
Gunning for the groom
"Gunning for the groom: As an ex-Interpol agent, PI Aidan Abbot knows his way around covert operations. But nothing could prepare him for his latest mission: infiltrating family dynamics. His client, Francesca Leone, believes her late father, a US Army general, was framed for treason and has heartbreaking reason to suspect her own mother was behind it. Suddenly, Aidan is undercover as Frankie's fiancé, investigating his 'future MIL with unusual dinner-table access. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more Aidan wants to protect the woman he wasn't supposed to fall for." "Private bodyguard: Orion Security Group's mission is to protect those in danger. When Oliver Quinn's latest assignment brings him back into Darling Smith's life, he knows it's going to be his most challenging case. And when he comes face-to-face with the beauty from his past, Oliver can't deny their history will make for some tense days -- and frustrating nights. But keeping her safe, although Darling denies she needs his help, has to come before exploring their lingering feelings. She may not have asked for Oliver's protection, but with the killer on her trail, she can't afford not to have it ..."--Back cover.
Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.
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Fiction · Romance
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- ISBN-13
- 978-0-3736-9892-9
- Language
- English
- Edition record
- OL28241982M
A more thoughtful way into this book
This guide uses the edition details and category signals above to help you choose deliberately. It does not replace the author's work or a full review.
A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.
Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.
Read for connection, not completion.
Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.
Three questions to carry with you
- What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
- Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
- What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?
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