The Bodyguard

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic,laugh-out-loud funnyand the perfect summer read. She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth isshe’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka bodyguard)and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-agedcorgi-breeding stalker. He’s got her heart. Jack Stapleton’s a household name–captured by paparazzi on beaches the world overfamous foramong other thingsrising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But a few years backin the wake of a family tragedyhe dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. They’ve got a secret. When Jack’s mom gets sickhe comes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah–against her will and her better judgment–finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Even though her exlike a jerksays no one will believe it. What could possibly go wrong Hannah hardly believes itherself. But the more time she spends with Jackthe more real it all starts to seem. And there lies the heartbreak. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her ownlong-neglected heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done.