Product Description

Natasha Chamberlain is a young, single office manager who dreams of becoming an investigator. Offered the opportunity to act as bodyguard to computer genius/multimillionaire Roger Valentine while posing as his girlfriend, she jumps at the chance, hoping she can use this as a stepping stone into her firm's investigative department.

Jonce Striker, founding partner of Investigative Services, Inc., does not know what he has let himself in for by suggesting Natasha play bodyguard to his good friend, Roger. From the first outing, when Natasha mistakes an extended lighter for a gun and creates chaos at a banquet given in Roger's honor, she causes Striker nothing but consternation and agitation. Natasha is overzealous in protecting Roger and manages to bungle three separate attempts by an extortionist to collect money from Roger while driving Striker crazy with her zaniness.

Things turn serious when Roger and Natasha are fired upon while playing golf. Who is trying to kill Roger, and why? Is it the same person trying to extort money or someone else? Laugh out loud at Natasha's antics as she stumbles her way through the investigation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134363 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 274 pages

Customer Reviews

This One Deserves More Than 5 Stars
I just finished reading this book and recommend it without reservation. Natasha Chamberlain is an organized businesswoman until presented the chance to play bodyguard to computer genius/multimillionaire Roger Valentine. Natasha's dream is to become an investigator and she hopes her stint as bodyguard will help her move into that field. She tackles the job with fierce energy and an overzealousness that keeps getting her into trouble. When Natasha isn't guarding Roger, she's on the soccer field doing her own kind of damage against men and women players.

Jonce Striker is Natasha's boss and doesn't know what to do with this zany, out-of-control woman who refuses to follow his rules or listen to him. Striker is frustrated by Natasha's bungling attempts to guard Roger but also attracted to this fiercely independent, out-to-protect-the-world woman. When the two finally connect, the chemistry is sizzling.

Ms. French is the South's Evanovich or Grafton. Her protagonist is wacky, quirky, and so much fun to read. The characters surrounding her are hilarious, from Bigun with his dude and dudette thing, to Natasha's mother, who has entered perimenopause and has gone from being June Cleaver to the Terminator.

You'll have fun with this one. Wish I could rate it more than 5 stars, it's that good.

This is One Cool Book!
I laughed my way through "The Bodyguard" and along the way fell in love with the characters. Natasha Chamberlain is Southern, impulsive and zany, with a backbone of steel and secret desire for her boss, the mysterious Jonce Striker. Roger is a self-isolating millionaire who blooms under Natasha's wing while falling in love with her. Pit and Bigun are hilarious - straight men to Natasha's pranks. Stevie, Natasha's mom, a woman suffering a perimenopausal crisis, is extremely funny and a real concern for Natasha, who does not know the woman her mom is becoming. It was fun "watching" Striker first become aware of Natasha through her madcap antics, then try to deal with her out-of-control behavior, then become attracted to her.

I read the author's note that this was the first in the Bodyguard series and I couldn't be happier. I look forward to reading more about the antics of Natasha and all the funny characters surrounding her. Plus, I can't wait to see what happens with her and Striker.

Any Evanovich or Grafton fan will love this one!

5 Stars Because ...
The book is funny, some of the characters are off-the-wall, the mystery is a good one, the romance one that sizzles for most of the book, and the writing style of the author such that the action keeps coming, holding interest until the very end.

Natasha Chamberlain's young age and impulsive nature, as well as her spunk, are fun to read. It's obvious there will be growth with the character, since this is the first book in the series and Natasha's first job as bodyguard. Jonce Striker is hot, Roger Valentine a real sweetie, and the gruesome twosome, Pit and Bigun, the best.

I look forward to reading the books to follow in this series.