Review: Action and love and love action
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
Take a hot bodyguard hero and a smart, sassy therapist, mix in an explosion or two and some hi-tech gadgets, and you'll end up with Christine Bell's sexy, fast-paced Guardian for Hire.I was really into this book from the start because of the hero, Gavin. The way he was described sounded like he was the love child of The Rock and Gerard Butler. 'Nuff said. And the heroine, Sarabeth, is really well done. She puts up a fight at the right times, not necessarily because it makes sense for her safety, but because it makes her more believable. Her reactions are great. I like how both hero and heroine come from similar backgrounds of, essentially, abandonment and emotional independence at a young age.Because of Sarabeth's involvement with a questionable couples therapy retreat, bad guys are after her and won't stop until she's dead. Gavin has been tasked with protecting her, so they spend a lot of time together. I liked the way the physical attraction between them was there from the start, but they took some time to grow closer emotionally, questioning feelings that could have legitimately been there just because of the tense situation they were in. When they finally do get together, you feel like it's a well-reasoned decision. Not that you're thinking about reason and logic during their first sex scene! *fans self* Not at all. It's hot, like you'd expect from Christine Bell.Plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, great plot, and hot exchanges between Gavin and Sarabeth. I give it 4 1/2 stars.