***4.5 Stars***
A kickass female bodyguard falls in love with the smexy techy geek she is supposed to be protecting?
I say...Uuummm YES Please! I mean, I love kickass women and have a soft spot for techy geeks (even when I may not understand half of what comes out of their mouths...but their minds…) And I must say that Defenseless hit all the right buttons for me. Characters that all peaked my interest in one way or another, a good balance of humor, heat, drama and heart and a storyline, both the of the romance and suspense variety, that kept me turning the pages until the very end.
Georgia is all kinds of kickass goodness and wants to do her job to the best of her ability, especially since all her other options are ones she’d rather not deal with, but the walls she’s built around her and her desire to keep people at arm’s length has her on shaky ground. I actually loved Georgia from first meeting her ~ we have a similar view of snow ~ and found her to be quite compassionate, quick witted and good on her toes.
Parker is quite the mixed bag. He is way too smart for his own good. He gets lost in his work and has a tendency to take on challenges that could have him end up incarcerated. He may be uncomfortable in certain social situations he isn’t socially awkward, in fact he’s acutely aware of people and can read them quite well...at least when he wants to. I found Parker to be charming and adorable, and if anyone needed a coffee IV to become a reality...it’s him. All of this combined with his generous heart and the touch of alpha-ness that comes out in certain situations made him quite lethal.
Georgia and Parker’s journey to their HEA started off as one would expect when you have two seemingly opposites being thrown together ~ rocky with A LOT of one upmanship happening ~ but after participating in a very interesting icebreaker and cool down, things evened out between them. Well, as much as things could considering they were running for their lives, but intense situations tend to remove a lot of B.S. and it definitely did that here. They saw what each other’s strengths as well as vulnerabilities were and respected them for who they were and, in certain situations, helped to strengthen the other more. The chemistry between them was hot and I loved their bantering, even when they did snipe at each other. The bump in the road to their HEA wasn’t unexpected, but how it got worked out was and I really liked how things for them worked out in the end.
Defenseless is Ms. Dyer’s debut novel and I think she did a wonderful job with it. The writing was engaging, the story was well paced, the twists and turns were well thought out and executed. As this is a first in series, it could have turned into a total info dump, but that never happened. I felt as if everything was revealed in a natural was that flowed with the main storyline. We do get to spend a bit of time with some of the other employees of Somerton Security, not a lot, but enough to peak my interest in all of them, though Ethan and, amazingly enough, Isaac, are the two I find I want to know more about...at least for now. So, bring on the next book!
~ Copy provided by the author via NetGalley & voluntarily reviewed ~
When ex-marine Georgia Bennett left the military for high-end private security, it was supposed to soften her snarky attitude. Instead, her short fuse just earned her a punishment of an assignment: protect smart-ass tech genius and Department of Defense contractor Parker Livingston. It should have been easy - only no one warned Georgia that Parker was one seriously drop-dead-gorgeous geek.
The last thing Parker needs is a bodyguard, especially not one with killer curves and a sassy mouth who tempts him to do something incredibly stupid. He’s too busy investigating whoever is turning his technology against him and threatening his team of covert operatives. But when an assassin sends Georgia and Parker running for their lives, it might just be the explosive sexual chemistry and the trust that’s building between them that saves their necks. Because the only thing more dangerous than the combination of Parker’s intellect and Georgia’s aim is their stead desire to protect each other, no matter the cost.
Release Date: December 1st, 2017
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