Title: Gambling on the Bodyguard
Author: Sarah Ballance
Series: What Happens in Vegas #8
Publisher: Entangled: Lovestruck
Publication date: October 12th 2015
Format: Kindle | Netgalley
Genre: Adult | Contemporary Romance
He’ll guard her body all night long…
Ski instructor Ellie Montgomery hits Vegas during a romance convention to meet the man of her dreams…only, the man of her dreams isn’t the cover model she’s there to see. He’s the hot-as-sin bodyguard who catches her sneaking in the back door of a meet-and-greet, and he seems more than ready to do what it takes to prove he’s twice the man her pretty boy crush could ever be.
Jax Mathis couldn’t resist snagging a date with Ellie, but he didn’t count on the attraction being more than physical. They connect on a level he didn’t think possible—and he can’t run fast enough. She makes him want things he thought he’d never have, and maybe, just maybe, they’re within reach. But to have it, he’ll have to face the one mountain he swore he’d never climb...and with no guarantee she’ll be waiting on the other side.
My thoughts:
I don't really know what to say about this one other than that it was an okay read. It had enough to keep me interested but it wasn't something I would go back to again.
Ballance has a good writing style in my opinion. I enjoyed her writing and it really made the whole romance between the characters something special. It wasn't as simple as two characters making eye contact and then non stop gushing over how hot they both are. The romance meant something and it was believable.
Unfortunately that was where it ended for me. I just didn't understand the ending - it was so disappointing. The story takes place over a couple of days so the characters have no more than a full day and a half together - why did it end like that then? I won't say what happens, but trust me when I say if it ever happens to you…run the other way.
I get that it's a book. It's just a story. But why can't it just end in a way that makes sense with the addition of great writing that the author is capable of? It was like taking the whole book and flushing it down the toilet…not unlike Ellie's ticket in the beginning of the read.
If you enjoy cheesy romances just for a quick read with likeable, well done characters then I do recommend this one. Ballance has a lovely style of writing that makes this book better than most clichéd, fast romances.
My rating: 4/10
Sarah Ballance:
What Happens in Vegas:
- Tempting Her Best Friend by Gina L. Maxwell
- The Makeover Mistake by Kathy Lyons
- A Change of Plans by Robyn Thomas
- Masquerading with the CEO by Dawn Chartier
- Just One Reason by Brooklyn Skye
- Tamed By The Outlaw by Michelle Sharp
- Tempted by Mr. Write by Sara Hantz
- Gambling on the Bodyguard by Sarah Ballance
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