Real bodyguard. Fake boyfriend. Unexpected benefits. Trouble guaranteed.
Tucker: Autumn Sato is a happiness influencer. And I’m…well, let’s just say my brand is more big, gray storm cloud. If life were going according to plan, the closest I’d get to her would be scrolling past her posts as fast as my thumbs could fly.
But my sister needs help, so I agree to bodyguard Autumn at her sister’s wedding. One thing leads to another, and suddenly I’m pretending to be her new boyfriend in front of all her friends and family.
It’s a hot mess, made worse because I swore I’d never do this again. Never get close to someone I was guarding. Never fall for someone whose safety was in my hands. Never let distraction get in the way of my job.
Unfortunately, this entire week is nothing but distractions: trapped in a car with my smoking hot client, only one bed in our hotel room, only one tent on the wedding camping trip… all before the bachelorette prom. Meanwhile, someone seems to have it out for Autumn… or my family… or both.
As things heat up between us, I’m left with one question: Can I keep my heart—and the people I care about—safe?
A spicy, small-town, bodyguard, fake relationship, grumpy-sunshine romantic comedy with a hint of danger and a lot of heart.
They balanced one another perfectly. Tucker was a grump who didn't feel he was allowed to be happy. Autumn who felt that she couldn't allow herself to be anything but happy. Them learning from one another allowed them to be happy together and also happy as who they each were, but also allowing themselves to change and to see life differently.
I was really engaged with the characters and with their journey, together and separately.
The book did, at times, feel a little unbalanced with the suspense elements that sort of felt more intense than you were expecting it to be? Or at least it was more than I was expecting and I think where it was felt a little unnecessary, like it wasn't necessary at that point to move the story forward.
