leave. The audiobook thrives on its razor-sharp dialogue and the chemistry between narrators Nelson Hobbs and Virginia Rose, who turn even the most absurd scenarios (a fake date involving a stolen mascot costume, a bar bet gone horribly right) into electric listening. This isn’t a romance where the leads circle each other politely; it’s a collision of stubbornness, banter, and the kind of sexual tension that makes you groan-laugh during your commute.

What sets this apart from the rom-com pack is its unapologetic Chicago vibe—Steiner weaves in the city’s sports culture, dive bars, and winter misery like a local, not a tourist. The dual narration is a masterclass in contrast: Hobbs delivers the male lead’s dry, exasperated wit with perfect timing, while Rose’s performance as the heroine oscillates between breezy confidence and the kind of flustered panic that’ll have you rewinding just to savor it. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at a romance where the conflict feels manufactured, this one’s conflict is *deliciously* self-inflicted—right down to the last, inevitable snap of emotional honesty.