The Bodyguard meets The Proposal in this fake dating, secret identity romance.Della Bellamy is trying to be a better person, which isn’t always easy for a world famous pop star. Her diva recovery program takes a serious hit when she attracts the attention of a mysterious and motivated stalker. Suddenly all her nearest and dearest are completely over-reacting. A bunch of flowers and one creepy note doesn’t mean she needs a whole bunch of extra bodyguards, especially when they’re led by the prickly, overbearing, fun-killing Ward the Warden.
Donovan Ward is a former marine and the owner of the up-and-coming protection company Storm Securities. Taking difficult jobs is a necessary part of any new business, but Della Bellamy is a handful even by spoiled celebrity standards. If she wasn’t in real danger, he’d be tempted to strangle her himself. But the Della’s stalker turns out to be no amateur, and Ward’s job is to protect her. Period.
When Ward is forced to relocate one of the world’s most recognizable women, he turns to the only place he knows every street and alley like the back of his hand…his hometown. Sticking a city girl in a small town seems risky, but nobody will suspect who she really is if they can keep up a simple game of pretend until the stalker is dealt with.
Della and Ward grow closer as the stalker circles in. Will the stranger harassing Della be caught before he causes any real harm? Or will Ward lose another woman he loves?
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It took me a long time to really start to like Ward; almost as long as it took Della herself. I'm not an extrovert, not at all. Especially not the way Della was. But it was pretty obvious to see all the negative impacts trying to keep her away from social interaction were having on everyone involved. I have loved watching Della grow and mature throughout the series, though it hurt my heart to see what it took to push her those last few steps. Likewise, I hated to see what it took to finally get Ward out of his own way, but I adored the ending it gave us. Now that we’ve reached the end, I'm not ready to let go. There have been so many side characters from this series that I absolutely need stories for. The author made them jump off the page almost as vibrantly as the main couples, so there need to be spin-off series or short story collections or something to give me my fix of the rest of the Happy Ever Afters I need.
I will admit I went into this book a little biased about Della. After reading the other books in the series. So I was pleasantly surprised to see her mature and grow. Overall this was a great series. I liked the Bellamy sisters.