The Bromance Book Club

By: Lyssa Kay Adams

Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Maxwell Caulfield

The first rule of book club:
You don't talk about book club.

Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: His wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he’s let his pride and fear get the better of him.

Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.

Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.

One of Bustle’s “21 New Rom-Coms Out in Fall 2019 to Give You Warm and Fuzzy Feelings All Season Long“

©2019 Lyssa Kay Adams (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Sweet and funny and emotional. I zoomed through this one Sunday, totally compelled by the romance (and the bromance!). I'm so looking forward to seeing more of this book club." (Nalini Singh, New York Times best-selling author)

"The Bromance Book Club is a you’re-gonna-burn-dinner book because you will not want to put it down. Laugh out loud with tons of heart, this is an absolutely adorable must read." (Avery Flynn, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author)

"The Bromance Book Club is a delight! Even though Gavin is nothing less than swoon worthy, it was Adams' heroine that stole the show. With her perfect imperfections, she made me feel seen as a wife, mom, and woman. I raced to finish this book, but still never wanted it to end!" (Alexa Martin, author of Intercepted)

I loved this!

I absolutely adore the premise of The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams . I have always said that men should read romance if they really want to know how to treat a woman, and this was a perfect demonstration. I also love a book where a married couple finds their way back to each other. Due to my own personal situation, this book hit me in the feels as well as made me laugh.

Gavin Scott is a famous baseball player. He is so busy with his career and his team, that he doesn’t realize he is neglecting his wife. When he discovers that his wife has been faking big Os since they got together, he is so butthurt that he he leaves when his wife tells him to after not speaking for weeks. Apparently she has been miserable for a while and never told him.

“Do you want to fight for your marriage?”
“Yes.” Jesus, yes. More than anything. And shit, now his throat was closing again.
“What are you willing to do?”
“Anything.”
“Do you mean that?”
“W-w-what the f***? Of course, I mean it.”

Gavin has a stutter that has affected his confidence his whole life. Thea was the one who loved him because of his stutter, not in spite of it. But due to an accidental pregnancy with twins, their relationship was fast-tracked. 3 years later, she hates the baseball life and she’s been faking it. When Gavin moved out, her sister moved in to help, and she was like the devil on Thea’s shoulder. Ugh, I hated her. But I LOVED all the professional sports guys who step in to lend Gavin a hand. They’ve all been through it.

“Everyone ready?” The guys nodded, mouths full. “Good. First rule of book club?” They finished in unison. “You don’t talk about book club.”
What. The.(bleep).
Gavin looked around for a hidden camera. This had to be a prank.
“A book club? That’s your grand plan for saving my marriage?”

Haven’t you ever wished your guy would read some of your books and get the freaking hint? Darn, I wish all men were required to read romance. Sigh….

I loved Gavin. He wanted to make his wife happy so badly but he had no clue how. He was really clueless…but what really annoyed me was that IT WASN’T HIS FAULT. SHE is the one who has been lying for all this time. How would he know that she’s not happy if she was going to lie about it? And don’t even get me started on her sister.

"From the moment I first saw you, I have been half a man, because you’ve always held the other half of me."

Likes:

•Such a fun and unique premise!
•I loved the guys in the club.
•Gavin was a sweetheart who loved his wife so much.
•I loved the way the historical novel they were reading weaved through the book, including the narration. “Courting the Countess” was cheesy but added some lighthearted humor.
•I loved that he had a stutter and how she helped him through.
•The Russian made me laugh.
•I usually don’t love 3rd person books, but honestly I didn’t even notice it. Sometimes it makes you feel detached, but here, perhaps because it was a male narrator, I never felt that.
•The Nashville setting. (My son lives there, it was nice to recognize what they were talking about).
•It was over-the-top silly at times (the feminist men) interspersed with some pretty heavy moments. They balanced each other well.
•That cover!

Dislikes:

•Liv. Thea’s sister was so hateful to Gavin and so selfish. I couldn’t stand her.
•I thought Thea was way too rough on him. The marital problems seemed way more like her fault than his.

The Narration:
I am so glad to hear a not- overused narrator and love him. I especially enjoyed that there was a different British author for the “Courting the Countess” scenes. I definitely hope to hear more from both narrators.

The Down & Dirty:
I really enjoyed this unique and fun audiobook. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said men need to read romance! The Bromance Book Club was a good mix of emotion, laughs, silliness and fun, but it tackled some pretty serious issues. I loved the book club guys and I am so excited to grab the next in the series, Undercover Bromance.

Rating: 4.25 Stars, 3 Heat, 5 Narration

I am a guy

I think it’s funny how guys read this trying to be better at communicating with women. The book is okay but I did think the reason why they broke up was strange. Every man wants his women to come when having sex. I have had to ask in the past but not every time. The idea that he didn’t know for three years is stupid but other than that it was a good book. Okay and she was the one lieing her ass of. If she had just been honest then they could have worked on it with other so she could come.

I’m personally not very good at relationships so that’s why I am here so that when I get into a new relationship I won’t bungle it up.

My solution to be better at a relationship is do something nice for your special person every day. They may not realize it is that until time goes on and then my ladie would think, he is always considerate. This is a solution for the dick problem…or acting like one rather. If you do something small for them you will become a more thoughtful considerate person over time. Opening up is so important but making the time out of preferably every day to do something with them, like reading together just like the book talked. I am religious so it probably would be to have a morning devotional then at night do reading. Another thing that seems to get me in trouble is texting. I don’t know what is but in my last relationship I got into more trouble by misunderstanding each other than anything else. I guess I will see how it goes with the next relationship. I am hopeful it will be different if I work a little harder to be a better person.

Good luck everyone making your special person really happy.

Fun Story and Amazing Narrators

Andrew Eiden's voice was made for audio book narration! I love the way he handled Gavin's stutter and the Russian's accent. They made this audio so endearing. Maxwell Caulfield's contribution was a fun addition and luckily his aristocratic accent kept me from picturing him/Rex Manning each time he spoke. This story is so cute and I am excited to check out book 2. The only reason this review is 4 stars instead of 5 is because the 3rd person narrative style makes the audio difficult to listen to in a couple of scenes where there are a lot of characters in the scene. A few times it becomes like listening to a wall of names. Unfortunately most of these scenes are at the beginning of the book and could cause some listeners to check out early. But this is a great book that is otherwise perfect for audio.

Wow.

Loved it. cute, clever, and sexy. Had me feeling giddy at the end. great read

This book is amazing.

Loved it ! Can recommend it to someone who likes second chance romance , to married and non married people. I think I might have my husband listen to it too lol Performance was amazing, good humor and good story. Finished it in a day , literally couldn’t stop listening

So much fun!

This book was so much fun! I love the main characters and their twin girls. Even though Gavin and Thea are struggling in their marriage they never stopped loving each other.

Fun Read

This was a great twist on a romance. There was humor and heat. The characters were relatable.

First favorite of 2023!

I was hooked from beginning to end! I was excited to drive somewhere so I could keep reading and find out what happened next ❤️

Good narrator

Great story and loved it for a good pallet cleanser. Seemed like a struggle at first. But got into it towards the end

Bromance

Interesting concept but not my type of book. Unrealistic. Maybe good for younger women. Older women know better