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Love's Design (Bodyguards Inc.) Paperback – July 13, 2021

by RJ Scott (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 395 ratings
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The Bodyguard and the Runaway Uncle

CIA Agent Stefan Mortimer is cooling his heels in the UK until he can go home. Taking on easy assignments with Bodyguards Inc. seems like a good solution to keep him sane. He’s used to life throwing him curveballs, and it’s just another day at the office when he rescues Kirby Devlin and his niece and nephew. Now he has to keep Kirby and the kids alive and stay professional.

Kirby Devlin has one priority; keeping his small family safe. On the run, and facing danger at every turn, Kirby finally runs out of places to hide on a snowy December day at an Edinburgh train station. Stefan comes to the rescue, saves him and the children. Is it possible that Kirby finally has someone to trust?

Now, if only it would be as easy for Kirby to trust Stefan with his heart.

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    Bodyguards Inc.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Love Lane Books Ltd (July 13, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 178564288X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1785642883
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.55 x 8 inches
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RJ is the author of the over one hundred novels and discovered romance in books at a very young age. She realized that if there wasn’t romance on the page, she could create it in her head, and is a lifelong writer.

She lives and works out of her home in the beautiful English countryside, spends her spare time reading, watching films, and enjoying time with her family.

The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn't like it one little bit and has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.

She loves to talk to readers and can be contacted via rj@rjscott.co.uk

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Jeffrey Mc, RN
5.0 out of 5 stars Is a HEA in the cards for a lifelong abused Scottish Man protecting his Niece and Nephew?
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
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When Stefan stumbles across a ‘beat up’ young Scottish man, who is protecting his niece and nephew from becoming tied up loose strings… he’s not only opening a can of worms… He’s opening a can of “whip @ss” on some corrupt cops… but can a CIA operative on leave open up the prideful heart of a hurting young Scottish man? And Can Kirby, in turn, open the tough to crack heart of a seasoned agent at a turning point in his life? This 5th book in RJ Scott’s ‘Bodyguards Inc’ series makes you want to cheer for them both, by the end! RJ, you’ve done it again… Now, onto the next book… the wine is chilled, but these books are everything but!!
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grammy1
4.0 out of 5 stars Book 5 good
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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CIA Agent Stefan Mortimer is hiding out of sorts in the UK. He has never been one to keep his nose clean in the service, and a case he worked on went south and his needs to chill out a bit before coming back to the US.

Stefan works for Bodyguards Inc. between jobs, putting his last on a train and free as a bird…..till he finds Kirby Devlin getting beat up in the train station rest room. You would think Kirby would be grateful for the help, but he trusts no one, since he is protecting his brother’s two children from being killed.

So Stefan now has to make a decision, to help this young uncle and these two children or mind his own business! Ms Scott allows us to see the trust slowly grow between the two adults and harder yet between the adults and the young children. Kids are a tough crowd.

Stefan has taken them to a safe house so they can feel safe. Having them all live together while learning about Kirby and his past, not having seen his brother in years, is a hard story to hear. But it is Christmas, and there are children, and the entire Bodyguard family make it magic.

As always Ms. Scott gives us a sensuous story, while we traverse real life problems.
Kissing Alex is next on my TBR pile….Onward Bodyguards…

Review by Gloria Lakritz
Sr Reviewer and Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild
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D.Hart, RCIS
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful M/M action/romance you'll love !!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2015
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Yes, yes, yes...this is a wonderful story !! Partly a Christmas romance, and partly an action thriller. It started off with a bang when Stefan rescues Kirby from being beaten, takes Kirby and the children, nephew Andy and niece Louise to safety, and cares for them. This beautifully written tale pulled me right in and held me. The Bodyguard's Inc. characters are deep, interesting people. I've liked all of the books in this series. This may be my favorite !
Stefan is on leave from the CIA, helping his friend in the security business. Kirby has been thrown into the trouble because his brother wanted him to keep the kids safe. His brother, Robbie owed big money to very bad guys. The story line flowed, the characters were terrific, the children were wonderfully done and realistic, while we went along on this amazing adventure. Stefan is awesome, sturdy, strong, sweet, and loving, and exactly what Kirby needed to ground him, give him strength, and anchor his new life.
RJ Scott gives us fabulous emotions, great storytelling, and an amazing Christmas !!!
Highly recommend. E N J O Y !!!
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regpinky
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok for an English oriented story.
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023
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I’ve been a huge RJ Scott fan for several years, and own a majority of all her books published in paperback.
RJ Scott, is a fantastic writer and story teller and, usually mixes adventure and suspense with romance and happily ever after, quite well.

