{"id":56203,"date":"2020-12-01T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=56203"},"modified":"2020-12-01T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:31:07","slug":"release-arc-review-loverboy-the-company-2-by-sarina-bowen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=56203","title":{"rendered":"Release & ARC Review: Loverboy (The Company, #2) by Sarina Bowen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Secrets, desires, and exquisite pie. It\u2019s all in a day\u2019s work at The Company.<\/b><\/p>\n

Growing up, I was the rough guy from the wrong neighborhood who couldn\u2019t catch a break. Posy was the pampered girl I tried to impress. But I managed to steal only a single kiss before I had to skip town.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m back, and the tables are turned. Posy runs a struggling pie shop. I\u2019m the VP of a secretive billion dollar security company.<\/p>\n

Not that I can tell her.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a murderer on the loose in New York, and he seems to spend a lot of time at Posy\u2019s shop. I can\u2019t let on that I\u2019m here to bring him down before he can harm a hair on her pretty head.<\/p>\n

Going undercover as Posy\u2019s new barista wasn\u2019t my idea. I don\u2019t even drink coffee. But now I have to call her \u201cboss,\u201d and do everything the curvy perfectionist asks of me. I\u2019d forgotten how much we infuriate each other, and that she somehow fills me with both irritation and desire in the same breath.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nobody more skilled at stealth ops than me. I can bring this killer down. Right after I take a cold shower. And just as soon as I figure out how to make a skinny peppermint latte with milk poured in the shape of a kitten\u2026<\/p>\n

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Review<\/b><\/h4>\n

4 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

I love this book! A romantic, fun and suspenseful story that sucked me in and captivated me from start to finish.<\/p>\n

This is the second book in The Company<\/i> series, which centres around the badasses working in a high-tech, top-secret security firm, but you can easily read this as a standalone, with very little crossover from the first book in the series.<\/p>\n

Gunnar is one of the original guys who formed The Company, and he has been called from his home in California to the New York City base for a special mission \u2013 he is to pose as a barista and work in a downtown pie\/coffee shop to scope the place out for a potential murderer who is using the shop\u2019s wifi to post disturbing content on the dark web. First problem \u2013 he hates coffee and has no idea how to make it. Second problem \u2013 the shop is run by Posy, a woman from Gunnar\u2019s past who he is less than pleased to see again.<\/p>\n

Gunnar and Posy worked together tending bar one summer 15 year ago. They were enemies competing for the same job, but ended their time together with \u201cthe most outrageous kiss\u201d before they fell apart in bad circumstances. They haven\u2019t seen each other since.<\/p>\n

Posy has recently started her life all over again after cutting ties with her controlling family and divorcing her husband. She has poured everything she has into starting her own shop, and it\u2019s doing really well, but she\u2019s short staffed. So, when Gunnar walks into her store asking to take her vacant barista position, she isn\u2019t in much of a position to turn him away.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear from the first time these two are around each other that they have chemistry. It sizzles in every interaction, and they are obviously attracted to each other. There\u2019s still an element of animosity between them as well, which just adds to the intensity, especially when Gunnar starts up with the flirtatious behaviour that drew Posy so wild all those years ago.<\/p>\n

I give her a wink. An actual wink, like a sleazy asshole. The same thing happened when I was twenty-one, damn it. I turned into a slightly louder, more obnoxious version of myself whenever she walked into the room.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s a great set up that is all kinds of entertaining, and while I was enjoying the dynamic between Gunnar and Posy, all while the mystery\/suspense part of the storyline is playing out. Gunnar is searching for a murderer, without having any clue who they are, and there are intricate plotlines and secret side missions that go on throughout the story.<\/p>\n

Posy soon finds herself all caught up in it, which provides the perfect opportunity for all of that sexual tension to explode, and she and Gunnar fall into a passionate, easy and natural relationship. They both fully embrace everything that is happening between them and the love story is so, so gorgeous, full of teasing, laughs, sweet and tender moments, and of course, lots of sexy time. But they both know can\u2019t go anywhere, because Gunnar will be returning to California as soon as his mission is done. No matter how hard it will be.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t really know what a future for Posy and I would look like. But I do know that she and I aren\u2019t done. We can\u2019t be.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But first he has to catch a killer, and it\u2019s an exciting, suspenseful ride. And neither of them could have predicted how the investigation \u2013 and their story \u2013 would end.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this book. Gunnar and Posy are fabulous characters, and their dynamic is lots of fun. I laughed out loud at Gunnar and his internal thoughts, I loved Posy\u2019s strength, and I was completely swept up in their banter-filled romance. The mystery\/suspense storyline is also really intriguing, and I thought that the two plotlines are woven together really well.<\/p>\n

I loved getting to see more of The Company members, and I\u2019m really excited for more books from this series. Can we please get a story for Max and Scout!!<\/p>\n

Fun, suspenseful and romantic, this was a great ride, and I loved it.<\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Company<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Moonlighter (#1)<\/strong>
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Loverboy (#2)<\/strong>
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Check out more great reads at our Sarina Bowen Author Spotlight<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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