No, Brady Banks, you CAN kiss the nanny! In fact, please - please - kiss the nanny! We beg you, kiss her.
For starters, I loved book one of the Kingsmen series and learning all about Lee Burrows and Shayna, and getting glimpses of Brady throughout that book was writing gold. Piper and Rayne are geniuses when it comes to teasing the next book as they finish a book - and how they teased Brady's book in Lee's... it had me counting down the days for this one, so you can imagine my happy dance when it dropped in my Kindle.
What became an unexpected surprise was the trajectory of this story, learning the depths of who Brady Banks is. He had been portrayed as a devoted father, playboy, and good friend. Did I mention good-looking and a complete chick magnet? That too, that too. So imagine Brady's surprise when after hooking up with a girl, she said, "No thank you" when he asked to see her again (this was in Lee's book). Never in Brady's 30-some-years had a girl said no to him. Much to his friends' delight, they too were shocked, but as guys will do, they teased him about this. Enter Brady's book, some 6-months after the hookup, and then enter the new nanny for his son. Violet. The girl who turned him down.
Holy, mother of all hookups. Why did I feel so gleeful in this moment? The suspense, the anticipation, the emotions... it's everything. How will Brady react, how will Violet? Will they tell Brady's baby mama and co-parent partner who is standing right there! Oh how I loved this awkwardness and suspense.
This book turned out to be so sweet though. Sure there were a few issues along the road, how could there not be in this genre, but I just found it to be so damn sweet and refreshing. I loved how committed of a father Brady is and how incredibly he and his son's mother work together - always with their son's best interest at heart. And then how Violet bonds with Brady's son. It is just so incredibly sweet and inspirational. I also found "getting to know" Brady to be very surprising. Somehow I wasn't expecting him to be... well, how he is. It was the best surprise. He's so thoughtful and sweet, he's genuine and devoted, and just open, and his bedroom antics.... whooooey! Hawt! Seeing him in this light was quite refreshing. Violet, too, is such a sweetheart! She's gorgeous and I love that she's got a distinct style to her. She just stands out from the rest in so many ways. And I feel for her so much when she reveals her background and baggage. It all makes sense why she turned Brady down - but the attraction is so strong between these two, and the entire time that they fight it, you as the reader are pleading with them to just give in! So Brady, please please kiss the nanny!
This was such a sweet and saucy reprieve for me. I zipped through this book, much like I do all of Piper Rayne's books, and can I just share that the glimpses that they gave us of the other two guys in Brady and Lee's foursome band of brothers - ohmygawd, I can't wait for those guys' books! I have a feeling Miles is going to get knocked on his ass and I cannot wait for it... But as for Brady and Violet *heart eyes emoji* they are so adorable and are total #couplegoals. Love these two and loved the book!