She’s got his back.
Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindgerten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka “bodyguard”), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker.
He’s got her heart.
Jack Stapleton’s a household name—captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid.
They’ve got a secret.
When Jack’s mom gets sick, he comes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah—against her will and her better judgment—finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Even though her ex, like a jerk, says no one will believe it.
What could possibly go wrong???
Hannah hardly believes it, herself. But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. And there lies the heartbreak. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done.
The Review
THE BODYGUARD by Katherine Center.
I have read Katherine Center before but either I’m getting more cynical with age or her writing is getting sweeter and sweeter.
This one, perhaps too sweet, follows Hannah Brooks a bodyguard for hire that was just given the assignment to guard reluctant movie star, Jack Stapleton.
Part of her assignment is to play the part of Jack’s girlfriend for Jack’s mom, who is on her death bed.
The steam in this book is near nonexistent. I almost would’ve appreciated a fake dating to friends ending. But alas, this is a romance book so there must be romance.
I read this in one sitting and believe most people will as well, making it a great book for a long bath or short flight.
This book would make a great recommendation for that friend you have that likes to keep things clean.
Very much like Miss Congeniality in book form.
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center…⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks to Netgalley, Macmillan Audio, and St Martins Press for the advanced copies!
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