Bodyguard By Beverly Havlir Dr. Paige Harrington devoted most of her young life to becoming a trauma surgeon. She missed out on a lot of things, including dating and relationships. But now she's ready for a change. Now that she's independent, she wants to enjoy herself, go out on dates and finally have some sex. But her plans go awry when she witnesses a brutal murder. The only one who's seen the killer's face and lived to tell about it, the police are determined to protect their witness. Detective Nick Santorelli is not happy about his latest assignment babysitting a prissy doctor. Things get more complicated when he finds himself attracted to Paige. He knows there is a sexy woman hiding underneath the bulky clothes and uptight attitude, and he sets out to prove himself right. The two quickly find themselves mired in a hot, sexy affair. But there is danger stalking Paige, a killer who intends to leave no witnesses to his perverted crimes…
After running around doing totally unglamorous chores all day, Beverly writes at night when all is quiet and she is (at last!) alone. Exhaustion disappears as soon as she sits down in front of her computer, doing what she loves best: writing stories that bring women's fantasies to life.
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I really enjoyed this book. There's nothing new in terms of plotline: hero is a cop who is assigned to protect heroine 24/7, their closed proximity ends up heating up the sheets, bad guy tricks them and almost kills her, hero saves heroine's life, and they live HEA. I happen to like this kind of story, so this book was almost like a comfort read for me... I said "almost" because no one could be really comfortable with the sizzling, steamy sex scenes. I was hot and bothered! ;)
A few more pages would have improved the story. Nick and Paige needed more time together to make me believe they were truly in love - and not only in lust - with each other by the end of the book. And there was something missing in the way they settled things before the HEA. I don't know, it was kind of tepid. Anyway, they felt right together and I didn't doubt they were going to have a lot of fun with each other.
Dr Paige Harrington witnesses a murder and is assigned Det. Nick Santorelli for protection. On the spicy side and nothing really original but I enjoyed it all the same. I liked the way this author wrote. The ending could have used a bit more but overall it was fun and entertaining for me.
สำหรับคนที่คิดถึงงานของลินดา โฮเวิร์ดสมัยที่เธอยังเขียนเรื่องฮ็อต ๆ หนังสือเล่มนี้เตือนให้เราคิดถึงลินดามากเลยค่ะ เพราะมันมีส่วนคล้ายกันหลายอย่าง แต่แน่นอนว่า มันย่อมสู้ลินดายุคที่เธอเขียน Dream Man, After the night หรือว่า Kill and tell ไม่ได้หรอก