Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams – Review & Giveaway

 

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Description:

Braden Mack thinks reading romance novels makes him an expert in love, but he’ll soon discover that real life is better than fiction. 

Liv Papandreas has a dream job as a sous chef at Nashville’s hottest restaurant. Too bad the celebrity chef owner is less than charming behind kitchen doors. After she catches him harassing a young hostess, she confronts him and gets fired. Liv vows revenge, but she’ll need assistance to take on the powerful chef.

Unfortunately, that means turning to Braden Mack. When Liv’s blackballed from the restaurant scene, the charismatic nightclub entrepreneur offers to help expose her ex-boss, but she is suspicious of his motives. He’ll need to call in reinforcements: the Bromance Book Club.

Inspired by the romantic suspense novel they’re reading, the book club assists Liv in setting up a sting operation to take down the chef. But they’re just as eager to help Mack figure out the way to Liv’s heart… even though she’s determined to squelch the sparks between them before she gets burned.

 

 

Review:

Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams is the 2^nd book in her Bromance Book Club series.  I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and looked forward to what Adams had for us in Undercover Bromance; and I will say this was as much fun or even better than the first book.

Braden Mack is our hero in this book, and you can’t help love him.  He is not only charming, sweet and caring, but he is a gorgeous hunk.  I loved Braden (Mack) and his book club friends, who are always there to help their fellow buddies.  It is fun and at times humorous to see these hunks discuss romance novels, and make suggestions to each other how to handle women with care and love.

We meet our heroine, Liv Papandreas, as she works for a famous restaurant as a sous chef.  Mack is being interviewed, when Liv accidently drops an expensive cupcake on his lap; Liv’s boss is incensed.  When Liv catches her boss making sexual harassments to his hostess, she confronts him on his behavior and is fired.  Liv finds herself out of work, and her nasty boss is making sure she will never work again in the restaurant business by telling lies about her.

Mack discovers this and tries to help Liv, who is Thea’s sister (heroine in first book) and Gavin’s wife; but at first, she is snarky to Mack.  Mack is determined to help her, and enlists his book club friends to help bring down her ex-boss.  In a short time, a slow build romance will begin between Liv and Mack, though I have to say for at least half the book, I really wasn’t crazy about Liv and her stubborn, arrogant and nasty treatment of Mack.  But that does change in time, and they made a great couple (if she would open her heart to the perfect man).  Mack was such a great hero, as you couldn’t help swoon over him, and we knew in time he would find a way to crack Liv’s shell.

What follows is a fun story, especially with the guys trying to help, and the hilarious situations they find themselves in.  Lots of fun.  I also enjoyed the relationship between Rosie and Hop, an older couple, who were Liv’s friends.  Both Mack and Liv had their own family issues from their past, and they needed to move on from that.  I also liked the story line focusing on women’s fight against sexual harassment and abuse issue, which is similar to the ”me too” movement. 

Undercover Bromance was a humorous fun story line, very romantic, and a fantastic group of alpha’s that had me laughing throughout.  Lyssa Kay Adams did a wonderful job writing this fun story, which you need to read.  I know I will be waiting for the next book in this series.  

Reviewed by Barb

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