Guarding Miranda

by Amanda M. Holt

After the tragic shooting that had claimed her fiancé's life and threatened hers, Miranda had expected the world would be interested in another scandal before she even got discharged from the hospital. When the lies and accusations make things too hot in San Francisco, Miranda leaves for a place where she can heal and privately mourn the loss of her fiancé. A place far, far away from Waterhen, Manitoba, Canada. She has her Uncle Russ' cabin all to herself... at least until a certain formidable Aussie shows up. Unknown to her, Brian is the man her Uncle Russ hired to conduct surveillance on Richard's activities and ascertain the degree of her involvement. Now, here he is in Waterhen with a whole lot of bad news about some goings-on back home and the message that her Uncle Russ has appointed him as her bodyguard. Will Brian be able to keep Miranda safe from the darkness that means to end her? More than that, can he keep her safe from herself, from the darkness of her heart?

Genres: Contemporary Romance

253 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2011

About the author

Born in British Columbia, Canada in 1979, raised in Manitoba, Amanda Mary-Margaret Holt is the oldest of four children. She began writing at an early age, stories that always seemed to be of one paranormal genre or another. Sometimes these stories thrilled her teachers and parents...other times, they served only to horrify.

With no formal post-secondary training in English or literature studies, Amanda credits various teachers (Mr. Elliott and Mr. Ortwein, for example), her family, and her dear friend Ms. T with fostering her growth and development as an author.

Amanda worked a variety of jobs as a younger adult: she was a graphic artist, a bartender, an electrician's apprentice, a security guard, a graphic artist, a waitress, an adult novelty clerk, and at one point, even an Electrolux sales person. She recieved her Computer Programmer/Analyst diploma in 2003 and is now pursuing Bachelor of Nursing studies at the fourth-year level.

While dark fantasy is her favourite genre to write in, she has tried her hand at both mainstream erotica and contemporary romance and enjoyed those as well. So long as her heroine is a woman who is brave enough to face her darkest fears and bold enough to realize her innermost fantasies, therein lies a tale that Miss Holt aspires to tell.

You can email Amanda at holt_writer@hotmail.com or visit her webpage at www.amandamholt.com


Also writes as Alessandra Gayle

Reviews

[Jen_C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started out great. Then there was an entire chapter that was so boring where Miranda is meeting people in the little general store in Canada. Then she turns into a total be-atch. Then it got mushy and cliche & she had a TSTL moment. I got bored.

[Karja26 · Rating 3 out of 5]

good read...but she annoyed the heck out of me!