★BOOK REVIEW + EXCERPT + GIVEAWAY★ Protector for Hire by Tawna Fenske

MY RATING

I loved it!

It is without any pretense that Tawna Fenske accomplished an awesome job at putting a huge smile on my face for a few hours. Second time reading this author and I can say it won’t be the last.

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51ZFmRixRFL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_Haunted by his time in Iraq, former soldier Schwartz Patton goes off the grid, retreating deep into Montana’s untamed wilderness. Now, ten years into his self-imposed solitude, his brother tracks him down and asks for a favor. A woman is in danger, and she needs help…and Schwartz is the only one who can protect her.

Designer-loving city girls like Janelle Keebler don’t belong in the wilderness. Unless, of course, they’re witnesses to a murder by their psycho drug-trafficking ex-husbands. Still, Janelle can’t help the immediate physical response she has to her sexy-as-sin protector that leaves her wanting more than she could have ever imagined. Even if he does make terrible coffee…

Every word, every touch, every kiss ignites a need Schwartz thought he’d lost forever. He can’t stop the desperate attraction simmering between him and Janelle, even if he wanted to. Even if it means it could get them both killeda

Author : Tawna Fenske
Title : Protector for Hire
Series : 
Front and Center #4
Publisher : Entangled : Lovestruck
Pages : 203
Release date : June 30, 2015
Genre : Contemporary.

 

Excerpt

“You saw something brutal and bloody and awful,” Schwartz murmured. “That sort of thing can mess with your head.”

He spoke like a man intimately familiar with the experience, and Janelle wanted to ask how he knew. But something told her not to. She might be lying half clad in his bed, but he was still a stranger.

A stranger who felt really, really warm.

She sighed, enjoying the heat seeping from his palm through the thin cotton of her cami top and the elastic waist of her satin sleep shorts. “I thought I was doing okay, you know?” she whispered. “I mean, I’m safe here, right?”

“Right.”

“So why do I feel like a scared little girl?”

His palm curled tighter around her waist. In the darkness, the lines in his face shifted to something resembling a grimace. “You most definitely do not feel like a little girl.”

She laughed, snuggling closer to all that heat and strength. “Thanks. I think.”

Her shifting under the covers made his palm drop from her hip to the small of her back. She might have been imagining things, but she could have sworn she felt his fingertips stroke the top of her sleep shorts, dipping ever so lightly under the waistband. Probably shouldn’t read too much into that.

She wasn’t sure what to do with her hands, and found herself awkwardly folding them against her chest. That felt weird. She unclasped her fingers, hesitating.

To touch or not to touch?

Touch.

She slid her hands forward a few inches to splay them across his chest. He stiffened at first, then relaxed beneath her fingertips.

Better. Much better.

He wore no shirt, and there was a soft dusting of fur across his chest. His muscles were taut and massive beneath her palms, and he didn’t move to push her hands away. Good

Lord, what did this guy do for exercise? Wrestle bears? Bench-press fallen trees? Do bicep curls with boulders?

She tipped her head back to look at him, and found him studying her with an expression of frank interest. “What?”

“I sleep alone. Always. This—this is new.”

She bit her lip. “I can leave if you want.”

“It’s okay. You can stay for a minute. You’re still shaking.”

She was, but it had nothing to do with fear anymore.

She hesitated, wondering how rude it might be to ask the question that was on her mind. It was probably much too intimate.

You just crawled into bed with him. That’s not intimate?

“Schwartz?”

“Yeah?”

“You said you sleep alone. And you’re way out here in the middle of nowhere. I was just wondering—”

“If Sherman starts to look sexy to me every now and then?”

“What?” She laughed and swatted his chest. “No, that’s not what I meant. Well, not exactly.”

“You’re wondering if I’ve taken a vow of celibacy out here in the Montana wilderness.”

“Well, yeah. Kinda. If it’s too personal, you don’t have to answer.”

“Honey, you’ve been rubbing your thigh on my hard-on for the last five minutes. I think we’re past the point of personal.”

She gasped and started to pull back, mortified. “I thought that was your hip bone. Oh my God, I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t be. This is the most action I’ve seen since the night Sherman and I—”

“Okay, okay, stop. Anyone ever tell you you’re crude?”

He grinned. “Nope. The benefit of living alone.”

My Review

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What made me pick this book this week? I have no idea. But it came after 2 fantastic reads I had earlier this week end and I was afraid for the book that would follow their wake… Usually after an awesome read, the next one tastes a little dull for me. I know some readers still ride the feel good vibe from their previous good reads, but that’s not the case for me. I tend to compare my current read against the emotions the previous one made me feel.

I know. Not fair.

Anyway, I’m glad to report that “Protector for Hire” delivered with splendor all I love in a book. Good chuckles and great vibes.

I loved this sexy and light story about a retired army guy landing an eccentric city girl. His job? To protect Janelle from her crazy stalking and drug trafficker ex-husband.

The hero of the book Schwartz, has spent the last 8 years recluse by his own will in a lost in the woods’ cabin with a mixed dog/wolf as his sole company… Retired US Army soldier, from an all Marines family, he accepts to help his brother’ sister in law the time for the police and special investigators to catch Janelle’s ex-husband.

Janelle is a city girl. She’s a successful graphic designer with a crazy streak. She’s a spontaneous and a lovable woman, and soon is going to put the coldest, private, gorgeous man she’s ever met down his knees.

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The chemistry between them was instant, their banter got some real out loud laughter from me, keeping me hooked and dying to witness the hero fall for this charming heroine. The sexy times were the kind mixing agreeably humor and steam.

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The story is told in a dual POV and I loved Janelle crazy rambling as much as Schwartz confused and distracted thoughts. The contrast was hilarious!
Schwartz kept trying to stay in check and not touch her but his body had obviously other ideas… And Janelle? Janelle had no troubles going for what she wants!

I was surprised by how fast I finished the book, the writing really was compelling and the well defined characters made it impossible NOT to feel connected with. The author did a great job introducing some secondary characters that I presume had their books earlier in this series, which made me want to read their story. A special mention for the bromance between Schwartz and his stray dog, Sherman. I loved how the dog almost stole the show and I must say I fell in love with him a little too.

Protector for Hire is part of series but can be read a a standalone.

Author Bio

tawna-fenskeTawna Fenske is a romantic comedy author who writes humorous fiction, risqué romance, and heartwarming love stories with a quirky twist. Her offbeat brand of romance has been praised by Booklist as “A tame Carl Hiaasen on cupid juice,” and RT Book Reviews nominated her debut novel for contemporary romance of the year. Tawna is a fourth generation Oregonian who can peel a banana with her toes and who loses an average of 20 pairs of eyeglasses per year. She lives in Bend, Oregon with her husband, step kids, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets.

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