Protecting Angel

Kerry is hired to be a personal bodyguard for the spoiled rotten daughter of a rich Hollywood movie producer. JC Capwell has received threats and he wants to keep his daughter safe, but she is not happy. Anna is used to being able to come and go as she please. But as it is his job to protect her, Kerry must find ways to restrict her comings and goings. As if dealing with this slippery, headstrong young woman isn’t bad enough, double the trouble when Anna’s sister shows up. When you put Angel and Anna together, all hell just might break loose.

PROTECTING ANGEL will bring out an array of emotions in the reader; disgust at how two young women can act like little snot-nosed brats, amusement at their antics, frustration that Kerry just doesn’t take them across his knee and give them a good paddling and pity when they get the best of him. While sympathising with the sisters for the threat against them, this reader had a hard time becoming close to these characters, possibly because author Ruby Christine penned their spoiled rotten personalities so well and accurately. This is a credit to Ms Christine when this reviewer thinks about it. Anna and Angel just didn’t grab the reader’s heart. Kerry is a caring leading man who this reader felt compassion for…compassion for having to put up with the snide treatment dealt to him from the girls.

PROTECTING ANGEL has a wonderful storyline that gripped this reader. The idea of a threat against a powerful and rich movie producer and his family is very believable. The characters of Anna and Angel are equally believable in that they have had everything handed to them on a silver platter. However the flow of the book does not run smooth a times and distracted this reader. Ms Christine has a gift of creating characters and tales that the reader can relate to. PROTECTING ANGEL is a good afternoon read that would let the reader escape into the world of the rich and famous for a time.

November 2006