02801cam a2200385 i 4500 602627008 TxAuBib 20220815120000.0 220223s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022005286 9781250219398 hardcover $27.99 1250219396 hardcover $27.99 TxAuBib rda Center, Katherine,. The bodyguard / Katherine Center. First Edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. 305 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Publishers Weekly, May 09, 2022. Booklist, June 01, 2022. Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2022. Booklist Starred Reviews. "New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and 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 is, she's an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker. He's got her heart. Jack Stapleton's a household name-captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. They've got a secret. 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. Even though her ex, like a jerk, says no one will believe it. What could possibly go wrong??? Hannah hardly believes it, herself. But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. And there lies the heartbreak. Because it's easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That's the hardest thing she's ever done"-- Provided by publisher. Adult Brodart. Adult Brodart. 20220815. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Bodyguards Fiction. TXGAI