Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
I usually take the weekends off but when it’s an Anne Calhoun book, well, that’s worth a post! We gave this one a DIK. Maria Rose wrote:
Under the Surface is an apt title for this suspenseful, dramatic, and sexy romance seething with emotional undercurrents. It’s part of the Alpha Ops series, though the first full length novel. The previous three were novellas featuring Navy SEALs, and the third one, The SEAL’s Second Chance introduced the character of Eve, a young woman who struggled long and hard to make the dream of running her own business a reality.. She’s the heroine of this story, and is in a spot of trouble.
Her bar, Eye Candy, is her pride and joy but it borders on the wrong side of the tracks. As the name suggests, there’s plenty of eye candy at the bar, in this case in the form of male bartenders and bouncers. It’s not a strip club, just a fun place for women to come and hang out, for bachelorette parties, and for your typical bar hookups. When Lyle, an old friend, asks if he can use her club as a money drop for his drug dealing, Eve plays along. But the East Side of Lancaster is her home and she’s tired of seeing it overrun by dealers and pimps. She wants the streets cleaned up, so she approaches another friend, Lieutenant Ian Hawthorn of the Lancaster police, who suggests she string Lyle along while they gather enough evidence to arrest him. Unbeknownst to Eve though, Ian puts one of his trusted men undercover in her bar. Matt plays the role of Chad, a bartender looking for a new gig. Eve has just fired one of her bartenders and Chad’s quiet confidence nets him the job. Matt takes his undercover role seriously, but it’s not long before it all blows up, his identity revealed just as ‘Chad’ and Eve are becoming more than friends. Eve has no choice but to continue working with him, the operation more important than her personal feelings. Falling for Chad was easy but he wasn’t real. And for Matt, there’s no choice but to play the role he’s been given, even if it means the one woman who might have loved him could slip through his fingers….
Matt has definitely found himself a place on my book boyfriends shelf, right up there with Hunter. Under the Surface is a taut, exciting, sexy romance and is definitely worth the read.
It’s on sale for 0.75 here!