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emilykateduvall's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
whaney's review against another edition
3.0
Not too bad, wasn't quite what I was expecting, but still enjoyable.
craftingrama's review against another edition
1.0
I should get reimbursed for all the eye rolling. I detest dumb blonde female characters
undercoversiren's review against another edition
2.0
The actual plot of the story is fine, but the whole belittling the characters constantly and the consent violation of the first sex scene made it so I couldn't actually finish the book. I read a majority of it, but I can't read any more.
ncrabb's review against another edition
3.0
This looked like it would be superficial, cheesy, and so full of predictable romance tropes that I wondered why I bothered to download it. But to my pleasant surprise, I found the suspense/thriller components here pretty much balance out the romance stuff.There are some sexual descriptions here, but they don't start super early, and the fade-to-black button gets pressed reasonably early on most of the time.
He's an FBI agent; she's a mob princess. (Time for the eye rolling to begin, right?) Alessandra comes across here much brighter and more sympathetic than the average mob princess in books, and the adventures she and the FBI agent have are, by and large, worth the read. The stripper and the second FBI guy in the story make the subplot interesting in some ways.
He's an FBI agent; she's a mob princess. (Time for the eye rolling to begin, right?) Alessandra comes across here much brighter and more sympathetic than the average mob princess in books, and the adventures she and the FBI agent have are, by and large, worth the read. The stripper and the second FBI guy in the story make the subplot interesting in some ways.
kimberlycarrington's review against another edition
2.0
takethyme's review against another edition
4.0
BODYGUARD is simple romance escapism and I liked it. The hero, Harry O'Dell, works for the F.B.I. He doesn't look perfect: large nose, thin lips, but full of muscles. He is fortyish in age, wears rumpled clothes, has a potty-mouth, his fuse is short and he has made a royal mess of his relationship with his kids. Oh, and he is not tall. In fact, just slightly taller than the heroine, Alessandra Lamont, if she doesn't wear heels. Or Al, as Harry likes to call her.
Now she is a different story. Blonde bombshell, trophy wife or should I say trophy widow, slim and perfect. One out of two isn't bad. I NEEDED to read a romance where everyone wasn't beautiful. It is too common nowadays when you read books and I ask you, how many people look perfect in real life?
So, back to the book. Though first published in 1999, the story is not dated. Al or Allie has a hit put on her after her ex-husband stole some money and then hid it. then he is murdered for it. Harry and his partner George get involved and become her bodyguards. But that is not all. There are some secondary stories that drive this romance. And it seems all the characters are fractured in some way. Again, it was nice to see that not everyone was perfect.
For the most part, the pacing of the storyline is good. It is our hero, Harry, who has some TSTL moments but that was sort of refreshing. Usually, it is the heroine in the story who does this. There are some times where you are rolling your eyes. And, especially towards the end, a few situations feel glossed over but all in all it was a pretty good romance.
Now she is a different story. Blonde bombshell, trophy wife or should I say trophy widow, slim and perfect. One out of two isn't bad. I NEEDED to read a romance where everyone wasn't beautiful. It is too common nowadays when you read books and I ask you, how many people look perfect in real life?
So, back to the book. Though first published in 1999, the story is not dated. Al or Allie has a hit put on her after her ex-husband stole some money and then hid it. then he is murdered for it. Harry and his partner George get involved and become her bodyguards. But that is not all. There are some secondary stories that drive this romance. And it seems all the characters are fractured in some way. Again, it was nice to see that not everyone was perfect.
For the most part, the pacing of the storyline is good. It is our hero, Harry, who has some TSTL moments but that was sort of refreshing. Usually, it is the heroine in the story who does this. There are some times where you are rolling your eyes. And, especially towards the end, a few situations feel glossed over but all in all it was a pretty good romance.
emilyn's review against another edition
3.0
Mediocre romantic suspense novel. I had a hard time believing in the relationship between the two main characters. A trophy wife of seven years who married at 19 after being told her whole life that the only thing she was good for was marriage would not have been as strong as Alessandra. There were a few fairly graphic descriptions of sex (PG13ish).
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