Review: To Love and Protect by Faith V. Smith

Fiction, Paranormal Romantic Suspense, 300 pages

5*****

Blurb: Kira Jackson, former Marine and vampire, is close to achieving her goal of becoming a Government Vampire Protector—or she will be if President Gareth Hayes drops his attitude toward women agents. It’s a good thing he has no clue what he does to her body. Her physical attraction to the sexy widower is just the enamel off her fangs when Kira discovers Gareth could be her soul mate for eternity. Gareth is forced to have a protective agent after terrorists target him. But no way will he allow the sexy Agent Jackson to fill that position. However, he changes his mind when White House security is breached. Now Kira is ordering him around, and when Air Force One goes down, she proves she’s more than capable of doing her job. But what is he going to do about his growing fascination with her? Circumstances and the media toss Kira and Gareth into a shady limelight and into matrimony to save their reputations. Kira’s secret comes out and both he and Kira must decide if love will be enough to overcome “death do us part” with a vampire.

At first, I didn’t think I’d like this book – vampires and a high heat level are not normally my first choice in reads – but wow. Once I got into it, the story pulled me in and kept me reading. This is a romantic suspense novel with a twist – the agent is a woman and the “victim” is the man – actually, the president of the US and she is with the secret service. And she is a vampire. Kira is determined to do her job even when Gareth turns out to be a chauvinistic type who doesn’t want a woman agent protecting him. But the two also have an instant attraction (he is her “mate”) that they both try to fight.

The death threats against Gareth ramp up with no idea of who is trying to kill him. And then the killer targets Kira as well. Things heat up both with the threats and the passion between the two of them until the final scene.

Recommendation: If you like a lot of heat, vampires, and a bit of suspense, definitely pick this one up. You won’t be disappointed.

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and not influenced by anyone.