The lies will come back to bite you every time…Never borrow pants from your brother. Especially if he’s a size smaller than you are, because all that pressure in the junk will short-circuit your brain.And you’ll lie to a woman in a club about your real name.Leave her unsatisfied after making out in a bathroom.Then find out that she’s the one thing standing in the way of your dreams. And she … standing in the way of your dreams. And she very much doesn’t like being lied to.
Now I have to convince Lila Valentine—the woman I can’t stop thinking about, my biggest regret, and my new boss—that I’m what’s best for the baseball team she’s inherited.
If we can’t work together to save the Fireballs, the commissioner’s forcing a sale and moving them across the country.
I’ll do anything to save my home team.
But the one thing I can’t do?
Keep my hands to myself.
Which would be fine, if she hadn’t been telling me lies this whole time too.
Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire is a rocking fun romance between a single dad obsessed with baseball, an heiress with secrets, baseball pants, a rundown team, and rabid ducks. It stands alone and comes with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
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I absolutely love this book.
It’s got a firefly,ducks, enchida, and a flaming meatball, Oh my…
Tripp Wilson, aka bro club band member who takes care of everyone important in his life, that’s what he does. He’s a widower with two small children.
He wasn’t looking for anyone, but she’s was nothing he expected and everything he wanted.
Her kind of lonely spoke to his kind of lonely.
Lila Valentine, has just lost her only living relative, who has left her a baseball team, that has been coming in last place for several seasons. They have a poor coaching staff and no money and a whole host of problems. She was orphaned at twelve and never found out what happened to her parents, they just disappeared.
When Tripp, wants to buy the team she doesn’t want to sell, he’s made president of the team.
They must now work together to get this team on track for next season.
They need to work past the fact that the first time they met, he lied to her.
Her first order of business is to fire the whole coaching staff. That shakes things up pretty quick.
Their attraction is off the charts as their desire to throttle each other.
This is a beautiful romantic romcom is a great addition to this series.
As always, Pippa Grant gave me humor, heat and heart all wrapped up in one and I loved it! Tripp Wilson is the swoony single dad and former Bro Code member who just wants to save his beloved baseball team, the Fireballs. Lila Valentine is a woman full of secrets who suddenly inherits her family’s baseball team and is determined to keep the last tie to her family. The two do not get off to the best start, but their chemistry can’t be denied. They start to recognize something in each other that keeps pulling them closer together and opening doors they thought would stay locked forever. This is such a funny and heartwarming story full of adorable kids, hidden animals, Bro Code, mystery, mascots, ducks and so much more. I stayed up way to late to finish it and have no regrets!!
Pippa Grant knocked it out of the part again! Liar Liar Hearts On Fire is a light hearted, feel-good, engaging rom-com. This story is full of mischief, fun and a little sage advice about life. It is therapy for your soul.
I adored Tripp and Lila’s story so much. Tripp has always loved his home team and has waited for their bad luck to turn around. When the opportunity to buy it becomes available, he and his closest friends leap at the opportunity, only to be stopped by the infuriating and beautiful niece of the original owner. Both want to turn the team around but neither agree on anything. Their explosive chemistry leads to more than just lust, and their hilarious adventures and mishaps leave them both vulnerable to the one thing that they both thought that they didn’t need…love.
Tripp has everything that Lila has never allowed herself to dream of.. family. Lila’s kindness, and strength appeal to Tripp when he thought that there was no room for any kind of relationship. They both realize that love is messy, and scary, and can even hurt, but it is better than all the ducks in all the parks in all the world.
This book is a gift from the author because for people who have read her books, it blends the characters from some of her older books with the characters from her newer story lines. And she does it seamlessly and in such a way that reminds her fans why she’s such a force of nature for lovers of romantic comedies.
This book is what I would define as an ensemble rom-com. The couple is made up of Tripp, a former member of a boy band, Bro Code and now a widowed father of 2 adorable children, and Lila, a workaholic introvert. They have a chance meeting at a bar when Tripp goes to NYC to see about buying a baseball team, the Fireballs. Lila is also best friends with the couple of Stud in the Stacks, Parker and Knox (one of my favorites) so we get to revisit them (and swoon). Tripp lies about who he is (hence partly a reason for the name of the book) and Lila finds out when she is bequeathed the baseball team and Tripp tries to buy it from her. They both have secrets (more reasons for the name of the book) and personal fears keeping them from getting too close to another person. How will they get over these in order to reach their HEA?
