Review: Unexpected Daddy – Brenna Lyons

When twenty-six-year-old Joey Beirs is summoned to the emergency room one evening, the last thing he expects to find is that his twin brother and Jeremy’s wife have both been killed in a car accident, leaving him an unexpected daddy to his newborn niece, Abby. Closing in on the end of his leave from work, Joey has to find suitable childcare for Abby. After yet another interview turns south, Joey is accosted by homophobic bigots and saved by Geoff Allread.

Geoff is in his forties, an out-of-work carpenter whose unemployment is running out, soon to be faced with working in fast food or retail to keep food on the table in the recession. He’s also late to come out of the closet, a wounded man who has lost everything by admitting what he is… including his daughter from his ill-fated marriage. Geoff is good with kids and adores Abby. It’s a match made in heaven. At forty-three, Geoff needs a job that doesn’t mean asking if someone wants fries, and Joey needs someone who’s good with Abby.

But can both of them overcome their hurts and accept that the age difference doesn’t matter as much as finding what they’ve both lost… a stable family?

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Release Date: December 10th 2014
Publisher: Phaze Books
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Kenna
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

3.5 Cocktails

I picked up “Unexpected Daddy” on a lark.  The blurb grabbed my attention.  I love Manlove stories, especially if they seem like they’ll be romantic and touch my heart.  Brenna Lyons delivered that and more.

Joey gets heartbreaking news and, even as he’s had the shock of his life, it gets even more shocking when he finds himself becoming, as the title suggests, an unexpected Daddy to his newborn niece, Abby.  He loves her with all his heart, but he’s going to have to put her in daycare soon because he’s got to work.  He meets Geoff completely by accident when he discovers that the lady he was going to interview flaked out.  Geoff is an unemployed construction worker, and he needs work.  He fell head over heels in love with Abby and becomes her…manny?

The story takes off from there, and it’s very enjoyable.  Joey and Geoff have quite a chemistry, and as they fall for each other, the reader falls as well.  Of course, there is some angst, but it’s just enough to move the story along.  The sex between the men is hot and extremely well written.  Little Abby is adorable and sweet and becomes the glue in their relationship.  It’s a quick read, but a significant amount of time passes within the book.  Abby goes from fussy newborn to a happy baby eating Cheerios in her high chair.  Joey and Geoff grow as well, and it was really fun to see.

I’ve never read anything from Brenna Lyons, but I intend to check out her other books.  If they’re even half as good as “Unexpected Daddy”, I’ll be reading more from her.  I definitely recommend this one.