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The Bodyguard's Baby by Debra Webb
5.0
Synopsis:
Nick Foster, who works as a private investigator for Colby Agency, is given two weeks mandatory R&R. He has overworked himself, supposedly to compensate for what happened two years back, when he failed on a case, a case which almost cost him his life. But his holidays haven't even started when he comes to know that Laura is still alive.
Laura Proctor is on the run when she finds herself being chased, again, with a threat looming over her life. She couldn't believe that her brother, her own brother, the Governor of Mississippi, James Ed Proctor, was still after her. Especially now, when she also has her baby boy, Robby, to think of. A fifteen-month-old baby whom she named Robert Nicholas Forester.
Her being the case he had failed, and believing her to have left him bleeding to death two years ago, Nick vows to hand her over to her brother, for sure this time. But he doesn't know nor believes that she has a baby now, coz there is no evidence of a baby anywhere! Laura knows her baby has been kidnapped. But Nick does not believe that her own brother is after her life. Is somebody really after Laura, or is it again her paranoia talking? The investigator in him wants to believe her, but knowing that she had betrayed him before doesn't help matters.
Laura is again attacked, this time in her own brother's house, by a man wearing a black ski mask though no one except Laura saw the attacker. But Nick, who was hanging around the house, hears her scream, and then, and there decides to whisk her away and have her all to himself to determine whether someone's really after her as well as to find the whereabouts of her baby, if there is one, and who is still missing.
Review:
From the beginning itself, the story had me hooked. I love Harlequin Intrigue, and here, the author has perfectly blended romance+suspense+action sequences. The book starts with a chase, and I was the one chasing after the story! I could taste the fear Laura was feeling, the author created such an atmosphere. The author puts such a spin on the suspense that as a reader, in spite of wanting to sympathise with the main characters, I wanted to believe Laura's brother as well. The pacing of the story is great, and the mystery solved within a few weeks, with a tight-knit plot.
Set in the fictitious town of Bay Break, Mississippi, I didn't expect any talk about the baby before he was found, but in between the chapters, there were a few scenes with the baby – most probably in a care home. It was interesting, and it supplemented the story nicely. The gradual build-up was great, making the reader hang to the story by a thread.
This is the perfect recipe for a great action flick, with romance thrown in.
P.S. This is my first [a:Debra Webb|68900|Debra Webb|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1502026405p2/68900.jpg] read, and I can't wait to get my hands on other books by her. This is Book 2 of Colby Agency Series (I haven't read other books in the series, yet).
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2018/12/25/the-bodyguards-baby-by-debra-webb/
Nick Foster, who works as a private investigator for Colby Agency, is given two weeks mandatory R&R. He has overworked himself, supposedly to compensate for what happened two years back, when he failed on a case, a case which almost cost him his life. But his holidays haven't even started when he comes to know that Laura is still alive.
Laura Proctor is on the run when she finds herself being chased, again, with a threat looming over her life. She couldn't believe that her brother, her own brother, the Governor of Mississippi, James Ed Proctor, was still after her. Especially now, when she also has her baby boy, Robby, to think of. A fifteen-month-old baby whom she named Robert Nicholas Forester.
Her being the case he had failed, and believing her to have left him bleeding to death two years ago, Nick vows to hand her over to her brother, for sure this time. But he doesn't know nor believes that she has a baby now, coz there is no evidence of a baby anywhere! Laura knows her baby has been kidnapped. But Nick does not believe that her own brother is after her life. Is somebody really after Laura, or is it again her paranoia talking? The investigator in him wants to believe her, but knowing that she had betrayed him before doesn't help matters.
Laura is again attacked, this time in her own brother's house, by a man wearing a black ski mask though no one except Laura saw the attacker. But Nick, who was hanging around the house, hears her scream, and then, and there decides to whisk her away and have her all to himself to determine whether someone's really after her as well as to find the whereabouts of her baby, if there is one, and who is still missing.
Review:
From the beginning itself, the story had me hooked. I love Harlequin Intrigue, and here, the author has perfectly blended romance+suspense+action sequences. The book starts with a chase, and I was the one chasing after the story! I could taste the fear Laura was feeling, the author created such an atmosphere. The author puts such a spin on the suspense that as a reader, in spite of wanting to sympathise with the main characters, I wanted to believe Laura's brother as well. The pacing of the story is great, and the mystery solved within a few weeks, with a tight-knit plot.
Set in the fictitious town of Bay Break, Mississippi, I didn't expect any talk about the baby before he was found, but in between the chapters, there were a few scenes with the baby – most probably in a care home. It was interesting, and it supplemented the story nicely. The gradual build-up was great, making the reader hang to the story by a thread.
This is the perfect recipe for a great action flick, with romance thrown in.
P.S. This is my first [a:Debra Webb|68900|Debra Webb|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1502026405p2/68900.jpg] read, and I can't wait to get my hands on other books by her. This is Book 2 of Colby Agency Series (I haven't read other books in the series, yet).
Originally posted on:
https://sassyshaina.wordpress.com/2018/12/25/the-bodyguards-baby-by-debra-webb/