Link is the 9th book in the Guarding Her series from Anna Brooks, and it is now available!
Lincoln (aka Link) was a bodyguard for many years. In fact that is how he and Oakley initially met. She was a nanny for a family, and he was a bodyguard for the family. One night, at an event, Oakley had a bit much to drink, and decided that it was the perfect time to make her move on Link. She's been attracted to him for a while, so it just made sense. Link shot her down. Oakley was crushed. The two parted ways. Until the night that Lincoln shows up to a wedding that Oakley is at. One of Oakley's sisters is a wedding planner, and she needed Oakley's assistance. Oakley and Lincoln end up talking, which leads to him giving her his room key, which then results in a night spent together. All is going fabulously until Oakley slips out overnight. Then she decides to relocate to Warrenville. Essentially she's running. Lincoln lets her run, until he feels she's ran long enough. Then he puts his plan in motion.
Now I'm brand new to the Guarding Her series by Anna Brooks, and after reading Link I need to go back and read the previous books in the series. (and yes, I've already downloaded Surface.) Anna Brooks has hooked me in with her writing, and I am loving every moment of it.
So seeing as I am new to the series, I geeked out when Mack Ryder was mentioned. It took me a bit, until outside The Tap, to realize that Wilder and Frankie were the same characters from Wilder. I tell ya, I was tired. As soon as realization hit though, I was all giddy. After all, I've been thoroughly enjoying the Ryder Ranch series! Also, I love when series cross over like that!
As for the story between Oakley and Lincoln, I was all in. From the one night stand, to Oakley relocating, to Lincoln relocating, to Onnika (her twin) visiting, to everything that happened after her visit, I could not put the book down. Now I will say that at times Lincoln was a bit over the top for me. Maybe it was his because of his profession, maybe it was just him being overprotective, maybe he is just that intense. No matter what though I enjoyed it.
And now I'm curious about Foster and Onnika. What happened there? Is he going to get his own book? Oh, and that set up for Callen's story? UM WHAT? Need it.
Please go read Link. He's an alpha. He's a grump. She's amazing, and full of sunshine. These two are destined to be together, and their story is just so good.
Thank you for reading my thoughts on this book. Please let me know if you read it!
Laura
Even though she knew I’d always catch her, she still had a bad habit of running.
As fun as our little game was, I was getting tired of the chase.
Especially when one night of combustible passion proved we found the reward we both deserved.
Once I finally had her right where I wanted, her world was tragically torn apart, and she needed me now more than ever.
Honored to be the man to pick up the pieces, I didn’t realize putting her back together would come with a price.
Because once she was whole again, she wasn’t the same woman I had fallen in love with.
