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The Bodyguard

by Katherine Center

3.9
(355 ratings)
320 pages9 editions2022Thorndike Press Large PrintISBN 9798885780186

About this book

She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindgarten 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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Published
2022
Pages
320
ISBN
9798885780186
Language
en
Editions
9

About Katherine Center

Katherine Center is an American author of contemporary fiction. Center was born and raised in Afton Oaks, Houston, Texas. She graduated from St. John's School and from Vassar College. She won the Vassar College Fiction Prize while a student. She received her M.A. in fiction from the University of Houston, where she was the co-editor of the literary fiction magazine, *Gulf Coast*. Center is the author of several books, which she has called "bittersweet comic novels." Her first novel, *The Bright Side of Disaster* (2006), was optioned by Varsity Pictures, and her sixth, *How to Walk Away* (2018), was a New York Times bestseller. Center's 2019 novel *Things You Save in a Fire* was a New York Times bestseller. Her 2022 novel, *The Bodyguard*, debuted at #11 on the New York Times bestseller list. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Center)

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