Status
Available
Series
Genres
Collection
Publication
Love Inspired (2012), 224 pages
Description
Bodyguard Ellie St. James has one objective: protect her client...without letting her know. Pretending to be Rachel "Winnie" Winfield's assistant lets Ellie stay close, but there's an unexpected complication--Colt Winfield. Winnie's grandson wasn't in on the plans, and the suspicious marine biologist isn't easy to fool. When the truth comes out, so do more threats to Winnie's life. Trapped on a Colorado mountain, Ellie and Colt must trust each other to guard Winnie and find the stalker. Before this Christmas becomes their last.
User reviews
LibraryThing member rhonda1111
5 STARS
I got a bunch of book this afternoon and this one sounded good that I had to start
reading right away. It did not let me down. It has strong female characters that are tough but smart. A romance that doesn't make you blush, Mystery that keeps you guessing to the end. That leaves you smiling
Christmas Stalking is the fourth in the Guardians, Inc series. The first one that I have read but hopefully not the last.
Ellie St. James is a bodyguard but is in disguise as assitant even from the one she is protecting.Rachel “Winnie” Winfield’s is the 73 year old who is in charge of the company and she is also one of the chemists who is getting ready to bring out a new line. She is living on the ranch when she hears someone coming up the stairs that had got through the dogs. She gets her gun and finds a stranger coming up the stairs and thier is a tussle for the gun and he is on top of her when Winnie picks up the gun and points it at her.
Colt Winfield is supposed to be at sea for his job but came home unexpected. When Winnie had distracted Ellie she had to come up with an excuse to why she has a gun. Winnie's lawyer did not want to let her know that she had been recieving hateful letters. Harold brought her out another gun after hers got put in the safe.
The next night the dogs were barking and Ellie had another gun going to check the comotion and Colt saw her with a different gun. She told him she would explain later but stay with his grandmother. Colt did not listen.
Ellie found the fence had been cut and a mountain lion was about to come through and the dogs were quite. Colt was behind her with a speargun he grabbed after hearing the mountain lion. He stayed to guard the fence from the mountain lion. Ellie called the police,and lawyer and made sure Winnie was safe and no intruder was in the house. Winnie saw Ellie come out of Colt's room with a pair of shoes and another gun.
The action did not stop till the end. I guessed one part of the mystery but not all of it. Did not put the book down till I finshed it.
I would like to read the other books that Margaret has written.
I was given this ebook to read for free in exchange of honest reviews from Netgalley.
11/01/2012 Pub. Harlequin Imprint Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense
I got a bunch of book this afternoon and this one sounded good that I had to start
reading right away. It did not let me down. It has strong female characters that are tough but smart. A romance that doesn't make you blush, Mystery that keeps you guessing to the end. That leaves you smiling
Show More
at the end.Christmas Stalking is the fourth in the Guardians, Inc series. The first one that I have read but hopefully not the last.
Ellie St. James is a bodyguard but is in disguise as assitant even from the one she is protecting.Rachel “Winnie” Winfield’s is the 73 year old who is in charge of the company and she is also one of the chemists who is getting ready to bring out a new line. She is living on the ranch when she hears someone coming up the stairs that had got through the dogs. She gets her gun and finds a stranger coming up the stairs and thier is a tussle for the gun and he is on top of her when Winnie picks up the gun and points it at her.
Colt Winfield is supposed to be at sea for his job but came home unexpected. When Winnie had distracted Ellie she had to come up with an excuse to why she has a gun. Winnie's lawyer did not want to let her know that she had been recieving hateful letters. Harold brought her out another gun after hers got put in the safe.
The next night the dogs were barking and Ellie had another gun going to check the comotion and Colt saw her with a different gun. She told him she would explain later but stay with his grandmother. Colt did not listen.
Ellie found the fence had been cut and a mountain lion was about to come through and the dogs were quite. Colt was behind her with a speargun he grabbed after hearing the mountain lion. He stayed to guard the fence from the mountain lion. Ellie called the police,and lawyer and made sure Winnie was safe and no intruder was in the house. Winnie saw Ellie come out of Colt's room with a pair of shoes and another gun.
