Deadly Protector
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4.2 • 24 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
He’s a former thief.
Dimitri’s world is turned upside down when he meets Zamira. The sweet single mom knows nothing about who he used to be. He should stay away, because he’s the last thing she needs in her life. But when she’s targeted by a threat from her past, he can’t keep his distance any longer.
She’s been burned before.
Zamira is a widow raising her twins with the help of her big family. After a devastating betrayal by her deceased husband, dating hasn’t been on her radar in years—until she meets a man who makes her feel alive again. But before she can think about taking the next step with him, a deadly secret threatens to rip her world apart. She knows she can’t handle things alone, yet when Dimitri steps in she realizes he has secrets too. He’s more dangerous than anyone she’s ever met. And the biggest threat he poses is to her heart.
Author note: each book in the Red Stone Security series may be read as a stand-alone.
Customer Reviews
4.25stars-seductive & intense romance
4.25 stars--DEADLY PROTECTOR is the nineteenth instalment in Katie Reus’ contemporary, adult RED STONE SECURITY erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the men and women who work for Red Stone Security. This is thirty-two year old, physical therapist and single mother Zamira Nowak LeBlanc, former thief turned businessman/security specialist Dimitri Lenkov’s story line. DEADLY PROTECTOR can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Zamira is Mila’s sister (Secret Enemy 16).
Told from several third person perspectives including Dimitri and Zamira DEADLY PROTECTOR follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-two year old, physical therapist and single mother Zamira Nowak LeBlanc, former thief turned businessman/security specialist Dimitri Lenkov. Zamira Nowak was Dimitri Lenkov’s physical therapist but now that their relationship was no longer professional, Dimitri crossed the invisible line asking Zamira out on a date but a a former acquaintance of Zamira’s late husband is demanding something Zamira does not have, a demand that pulls in the Red Stone Security team to protect our story line heroine. All does not go according to plan when Dimitri is recognized for who and what he once was, and our hero gets pulled into a world of which he is no longer a member. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Dimitri and Zamira, and the potential fall-out as Dimitri’s guilt about his past forces our hero to reconsider his plans for the future/
The relationship between Dimitri and Zamira is one of immediate attraction but Dimitri began as Zamira’s client, and neither one was willing to cross the line. With her children on vacation, Zamira accepts Dimitri’s invitation for a night on the town, wherein our couple will begin their courtship that is threatened by people from their pasts. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
The secondary and supporting characters included several members of the Red Stone Security Team including Porter and Lizzy Caldwell (No One To Trust 1),Lyosha Vasiliev and Mila (Secret Enemy 16), as well as hotelier and businessman Viktor Ivanov. The requisite evil has many faces.
DEADLY PROTECTOR is a story of obsession and vengeance, betrayal and greed, family, friendships, relationships and love. The fast paced, character driven premise is intriguing and entertaining; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are captivating, determined and strong willed.