What a perfect romcom of a book. I thought the two main characters had excellent chemistry and the whole book was humorous and really entertaining.

Hannah is an Executive Protection Agent who travels the world protecting the elite. Her clients are usually wealthy but under the radar, so her assignment to protect Hollywood superstar Jack Stapleton from a stalker fan while he visits his sick mom on their Texas ranch is out of her comfort zone. Jack doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker, so he asks Hannah to pretend to be his girlfriend, and she reluctantly agrees.

This, of course, is a romance, and it’s fairly predictable. But this may just be the Katherine Center novel I’ve enjoyed the most. I loved Hannah and Jack’s relationship and how they just enjoyed one another. The banter doesn’t try too hard to be clever; they just frequently burst out laughing at one another about things that weren’t objectively funny, but were to them. It was such a realistic portrayal of the weird little worlds we build inside of our close relationships and it was so much fun to read.

Hannah Brooks is an Executive Protection Agent - aka Bodyguard - going through a bit of a rough patch in her personal life when she gets assigned to guard one of the most famous actors in Hollywood while he tries to unnoticed in Houston and around his family ranch in Katy, TX. But things don’t exactly go according to plan…

This book was so good, I loved it! Forced proximity and fake dating, heck yes! Pick it up and settle in because it gets better and better right up until the perfect end.

I absolutely adored this book. I listened to this via audiobook while reading the ebook. I loved the characters, Hannah and Jack were too cute, and Robby can go to hell. Also, I loved Doghouse, he wasn't mentioned much, but when he was, I smiled. I laughed. I was excited. I felt for Hannah at times, and I was so excited for her at others. The story all in all just made me happy, and I will be checking out more of Center's work as I couldn't devour this one quick enough.

I loved this book! Katherine Center is always one of my favorites, but this one was her funniest, lightest, and most charming yet. I was delighted by how she flipped the bodyguard trope on its head.

This book was interesting and very well-written. I would likely want to read more from this author and will recommend this to friends.

I LOVED this book. It was fun and different and THANK GOD that Toledo was brought back around because I spent the whole book wondering how weird it was that it was such a big deal and then got dropped.

I will say though- there is zero chance that Houston had a direct flight to Toledo. Nowhere has a direct flight to Toledo.

I loved all the characters. I loved it all. I loved the POV and telling the story way after the fact. It was just really fun and I wish that family would adopt me too.

#thebodyguard #katherinecenter #netgalley

Hannah’s a bodyguard and Jack’s a famous actor who left the limelight after an accident took the life of his brother. He’s been estranged from his family, but his mother is sick so he comes home to help her. His third brother doesn’t want him around and his celebrity stalker wants him too much. Hannah poses as his girlfriend when they are with his family. All the while Hannah and Jack are getting closer. Jack has a lot to work through with his family and Hannah has a vile ex who is also a co-worker working Jack’s case.

Katherine’s writing is so beautiful. I loved the banter between Jack and Hannah, the surprises along the way, and the happy ending. A new favorite for sure!

I am thankful for the electronic copy of the book that I received from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I purchased the audible version on my own.

The Bodyguard- Katherine Center
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This was just what I needed to get over the last two star books I read. It had everything I love about a romance. Kept my interest and I didn’t want to stop reading it. It was a tad predictable but that didn’t bother me. I love a good fake dating storyline.

This story was so darn cute!

I loved this gender-swapped Body guard tale. Typically in bodyguard tropes the male is the bodyguard rescuing a lady damsel, but I enjoyed this spin on the trope!

I’m a sucker for Celebrity trope romances as well, I loved Jack’s family and I loved that we had some tension and things to work out and life for the celebrity wasn’t rainbows and sunshine.

There wasn’t spice, but the story was cute and I so enjoyed the strong female protagonist and sweet male MC!

