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See the Accidentally Undercover book by Layla Reyne, with a summary, series background, and reading guidance for this shared-world romantic suspense story.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Under the Table

by Layla Reyne

2024

Chef February Winters is determined to pull off a Valentine's Day service with help from her intriguing new bartender. But Jax is an undercover hacker, and a rogue spy turns dinner into a hostage crisis.

Accidentally Undercover books in chronological order

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    Under the Table

    by Layla Reyne

    2024Accidentally Undercover, Book 1

Series background & context

Accidentally Undercover is a shared-world romantic suspense project in which undercover work, secrets, and sudden danger interrupt what might otherwise be ordinary love stories. Layla Reyne's entry is Under the Table, a quick-moving romance that combines restaurant pressure, espionage, and a relationship between two people who are not quite being honest about why they are in the same place.

Chef February Winters hates Valentine's Day and has no interest in opening her restaurant for it. Then critics challenge her ability to do it, which is exactly the kind of thing that makes refusing impossible. She needs a menu worthy of the moment, and her new bartender seems surprisingly good at helping her shape an idea.

The bartender is not only a bartender.

Jax Dillon is a hacker working undercover while tending bar at February's restaurant. They are looking for a rogue spy, although their attention keeps drifting toward the driven, guarded chef. February is interested too, but she has no reason to expect that a busy holiday service will bring bounty hunters, assassins, gunfire, and a hostage crisis into her dining room.

The story uses the restaurant as both workplace and pressure cooker. February has professional pride, a complicated Valentine's Day service, and a reputation to protect. Jax has a mission that requires secrecy and a growing attachment that makes it harder to keep the job separate from real life. When the danger breaks into the open, both have to act quickly and trust someone they have only just begun to know.

Under the Table also connects with Reyne's broader romantic suspense world through familiar elements such as hackers, bounty hunters, assassins, and the sense that an unexpectedly supportive community may be nearby. It was later republished as The Accidental and positioned as a prequel novella for the Redemption Inc. series, but this listing preserves its original Accidentally Undercover title.

A dinner service should not require evasive maneuvers.

This is a short, sapphic romantic suspense story featuring a nonbinary hacker and a chef whose life becomes much more dangerous than she planned. It works as a standalone, especially for readers who want a compact story with food, undercover operations, attraction, and an action-heavy Valentine’s Day. Since it is part of a shared series, the wider project may include stories by other authors, but Reyne's contribution is fully centered on February and Jax.

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