Things that stop mattering once they’ve checked a box also irk me. In fact, several elements that were being used to prop up why she had to suddenly pretend-date a megastar were pretty much ignored once all the players were where the sake of the plot needed them to be. The whole initial conflict is that her mom just died and she’s forced to take time off work (which she doesn’t want to do) but beyond being a convenient plot point it never really seems to matter. Those built up on the fact that I didn’t really like the main character, either. Imagine you’ve never seen a movie and someone proceeds to spend ten minutes telling you in detail about their favorite scene which you have zero context for. There was also a lot in the first few chapters that was just lengthy descriptions of scenes in movies that also don’t exist, which were used to establish how much the MC liked the actor MC I guess? But boy was it boring. It’s narrated as though it’s a story being told to the reader by the main character, complete with statements like “I’ll save you the trouble of reading it and summarize for you” when, well, I’m never going to read those documents because they don’t actually exist and I don’t know, it just irked me. The first issue that hit me was how much I disliked the overall character voice and style of writing. I read it in two days, but that’s because it was very simple and easy to read rather than that I was so compelled by it. If it was only one or two things I probably could have gotten over them, but so many all together just bombed it. It was a lot of small things that built up and brought this one down for me. This is definitely not my favorite Katherin Center book. But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah hardly believes it, herself. Even though her ex, like a jerk, says no one will believe it. And so Hannah-against her will and her better judgment-finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. When Jack’s mom gets sick, he comes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. Jack Stapleton’s a household name-captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka “bodyguard”), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener.
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