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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Review: Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Author: Lyssa Kay Adams
Publisher:Berkeley
Publication Date: March 2020

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 assist 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 while she’s determined to squelch the sparks between them before she gets burned.


Undercover Bromance is the sequel to The Bromance Book Club.  I can say that I liked this one a LOT more than the first book.   You can read this one as a stand alone.  However, the first book does explain the book club a bit more.  I was really glad that there were many "excerpts" from the book that the club was reading.  I felt like there were too many of those in the first book.  This one is Liv and Braden Mack's story. 

I was glad that Liv got a story, because I couldn't stand her in the first book.  We get to know her a lot better in this book and more about what her childhood was like.  It went a long way to explain her actions and behavior.  I loved how Mack and Liv played off of each other.  Their banter was fun and it was a cute "hate to love" romance.  They were really good for each other.  Mack's back story was just as heartbreaking.  I loved his conversations with the guys in the book club.    I felt like there was a lot more humor in this book.  I laughed out loud multiple times.  Oh, and we finally get to find out the Russian's name.  I do recommend this one.  I look forward to reading the next one.

1 comment:

Ethan said...

I love when an author is able to make me care for a character I didn't really appreciate at first. I'd definitely say that Neville from Harry Potter was that character for me. I didn't really appreciate him until the fifth book!