Protecting the Lady
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4.2 • 5 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
"Former Protection Command Officer Eve Webb quit her job when a terrorist incident revealed that internal communication failures had caused multiple deaths. Now her former commanding officer and mentor has asked for a favor, and Eve can’t say no. It should be an easy job. All she has to do is guard one female civilian.
Lady Katherine Lovegrove is forty-something-ish in line to the throne and has lived a sheltered life until her father—a high profile judge—upsets the wrong people. She’s not exactly thrilled to need a full-time babysitter, uh, bodyguard, and is even less happy that Eve is an anti-monarchist who despises the upper class.
If Eve had known she’d be protecting royalty, she’d never have taken the job, but as the threat to Lady Katherine’s life draws closer, she’ll do whatever it takes to save her and may just lose her heart in the process."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The bodyguard romance trope gets a glamorous, sapphic update in this sweet but uneven contemporary from Radley (Under Her Influence). Lady Katherine Lovegrove's father is presiding over the trial of a member of a notorious London crime family, leading to threats on Katherine's life. Eve Webb left the security business five years ago, setting up a new life in Tokyo, but her old boss calls her back into the game in response to the threats on Katherine. Eve's staunchly anti-monarchist, believing all aristocrats are entitled snobs—an opinion Katherine's initial behavior does nothing to dispel. Katherine's protests against her increased security and stubborn, foolhardy refusal to take the threat seriously will leave readers just as frustrated as Eve, especially after Katherine's office is attacked and the pair relocate to the Lovegroves' gorgeous country manor. When Katherine finally opens up about her mother's death, her devotion to her charity work, and the difficulties of life in the public eye, it does much to humanize her, but Eve's immediate turn from resentment to admiration still feels too abrupt. Their relationship makes several more vast leaps forward on the way to an action-packed finale full of heightened emotion and drama. Radley's fans will enjoy the fun opposites-attract dynamic, but may feel cheated of the quieter details.
Customer Reviews
Not like other books by this author
This book is not like other books I have read by this author. I’m used to be really drawn in by her books but this one was a bit off with the pace. They hated each other and then on the next page they had feelings for each other - with no real change it just kinda happened. It was also a bit long with the back and forth and their relationship was just shown in the epilogue.