The action did not stop till the end. I guessed one part of the mystery but not all of it. Did not put the book down till I finshed it.
I would like to read the other books that Margaret has written.
I was given this ebook to read for free in exchange of honest reviews from Netgalley.
11/01/2012 Pub. Harlequin Imprint Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense
Show Less
LibraryThing member Cats57
Learning to trust a person you barely know takes a lot of faith and since this is a faith-based novel, it seems appropriate that the protagonist Ellie, Winnie’s bodyguard, has trust issues. While this is a Christian novel, it is never preachy or over-bearing with its message.
Ellie is working for
As we get closer to Christmas actions are soon out of hand and when they think they have the proper person dead to rights, things start escalating even more.
This is an action packed novel with strong, very strong female characters and the men almost taking a behind the scenes aspect. The romance is there but is quite mild and you almost have to wonder just how they fell in love so quickly.
The habit that some author have of using bad relationships with their protagonists parents is getting somewhat trite, but it seems to be fitting for this novel.
There is mystery, excitement and a HEA…what more could a reader want in a book?
Ellie is working for
Show More
Winnie as a bodyguard but Winnie doesn’t know that her life has been threatened. That is, she doesn’t know this until her Grandson colt, makes a surprise visit and rattles Ellie into confessing to him what she is. Soon things start escalating with actions being thrown into the mix.As we get closer to Christmas actions are soon out of hand and when they think they have the proper person dead to rights, things start escalating even more.
This is an action packed novel with strong, very strong female characters and the men almost taking a behind the scenes aspect. The romance is there but is quite mild and you almost have to wonder just how they fell in love so quickly.
The habit that some author have of using bad relationships with their protagonists parents is getting somewhat trite, but it seems to be fitting for this novel.
There is mystery, excitement and a HEA…what more could a reader want in a book?
Show Less
LibraryThing member Glenajo
Ellie is a bodyguard hired to protect Winnie the head of a perfume company when Winnie begins receiving threatening letters. When Colt, Winnie's grandson comes home, sparks fly as they both try to keep Winnie from an unknown crazy.
This is a fun, quick read. The love story is fairly predictable,
Received Galley from NetGalley.com
This is a fun, quick read. The love story is fairly predictable,
Show More
but the stalker, not so much. The characters are fun to meet and the setting is interesting. This is a fun, clean romance, so if you enjoy romance with a little kick of mystery and the added blessing of Christianity, then this one is for you. Enjoy!Received Galley from NetGalley.com
Show Less
LibraryThing member LAWonder10
Christmas Stalking is a story of Ellie who is a professional body guard.
She is assigned to go undercover to protect a high profile widow would be
be doing a presentation at a very big event.
An unexpected arrival of the widow, Winnie's grandson who is a marine
biologist. Winnie has to intervene
conflicts.
Someone is threatening the life of Winnie. Will Ellie be able to stop the
killer?
The mystery of "Who did it" keeps going to the very end, keeping the
reader in constant suspense and guessing to the very end.
This was a very well-written novel. There was a short period in the middle
it seemed to drag some and was a little repetitive. Otherwise, it would have
been a five star book. Very cleanly written.
She is assigned to go undercover to protect a high profile widow would be
be doing a presentation at a very big event.
An unexpected arrival of the widow, Winnie's grandson who is a marine
biologist. Winnie has to intervene
Show More
between the two to prevent ongoingconflicts.
Someone is threatening the life of Winnie. Will Ellie be able to stop the
killer?
The mystery of "Who did it" keeps going to the very end, keeping the
reader in constant suspense and guessing to the very end.
This was a very well-written novel. There was a short period in the middle
it seemed to drag some and was a little repetitive. Otherwise, it would have
been a five star book. Very cleanly written.
Show Less
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
224 p.; 4.22 inches
ISBN
0373445121 / 9780373445127