ARC REVIEW: Getting Rowdy by Lori Foster

Getting Rowdy

(Love Undercover #3)

by: Lori Foster

4 HEARTS

From Goodreads

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.

Rowdy was a very bad boy in the beginning, and not in the good way. The little stunt he pulled made him come off like so much more of a douchebag than he really was, and honestly, I was surprised Avery even put up with him after that. It’s a good thing both Avery and I like him too much to nix him. Despite that little mishap, Rowdy was everything I thought he would be and more. He was alpha without being over the top. He was incredibly intelligent, from all his years on the streets. He never did anything without thinking it through and he always made sure he had a plan. I liked how, as the story progressed, Rowdy did more and more to keep Avery not only near him but also safe. She was slowly breaking through his walls and burying herself in his heart. It wasn't until it was too late that Rowdy realized what she really meant to him. His whole world was thrown upside down, and as it turned out, it was exactly what he needed.

Avery was quite the little spitfire, and the perfect kick in the ass for Rowdy. After what happened to her in her past, she wasn't about to let another person walk all over her, especially not Rowdy. She wasn't afraid to call him out on his shit, and she certainly wasn't going to delude herself into thinking his affections for her were forever. She took it as it came, knew what she was getting into, and fought for what she wanted when she felt she was being coerced. Although she was strong and had quite a backbone, she was also innocent in ways that made her irresistible. She had vulnerabilities, but she never let them show. Only Rowdy knew cause he was so good at spotting changes in people, and once he got a whiff of something he didn't like, he made sure he figured it out so he could fix it. She knew she wanted him, and as the story went on, she wanted to heal him too. She gave him her heart and her love, and in the end captured the heart of an incredibly amazing, passionate, and loyal man.

And for the record, I still don’t like Pepper. Just wanted to throw that out there.

Great story! I’m seriously excited for Cannon! (Please let his be next! Pretty please!)

***Thank you to NetGalley who gave me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Hotness Rating
 3 out of 5