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A review by jnikolova
The Billionaire Needs a Bodyguard by Ravina Hilliard
3.0
Also available on the WondrousBooks blog.
* Disclaimer: I received this book from Dawn Hill Publications in exchange for an honest review.
I've read romance novels in the past, but not quite anything like The Billionaire Needs a Bodyguard - a romance that borders on erotica (as I imagine, having not read any).
This is a short and easy to read novel about a young woman, Lex, who works as a bodyguard and has a special assignment - to protect a famous billionaire on a business trip to Denmark, because his life has been threatened due to a new merger. The only tricky part is that he's not supposed to know that she's a bodyguard, because he doesn't want one. Lex, therefore, has to go in undercover as a hired escort.
In certain aspects, the book required some suspension of disbelief on my part, namely the situation that Lex is in: she's very young, yet already a team leader in the bodyguard company she's working in. Also, she's supposed to be very badass, but not only lets Michael treat her like trash, but also gets super emotional about it and loses control extremely quickly, which would be a huge failure in her profession. I would imagine that no matter what he says, she wouldn't bat an eyelash, because she actually knows what's going on, but nope, she starts crying and gets hysterical.
But let's say that all of those are plot devices, though not cleverly written ones, this is where the suspension of disbelief kicked in and I told to myself that perhaps I need to ignore them in order to enjoy the book as it was meant to be enjoyed - for the sexiness (at least I hope so, otherwise the book would lose a lot more merit). Sexy it was. That was the true first for me, I've read novels where there was some sex, but not so much and not so intense. It was an interesting first and I liked the book for it, it was done a lot more tastefully than I would have imagined.
In short, if you want a few hours of steamy romance, The Billionaire Needs a Boyfriend is not a bad choice at all.
(Quarantine: Book 19)
* Disclaimer: I received this book from Dawn Hill Publications in exchange for an honest review.
I've read romance novels in the past, but not quite anything like The Billionaire Needs a Bodyguard - a romance that borders on erotica (as I imagine, having not read any).
This is a short and easy to read novel about a young woman, Lex, who works as a bodyguard and has a special assignment - to protect a famous billionaire on a business trip to Denmark, because his life has been threatened due to a new merger. The only tricky part is that he's not supposed to know that she's a bodyguard, because he doesn't want one. Lex, therefore, has to go in undercover as a hired escort.
In certain aspects, the book required some suspension of disbelief on my part, namely the situation that Lex is in: she's very young, yet already a team leader in the bodyguard company she's working in. Also, she's supposed to be very badass, but not only lets Michael treat her like trash, but also gets super emotional about it and loses control extremely quickly, which would be a huge failure in her profession. I would imagine that no matter what he says, she wouldn't bat an eyelash, because she actually knows what's going on, but nope, she starts crying and gets hysterical.
But let's say that all of those are plot devices, though not cleverly written ones, this is where the suspension of disbelief kicked in and I told to myself that perhaps I need to ignore them in order to enjoy the book as it was meant to be enjoyed - for the sexiness (at least I hope so, otherwise the book would lose a lot more merit). Sexy it was. That was the true first for me, I've read novels where there was some sex, but not so much and not so intense. It was an interesting first and I liked the book for it, it was done a lot more tastefully than I would have imagined.
In short, if you want a few hours of steamy romance, The Billionaire Needs a Boyfriend is not a bad choice at all.
(Quarantine: Book 19)