The Bodyguard

By: Katherine Center

Narrated by: Patti Murin

'My perfect ten of a book.' EMILY HENRY
*The instant New York Times bestseller!*

She's got his back. He's got her heart. They've got a secret. What could possibly go wrong?

Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with her bare hands. But the truth is, she's an elite bodyguard and she's just been hired to protect a superstar actor from his stalker.

Jack Stapleton's a Hollywood heartthrob - captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, rising out of the waves in clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity.

When Jack's mom gets sick, he 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.

Protecting Jack should be easy. But protecting her own heart? That's the hardest thing she's ever done...
*An instant New York Times bestseller!
*A USA Today bestseller!
*An Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Books of the Year 2022 - Romance Category!
*Named one of the funniest romance novels of the year in the Washington Post!
*Nominated for Goodreads' Best Books of the Year 2022!
*Nominated for 2022 Book of the Year at Book of the Month Club!

©2023 Katherine Center (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited

Critic reviews

'My perfect ten of a book.' EMILY HENRY

'Absolutely, unequivocally delightful!' JODI PICOULT

The Bodyguard - Audiobook review

The narration was really good, but personally, it took me a while to get into this story. I've tried picking it up before and decided to try the audiobook would be my best bet, and well, it is a good book, I had higher expectations. I will try the authors other novels in the future.

Loved this!

This is the perfect mix of laughter and lightheartedness mixed with grief and healing and forgiveness. It doesn't feel too heavy, yet at the same time is not meaningless fluff. This is the second book I've read by the author and she really has a knack for writing books that are fun but stay with you. It was the right book at the right time for me.