Blonde. Beautiful. Talented. Alexa Fairfax is practically Hollywood royalty. But growing up in a family of legendary movie stars also puts her in the spotlight for danger. And after she discovers a plot more deadly than any movie script, Alexa desperately needs a bodyguard. A man like Zack De Luca. A true friend with a good heart, a protective nature—and the hard, chiseled muscles to back it up.
Zack has always been wildly attracted to Alexa. But since he’s training day and night to be an MMA fighter, he’s afraid his gorgeous friend will only distract him from his goal. Indescribably sweet and irresistibly sexy, Alexa needs Zack to pretend to be her boyfriend after her life is threatened. Now this fighter-in-training will have to fight his own intense feelings—to keep their little charade from turning into a major disaster .
Titles in the Bodyguard series include: Necessary Risk – Primal Instinct – Chain Reaction.
Title: Chain Reaction
Series: The Bodyguard #3
Author: Tara Wyatt
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Published: February 28, 2017
Publisher: Forever – Grand Central Publishing
My Rating: 4 stars
Alexa has always been a pawn for her famous Hollywood royalty family. This time she’s fighting back, this time it’s going to go too far to ignore, this time people will be killed.
Zane has had a soft spot for Alexa for a while now but he’s a bodyguard, an up and coming MMA fighter and he truly believes that he’s not good enough for the beautiful woman in the constant spotlight of her talents and her family. Yet when Alexa turns to him for help and protection from a deadly plot, Zane cannot turn away. Keeping the woman he’s come to love takes top priority over everything else, and keeping her in his life is a foregone conclusion.
Chain Reaction will glue you to the pages in this fast paced romance where family is not always the loving unit we’ve come to expect… sometimes they are wickedly deadly. Two people who are attracted to each other will move from friends, a pretend couple into a true love that will defy the odds and take down a man who so richly deserves to fall from his throne. With secrets revealed, we’ll come to realize that not everything in Hollywood glitters, some actions are downright nasty in the struggle for power where the weak and innocent are the first victims.
I liked this couple, within the situation they were realistic, certainly had the sizzle and chemistry and became believable in spite of the crazy power hungry man they battled. It was enjoyable to watch Alexa grow into a strong woman, one who finally had enough and would not tolerate anymore. With threads flowing through the story from the overarching story lines of the series, we are reminded of what has gone and what may yet come in this series. Do you have to have read the entire series to enjoy this one… no, not really. There is enough mention and short introductions when necessary. Yet I feel you’ll enjoy this one, and the stories to come, more if you been there for the entire journey. In my opinion.
If you enjoy Romantic Suspense then you’d like Chain Reaction or any of the stories in the Bodyguard series. I’d recommend this one for any reader who enjoys a bit of suspense mixed in with their romance, a good solid story and likable characters.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
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