The strength of this book is in the interactions between the characters. And I mean all the characters from the couple to the wacky but oh so funny Nana to their lovable, if crazy, friends to Tripp’s adorable children. And, we can’t forget the animals (I bet you’ll never look at ducks the same way again). Everything melds beautifully into a story that has so much heart and humor. I’m thankful I received an early copy of this book.
Romance, mystery, and baseball!
Pippa Grant just keeps getting better and better. Twisty, twiney, messy, grown-up love in all its glory is featured in this wonderfully funny and sweet offering, and I loved it! Tripp Wilson and Lila Valentine have a less than an auspicious meeting, and things only deteriorate from there, but their chemistry cannot be denied for long, of course! I loved single dad Tripp’s daily juggle to balance work-life-home-friends-family, then you throw in a budding romance with the new owner of the baseball team he covets, and you’ve got a very interesting mix! I couldn’t put it down!
I loved this book! Tripp Wilson is a former member of the boy band BroCode. He is now a recently widowed single dad to two young kids. He is at loose ends and needs a purpose in life, so he wants to buy the local Major League Baseball team, The Fireballs. While trying to meet up with the owner of The Fireballs, he has a major meet awkward with Lila Valentine (who had a cameo in Stud in the Stacks). Of course, Lila is the owners niece and ends up inheriting the team and the Baseball Commissioner insists that she hire Tripp as the President of operations, setting up a fun enemies to lovers romance. This is a delightful RomCom with a lot of laughs and crossovers from Pippa’s other series. I received an ARC of this book from the author for my honest review.
There are so many things to love about this book. I got to read a little about Tripp in “Flirting with the Frenemy” and “America’s Geekheart”. I knew he was a member of Bro Code, Levi’s brother, and a widowed father with 2 young children barely keeping it together. And I knew he had friends, family, and a dream. I met Lila in “Stud in the Stacks” as a beautiful, intelligent force of a woman who makes things happen. Putting these two together was perfect.
Tripp is still struggling to manage the single dad thing and he is 100% swoon-worthy as he does it. His kids are incredibly adorable, and I just want to hug them and squeeze them and feed them cookies. Lila is at a transition point in her life as she inherits the Fireballs and she must decide her new direction. There is plenty of steam. (Their kisses are movie swoon, catch-your-breath gorgeous.) There is a lot of the humor I have come to expect. Their banter as they one-up each other is very entertaining. Support from extended family, both natural and chosen, is an important theme in this book. Neither character would be as successful as they are without their relationships with the people who love them. This well-written book also holds on to a few secrets that are revealed through the course of the story. My heart ached for what both Tripp and Lila had to go through in life before they met each other, which makes their HEA especially sweet. I stayed up till the wee hours to finish this book, and I have no regrets for lost sleep. I definitely recommend this single-dad hero and uber-tough heroine for everyone.
My heart sure was Tripping over this smart, sexy, sweet single dad.
We’ve met Tripp and his amazingly adorable kids James and Emma, and learned of the tragic passing of their mom, in America’s Geek Heart. In Liar Liar Hearts On Fire we get to know the hypochondriac and always vigilant, big brother to everyone, Tripp. In the last Bro Code book the former boy banders were ready to buy the Fireballs, their hometown baseball team. At the start of Liar Liar, we get to meet Lila, the uber smart, determined, self made woman, and new owner of the Fireballs. Lila has inherited the team from her uncle, and wants to bring the team to glory. Lila takes the advice from the baseball commissioner, against her better judgement, and hires Tripp on as the team’s President. The meetings, crazed duck encounters, head butting, and snarky emails, force the two to get to know each other, and draws them closer together. The instant chemistry they felt upon their first meeting just jeeps building throughout the story, and leaves us with a wonderful HEA.
Did I mention we get to see Parker, Parker Elliot and Knox, and get to catch up on some gossip from the Mr. McHottie universe?! You may remember Lila from Stud In the Stacks as the bombshell redhead that won Knox at the auction. I really do love the amazing worlds and characters Pippa creates with her amazing writting. Liar Liar had me smiling and swooning the whole read through.
I read an advanced copy for an honest review.
Tripp is a trip! He’s a germophobic caretaker, single dad, who lost his wife and can’t seem to loosen up. All he wants to do, with his former boy band, The Bro Co, is buy the ailing baseball team The Fireballs.
Lila is the high strung heiress, who now currently owns the baseball team. She wants to hang onto it, because it’s the last link she ha to her parents, who dissapeared when she was a child. She is has a lot of secrets and keeps everyone at arms length.
When these two meet, at a time they both just wanted to let lose, sparks fly, literally, the smoke alarm goes off and that’s that.
