Review: Amelia Has No Concept of Personal Boundaries!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
John Noble reluctantly becomes the bodyguard of Amelia Bennett, a scrappy reporter with an overdeveloped sense of righteous indignation when she latches onto the scent of subterfuge and wrongd0ing. She is unstoppable on her mission to reveal the dirty shenanigans and misdeeds of a powerful group who will go to any lengths to protect themselves from the unwanted scrutiny.Amelia is doggedly determined to follow her leads, meeting with shady contacts at unsavory locations in pursuit of her scoop. She has little sense of how vulnerable to attack she skates in her overriding drive to uncover the truth and reveal the ugliness of deeply embedded corruption and greed.  She grudgingly adjusts to John’s presence but is frustrated almost to distraction by his closed-mouth reticence about his past.Soon, however John and Amelia’s paths converge, overlapping with surprising consequences both find difficult to accept.  With danger around every turn, they have little choice but to draw strength from each other and an unwelcome tenderness, then love develops between the pair.I loved the action sequences and the witty discourses.  I got extremely aggravated at Amelia for her persistent needling and inadvertent poking at John’s mental and physical scars.  She rarely let up with her interrogations and sneaky investigations into his past, and that irritated me to no end. The woman has no concept of personal boundaries! I frequently felt sorry for John, and thought his restraint when dealing with her overbearing personality uncommonly admirable.  I often thought Amelia’s actions were foolhardy, but I did respect and was somewhat in awe of her overwhelming need to expose the underbelly of the hidden, corrupt political cabal.This book was given to me by the author in exchange for my honest review.Reviewed by Laurie-J