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A review by powerlibrarian
The Billionaire Needs a Bodyguard by Ravina Hilliard
4.0
This was such a cute and engaging book! Lex is a great protagonist. She's a bad-ass bodyguard who is somewhat insecure in her femininity. Parts of the book reminded me a lot of Miss Congeniality. She undergoes a transformation (read: makeover) so that she can take this undercover assignment, and afterwards everyone is surprised by how attractive she's become.
Lex does her job of protecting someone who doesn't want to be protected very well. Michael doesn't have a clue that she's actually there to ensure that there are no assassination attempts on him before he completes his business deal. Michael is a bit of an a*s towards Lex, but only because he thinks she's a gold-digger. He has to reconcile two very different women in his head--the person that his private investigator dug up while researching Lex's alias and the woman he's gotten to know. We get scenes from both of their points of view, which helps to build their backstories and give us more insight into who they are and how they really feel about each other.
The mystery in this novel (who is trying to kill Michael) is quite compelling. We get to meet quite a few interesting side characters as Michael works on his big business deal in Copenhagen, and I found the twists and turns in the case quite surprising.
My only complaint is that I would have liked for them to have spent more time getting to know each other. Maybe through a conversation or two talking about their pasts (with Lex lying through her teeth, but at least trying to be honest wherever she can). For instance, we know that they both had similar upbringings, and I would have liked to have had a scene where they bonded over that. Without this, the book is a tad too insta-lovey for me.
At the end of the novel, the cheese factor ratcheted up to 11, but I didn't care. I just love a happy ending!
*Thank you to Dawn Hill Publications for the ebook to review!*
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Lex does her job of protecting someone who doesn't want to be protected very well. Michael doesn't have a clue that she's actually there to ensure that there are no assassination attempts on him before he completes his business deal. Michael is a bit of an a*s towards Lex, but only because he thinks she's a gold-digger. He has to reconcile two very different women in his head--the person that his private investigator dug up while researching Lex's alias and the woman he's gotten to know. We get scenes from both of their points of view, which helps to build their backstories and give us more insight into who they are and how they really feel about each other.
The mystery in this novel (who is trying to kill Michael) is quite compelling. We get to meet quite a few interesting side characters as Michael works on his big business deal in Copenhagen, and I found the twists and turns in the case quite surprising.
My only complaint is that I would have liked for them to have spent more time getting to know each other. Maybe through a conversation or two talking about their pasts (with Lex lying through her teeth, but at least trying to be honest wherever she can). For instance, we know that they both had similar upbringings, and I would have liked to have had a scene where they bonded over that. Without this, the book is a tad too insta-lovey for me.
At the end of the novel, the cheese factor ratcheted up to 11, but I didn't care. I just love a happy ending!
*Thank you to Dawn Hill Publications for the ebook to review!*
This review appeared first on https://powerlibrarian.wordpress.com/
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