This story is filled with a lot of characters from previous books that we know and love, funny text messages and precocious children, that say things that will make you spit out food, if you are eating it. It is also a story of learning how to open you heart and to trust and be vulnerable to someone.
It was one the the best books that Pippa has written and I can’t wait for more. s
We finally get to Tripp, and his back story makes me so sad I just want to hug him. Lila is ruthless, but with a big heart. I couldn’t read fast enough to see their story unfold. So good!
Tripp and Lila
I love me some Pippa Grant and I needed a good laugh. I never fail to laugh when reading her books. So here we have Tripp and Lila, now these two are something. So Tripp does something stupid when he met Lila and well that back fires on him. Lila learns that she inherited a baseball team. Now this team is the one Tripp and the guys were wanting to buy. So Lila is definitely not going to sell to Tripp because of what happened to them in New York. But the tension with them is wound so tight that you can feel it bleed through the pages. I love the duck incident. Dang I laughed hard. Needless to say I was laughing so bad that my co workers looked at me weird. So obviously I told them the story. As these two get to know each other, you know something is bound to happen again. The only problem is Tripp has a phobia and this may get in the way of his happily ever after. I don’t blame him after what he has gone through but you gotta have some hope right. Lila is stubborn and she is hiding some stuff which is brought to light towards the end. OH BOY is it a doozie. We got some pretty steamy stuff to when reading that you will love. It starts of slow but when they connect it explodes. What a great book to add to this series.
Loved this story. Lila and Tripp were hilarious. Although I found Lila annoying sometimes with her obsess too need to drive Tripp crazy like that’s her job when she knows he has a lot on his plate. But they balanced each other. So much fun with steam as the cherry on top. Along with the usual hilarious antics we have come to expect from Pippa Grant. Loved watching the funny things his kids would do and how all the guys and family comes together to help out. Can’t wait for more.
What should have been a SWS, couldn’t be. Caught up in a little lie that ballooned into a situation that could cost you your dream. Or so it might be for Tripp, maybe for Lila too.
This book has funny parts, but the depth of heart and gut-wrenching emotion is staggering. Only Pippa Grant can tap dance between the ranges of emotion and keep you wiping tears as often from heartbreak as from high jinxes! A most excellent RomCom and well narrated.
Audio Review
When Tripp is mistaken for his brother he doesn’t correct them mistake he lets the little white lie continue that is until it comes back to bit him in his oh so delicious backside.
Lila has secrets, lots and lots of secrets and she keeps her heart and her body guarded at all times, that is until she meets the the handsome man that steals her heart and causes her body to want to do naughty things.
This is a great book that has a single dad that is paranoid of germs and two adorable kiddos that steal the show as well as an heiress that owns a baseball team and has so many secrets its hard for her to keep them all straight.
Joe Arden and Savannah Peachwood are terrific as always. I love listening to both of these narrators and they didn’t disappoint. Great job!
I really loved the book and recommend it.
Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire is book three in the Bro Code series by Pippa Grant. I read the first two books in this series quite awhile ago. I was looking for a single dad romance and this was recommended to me so it was the perfect time to pick the series back up. Oh…My…Heart!!! I loved this book. I think it’s my favorite of the first three. Tripp squeezed my heart right from the beginning and he never let go.
Tripp Wilson, big brother to the rock star, Levi Wilson, and former member of the boy band, Bro Code, lost his wife two years ago and now is raising his two and four year old children by himself. He lives close to his mom but also his family of choice, the rest of the members of Bro Code, and their families. They’ve all stayed involved in each other’s lives. But Tripp is trying to do everything on his own. The only thing he loves almost as much as his kids is The Copper Valley Fireballs, even though it’s the worst baseball team in the history of professional sports. He and his friends have worked up a proposal to buy the team. It’s his dream and they will bring it back to it’s former glory. That was the plan anyway.
Lila Valentine grew up an orphan, with only an eccentric uncle as her only living relative, who owns the Copper Valley Fireballs. Suddenly, Lila finds herself as sole owner of the team, inheriting it. The stadium where her own mother grew up and played as a child is now hers. Now all Lila wants to do is to save the team and she has a plan to make that happen. If only one very stubborn man would cooperate.
“He’s strength and stubbornness and rightness and grief and understanding and pure, raw sex.”
From the first moment these two first met, sparks flew, even if Tripp gave Lila a false name. The next time they meet, it’s as boss and employee. They argue and goad each other, those same sparks flying all over the place. They just can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. And they start to see each other in a different light. Lila sees the man who loves his kids and his family and tries to take care of everyone. And Tripp sees the vulnerable woman beneath the outer shell. The woman Lila has kept hidden away. The woman who might be starting to believe that she doesn’t have to be alone. Lila also has secrets, lots of them. But for the first time ever, she feels like she might want to share those secrets with someone.
