The Bodyguard

A Novel

By: Katherine Center

Narrated by: Patti Murin

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

2022 Hudson Booksellers Best of the Year, Long-listed
2022 Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

Author's note read by the author.

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is unabashedly romantic, laugh-out-loud funny, and the perfect summer story.

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.

More Praise for The Bodyguard:

"Patti Murin gives a terrific performance of this heartwarming contemporary romance." -AudioFile Magazine

“Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off.”—Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author of The Heart Principle

“My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers

"The Bodyguard is absolutely, unequivocally delightful!"—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

©2022 Katherine Center (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Great Story

This story was great…I love a bodyguard love story…and with the female as the bodyguard- perfection! I wish it had less cuss words…it wasn’t spicy however which I did enjoy!

I loved this book!

So cute!! This book was so great and I’m recommending it to all my friends!

Smiled throughout

Caught myself smiling or even laughing out loud through much of this book! Great book!

Enchantedly Romantic

I could have listened to it forever! It was just the what I needed. Funny, a little edge and romantic!

Fantastic and Fun!

I loved it so much! The characters were extremely well written. I love this story. It's so much fun! Thank you Katherine Center and Patti Murin. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.

My favorite quote from the book

“Love is something you do.
Love is something you generate.
And loving other people really does turn out, in the end, to be a genuine way of loving yourself.”

A swoony and smart love story!

I always love Katherine Center’s novels, and this one does not disappoint, with its sassy but scaredy female bodyguard and her imperfect but loveable love interest. Patti Murin does a lovely job embodying all characters, from the adorable Hannah to the various other dim witted, traitorous, angry and nurturing folks throughout. (No spoilers here!)

Pretty cute

My husband is usually nauseated by my rom coms, but even *he* chuckled at some of the parts he overheard. Very enjoyable.

I enjoyed it immensely!

Such a fun, up beat story. It surprised me and hade me laughing out loud. And still hade some more serious topics in there👍🏽
Recommend!

Fun story

I was looking for something that was more or less a pick me up. I found it here. The characters have a great banter between one another. It is very witty. A very engaging story. This is the first I’ve tried of this author. I’m going to try another!