- Who is the Hero? Xavier Saint, Age: 27, Occupation: co-owner of security firm
~ Xavier is ex military and he owns Invictus Security with his friend Micah. The company is successful and is growing by leaps and bounds thanks to their great work. Xavier comes from a loving family with no major skeletons in his closet.
~ “After a long stint in Afghanistan with Army intelligence, Xavier had been recruited by the Defense Clandestine Service. There he met Micah.
Many missions later and Xavier and Micah were disillusioned alumni of the intelligence world with a wealth of security knowledge. They’d put that expertise to work on the West Coast with Invictus Security, a private security firm that provided military-grade protection to those who could afford their services”


- Who is the Heroine? Waverly Sinner, Age: 20, Occupation: famous Hollywood actress
~ Waverly is no stranger to show business. Both her parents are in the spotlight and she’s been acting for years. Things at home aren’t particularly rosy - her dad can’t keep his dick in his pants and her mom is an alcoholic. All Waverly wants is to take control of her own life for once and that means getting out of the spotlight and being a normal college girl.
~ “Waverly just wanted to be normal. She wanted a house that didn’t need security. A family that didn’t spend their entire lives pretending for the cameras. She wanted a job where people didn’t follow her around demanding to know what she had for breakfast and who she was sleeping with. Where no one wanted a piece of her or maliciously hoped to witness a very public and humiliating downward spiral.”

~ “At twenty, she already had twelve movies under her belt. She’d won an Oscar at fifteen, been gifted this very Mercedes from a studio at sixteen, and filed her first lawsuit against tabloids at eighteen. She had her own star on the Walk of Fame. She’d never attended a day of school, instead getting her education crowded around tight tables in trailers with on-set tutors. Prom and Homecoming had been traded for hundreds of red carpets”


Plot overview:
~ Someone is out to hurt Waverly and her parents have hired Invictus to provide security (and to keep her in line). Waverly is none to happy to have a babysitter tag along and Xavier isn’t very excited about following around a pampered starlet.
However, these two quickly form an attraction and find that maybe their first impressions were a bit off.
Danger lurks around many corners. Not only from the growing chemistry that Xavier knows he can’t indulge in, but also from the stalker who is determined to make Waverly pay for her disrespect.

**The following are my thoughts about this book: **

* * this ends in a cliffhanger, and I honestly didn’t see the need. They had the typical “I failed you” breakup and it kind of seemed like it would resolve itself in the last few pages. But nope….it ends like this
~ “It was time for a new life. One that she chose for herself. One where she would never again allow herself to be blinded by love.”

It could have easily ended with Xavier coming back, doing a little groveling and then a HEA. I honestly didn’t really understand why Xavier backed away in the first place. The last 5% was a little head scratching for me as I felt like it completely deviated from the way his character had been acting. Xavier all of a sudden felt like he failed her and then said some really crappy things to her about how she needed to finally stand on her own two feet and she wasn’t good for him Huh? He was never mean before so who was this guy?? Also, he comes from a loving family, so it seemed like he was completely on board with a lasting relationship. So the breakup just seemed to come out of left field and felt very forced.

* * I liked the various locations, but I never “felt” like I was in a different place. There was something missing in the descriptions. I didn’t need thorough details about an outfit or a room, but I did need vivid details about the scenery and the culture of the country to make me feel like I was right there with Xavier and Waverly. When it really mattered, the writing felt a little bit flat rather than vibrant.

* * I was really hoping for a deeply suspenseful book, but there just wasn’t as much danger or intrigue as I was expecting.

* * I’m not very happy that the next book takes place five years from now. I just don’t understand their breakup, so I’m not sure if I will read it or skip it.

**Overview:**
- Content Warning: alcoholic parent, stalker
- Setting: Hollywood, Colorado, Greece, Rome
- POV: Dual POV
- Tropes: bodyguard, famous actress
- Hero likeable? yes - except for the end when he became an asshole
- heroine likeable? yes
- h virgin? No
- First time they kiss: 25%
- First time they sleep together: 49%
- Safe sex? Yes. Condoms were used at first and then they ditched them altogether.
- First time they say I Love You 92%
- steamy? Yes. Descriptive bedroom scenes
- Chemistry? they had good chemistry
- OW/OM drama? No
- H/h cheat? No
- Time apart? No time apart in this book except for the last chapter
- Did I skip pages? No
- Big secrets? No
- Did I cry? No
- Did I laugh? No
- Did I swoon