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The Protectors #18
On Her Guard
Believing that no one can break down her defenses, Ellen Denby, the powerful head of a world-renowned protection agency, meets her match in secret service agent Nikos Pandarus, and as their passion rages out of control, unexpected love blossoms between them. Original.
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 25, 2002
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Beverly Barton
300 books709 followersBeverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
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August 3, 2011
It was years ago that I read this book and the first time I read this author but it made an impression on me. Enough that I kept the book to able to remember the author to be able to find other books by her to read.
January 11, 2025
อีเลน เดนบี้เป็นนักสืบหญิงคนแรกและคนเดียว (ในขณะนั้น) แห่งสำนักงานดันดี เธอเป็นผู้หญิงสวยที่เก่งไม่แพ้ผู้ชายคนไหน บทบาทที่เธอมักได้รับในการปลอมตัวไปเพื่อสืบสวนคดีคือก็เล่นเป็นสาวผมบลอนด์น่าโง่ ที่สวยแต่ไร้สมอง หลังจากผ่านไปหลายปี และหลายเล่ม อีเดนก็ก้าวขึ้นมาเป็นผู้บริหารของสำนักงานนักสืบดันดี (แทนเดน ที่หนีไปแต่งงานตั้งแต่เมื่อหลายเล่มก่อน) สิ่งที่ไม่มีใครรู้ รวมทั้งคนอ่าน (ก่อนจะถึงเล่มนี้) ก็คือ อดีตอันแสนรันทดของเธอ ในวัยยี่สิบปีเธอได้พบกับผู้ชายที่เปลี่ยนแปลงโลกทั้งใบของเธอ ทำให้เธอไม่มีวันกลับมาเป็นสาวน้อยสดใสคนเดิมได้อีก ประสบการณ์เปลี่ยนแปลงเธอไปอย่างมาก ความสูญเสีย (ที่โคตรเศร้า) ทำร้ายจนเธอต้องเกิดเป็นคนใหม่ที่แข็งแกร่งขึ้น และในยามที่เธอคิดว่าตนเองมีเกราะป้องกันตัวอย่างดีแล้ว ผู้ชายคนนั้นก็เดินกลับเข้ามาในชีวิตของเธอ ท่ามกลางคดีลักพาตัวเด็กที่กระทบใจเธออย่างรุนแรง หนังสือเล่มนี้เป็นเล่มที่แม็กซ์เสียน้ำตาให้ ซึ่งถ้าไม่มีเรื่อง Worth any Price แม็กซ์คงจะยกให้เป็นเล่มที่ซาบซึ้งที่สุดในชุดนี้ของเบฟเวอรี่ แต่ถึงจะไม่ซึ้งที่สุด แต่ก็น่าอ่านค่ะ สำหรับคนที่ไม่กลัวประเด็นในเรื่องที่หนักและทำร้ายจิตใจสักหน่อย
July 7, 2008
This was one of the silliest books I have read this year. I am surprised to read that Howard's input was sought by Barton. Is this true? The book started out so promising as it's a thriller set in a (fictional, I think) island near Greece with the unlikely name of 'Golnar' (sounds more like something out of Lord of the Rings).
The sexual antics of the hero and heroine soon made me want to fire them both and send them off the case. They are on Golnar to spearhead the rescue mission of a billionaire's kidnapped daughter yet while waiting for contact by the terrorists, these two clowns are either rubbing their genitals on each other or having sex. I'm supposed to believe these are professionals totally dedicated to the mission which involves an Osama-like terrorist? Then there's Barton's annoying overuse of the word, 'agkelos', which the hero says means 'angel'. I take it from here that Nick is speaking Greek but the Greek word for 'angel' is not spelt that way as it ends up being pronounced incorrectly. By all means use foreign words but get the research right so that it doesn't end up laughable. Theo, the father of the kidnapped kid is a billionaire of the Onassis-Niarchos league yet Barton has, in her narrative, the consideration of the cost of hiring a helicopter to join in the rescue! I know billionaires who go to work in helicopters just to beat the morning traffic. Maybe not in the US but certainly in the congested middle east and Asian cities. Yet she has a Greek billionaire in her story and Barton raises the issue of cost of a measly helicopter to rescue his daughter when the man has repeatedly told them he wants no cost spared. These and other improbable scenarios make On Her Guard an embarrassment to read.
The sexual antics of the hero and heroine soon made me want to fire them both and send them off the case. They are on Golnar to spearhead the rescue mission of a billionaire's kidnapped daughter yet while waiting for contact by the terrorists, these two clowns are either rubbing their genitals on each other or having sex. I'm supposed to believe these are professionals totally dedicated to the mission which involves an Osama-like terrorist? Then there's Barton's annoying overuse of the word, 'agkelos', which the hero says means 'angel'. I take it from here that Nick is speaking Greek but the Greek word for 'angel' is not spelt that way as it ends up being pronounced incorrectly. By all means use foreign words but get the research right so that it doesn't end up laughable. Theo, the father of the kidnapped kid is a billionaire of the Onassis-Niarchos league yet Barton has, in her narrative, the consideration of the cost of hiring a helicopter to join in the rescue! I know billionaires who go to work in helicopters just to beat the morning traffic. Maybe not in the US but certainly in the congested middle east and Asian cities. Yet she has a Greek billionaire in her story and Barton raises the issue of cost of a measly helicopter to rescue his daughter when the man has repeatedly told them he wants no cost spared. These and other improbable scenarios make On Her Guard an embarrassment to read.
February 22, 2016
I enjoyed this book very much, but the "steamy" encounters were a bit over the top. A typical Beverly Barton, with someone needing to be rescued and well-trained agents up to the task. This book is a bit unsettling in light of all the terrorists groups operating today. It was published in 2002, but the action could have occurred yesterday.
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