Brat vs Bodyguard

by Parker Elliot

Jake

I'm supposed to protect him, not send him to his knees

When I'm assigned as billionaire heir, William Moore's bodyguard, I know I'm in for trouble. He's a pain in my a** from the moment I arrive at his family's mansion.

Unfortunately for me, I need the gig after my career was almost ruined by my last client.

William knows just how to press my buttons but if he thinks he can annoy me into quitting, he's got another thing coming.

If anyone knows how to handle mind games, it's me. After my time in service and dealing with my fair share of trouble clients, I'm equipped to handle anything.

When I one-up William by pretending to be his lover at his social event of the year, I know I've won.

Except with William, it might be that I've finally met my match. I'm not so smug after he kisses me. There's no going back.

William

Bodyguard or babysitter? I'll show him just what and who he's got to deal with

So I might have been almost-kidnapped, but is having a bodyguard breathing down my neck 24/7 really the only solution?

I'm trying to have some independence but everywhere I go, Jake's there. My parents insist it's for my own good but it seems like just another way to stifle me.

At least I know how to press the guy's buttons. He won't last more than a week after the attitude I give him.

Except the harder I press Jake's buttons, the harder he fights back. It's game on.

Until he takes it a step too far. If Jake wants to play dirty, he can be my guest.

I always get what I want and what I want might just be my hot new bodyguard.

Brat vs Bodyguard is a steamy full-length gay romance novel with a guaranteed satisfying HEA.

Genres: M M Romance

215 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 15, 2018

About the author

Hi! I'm Parker Elliot, an M/M romance author from California. When I'm not writing, I'm out enjoying nature or in the kitchen trying out a new recipe.

Reviews

[John-Torleif Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and sexy

So I didn't really buy Jake being a professional bodyguard. He lingered around William a lot during the book, but we saw no indication that he ever talked to the security detail for the Moores, in general, or about William specifically. There was basically no point in the story where I felt that Jake was a realistic portrayal of his profession.

But, I really liked Jake and William as a couple. I would have liked to have seen more of the bratty angst between them before Jake succumbed to William's advances, but just because I like that stuff with this trope. I liked how there was a bit of misdirection with the mystery as well.

[Karen BookAddict · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 mignon ms trop rapide

[Delena666 · Rating 2 out of 5]

The longer i read the lower rating i was planning to give the book, so i stoped at about 30% and decided not to tortue myself with it anymore.
Don't have a problem with William's character, him i expected to be this way, at the very least from the title... but the number of ways Jake is not a bodyguard on any level kept pilling up until i could not ignore them anymore. Can't find the right word to describe him but unproffesional is too mild a description.

[D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 1st impression of William was typical spoiled brat, ugh, I hate him and why Carlisle crime sentence only 5 years? Didn't he try to kill Jake? Nevertheless, it's fun read.

[Essie]

DNF
I stopped at 20%. William wasn’t a brat, he was an asshole (maybe his character will develop throughout the story, I don’t know). Jake was very unprofessional, didn’t even last a day before he let William go down on him. This would have worked better for me if the writer would have let the tension build up longer, the MCs build a relationship and if William was more likeable.