Review: Love Ellis and Sammie!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
Guarding Hearts is the third book in The Living Again Series. Each of these books can be read as a standalone book because each book has an ending. But I feel they should be read in order. You are introduced to characters who are the main characters in the next book and the previous book gives some insight into the characters that is carried forward.Ellis did not grow up in a stable family. He never knew his father and his mother was a druggie who slept around to get her fix. Ellis got into trouble as a teen which landed him in jail. Upon being released from jail, he didn't have anywhere to go. Carl, a police officer, took a liking to him and offered Ellis a place to live.Ellis with having Carl as his mentor was able to become a responsible man who followed in his footsteps and became a police officer. His boss had a friend who was in need of someone to protect his famous daughter from a stalker.This was an opportunity for him to make some good money to pay off his car so he took the security job. There is an instant connection between Ellis and Samantha who is an up and coming country singer. Her stalker is infatuatedwith her and is able to get into places to leave her notes and presents that he/she should not be able to get to. With this increasing threat, her security is increased and Ellis is assigned with Brian, head of her security, to make sure she is personally guarded at all times.Ellis is one who doesn't let people get close to him because of the lack of love and affection he had growing up. Love is a feeling that he hasn't experienced and doesn't feel he is capable of having.Being around Samantha twenty four hours a day the attraction between them becomes more and more apparent. They give into their attraction but Ellis continually tells her he is not good enough for her and pushes her away. Her stalker is aware of this growing connection between them and plans on kidnapping Sam to have her because he/she thinks that Sam is their soulmate.This is a well written book that leads you on an emotionally journey. Both Ellis and Sam have had some major things that have happened in their past that they need to talk to each other about and see if together they can develop a healthy and growing relationship. The stalker's jealousy increases because of Ellis's involvement with Sam and what happens to Sam and those close to her at the hands of her stalker. Is her stalker caught and does Ellis and Sam have an HEA?This is an awesome series that I recommend that you read. A definite must read series