The Bodyguard

All the stories were very good and would recommed it to everyone who enjoys reading a good book.

I purchased this book just to read Gena Showalter's Temptation in Shadows. I am a huge fan of Showalter and I could not resist buying it any longer. The story was good and I really liked the characters. I think that this short story really could have been a full novel like the Extraordinary Girl books. It shared a lot of elements that the EG novels had. i.e. Girl experimented on+ potentially dangerous "power"= being a target that is a danger to herself and the world. Girl is protected by man assigned to her with "powers" of his own. The story moved very quickly and the characters very quickly realized that they cared about each other deeply (and of course were intensely turned on by each other and have a really HOT scene together- it IS Showalter). The only thing I was sad to see was its quick end... as with all of Gena's work, I wish it would go on and on. I had never read anything from Adair or O'Clare and I am not sure if the stories in this book were enough to make me curious enough to look for anymore from them, but anything with Showalter's name on it is enough for me to purchase and I was not disapointed that I had the opportunity to read more of her work.

I loved the stories by Adair and Showalter. The one by O'Clare was just ok. I don't usually like books by Showalter, but did enjoy this short story. Adair is pretty much on my auto-buy list. The first two stories were enjoyable and entertaining for quick reads.

You'd never guess from the name, but surprise, surprise, The Bodyguard is a paranormal romance anthology. "Temptation on Ice" by Cherry Adair is a T-FLAC short ~~ Time is running out for kidnapped scientist Michaela when Sebastian, the man she's dreamt of for years arrived to 'rescue' her. But Sebastian's assignment is to take out the sexy woman, he believes faked her own death and is working for the enemy on a bomb that will destroy the world ~~ While I liked the characters' back-story and thought that Sebastian's ability to borrow others' paranormal powers was pretty cool, I had a hard time getting past Sebastian boinking Michaela when he intends on killing her later. (3.5 stars - pretty good) "Temptation in Shadows" by Gena Showalter was my favorite story of the bunch ~~ Gabby is a survivor of an experiment that has left her with very dangerous powers. Sean is an operative in a paranormal agency working undercover as a bodyguard in order to get close to Gabby - his job is to determine if Gabby is a threat which needs to be neutralized. ~~ it seemed almost like this story should be connected to Showalter's Extraordinary Girl series, because of the superpowers, but I didn't recognize any character overlap. Sean is a great character, I loved his power of manipulating the shadows and the chemistry between him and Gabby is really good too. Even though I would have loved more, Showalter did a really good job of telling their story in this short space. (4.5 stars) "Hunting Temptation" by Lorie O`Clare ~~ The bounty hunter hero, Seth, tracking down a serial killer goes to his favorite 'source' - who unknown to Seth is a werewolf - for info and catches the attention of his informant's sister Jenna. Jenna is intrigued by the human and decides to evade her protective pack to entice Seth to scratch her itches - and inadvertently sets herself up as the next target for the killer ~~ I have never read anything by O'Clare before, so fans may not agree with me, but I really did not like story. Seth was pretty good character but my like for him just wasn't enough to overcome my dislike for his leading lady. Jenna was annoyingly TStL (too-stupid-to-live) most of the time but ... she's "not a slut" - awk, Jenna thinks this repeatedly and for some reason that phrase irked me big-time every time I read it. (2 stars)

"Temptation on Ice" by Cherry Adair. T-FLAC operative Sebastian Tremayne can turn seemingly invisible when he wants. His current assignment takes him and his partner Anatoly Cohen to a Russian Decommissioned Sub Base in the Arctic Circle where he is to keep the woman he loves and met five times before but never alone, nuclear physicist Dr. Michaela Giese safe. "Temptation in Shadows" by Gena Showalter. Secret Agent Sean Walker controls the shadows between the living and the living. His current assignment is to rescue and keep the woman he loves Gabrielle Huit safe. "Hunting Temptation" by Lorie O'Clare. Human Seth Gere is a bounty hunter in search of serial killing Tray Long while falling in love with the sister of his prime informant Jeremy Drury. Unaware that the siblings are werewolves, Seth vows to keep the woman he loves Jenna Drury safe from the monster he stalks. These are three fun urban fantasy romantic suspense tales that fans of the authors will enjoy, but none of the paranormal thrillers contain the depth to maintain high levels of tension. Harriet Klausner