e-Audio, 03:38:27
Narrated by: Joy Nash
Release Date: July 9, 2024
Published by: HarperAudio
Read from: July 18-19, 2024
A Christmas Notch, #2.5
Source: Library’s Libby
Content Warning: Vomit, Stalking, Injury/Injury Detail
For Readers Interested In: Romance, Cruises, Bodyguard Romance, AdultThe Rules:
No roaming off alone.
No secrets.
No bodyguard/client fraternization.
No olives.
This is Krysta Morton’s last job. She’s done with being a bodyguard and is ready for a real nine to five where work stays at work. But when Addison Hayes’s manager offers Krysta a ridiculous amount of money to keep the high-maintenance singer-turned-influencer safe on a cruise, Krysta can’t make herself say no. Not when the money means that she’ll be able to set her grandma up at the nicest senior living community in town. (It has a brand new pickleball court! And a juice bar!)
Addison Hayes is at the top of her game. After a long and healthy career as a B-list celebrity, she’s successfully made the transition to lifestyle brands and her dream of expanding her empire into hotels and cruises is within reach. With her first branded cruise about to disembark, she’s in dire need of hired security while she curates the passenger experience and oversees the debut run of The Lion and the Lamb, her first attempt at producing a musical (and her ode to all things Twilight).
With Krysta’s no-nonsense attitude, Addison is certain her newly hired bodyguard loathes her. Then a steamy shore excursion reveals that Krysta’s icy shell is hiding a simmering hunger. And if this bodyguard isn’t careful, she might start breaking her own rules…
*MY THOUGHTS*
I wasn’t going to review this, BUT then I realized I did the other one, so I decided to do it with this one too. And although I liked it, it wasn’t my favorite. I THINK it was the narrator? Which, weird because I usually love her. But it was a bit weird how shipper she was. I don’t feel like it matched the story? Maybe it was a me thing.
The romance was fine. I loved that it was 2sLGBTQ+ like the last novella. And I also loved the smexy in this one. I think the last novella was spicier, but the ocean scene definitely made up for what might have been missing in this one. I think my issue is I don’t care for the Bodyguard trope. It just never feels like the chemistry is there because they’re there to work. But nonetheless I still enjoyed this one.
The little mystery they threw in was actually my favorite part. And I was so impressed because I don’t think I guessed who it was. I was too invested in trying to make sure she was ok lol Because i don’t play with the stuff she had that was going on. Cuz the stuff that was coming up? Yeah that person was crazy.
This was a cute little novella! Did it scratch my itch until the next book? No,not at all. I’m still waiting for the last book in the hopes that they decide that they have a few more stories in them and they give us another like, three of them lol But I still really enjoyed it!
Overall, I give this
