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 killer Roger and why? Is it the extortionist or someone else? Laugh out loud at Natasha’s antics as she stumbles her way through the investigation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #784058 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 274 pages

Kathy Bosworth, Reviewer, Denise's Pieces
If you only have a chance to read one or two good books a year, make this one of them!

Sherry Russell, Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
...written in a seductively enchanting and charming style woven with a blend of humor ... which makes it a must read.

Beverly Scott, Reviewer, New Book Reviews
If you have read and enjoyed Janet Evanovich books, you need to pick up your own copy of "The Bodyguard".

Customer Reviews

Gun-Toting Female Bodyguard - I Love It!
Natasha Chamberlain enters the bodyguard field only because Scott Thomas,her firm's managing partner, offers her a chance at promotion toinvestigator if she takes the job. Roger Valentine, computer genius andmultimillionaire, has been threatened with death if he doesn't turn overone million dollars to an extortionist. Scott neglects to tell Natashathat she is being hired as a hodyguard for one night, to accompany Rogerto a banquet given in his honor.When Natasha finds this out, shestrongarms Roger into hiring her as bodyguard during the investigationinto who's threatening him. And that's when the fun begins.
Natasha likes to tote guns and play soccer. A woman dealing with a pasttrauma, she is ready to take on the world and protect those who cannotprotect themselves. The chapter with the dog was great!
I loved this book - it reads at a fast pace, with so much comedic action,it'll make your head spin. You'll laugh plenty with "The Bodyguard".

An exciting new release from Ms. French
Beautifully fresh faced with uninhibited innocence, Natasha wants to shake up the world. Natasha, a.k.a. Nattie and Dudette, is scrambling for excitement and meaning in her life when she is given an opportunity to act as a bodyguard. Since Natasha is not one to pass a problem on, she jumps in with unabashed passion. Natasha is the kind of gal that would play chicken with a guy whose strapping his foot to the gas pedal. She is gutsy and blind to danger. She also turns every setback into an occasion to learn and grow. Natasha does and says what so many of us would love to.

Natasha, in protecting wealthy Roger Valentine, takes on the likes of a "gun toting computer nerd" with creative intuition and gusto while learning the ropes of being a bodyguard. There is a lot of humor with Natasha and many tender spots like the one where she rescues a Weimeraner named Brutus. She is a true humanitarian and the reader finds,when introduced to her mother, that Nattie is an acorn that didn't fall far from the tree.

The Bodyguard is a four dimensional captivating suspense luring the reader to believe they have solved the case. The author, writing in a lightening bolt style of energy, shocks the reader with a striking surprising twist. This is definitely a story filled with chuckles, tears, true to life details and a must know what happens next story line.

The Bodyguard is the fourth offering and the first series by talented author Christy Tillery French. The book is written in a seductively enchanting and charming style woven with a blend of humor and delicacy which makes it a "must read".

Sherry Russell
Midwest Book Reviewer

I'm Hooked!
"The Bodyguard" is the first book I've read by Ms. French and since finishing it, I've ordered her others to read, as well. I was happy to read the author's note that this is the first in The Bodyguard series. And what a great introduction! Natasha is feisty and impulsive, a woman who will do anything to protect those near to her. Her boss, Striker, is a real he-man, sexy and mysterious. Roger is sweet and naive. Pit and Bigun are perfect partners for Natasha. Stevie, Natasha's mom, is undergoing a perimenopausal crisis, and the transformation that takes place with her is funny to the extreme.

I loved this book and the characters. The dialogue is witty, humorous, and Southern. The characters are perfectly balanced against one another. The plot is exceptional. The mystery killer wannabe had me fooled to the end. If I could rate this higher than 5 stars, I would.

Any Evanovich or Grafton fan will love this new author. Great job. I'm hooked!