The Guardian by Kimberly Kincaid
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Recommendation
Kimberly Kincaid always delivers a suspense filled romance packed with action, steam, and the best brooding alpha males. Matteo really delivers in that area. He is known to be quite irritable and cranky, but there’s so much more to him than what meets the eye. Delia finally gets her chance with him, and it is everything she had dreamt about and more. Their chemistry is 🔥🔥🔥! I also really loved the secondary characters and really enjoyed the ongoing suspense. The story is definitely full of fun and danger, and if you’re like me and enjoy a protective male lead, then you need to read Matteo and Delia’s story!
Excerpts
Garza watched her as she spoke, wanting to memorize the openness on her face, the animated way she waved her fork around as she spoke, and Christ, she really was her own brand of beautiful.
“You taste like cake,” Delia murmured, the thought flying out of her, unchecked.
Matteo laughed against her lips. “You taste like sin.”
“I think we’ve established that I mean everything I say. So, if you’d like to pull off these shorts and make me come”—she slid a thumb beneath her waistband, the glint of dirty promise in his stare making her clit throb in anticipation—“then by all means, do it. But you’d better be prepared for me to make you feel good, too. I give as good as I get.”
Publisher synopsis
Guard against any danger. Especially if it comes from within.
Detective Matteo Garza doesn’t just do the job—he is the job.
He’s learned the hard way that work and pleasure can’t co-exist.
So when his little sister’s best friend accidentally uncovers a money laundering scheme
led by one of Remington’s most cold-blooded criminals,
Garza vows to keep things strictly business as he keeps her safe.
No matter how much the quirky mathematician
makes him feel things best left buried.
No matter how much she makes him want.
Delia Sutton knows she’s not like most people,
just like she knows she needs to forget her ages-old crush on Matteo
and focus on survival.
But the closer they get, the bolder she becomes—
the more she breaks down his carefully crafted barriers to discover the man beneath.
Danger is closer than either of them could possibly imagine
and no one can be trusted.
Delia needs a guardian to fight by her side, and Matteo will do anything to protect her.
No matter who the enemy is.
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The Guardian is a scorching forbidden lovers romantic suspense featuring a grumpy Alpha hero who would walk into fire to save the woman he loves and a smart-is-sexy number-nerd heroine who would save him right back. Equal parts heart-pounding suspense and steamy romance. Complete standalone with no cheating and a full (but hard-fought!) HEA.
Review published August 18, 2021