The Bodyguard
Katherine Center
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 328 ratings · 320 pages · Published: 19 Jul 2022
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.
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- contemporary 22
- forced proximity 22
- fake relationship 20
- actor hero 19
- workplace/office 16
- tortured hero 12
- funny 11
- friends to lovers 11
- rich hero 11
- height difference 10
- take-charge heroine 9
- competent heroine 9
- bodyguard/protector heroine 9
- slow burn 8
- independent heroine 8
- dangerous heroine 8
- m-f romance 8
- plain heroine 7
- grumpy/ice queen 6
- sweet/gentle hero 6
- new adult 5
- suspense 5
- class difference 4
- other man/woman 3
- grumpy & sunshine 3
- alpha male 2
- boss & employee 2
- sunny/happy hero 2
- bodyguard/protector hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 13
- alcoholism 2
- mental trauma 2
- geography
- texas 7
- usa 6
- north america 3
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 10
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