THE PROTECTOR by Jodi Ellen Malpas-Review, Book Tour & Giveaway

THE PROTECTOR
by Jodi Ellen Malpas
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Genre: stand alone, adult, contemporary, romantic, suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 6, 2016

People think they have Camille Logan nailed: daddy’s girl; beautiful, spoiled young woman with her father’s bank balance to fund her lifestyle. But Camille is determined to have a life free from his strings. Out on her own, she’s made mistakes, including one that found her clawing her way back after a stint in rehab and plenty of bad press. Now, after fighting so hard to be independent and happy, she finds her life threatened as a result of her father’s ruthless business dealings. Caught between resentment and fear, Camille prepares herself for the measures her father will take to protect her. But nothing could prepare her for the ex-SAS sniper who crashes into her life.

Jake Sharp resides in his own personal hell. He was distracted from duty once before, and the consequences were devastating–both personally and professionally. He vowed never to let that happen again. Accepting the job of bodyguard to Camille Logan isn’t the kind of distraction from his demons he should take. Women and Jake don’t mix well, yet protecting the heiress seems the lesser of two evils. But Jake soon discovers that she isn’t the woman she’s perceived to be. She’s warm, compassionate, her presence settling, and his duty to protect her soon goes deeper than a well-paid job, no matter how hard he fights it. He needs absolution. He comes to need Camille. But he knows he can’t have both.

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REVIEW: THE PROTECTOR by Jodi Ellen Malpas is a stand alone, contemporary adult romantic, suspense story line focusing on former SAS (Special Forces) sniper Jake Sharp, and model/fashion designer Camille (Cami) Logan.

Told from dual first person points of view (Cami and Jake) THE PROTECTOR focuses on Jake’s latest assignment-to ‘babysit’ a twenty five year old heiress. When new threats from an unknown source are directed at his only daughter Camille, billionaire British businessman Trevor Logan hires former SAS sniper and bodyguard Jake Sharp to protect his daughter from potential harm. What ensues is the building forbidden relationship between Cami and Jake, and the investigation into the threats against Cami who may have become collateral damage in her father’s personal and private war.

Jake Sharp is a damaged soldier both physically and emotionally following a devastating loss of men in the Afghanistan war, and civilian life finds our hero a reluctant bodyguard for a woman he believes to be a spoiled, rich and narcissistic princess. His fears are not far from reality as our heroine is continuously on the run and pushing all of Jake’s over-protective, alpha male buttons. But Jake hides a secret that is destroying his life-PTSD and a past he refuses to acknowledge. Cami is a cover model and aspiring fashion designer; a woman who fell for the wrong man and paid the price in more ways than one. Cami believes her father has crossed a line with his need to protect his youngest child but our heroine is completely unaware of the threats against her life, and the fall –out of her father’s affairs.

The relationship between Camille and Jake begins acrimoniously-Cami wants nothing to do with a live in bodyguard, and Jake has to fight his need for control as Cami is committed to continue her life as though nothing else mattered. As Jake, and his ‘keeper’ Lucinda begin to do a little investigation of their own, Jake knows that Trevor Logan is hiding the truth behind the threats against his daughter’s life, and Jake will be targeted when his relationship with Camille becomes personal. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense.

THE PROTECTOR is a fated story line that follows many diverging paths with plenty of back story, and an ex-boyfriend who may or may not have some help with his need for revenge and desire to get what he wants. Jake is a man haunted by his past-a past that he knows must be faced before he can move on with his life. His secret, once revealed, will change our hardened bodyguard into a different man.

Jodi Ellen Malpas’s THE PROTECTOR has moments of action, suspense, mystery and drama. The premise is intriguing; there is plenty of sexual tension between our leading couple; the characters are numerous, colorful and animated but many seem to be out of place within the story line context. The conflict resolution was a little rushed-solved too easily and rather quickly; Jake’s past comes full circle as he must face who and what he left behind.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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British talent Jodi Ellen Malpas sold hundreds of thousands of e-books of her passionately erotic trilogy This Man before landing a major US publishing deal and sailing straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers chart in a few short months. Success quickly followed in the UK, with thousands of readers falling head-over-heels for the devastatingly handsome Lord of the Manor Jesse Ward and his feisty counterpart, Ava O’Shea, as all three books became major Sunday Times bestsellers. This was followed by further success with her second series One Night, which introduced the irresistibly enigmatic M.

Jodi was born and raised in the Midlands town of Northampton, England, where she lives with her two boys and a beagle. She is a self-professed daydreamer, a Converse and, mojito addict, and has a terrible weak spot for Alpha Males. For more information, visit Jodi online at: www.jodiellenmalpas.co.uk, or www.facebook.com/JodiEllenMalpas, or www.twitter.com/JodiEllenMalpas.

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