A review by shereadstales
Protecting the Lady by Amanda Radley

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Thanks to NetGalley and Bold Strokes Books for the digital galley of this book.

Former Protection Command Officer Eve Webb gave up her career (and her country) after a terrorist attack left her disenchanted about the government organizations who are supposed to keep their people safe. When her former boss, Charlie, reaches out to her for a special job, she cannot refuse. She wasn’t expecting Lady Katherine Lovegrove. Katherine’s father wants her to take up her duties within the royal circle, but she wants something more. An independent lady in her 40s, she’s built a career for herself and relishes her independence. When a threat from a crime family after her father’s harsh sentence on one of its daughters, Lord Michael Lovegrove wants the best protecting his daughter.

I never get tired of enemies to lovers and bodyguard plot lines, and this book delivered pretty wonderfully on both. It’s a slow burn without the descriptive sexy scenes in case you’re not super into that in your romance. Though I enjoy a nice, hot book, it’s a nice break every once in a while to focus more on the characters and their growing relationship without following them into bed instantly and frequently. There’s plenty of smolder and the romantic tension builds quite nicely.

It’s exactly what I needed in between a string of SFF books of late, and I can’t wait to read more by Amanda Radley.