This book was fun and sweet and sexy and just wonderful. The characters from the other books are present but you don’t need to have read those books. Together all of these characters have formed such a tight knit group, their own made family. I loved the emails back and forth between Lila and Tripp. And the hilarious text messages between all of them.
This is a feel good, warm your heart romance that I’m so glad I read. The next book in the series is Master Baker. Wait until you see the cover of this one!!! If you haven’t read any of this series, I highly recommend it. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
“She’s nothing I expected, and everything I want.”
“He’s the hero I never knew I needed.”
I had so much fun listening to this clever, emotional, and sexy romance. This third book in the Bro Code series is about a sexy single dad, Tripp, who wants to help make his beloved but failing hometown baseball team successful again. When the owner suddenly passes away, his niece, Lila, becomes the new owner. Tripp and Lila had a great meet cute that ended way too soon. Now they find out they both want to make the team a success and to do that they have to ignore their fiery attraction. I loved Tripp and Lila’s story! It had the perfect balance of quirky charaters, heartfelt emotion, hilarious and awkward situations and lots of sizzling passion. I loved how Tripp and Lila clashed but supported each other, and their chemistry was off the charts!
Joe Arden, and Savannah Peachwood did a great job narrating this hilarious romcom and bringing it to life. Their comedic timing and inflections were spot on as they delivered Grant’s witty banter flawlessly. I really enjoyed both their performances and thought they made this hilarious, heartfelt, and sweet & steamy romance even better!
Another day, another ridiculously entertaining Pippa book! There was laughs from the first page. Tripp was a total swoonboat…every scene with him with his kids had me with hearts in my eyes. Neither Lila nor I stood a chance of not falling. Through the laughs, Pippa managed to get me in my feelings with Tripp and Lila’s struggles and I seriously just wanted to hug them. Joe Arden and Savannah Peachwood truly brought this story to life with their narration!
Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire
Bro Code, Book 3
By: Pippa Grant
Narrated by: Joe Arden, Savannah Peachwood
There are books that I like and smile through, then there are books that I love and will l spit my tea out for. This laugh out loud romance had me cracking up, enjoying the banter and loving their life! This is Tripp’s story. After the death of his wife, he left the band to take care of his two kids. And that is his life. But now there is a chance for him to own the baseball team he has loved his entire life. He just has to convince the owner to sell it to him. When he meets her, he realizes she is his almost hookup in a bathroom when he was pretending to be his brother Levi. Not the best impression., but he’s not going to let it stop him. Lila is just as determined to make this team a winner again. Together, they work, laugh, learn and love with crazy little kids, an overprotective uncle, supportive friends and family and a chemistry that is unmatched. Pippa Grant outdid herself with this one, starting with the name Lila Valentine! No funny business there! Thank you Pippa! This one made my day!
Narrated by Joe Arden and Savannah Peachwood, we have a professional team that we expect nothing but a good performance from. But these two outdid themselves. Comedic timing, spot on, the emotional tugs, the fantastic voices and the laugh out loud children scenes made this one of my favorite listens of the year.
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5 Baseball Stars
Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire is the third book in the Bro Code series by Pippa Grant. If you are looking for a fun, LOL, smart single dad/enemies to lovers read this book is for you.
I need friends outside the pages of a book, because book boyfriends don’t actually show up to help put a distant relative’s affairs in order.
Lila inherits the fireballs baseball team and wants to try keep the memories of her mother alive through the team. However she has some obstacles to go through first. Like that fact that they are the worst team in baseball history. But she is well used to hard work and always up for a challenge business wise!
Tripp wants to save the team that he and his family have grown up with. He wants to keep the memories alive for his two children. But Lila is having none of it and has asked him to be her VP. Too get his foot in the door he takes the job not realising this is the best thing for the team. They both work well together so maybe this could work.
Liar Liar Hearts on fire is a light hearted, feel-good read, it’s full of mischief, fun and unexpected finds. I loved Tripp and Lila’s story so much. I also as always loved Pippa Grant’s secondary characters just as much as the main ones. They make the story for me. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
Life without a book from Pippa Grant is just that little bit greyer, so getting into this book and Tripp’s story has made my day that bit brighter! I loved the chase for Lila, felt for Tripp’s grieving process, as always, laughed out loud, relished the wonderful absurdities that bind these books and the time spent with many well loved characters. Joy from start to finish!