Thank you to Netgalley and the Punlisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is my second Katherine Center book and I was reminded again why I absolutely love her books! The witty banter, the romance, the character development, and her writing style all make for wonderful books! She will continue to be an automatic purchase author for me. While I did really enjoy this book, I do feel like some elements to it weren't necessary for the overall story. I enjoyed them still, but I can also see where they could be taken out and not affect the overall book. All in all, a great read! Thank you NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Katherine Center for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

What’s not to love in a romance with a savvy smart heroine, a moody celebrity hero, a forced stay at his parents' ranch, and a fake relationship trope (because she needs to offer him protection).

This was a delightful, meaningful read about giving and accepting love. It left me with that warm and gooey feeling after I finished reading.

One of those books I wish I could start all over again, open the page and read from scratch, just to repeat the experience! Short take: great heroine, fantastic read.

3.5 stars —

The Bodyguard is a fun and cute story. The storyline seemed a bit predictable but the personalities of the characters kept it interesting. The author made quick work of making sure you felt compassion towards the characters. It was an easy read for those of us who love the fake dating trope.

Katherine Center's THE BODYGUARD is a sweet romance about Hannah, and Executive Protection Agent (a bodyguard) and the man she's tasked to protect: mega-celebrity Jack Stapleton. Their relationship is a working one, but it's quickly clear that Jack doesn't want his family to know he has a stalker and a need for a bodyguard, so of course they have to fake a romantic relationship. It doesn't take long for the lines between professional and personal to blur. There's a lot of heart and humor in this story.

What a wonderful romantical comedy! Center has written a fun, page turning, rom com. I highly recommend. You will sit down, escape, and before you know it, you will be at the end!

Hannah works for a company as a bodyguard. Sure, she loves her job and gives it her all. However, when her mother passes away and her boyfriend leaves her, she has a hard time. Hannah requests a job assignment in another country.

Her boss, Glenn, tells her that she is going to have to work hard to get that assignment in another country. In the meantime, she is assigned to protect Jack Stapleton, a well known celebrity. To make matters worse, she has to pretend to be his girlfriend while protecting him at his family's ranch in Texas.

Hannah finds herself protecting Jack from stalkers while pretending to be his girlfriend. Not only, does she fall in love with him but his family as well. Hannah is in way over her head and has to find a way out.

This book is the perfect romantic comedy! I highly recommend it!

The Bodyguard is my first Katherine Center novel and definitely won't be my last. To start, The Bodyguard was NOT who I was expecting! The story was cute and light yet fast paced and exciting. And the story wrapped up neatly with an ending I found satisfying. It was exactly what I was looking for to escape over my summer break.

When you first hear of a bodyguard-celebrity romance, your initial reaction may be "old news" ...but what if the celebrity were a male heartthrob actor and the bodyguard were a petite female agent who was recently dumper by her coworker? SIGN ME THE HECK UP.

Hannah Brooks may not look like she could kill you, but she definitely could. Unfortunately, it would be against the law to kill her smarmy ex-boyfriend and unfortunate coworker. Enter the handsome and aggressively famous Jack Stapleton, who not only needs protecting from a stalker, but needs it done incognito while he's staying at his family's ranch. Hannah is forced into playing faux-girlfriend, a job which hits a little too close to home. But a man as celebrated as Jack could never be into her, right? ...right?

I just adored the premise of this book, and it delivered what it sold. I already want to read it again. It has a lot of interesting, fun, and zany elements, and I'm here for all of them. Katherine Center writes extremely emotional novels, and this--while hard-hitting, for sure--is a bit more light-hearted than her traditional fare, which I personally appreciate.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press for my eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

5 stars - 10/10

This was such a cute feel good book. It had two of my faves. Famous person and regular person dating AND fake dating!!

Katherine Center writes such believable characters. I think that I have laughed and cried with the main character in all her books. My most recent read was #thebodyguard and it did not disappoint. If you want a lighthearted, quick read, this is it!

This was such a fun read, I like that the girl was the bodyguard. This was a fun read, I laughed out loud a ton. Also all the little gestures of love was just so sweet.