Keeping Her Safe

ISBN 0373707444 - DJ's father is a dangerous man and a threat to her and her daughter. Unfortunately, DJ isn't prepared for the threat because she thinks her father is another man - and he's dead. When Larry Galloway, her real father, gets out of prison, he's ready to seek revenge against DJ's mother and what better way than through her daughter and granddaughter? Adam is hired to protect them, but his job is made difficult by his orders to not reveal his reason for being there. Posing as an author friend of DJ's mother, Adam stays in her home and tries to do his job. The two, of course, fall in love, blah blah blah.... Not bad and really the only part I thought WAS bad was the romance - but that's what you get from Harlequin! There were a couple really badly done moments. Near the end, during a fight scene (yes, a physical fight scene), Adam yells at DJ to go call the police and DJ freezes. DJ's sister Laura is there and could just as easily have made the call, but apparently after Laura was pushed by Larry, she disappeared, which was bizarre. Worse, in the same scene, Larry has posed a violent threat to DJ, her sister and her daughter and Adam saved them all... but all whiny little DJ can think of is that Adam lied to her? She's obviously an idiot and Adam should've taken the hint and ditched her. Nice, easy read, nothing spectacular but above average for a romance novel!

When DJ Woodward learned her father was alive, despite the fact that her mother had always told her otherwise, she was fuming! It didn't occur to her that her mother had been trying to protect her for 30 years. After all, what was so threatening about a long lost father? But why was DJ so reluctant to tell her own 4 year old she had a grandfather? Adam McAllister was fuming, too. Why hadn't DJ's mother told her the truth about Larry Galloway? Didn't she realize she was putting DJ and her daughter at risk? His hands were tied by his job-as DJ's bodyguard. Worse, he was beginning to care less about the job than he did about the woman herself. If he couldn't tell her the truth, how could her ever keep her safe?