Guardian Angel

Written by Becky Harmon

Narrated by Romy Nordlinger

Newly appointed US ambassador Elizabeth Turner is still getting used to her post in Mauritania, Africa. She has lots of plans for her time in office, but those plans are forgotten when a crowd of angry protestors start to gather outside the embassy-bringing both sporadic gunfire and concern for the Ambassador's safety.

Flagler security agent Angel McTaggart will never understand why an intelligent woman would choose to come to a country where women are devalued. Not that her opinion matters, she knows, because she's here to do one job and one job only-keep the ambassador safe at all costs.

Angel needs to get the situation under control quickly before an attempt to storm the embassy becomes an option for the rioters. Elizabeth Turner isn't uncooperative, she reasons, just headstrong and opinionated. Angel knows she's worked with worse, but no one that's had the effect on her that the ambassador seems to be having now.

Focusing on her job might be harder than she thinks . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781705230886

Reviews for Guardian Angel

[Maria Colonia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

3.75 stars. I picked this book because I just finished "Madam Secretary" on TV and love settings in politics.

Ambassador Elizabeth "Ellie" Turner is a badass former CIA agent and former senator who wants to make a difference in Mauretania.

When her embassy is surrounded by protestors, a new security team is brought in, led by fierce security agent Angel McTaggart.

Both women feel drawn to each other even before meeting. But when they meet, there's chemistry, but they completely start off on the wrong foot. Angel is tongue tied and doesn't communicate well, and Ellie is more than irritated. As the situation outside the embassy becomes more and more serious, finally the start to cooperate.

I really liked the setting. Even if Becky Harmon gets quite detailed about embassy life, I really liked that. We get the story more from Angel's POV, and I would have loved to see Ellie's a little bit more, especially regarding her personality and politics. I didn't really feel bothered that the mains don't have that much interaction in the first part, because I felt it was well done with the GPS device thingy and their inner thoughts. Honestly I didn't like Angel's character too much though. She's a bit antisocial, she doesn't communicate well and at times she's downright unprofessional. I didn't really see why Ellie is so smitten with her, other than her wish for equal companionship. Ellie is such a strong and overall great character and I would have liked so see more of her.

Once Angel and Ellie started to communicate, the story finally started to flow. This is also roughly when the setting changes from the embassy to the outside adventure. I wouldn't call this book a romance. The focus is on the romance for sure, yet it doesn't get very detailed. I wouldn't call it an adventure either. It's something in between, with quite some action towards the end.

All in all I would have liked to give a better rating because I felt this book would have had so much more potential, especially if the mains had communicated better. I felt that narrator Romy Nordlinger did an okay job, but it took me quite long to get into the story and get used to her voice. In the end I liked it though.

[MabelNataliaNovoaChaves · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Its a good book but it needs a bether end.