A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams – Review & Giveaway
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Description:
Country music’s golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren’t about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he’d be wallowing in self-pity.
It’s hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish about the excess of Christmas when her clients are scrambling to afford their rent. So when her estranged, wealthy family reaches out with an offer that will allow her to better serve the community, she’s unable to say no. She just needs to convince Colton to be the new face of her family’s whiskey brand. No big deal…
Colton agrees to consider Gretchen’s offer in exchange for three dates before Christmas. With the help of the Bromance Book Club, Colton throws himself into the task of proving to her there’s a spark between them. But Gretchen and Colton will both need to overcome the ghosts of Christmas past to build a future together.
Review:
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams is the 5th book in her wonderful Bromance Book Club series. Having enjoyed the first four books in this series, I looked forward to reading A Very Merry Bromance, and happy to say I thought it was the best one yet. This is a fun romantic series that centers around a male book club group, most being athletes, and how they read and discuss romance novels to help teach each other how to handle their women with care and love.
Colton Wheeler, our hero, is a country music star, who is attending one of his friends (bromance book club members), wedding, and ends the evening with an amazing one-night stand with Gretchen Winthrop (she used to date Mack). But she walks out in the morning claiming she needed to get back to her life, which did not include Colton.
Gretchen is an immigration attorney, who is an heiress of Winthrop family: one of Tennessee’s richest and most influential families. But Gretchen is not close to her family, but when her brother asks her to help obtain Colton as a brand ambassador for the family-owned whiskey line, Carraig Aonair Whiskey, she agrees. Gretchen forces herself to visit Colton, making an offer to be the face of the famous Carraig Aonair Whiskey. Still unable to forget their glorious night together, Colton makes a counter offer; go on some dates with him.
Colton and Gretchen’s relationship becomes steamy, though she was a hard case to love. Gretchen comes from a wealthy family, but the family did not treat her good; especially her bad brother, Evan. We totally understood how her family was unbearable; and why she was closed off. I loved how Colton would push Gretchen to begin to enjoy Christmas, as well as meet all of his friends, making her know what a true family was like.
What follows is a fun sexy holiday story, that had many tender moments, as well as being emotional. I enjoyed meeting Colton’s family, did not like the Winthrops, and loved seeing the wonderful members of the Bromance Book Club. The guys were so much fun, and the women also joined in.
A Very Merry Romance was another humorous fun story line, with a couple that won us over later in the book, and the fantastic group of alpha men/females 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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