Publisher: Berkley
Published: March 10, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: Print ARC
Rating: 5 stars
Blurb:
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:
Romance is hella fun. When The Bromance Book Club came out last year, I knew I found myself a new author to love and stalk..er...I mean, follow. Not like the crazy chick from Misery. Nope, not crazy like that! Adams writes a wonderful story about how there's no damn place for toxic masculinity in romancelandia. None whatsoever. I fell in love with the way that the men had a secret bookclub dedicated to romance in order to love and understand their ladies better.
“We spend a lot of time talking about the unfairness of how our toxic masculine society forces us to be ashamed of embracing romance novels."
It was more than that though. Because while they read books together, what they've formed is a brotherhood that will always have their back. There's so much beauty in that. Undercover Bromance is the story of Mack; the founder of the bookclub. He's the type of fella who likes to flirt...a lot. Mainly because he has yet to find the perfect girl for him.
"He was tired of watching his friends live happily ever after while he fruitlessly searched for the future Mrs. Mack—someone he could spoil, grow old with, and cherish forever."
Enter Liz. The beautiful sous chef to a douchebag celebrity chef. Unfortunately, she gets fired when sticking up for a young girl being harassed by the chef. Enter Mack and the bros to help in any way they can. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
"Mack found his favorite author and pulled The Protector, her newest book, off the shelf. A romantic suspense about a Secret Service agent and the president’s daughter. He loved a little danger with his romance, and he especially loved an enemies-to-lovers story."
You know what was super cool with the book? It was the book the bromance club is reading and gathering inspiration from in order to pull a fast one on the creepy ex-boss. The enemies-to-lovers storyline is a lovely bonus that was seriously the best! The banter between Liv and Mack is panty-melting-scorching-hot. In my opinion, the best kinds of romance to have around.
There are many things I adored about the book and I'm always so sad to see one end when I don't want it to. The Bromance Book Club series is so damn fun, sexy, and immensely entertaining. You don't want to miss out on these books!
"There was just something satisfying about two people discovering that what makes them fight is also the thing that makes them perfect for each other."
*Thank you to the publisher for providing a free copy for an honest and unbiased review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Buy the book:
Amazon US
Amazon UK
About the Author:
Lyssa Kay Adams is the pen name of an award-winning journalist who gave up the world of telling true stories to pen emotional romances. She’s also a diehard Detroit Tigers fan who will occasionally cheer for the Red Sox because her husband is from Boston.
Lyssa lives in Michigan with her family and an anxiety-ridden Maltese who steals food and buries it around the house and who will undoubtedly be a character in a future book.
Things Lyssa loves: Baseball pants, mashed potatoes, and that little clicking sound that scissors make on the cutting table at fabric stores.
Things she doesn’t love: Mean people, melting ice cream cones, and finding food in her underwear drawer.
Keep up with Lyssa on Twitter at @LyssaKayAdams. Please note: She mostly tweets about baseball pants and mashed potatoes.
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