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The President's Daughter
SLEEPLESS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Never falter. Never flinch. And never let anyone get too close.
Steely Special Agent Nick Logan knew the rules for protecting the First Family. What he didn't know was why Ashley Sullivan, the president's all-too-distracting daughter, would balk at his bodyguarding...and sabotage his self-control.
Chaste yet alluring, Ashley seemed intent on uncovering the man behind Nick's rock-hard muscles and mirrored shades. But didn't this innocent see the dangers all around her? The danger in such a man's kiss? Worse, who would protect Ashley's bodyguard...once he broke the rules? Once he got too close to the president's daughter?
Never falter. Never flinch. And never let anyone get too close.
Steely Special Agent Nick Logan knew the rules for protecting the First Family. What he didn't know was why Ashley Sullivan, the president's all-too-distracting daughter, would balk at his bodyguarding...and sabotage his self-control.
Chaste yet alluring, Ashley seemed intent on uncovering the man behind Nick's rock-hard muscles and mirrored shades. But didn't this innocent see the dangers all around her? The danger in such a man's kiss? Worse, who would protect Ashley's bodyguard...once he broke the rules? Once he got too close to the president's daughter?
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Annette Broadrick
215 books42 followersAnnette Broadrick was born on November 26. Her mother read to her until she read to herself. From that time on, books became her closest companions and teachers. She was an only child until the middle of her 16th year when her sister was born.
She married immediately after high school graduation in the middle of her 18th year. Twelve months later she had her first son. She ended up having four sons in seven years. People with children do not need to explain what their life was like for the next 20 years. Those people without children do not want to hear about it. Early on, she became a secretary to supplement the family income. Eventually she became a legal secretary and for 25 years she worked for attorneys in Arizona, Texas, Illinois, and Oregon.
Her love of books followed her throughout her career as a mother and a secretary. By the time her youngest son graduated from high school she decided to write a book of her own. After writing in a spiral notebook for six months, she rented a typewriter and rewrote the book, showed it to a creative writing teacher, who was also a friend, listened to her critique and rewrote her story. Next she showed it to another avid romance reader and carefully listened to her critique. She rewrote her story once again. Next she mailed the manuscript to the Silhouette office in New York. Two months later she received a phone call asking if she'd be willing to do extensive revisions, including cutting one hundred pages. She said yes. This was in January 1984. By the time the book, Circumstantial Evidence, came out in November of that year, she had sold a total of six books.
Since October 1984 Annette has supported herself with her writing. Her career as a published author has also supported her reading habit and in the past five years she has managed to establish a quiet life in the Hill Country of central Texas that soothes as well as stimulates her. She hopes to continue writing the kind of books that readers enjoy.
She married immediately after high school graduation in the middle of her 18th year. Twelve months later she had her first son. She ended up having four sons in seven years. People with children do not need to explain what their life was like for the next 20 years. Those people without children do not want to hear about it. Early on, she became a secretary to supplement the family income. Eventually she became a legal secretary and for 25 years she worked for attorneys in Arizona, Texas, Illinois, and Oregon.
Her love of books followed her throughout her career as a mother and a secretary. By the time her youngest son graduated from high school she decided to write a book of her own. After writing in a spiral notebook for six months, she rented a typewriter and rewrote the book, showed it to a creative writing teacher, who was also a friend, listened to her critique and rewrote her story. Next she showed it to another avid romance reader and carefully listened to her critique. She rewrote her story once again. Next she mailed the manuscript to the Silhouette office in New York. Two months later she received a phone call asking if she'd be willing to do extensive revisions, including cutting one hundred pages. She said yes. This was in January 1984. By the time the book, Circumstantial Evidence, came out in November of that year, she had sold a total of six books.
Since October 1984 Annette has supported herself with her writing. Her career as a published author has also supported her reading habit and in the past five years she has managed to establish a quiet life in the Hill Country of central Texas that soothes as well as stimulates her. She hopes to continue writing the kind of books that readers enjoy.
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January 9, 2013
Rating 3.5 stars
Initially the book was boring, there was no romance instead the heroine persisted on acting like a spoilt brat when the hero was only doing his duty, protecting her but the book does pick up later. I did find it weird that there was no "forbidden" aspect with their romance, what with the heroine being the President's daughter and all that but not a bad book.
Initially the book was boring, there was no romance instead the heroine persisted on acting like a spoilt brat when the hero was only doing his duty, protecting her but the book does pick up later. I did find it weird that there was no "forbidden" aspect with their romance, what with the heroine being the President's daughter and all that but not a bad book.
