CRAP- I wrote a huge whole review and lost the entire thing... Grace Hall is a high society socialite, a trendsetter, and a countess. She is also going through a divorce, just lost her father to a heart attack, and trying to work as the head of her fathers company even though many people doubt her capabilities. She becomes terrified when there is a murderer killing women in the city that were recently written about in a news article. This article was about the 6 most wealthy women in New York. This piece was featuring Grace, as she was the biggest and most popular out of the 6. So the idea that someone is going around killing her friends who were in the article with her sort of freaks her out. Who wouldn't be? So she hires John Smith as her personal body guard. John Smith, no that's not his real name, is dreading working for Grace since by his rules of protection he must always be with her. Yes, that means even live with her. He is very attracted to her, and he likes her personality. She's one of the few people who has ever talked back to him. He isn't convinced that she actually wants him, he think she is only attracted to him because he is from the other side of the tracks. He grew up as juvenile delinquent, and went into the military. He was an Army Ranger, and now is the head of his own security/bodyguard agency, that he works for himself. His qualifications very, such as, weapons expert, sniper, assassin, and other kill or be killed skills. So he can't fathom why a women like Grace would be attracted to him. I love the writing in this book. It is really good. It is totally a romance. None of this, it's on the romance shelf but it isn't really. No this is a ROCK YOUR SOCKS OFF ROMANCE. HA. I teared up at one point, just getting emotionally attached to the characters I guess. I also managed to laugh a bit too. I was giggling so hard when I pieced together the visual of this high society countess, smacking her forehead into the glass window b/c she was trying to lean forward to watch John Smith do his tai chi. (read less)

CRAP- I wrote a huge whole review and lost the entire thing... Grace Hall is a high society socialite, a trendsetter, and a countess. She is also going through a divorce, just lost her father to a heart attack, and trying to work as the head of her fathers company even though many people doubt her capabilities. She becomes terrified when there is a murderer killing women in the city that (read more)

Although I guessed the "bad guy" early on that didn't mitigate the slow build-up of terror. Grace and John's slowly building relationship ending with the, never certain, HEA was wonderful to read. This early book certainly shows that J. R. Ward is a gifted author with the ability to make characters come alive along with an interesting and riveting plot.