Bodyguard by Night (Happy Acres 2) by Taryn Quinn-a review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 13, 2022
Protecting my best friend’s new sister-in-law Willow from a fan who wants to get a little too close is a no-brainer.
Just requires me to do some checking around, to act as her shadow for a while, maybe even give her a place to stay so I can keep an eye on her—all so my best friend’s small-town wedding to Willow’s sister goes off without a hitch.
But many hours spent in close quarters changes the game quickly. And now Willow—Chaos to me—is no longer just a job.
She’s a bright light who shines into all the darkest corners of my solitary-by-choice life. Until a snap decision I make to try to draw out her stalker risks our relationship—and her life.
Suddenly, I’m not just trying to keep her safe, I’m part of the picture. And the race is on for us to figure out who is tracking us before the price goes far too high
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REVIEW:BODYGUARD BY NIGHT is the second instalment in Taryn Quinn’s contemporary, adult HAPPY ACRES erotic, romance series set in the author’s Crest Cove world, a spin off /companion to the author’s Found In Oblivion/Lost in Oblivion series. . This is thirty-six year old, security specialist /businessman Ransom Douglas, and twenty-six year old podcaster/ baker Willow Doyle’s story line. BODYGUARD BY NIGHT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storyline is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Ransom and Willow) BODYGUARD BY NIGHT follows Willow Doyle and Ransom Douglas in the weeks before Willow’s sister’s wedding. Willow Doyle is currently homeless having walked out on a toxic relationship with her former roommates. With no place to go, Willow heads home for her sister’s wedding where she will come face to face with her future, and the best man, Ransom Douglas but all is not well is Willow’s life, and everything is about to get a little more complicated. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Willow and Ransom, and the potential fall-out as a stalker sets his sights on our story line heroine.
Willow Doyle has a stalker, but more precisely several stalkers, but one in particular has made it their mission to get up close and personal. This is not the first time Willow’s life has spiralled out of control but with the help of Ransom Douglas, and his team of experts at Roth Security, Willow will have more protection than she could have ever imagined. Staying with Ransom forces the couple together, living with Ransom begins to blur the lines between friendship and love.
The relationship between Willow and Ransom is one of immediate attraction but our couple tends to butt heads at every opportunity. With someone threatening our story line heroine, Ransom becomes protector and bodyguard of the woman with whom he will fall in love. The $ex scenes are passionate and intense without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including several from the author’s Crescent Cove Series. We are reintroduced to Willow’s sister Rachel and her fiance Clay(Fiance by Christmas 1), Willow and Rachel’s Aunt Laverne, as well as Clay and Ransom’s former friend Reid, and Ransom’s sisters Marigold and Maple. Reid’s story is next.
BODYGUARD BY NIGHT is a story of family, friendships, relationships and love; obsession and delusion. The premise is intriguing; the romance is seductive; the characters are charismatic and dynamic..but..the revelation, identity and take down of the stalker is anti-climactic; the conflict resolution a little disappointing.
Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one FIANCE BY CHRISTMAS
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Reviewed by Sandy