May 18, 2016
Good story. A "bodyguard" tale, where the heroine is (duh) the president's daughter and the hero is one of the Special Agents guarding her. There's a suspense plot woven in very well, and the story more or less begins when the suspense kicks off, but it starts with the romance plot. The hero and heroine strike sparks off each other because they are attracted but can't explore the attraction, so he acts gruff and she gets offended and they insult each other. While they're off on a ski vacation with her college friends, the rest of her family is fishing in the Gulf and the yacht they're on vanishes from all electronic surveillance. The excitement is on. Except for driving to New Orleans the looooong way round, it's a great read.
January 9, 2020
A romantic thriller, less violence, more love and a bit of a plot with some holes but if you want a romance with a Secret Service agent, this is OK!
November 19, 2023
Não deu para levar a sério o casal em que o homem trata a mulher feito criança.
Dispensável.
Dispensável.
May 16, 2024
O.k. for a quick read.
February 13, 2025
Good story
May 14, 2025
Wasn’t one of my favorites but certainly a decent read. Unfortunately being 25 years old it didn’t hold up as well as others of a certain age have.
Still well written.
Still well written.
March 2, 2013
Ashley Sullivan, the President’s daughter, is used to agents following her every move, protecting her from any possible danger. She’s learned to ignore their presence and tries to keep her life appear as normal as it could be. Ashley feels her life to resemble that inside a fishbowl, she can’t really have a boyfriend who would bear the constant watching and there are only a few true friends that she has.
With Christmas approaching, Ashley hopes to spend it, finally without any guards, with her friends skiing in Colorado. Her parents and two younger brothers are planning to spend holidays on a yacht in Mexico, and the President actually lets her go on vacation with friends, but two agents would still have to follow her there. It’s not Ashley’s idea of a perfect vacation, but if she’s okay with one of her agents, Ron Stevenson, going, it’s Special Agent Nick Logan who she can’t stand. He is just too strict and serious, but at the same time a very appealing man, the fact Ashley tries to forget.
Nick Logan is a professional, he would follow his duties no matter what, but working for the President’s daughter turns out to be a real testament for him. He knows that he’s attracted to her from the moment they meet, but any further development of these feelings is out of the question. Besides, Ashley seems to hate his tough interior and loyalty to his job, and Nick on his part wouldn’t let her ruin his self-control.
The vacation, which started quite normal, is abruptly ended when the President’s family goes missing, assumingly kidnapped. It’s a growing suspicion for Nick, that someone within the President’s circle might stand behind all of this.
Not knowing who to trust now, Nick takes the matter of finding the first family and protecting Ashley into his own hands. Having to spend so much time together, they learn more about each other and the initial attraction they had towards each other in the beginning, now grows into a deep and real feeling. And while Nick is unsure of any possibilities of their romance to survive after everything is back to normal, Ashley is intent on breaking all his walls and fighting for their future together.
It’s a book I picked absolutely randomly while looking for a short and uncomplicated romantic story to get by on my day off. There’s nothing other than a good romance to help me relax and enjoy a story.
To be honest, in the beginning I was disappointed with the book, though. It started very slow and for approximately half of it there was very little character depicting and development. It looked as the author’s overly prolonged introduction to the real plot, because once Nick and Ashley leave Colorado to find her family, everything turns more lively.
Their road trip was what made me really engrossed into the story. This is when their personalities are truly shown and their love story begins. I liked how beautiful and romantic their love scenes were, and the sense of danger, coming from the President’s enemies, was what added spice to it. Nick is just an amazing man, who is loyal and protective, with his job he’s gone through a lot, and that’s why he’s very tough and serious on the outside. Besides, he’s been burned in his previous relationships and now doesn’t consider himself a boyfriend or husband material. But his love for Ashley is not something he can control, especially with Ashley’s determination to prove to him that everything is possible for them, no matter what, if they just follow their feelings.
Of course, happy ending is a sure thing here, and an epilogue was so sweet and romantic, I couldn’t have asked for more.
So of course, in the end I totally changed my mind about the story, I liked it a lot. It was a great quick read with an amazing love story, which left only positive feelings in me.
With Christmas approaching, Ashley hopes to spend it, finally without any guards, with her friends skiing in Colorado. Her parents and two younger brothers are planning to spend holidays on a yacht in Mexico, and the President actually lets her go on vacation with friends, but two agents would still have to follow her there. It’s not Ashley’s idea of a perfect vacation, but if she’s okay with one of her agents, Ron Stevenson, going, it’s Special Agent Nick Logan who she can’t stand. He is just too strict and serious, but at the same time a very appealing man, the fact Ashley tries to forget.
Nick Logan is a professional, he would follow his duties no matter what, but working for the President’s daughter turns out to be a real testament for him. He knows that he’s attracted to her from the moment they meet, but any further development of these feelings is out of the question. Besides, Ashley seems to hate his tough interior and loyalty to his job, and Nick on his part wouldn’t let her ruin his self-control.
The vacation, which started quite normal, is abruptly ended when the President’s family goes missing, assumingly kidnapped. It’s a growing suspicion for Nick, that someone within the President’s circle might stand behind all of this.
