"Defending Honor" by Kelly Underwood (with Lynette Eason)

 

About the Book

Title: Defending Honor

Series: Elite Guardians Collection #3

Authors: Lynette Eason and Kelly Underwood

Publisher: Sunrise Publishing

Release Date: October 4, 2022

Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense

She'll have to pretend to be his wife to save his life...but what will it cost her heart?

Laila Rabbinowitz is all business. Tough and stoic, she was the perfect Mossad agent…until a terrible betrayal led to her worst nightmare. Being a bodyguard with the Elite Guardians allows her to keep her heart safe—she’ll never let anyone close enough to betray her again. And she’s certainly not going to trust anyone who doesn’t earn it.

Billionaire and former playboy Preston Whittaker walked away from his famous family after a terrible event, but then his father and brother are killed in a suspicious boating accident. Since he’s next in line to helm the family business, now someone wants him dead. Preston needs someone by his side 24/7, and the only solution is a fake marriage.

In order to keep him safe, Laila will have to convince everyone that she and Preston are in love. She’s used to putting her life on the line for a client. But what will this case cost her heart?

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My Thoughts

I really enjoyed reading this book. I found it to be well written and had a nice biblical faith thread in it. I loved seeing Laila and Preston together and them finding their walls coming down. There were a lot of twists and turns and adventure in the book. I did figure out the big plot twist and the person behind everything fairly early on in the book, but I kept reading to figure out if I was right and it didn't lessen my enjoyment of reading the story. I look forward to reading more books by Kelly Underwood.

About the Author

Kelly Underwood's favorite things are reading, writing, and drinking coffee. She was born in New Hampshire, but don't ask her about snow, because she's been a Florida girl since she was twelve. She writes book reviews for her blog bestinsuspense.com and is an active member of the Central Florida chapter of the American Christian Fiction Writers. She's a sucker for a good suspense novel, the kind you have to read cover-to-cover until the mystery is solved and the bad guys are in handcuffs. If you're looking for her, she's probably on her back patio with a Kindle in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. Visit her at kellyunderwoodauthor.com

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I got a free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own and given voluntarily. No compensation was received for my review.