Guarding Her (Red Stone Security 18) by Katie Reus-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Dat May 17, 2022

She never wanted fame…

After a video of her modeling her friend’s new clothing line goes viral, Gia suddenly finds herself thrust into the spotlight. She never wanted fame—she was just having fun and helping a friend. Unfortunately now she’s got a target on her back. Someone out there will do anything to destroy her. Someone who wants her dead.

Now she’s paying the price…

As his best friend’s sister, Gia is off limits. She’s also the woman of Lawson’s dreams—and hottest fantasies. When she’s targeted by a vicious stalker, all bets are off. As a Red Stone Security expert, he’ll keep her safe at any cost. What he doesn’t know is how he’s going to keep her out of his bed, because he’s never wanted anyone as badly as he wants her. He’s all about rules—it’s why he’s such a good bodyguard—while she seems determined to test his control at every step. But if they want to survive, they’ll have to work together to stop the killer…before it’s too late.

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REVIEW: GUARDING HER is the eighteenth instalment in Katie Reus’ contemporary, adult RED STONE SECURITY romantic suspense series. This is illustrator Gia Ferrer , RSS agent Lawson Murphy’s story line. GUARDING HER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from third person perspective GUARDING HER follows the building romance and relationship between illustrator Gia Ferrer , RSS agent Lawson Murphy. Lawson Murphy has lusted after his best friend’s sister Gia for as long as he can remember but the bro-code means hands off, and Lawson watches from the sidelines as Gia moves on with her life. When the opportunity to become a swimwear model for her friend’s clothing line presents itself, Gia reluctantly agrees but soon after, the online stalkers and comments become threatening and all too real. Enter Lawson Murphy, who becomes Gia’s personal body guard and protector. What ensues is the building but forbidden relationship between Gia and Lawson, and the potential fall-out when Gia becomes the social media darling, and someone targets our story line heroine.

Lawson Murphy knows not to cross the line with his best friend’s sister but when our hero is hired to protect Gia Ferrer from an unknown stalker, Lawson must take a professional stance, struggling with his attraction to the woman who calls to his heart. Gia Ferrer has no idea who is behind the threats but when the personal responsible gets too close for comfort, Gia knows that it’s time to call in help from the man with whom she is falling in love.

Meanwhile, Clarita and Carlos, Gia’s soon to be extended in-laws, are battling some demons of their own. Carlos is always working late, rarely home, and Clarita believes the man that she loves has fallen for someone else.

The relationship between Gia and Lawson is one of immediate attraction. Gia believes Lawson is disinterested, in the wake of rejection and often being ignored but Lawson is keeping his distance in order to protect a friendship. As the threats against Gia Ferrer increase, so too does Lawson’s need for, and attraction to our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are limited but seductive and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters, many of whom we have met in previous story lines. We are introduced to Gia’s brother Juan, his fiancé Angel, Clarita and Carlos, as well as several members of the crew at the swimwear shoot.

GUARDING HER is a story of betrayal and vengeance, obsession and control, understanding, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is intriguing and captivating; the romance is passionate; the characters are energetic and strong-willed.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Katie Reus is the New York Times, USA Today, and IndieReader bestselling author of the Red Stone Security series, the Moon Shifter series and the Deadly Ops series. She fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it.

However, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a writer. After changing majors many times, she finally graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology. Not long after that she discovered a new love. Writing. She now spends her days writing dark paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense. Her book Avenger’s Heat recently won the Georgia RWA Maggie Award for Excellence in the fantasy/paranormal category.

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