BLOG TOUR REVIEW AND GIVEAWAY: GETTING ROWDY by LORI FOSTER

Welcome to The Bookish Babe's stop on the Getting Rowdy Blog Tour. The tour is being hosted by BookTrib and MLM Media. My stop includes a review and giveaway.

Series: Love Undercover
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: HQN
Publication Date: 9/24/13
Format: Paperback
Pages: 440
Source: Received from publicist for review
Rating: 4 stars

An alpha hero's attraction to the one woman he can't have could draw him into a killer's snare in the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster
Charismatic bar owner Rowdy Yates isn't the kind of man women say no to. So when he approaches waitress Avery Mullins, he fully expects to get her number. However, the elusive beauty has her reasons for keeping her distance-including a past that might come back to haunt them both.

Avery spends her nights working for tips...and trying to forget the secret Rowdy is determined to unearth. But when history threatens to repeat itself, Avery grows to rely on Rowdy's protective presence. As the sparks between them ignite, she will be forced to choose between the security she's finally found...and the passion she's always wanted.

 

Getting Rowdy was a fun, adventurous, sexy and sweet read. I'm really glad that I took the chance on jumping in mid-series, because I didn't feel out of the loop at all. This is the third book in the Love Undercover series, and while it can definitely be read as a standalone - as I did - there are details and relationships that do carry over from the first two books and I now know that I must go back and read them.

What you have in Getting Rowdy is a fairly typical romance story, with suspense mixed in. Like a lot of books of the genre, we have a badass man who's a good guy, but isn't interested in being tied down by any woman or responsibility. So therefore, we also have a beautiful, sweet woman to tempt said badass, and naturally she is the only woman in the world who could possibly cause him to give up his responsibility-free life. What ensues is a sweet and sexy love story, with both characters wanting more, and trying to find the best way to get there.

Getting Rowdy also has the suspense, or mystery. Avery is on the run from her past life, and an evil man. This leads to Rowdy and Avery becoming closer, faster, with Rowdy hell bent on keeping his girl safe. The suspense was nice, it built at a slow pace, with me even sometimes forgetting that the creeper was lurking, only to have him show back up. I will say that the culmination of the mystery was very tense and did have me on edge. I didn't quite buy the motivation, but bonus points for surprising me.

Getting Rowdy had what I'm always looking for in a good Romantic Suspense: hot badass leading man, a heroine that is smart, sweet and good for the guy, and a story that keeps my attention the whole way through. Lori Foster has a brand new fan.


Favorite Quote:

  Rowdy kept her close. He had a lot to think about. His feelings for this one particular woman. His life.
  What he would do to keep Fisher away from Avery.
  But now that his back felt better, the grinding lust was somewhat sated and Avery was here with him, soft and safe and smelling so damn sweet, he could sleep.
  Again.
  She was like a drug, the very best kind. She'd turned his world upside down, but for the first time in forever, things were starting to feel right.    ~pg. 317

The Love Undercover Series

  

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About the author
Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a Waldenbooks, Borders, USA TODAY, Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. She also received the Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy and Contemporary Romance.

Lori believes it is important to give back to the community as much as possible, so she routinely arranges events among authors and readers to gather donations for various organizations.

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