Funny, flirty, and completely heartfelt.  There’s a reason I’m a diehard Katherine Center fan.  Her books always combine the perfect mixture of escape and impact.  

 

Hannah might be able to drop a man to his knees and have a tough as steel exterior while doing it.  But on the inside, she’s tender, a bit messy, and plagued with self-doubt.  

 

Jack. (Yep. That IS a complete thought!) Those crooked glasses.  That laugh that reaches all the way to his toes.  And those Levi’s that I can’t get out of my head.  I can’t deny that I fell hard for him.  

 

The premise could be such a syrupy sweet cliché… Hollywood hunk.  Disinterested regular girl.  Both carrying around some major familial baggage from the past.  

 

But when Center works her magic, and I believe she has magic in spades, that premise turns into absolute swoon-worthy perfection with a heaping dose of laughter.  

 

Don’t let me mislead you though.  There’s more to this story than a great romance.  The message of this book nourished my soul and made me feel seen.  It gave a voice to my own situation with my parent with such tenderness and honesty, while never being heavy handed. 

 

The Bodyguard gave me everything I wanted and fully charmed me, leaving me with the biggest, happiest, most satisfied smile as I closed the last page.  

 

As I often do, I went back and forth between the print and audio versions of this book, and I would strongly recommend either version.  The audio is narrated by Patti Murin, and I just adored the voice she gave to Hannah.  

 

“You can be the love you wish you had.  That’s the way to be okay.  Because giving love to other people is a way of having it for yourself.”  

 

Many thanks to my partners @smp and @macmillanaudio for the #gifted copies.