An Unforgettable Lady

This book was awesome! There is nothing I like more than a big, sexy, gorgeous alpha male and John Smith was HOT!!!! This is s sexy romantic suspense where the sparks fly between the two main characters from page one. One, from high society, the other having seen the dark side of life. I absolutely love a romance where the h/h are polar opposites. The chemistry is off the charts and smolders every minute Grace and John are together. I know J.R. Ward is known and loved for her paranormal romance but paranormals are not a favorite of mine. I remember giving book one of her BDB series a try and couldn't get into it. I had no idea she also wrote under another name so was happy to run across An Unforgettable Lady. The back cover grabbed me immediately as the type of romance I love to read. I'm happy to say it was! I know this is a reprint of an earlier book however I hope she continues writing under Jessica Bird in-between her J.R. Ward books. She has a wonderful voice for contemp romantic suspense and it would be a shame not to read more. A word to J.R., make them hotter! That is the only complaint I had, the love scenes were very, very short. For two people who created such fireworks, they deserved much longer love scenes, not just one paragraph then it was over. Fix that and you have perfection. Cannot wait to read Callie's story. I can't wait to see how the instant fireworks unfold between her and Jack. I wish we didn't have to wait one year! You know how to torture us.

This book was awesome. I read her other genre, in which she writes as J.R. Ward (she has in print Dark Lover, and Lover Eternal, so far) Found out she writes as Jessica Bird in contemporary, and I was SOOOOOOOO glad to find this out! This story is so moving, I fell in love with the story by the end of the 1st chapter. He doesn't want to love her, she's rich, glamorous, and out of his league. Little does he know that she fits into his league and into his life just fine. Very realistic story. I don't feel you'll be disappointed at all!!!!!!! A+++++! Way to go Jessica!

I am such a ROMANCE NOVEL type-reader, and AN Unforgettable Lady by Jessica Bird was right up my alley. I love getting lost in a GREAT STORY and this book is exactly that! I have become a fan!

The past year has been the hardest year of Grace Hall's life. The year began with promise as she married a Count just like her beloved father wanted her to wed, but went down hill since. Her father suddenly passed away and she is divorcing her spouse. She is also being challenged as the CEO of her father's legacy, the Hall Foundation by the board and her dad's right hand man who felt he earned the head position.To make her year more miserable, someone is killing six women who made a magazine's notable list. Two are dead and Grace is on the murder roll. Desperate, she reluctantly hires John Smith, head of Black Watch, Ltd. as her bodyguard. He is an expert at hiding his feelings, but Grace seems to get inside his skin as occurred when they first met and kissed before the initial homicide. As they fall in love, he rejects the notion of forever because she is glitter and he is mud, yet he will willingly die to keep his beloved safe from a serial killer who has easy access to victims living behind secure walls.UNFORGETTABLE LADY, the sequel to HEART OF GOLD (which introduced Grace), is an exhilarating romantic suspense novel that sub-genre fans will enjoy. Though the villain seems odd, fans will enjoy the action, not just the serial killer subplot as the tension between the delightful lead duo grips the audience as well. Fans will demand more stories from those alpha Black Watch hunks and hopefully a hunkette too.Harriet Klausner

John Smith is a personal security specialist. His background includes special military, assassin, and intelligence. Now, he is a ghost. He has not used his real name in so long that no one alive can recall it. He has no address, no social security number, and his earnings are scattered in various numbered accounts throughout the globe. He is the best in his field. He got a few of the men he knew from his time in the military and began the firm called Black Watch, Ltd. John has never failed a client ... which is how he met HER!Grace Woodward Hall, soon to be the former Countess von Sharone, is in the direct line of fire of a serial killer. The Times ran an article stating the names of the six most prominent women in New York. The article had been found beside the body of the first socialite.John Smith agrees to be her personal bodyguard. Grace deals with John giving many of her hired personnel (such as a daily maid, a driver, contractors, etc) long vacations and putting his own men in place. She even deals with him moving into her penthouse, even though there is only one usable bathroom (since the contractors were not finished with the guest bath). But she was having a very hard time keeping her attraction to John stamped down. Then there is the stress of her work. Since her father died she has taken over as head of the Hall Foundation. Her father had groomed her for the position since childhood. However, there are a few old timers on the board who believe she should stop down and give the President and CEO position to Lou Lamont. Add to all this, stress of her pending divorce, her mother's harping, and more of her friends dying! And since Grace has never backed down from anyone or anything, she refused to cringe at ANY of this, including John's overbearing attitude! John cannot help but love the feistiness Grace keeps sheathed in social politeness. For the first time ever he finds himself becoming emotionally attached to a client. That could be fatal. Yet he is unable to leave her safety in the hands of anyone else. After all, he IS the best! ***** Author Jessica Bird has a life long fan in me! This is the perfect blend of romance and suspense! From the beginning to the end I found myself eager to see what surprise would turn up next. If you are a fan of Sandra Brown, Stella Cameron, and Jayne Ann Krentz, then you MUST check out this author! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.