
Truthfully, I really loved Kiss Me, Liar which is the first novel of this universe. I actually liked this enough I intend to purchase a physical copy once WordExcerpt sorts their publishing deals (according to their site they worked out a deal with a bigger name publisher who will be handling physical copies of all their stories in the near future). It's clear they have all worked together for a long time and trust each other.

Also, the way all the bodyguards interact with each other was pretty fun to read. There is some drama going on, but not to the point it gets tiresome.

Josh is a sweetheart and devoted father, while Chase has some past trauma that comes out as the story progresses. Both of them are very much about consent/treating their partner right so it was nice to see a relationship of equals once it evolved beyond employee/employer. more> and I just couldn't see Josh (MC) getting back together with him, but their relationship evolved in a fairly believable manner (and ended up pretty fluffy). At first I wasn't sure since the ML (Chase) is rather crazy at the start. Thankfully Kiss Me If You Can is pretty fluffy. If I had read Kiss Me, Liar first I don't think I would have given this one a chance (KML is very angsty and dark and somewhat toxic).

Gotta say, glad I stumbled on this "side story" first. I read it first and then went to check out "Kiss Me, Liar" after because it was clear there was more story going on.
