Close protection worker Arianna Jackson tries not to take
chances, but when she saves a man from attack by a crime
syndicate she's suddenly the one who needs a bodyguard
detail. Holed up in an Alaska cabin in witness protection,
she gets to know the men responsible for her safety. Bored
and not allowed outside, the frustration makes her sharper
than she should be, and US Marshals Mark, Kevin, and Brody
remind themselves to be patient while GUARDING THE WITNESS.
Mother grizzly is not the only danger out there, and Brody
and Arianna take off together after the location is
compromised. The rugged, cold terrain might do the
assassins' job for them, if the pair's survival skills and
teamwork aren't up to scratch. Men with tracking dogs and
guns are on their trail, and river crossings are tricky at
the best of times. There is plenty of action and violence
on the desperate flight and both people come to respect
each other, the lines between guard and client blurring.
Mountainside rappelling, first-aid, persuading citizens
that they're not criminals....
I did feel some of the prayers were forced - Arianna thinks
that she doesn't know if she can cross a river without
divine help. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to
concentrate on the job in hand and on help from the man
who's already across? But this is an inspirational novel
so we get a few appeals to personal faith. I was also
unused to the term 'case' for a bodyguard checking out a
building - I would use this term for a criminal casing a
house to see how best to rob it. Semantics aside, Margaret
Daley has made a fantastic job of the urgency, action and
details in this romance story, with paranoia in the
conspiracy-theory style second half.
GUARDING THE WITNESS is part of a series about Guardians,
Inc. a close protection firm of females. This features
strong capable women and deserves to be a big hit.
After two months of protective custody, bodyguard Arianna
Jackson is days away from testifying at a murder trial when
the unthinkable happens. Her Alaska safe house is attacked,
and Arianna is forced to go on the run with U.S. Marshal
Brody Callahan. Arianna is used to issuing orders, not
taking them, but now, out in the wild, with a bounty on her
head and a killer on her heels, she has only one hope of
making it to testify—the handsome protector at her
side.
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