Not knowing who to trust now, Nick takes the matter of finding the first family and protecting Ashley into his own hands. Having to spend so much time together, they learn more about each other and the initial attraction they had towards each other in the beginning, now grows into a deep and real feeling. And while Nick is unsure of any possibilities of their romance to survive after everything is back to normal, Ashley is intent on breaking all his walls and fighting for their future together.
It’s a book I picked absolutely randomly while looking for a short and uncomplicated romantic story to get by on my day off. There’s nothing other than a good romance to help me relax and enjoy a story.
To be honest, in the beginning I was disappointed with the book, though. It started very slow and for approximately half of it there was very little character depicting and development. It looked as the author’s overly prolonged introduction to the real plot, because once Nick and Ashley leave Colorado to find her family, everything turns more lively.
Their road trip was what made me really engrossed into the story. This is when their personalities are truly shown and their love story begins. I liked how beautiful and romantic their love scenes were, and the sense of danger, coming from the President’s enemies, was what added spice to it. Nick is just an amazing man, who is loyal and protective, with his job he’s gone through a lot, and that’s why he’s very tough and serious on the outside. Besides, he’s been burned in his previous relationships and now doesn’t consider himself a boyfriend or husband material. But his love for Ashley is not something he can control, especially with Ashley’s determination to prove to him that everything is possible for them, no matter what, if they just follow their feelings.
Of course, happy ending is a sure thing here, and an epilogue was so sweet and romantic, I couldn’t have asked for more.
So of course, in the end I totally changed my mind about the story, I liked it a lot. It was a great quick read with an amazing love story, which left only positive feelings in me.
August 11, 2015
Disappointed.com. This book started out so well, like a blend of the Mandy Moore and Katie Holmes romcom films about president's daughter but then we got halfway and two things happened:
1. The author tried to go a 'romance suspense' .... except there wasn't any suspense. The 'OMG the President's family have been kidnapped' plot held no weight, the rescue was ridiculously easy, and I thought it was all generally really weak.
2. Just as Ashley's family had been kidnapped, Ashley and Nick suddenly can't resist each other and get together. I liked them when they were bickering at the start of the book but then all of a sudden, after a few days, Nick is in love with her? Don't buy it. But the timing of Ashley and Nick's delve into romance was the least of the problems: after they slept together Nick actually said something along the lines of "sorry I took away your first time from your husband" or something equally 16th Century-ish. I'm sorry, what red-blooded 21st Century male would actually say that to a girl after sleeping with her?! And also I think more need to be made about the fact that she was the daughter of the most powerful man in the world because I think that got left by the wayside a bit.
Yes, so overall everything was just too forced in this book which is a shame because the first half was so promising.
1. The author tried to go a 'romance suspense' .... except there wasn't any suspense. The 'OMG the President's family have been kidnapped' plot held no weight, the rescue was ridiculously easy, and I thought it was all generally really weak.
2. Just as Ashley's family had been kidnapped, Ashley and Nick suddenly can't resist each other and get together. I liked them when they were bickering at the start of the book but then all of a sudden, after a few days, Nick is in love with her? Don't buy it. But the timing of Ashley and Nick's delve into romance was the least of the problems: after they slept together Nick actually said something along the lines of "sorry I took away your first time from your husband" or something equally 16th Century-ish. I'm sorry, what red-blooded 21st Century male would actually say that to a girl after sleeping with her?! And also I think more need to be made about the fact that she was the daughter of the most powerful man in the world because I think that got left by the wayside a bit.
Yes, so overall everything was just too forced in this book which is a shame because the first half was so promising.
December 12, 2016
It's exactly what you think it's going to be. Wonderfully cheesy in all the right ways. I was a little disappointed by the conspiracy and kidnapping subplot since half the time I forgot it was happening. It definitely took a backseat to the romance, and most of the characters seemed to treat it with the same casual dismissal too. It could have slowed down a bit with the romance, as I did need a good dose of suspension of disbelief to get through it, but having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
October 10, 2018
I found this at one of my favourite book stores and when I read the first few pages I wasn't sure about it at first but something told me to take it. Well I did and I could not put it down and becasue of that I finished it in two days. Its not the kind of romance I expected nor did I think it was romance even after I finished it. Its really good.
June 3, 2012
A quick reading story that centers on the romance between the daughter of the President of the US and the secret service agent assigned to guard her. Everything happens fast in this book, the dislike that turns to love and a totally unbelievable scenario that involves the rest of the first family including the President. If you have a vivid imagination then you'll probably enjoy this book.
October 16, 2014
1st: 8/15/99; 2nd: 11/1/02
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December 24, 2014Miniseries: Men In Uniform
May 15, 2012
I'll agree with the other review. I read it very quickly and enjoyed it. There just seemed like there was something slightly different about the book.
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