The Bodyguard
Katherine Center
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Behind closed doors [?]
· 301 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 20
- forced proximity 20
- fake relationship 18
- actor hero 17
- workplace/office 14
- funny 10
- rich hero 10
- tortured hero 10
- friends to lovers 9
- height difference 9
- take-charge heroine 8
- independent heroine 7
- competent heroine 7
- bodyguard/protector heroine 7
- new adult 6
- slow burn 6
- grumpy/ice queen 6
- dangerous heroine 6
- plain heroine 6
- m-f romance 6
- suspense 5
- sweet/gentle hero 5
- other man/woman 4
- class difference 4
- grumpy & sunshine 3
- alpha male 2
- boss & employee 2
- sunny/happy hero 2
- bodyguard/protector hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 11
- alcoholism 2
- mental trauma 2
- third party abuse 1
- geography
- texas 6
- usa 5
- north america 2
- Format
- Audiobook
- first person pov 8
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