Published December 18th 2012 by Harlequin
Paperback, 224 pages
Series: The Berringers
Genre: Adult Contemporary RomanceSource: Courtesy of Harlequin through Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
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Summary from Goodreads
Berringer Bodyguards File #3
Name: Chance Berringer
Trademarks: Chance by name…chance by nature!
Biggest weakness: Adventure and beautiful women—especially when combined in one caliente cook!
Danger is bodyguard Chance Berringer’s first, last and middle name. Protecting celebrity chef Ana Perez—a hot little firecracker with a mouth to match—for two weeks in Mexico is more vacation than job. Just keep his eyes on her, and his hands off. How hard can it be?
Plenty hard.
Ana doesn’t want a babysitter during the holidays. Even if Chance’s muscled hotness (complete with wicked grin) makes him a mouthwatering dish…. But when the heat starts sizzling in the bedroom—and beyond—will this hot tamale cause more trouble than Chance can handle?
Some girls have it. Some of them use it…
Name: Chance Berringer
Trademarks: Chance by name…chance by nature!
Biggest weakness: Adventure and beautiful women—especially when combined in one caliente cook!
Danger is bodyguard Chance Berringer’s first, last and middle name. Protecting celebrity chef Ana Perez—a hot little firecracker with a mouth to match—for two weeks in Mexico is more vacation than job. Just keep his eyes on her, and his hands off. How hard can it be?
Plenty hard.
Ana doesn’t want a babysitter during the holidays. Even if Chance’s muscled hotness (complete with wicked grin) makes him a mouthwatering dish…. But when the heat starts sizzling in the bedroom—and beyond—will this hot tamale cause more trouble than Chance can handle?
Some girls have it. Some of them use it…
Review
I
wish I could give this book a better rating, but it wasn't what I
expected. The plot was decent at best, but the main female character
wasn't really a hot little fire cracker with a mouth – she was annoying
and made some really questionable choices.
Ana Perez is a cooking show host, and because she was recently receiving threats, her company hires Chance Berringer as her bodyguard. Amidst all the threats, Ana wants to go home to Mexico for a holiday vacation and denies that she needs a bodyguard even thought she has threat note left at her apartment without a sign of forced entry. Chance is of course an adventurous bad boy who has no plans of settling down, and just happens to take his job very seriously – which does not work with Ana.
The one part that really had my gritting my teeth, and you can stop reading now if you are worried of spoilers ,was when they arrived in Mexico – after Chance offered to take Ana there in his plane. So while she was suppose to wait for himself outside, she disappears. Chance flips out thinking Ana was kidnapped, and has to call his brother to admit he had failed when it turns out she got up and left with a person she knew. She just got up and left without a single warning! That was the most idiotic moment in the book that I have read in a while and did not earn Ana any bonus brownie points.
I was expecting a bit more suspense in the book then there really was. In turn the book was centered around really intimate encounters between Ana and Chance after the two acknowledge their attraction and that they are both just looking for nothing series. The only parts that happened to have action, was short lived, at times didn't make sense, and ended fairly quickly.
Ana Perez is a cooking show host, and because she was recently receiving threats, her company hires Chance Berringer as her bodyguard. Amidst all the threats, Ana wants to go home to Mexico for a holiday vacation and denies that she needs a bodyguard even thought she has threat note left at her apartment without a sign of forced entry. Chance is of course an adventurous bad boy who has no plans of settling down, and just happens to take his job very seriously – which does not work with Ana.
The one part that really had my gritting my teeth, and you can stop reading now if you are worried of spoilers ,was when they arrived in Mexico – after Chance offered to take Ana there in his plane. So while she was suppose to wait for himself outside, she disappears. Chance flips out thinking Ana was kidnapped, and has to call his brother to admit he had failed when it turns out she got up and left with a person she knew. She just got up and left without a single warning! That was the most idiotic moment in the book that I have read in a while and did not earn Ana any bonus brownie points.
I was expecting a bit more suspense in the book then there really was. In turn the book was centered around really intimate encounters between Ana and Chance after the two acknowledge their attraction and that they are both just looking for nothing series. The only parts that happened to have action, was short lived, at times didn't make sense, and ended fairly quickly.
Aw, sorry this one didn't do it for you. I'd love to read a great book about a cooking show!
ReplyDeleteYeah I wish it was a bit more about it :( but it was just her job in the background
DeleteYeah, that idiotic decision to leave her body guard would have bugged the heck out of me as well. I hate it when characters do dumb things. Thanks for the heads up on this one. Happy Monday!
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