The Bodyguards Inc. series is yet another book series where the main characters of each book, all work for the same kind of business, whether Bodyguards Inc., or some kind of witness protection agency, or other kind of intelligence agency.

In these types of book series, it is hard to believe that, not only are all the main characters working at these business’s or agencies, gay, but that in each book, they find their life long love in the next specific case they’re working on, or book volume of the series. As far-fetched and unlikely as this kind of scenario is, these type of book series’ keep popping up by author after author, and it gets a bit old.

Although RJ Scott is English and lives in England, most of the stories in her books take place in the US, and she writes as if she’s an American instead of English, for the most part. However, at first, I was not going to buy or read any of the Bodyguards Inc. books. And, in fact, after I bought all of them, and then they sat in a stack unread for almost a year. This is because the stories in this book series all take place in England, and I cannot relate to the English culture, nor the places written about. In addition, it’s often the case that readers from the US, can’t understand the English acronyms and slang, or the use of English adjectives, pronouns and nouns, let alone the English colloquialisms, contractions, accentuations, or verbiage used while writing narration or a characters’ dialog.

Unfortunately, this was the case with the Bodyguards Inc. books. I still have NO idea what the heck “knickers” are! I assume it is some kind of British noun for some type of clothing, but it is not even described in an American dictionary!

RJ Scott, usually doesn’t go to emotional extremes in her romance novels, although there are some that are just too sappy and mushy. Sometimes romance novels written by women can be a little heavy on sap, with mushy, lovey dovey, emotional relationship heartthrob characters. I mean, gag me with a spoon! Most guys, although wanting a loving and emotionally satisfying relationship, don’t want, or feel, the emotional extremes many female authors seem to incorporate into their romance novels.

Basically, the stories in the Bodyguards Inc. books are fairly good. Like I said, RJ Scott is an excellent writer and story teller. There are a few books in the series that focus far too much on the romance and relationship issues, and not enough on any adventure or action that might be happening in the story. In fact, in at least one book of the series I was so bored, I kept reading, hoping the book would end sooner rather than later.

Most of the time RJ Scott, does not focus too much on graphic sex in her stories. Although, sometimes, she too is guilty of going overboard with graphic play by play descriptions that go on and on. And, that, I can totally do without. Most of the time the sex scenes in the Bodyguards Inc. books are kept to a minimum, and don’t get too pornographic. However, sometimes it does!

I can’t stand it when authors feel they have to detail every play by play of sexual intercourse by the main characters. If I wanted to read porn, I would not be attempting to read gay action-romance! In fact, some MM authors go on and on and on, sometimes taking up whole chapters of graphically descriptive sex! It totally ruins the story and ruins the book. I am really tired of having to skim through page after page after page to get back to the story! It makes me think that maybe I should just not read books about gay guys at all.

In conclusion, the stories in all 6 books of the Bodyguards Inc. series are pretty good, and reading them was not as bad as I had anticipated, even though they were more culturally British oriented than any of the authors other books. The adventure and action was entertaining, when it was present in the story, and keeps you glued to your seat. The unbelievability of all the members of Bodyguards Inc. being gay, and each finding their lifelong mate in book after book was a bit much though. And, I know these are supposed to be basically gay romance novels, but the continual drivel, of sappy, mushy, lovey dovey, relationship dialog sometimes made me want to gag.

Although, I’m never going to read this authors’ gay romance “hockey” books, because I don’t like sports, I’m so tired of the extreme emotional romance side of things, that, unless RJ Scott writes something Sci-Fi, fantasy, paranormal, or just plain old action adventure intrigue stories, I’m likely going to see what other authors are out there that I might like.
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Kindle Customer Lea Blottiaux
5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2018
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When Stefan from the CIA is told to stay in the UK instead of going home to the US. The CIA were trying to catch the guys who were trying to kill him. While finishing a job for BI he spots 3 suspicious strangers outside a restroom at the train station in Edinburgh. He follows them inside and the strangers threaten him to leave. He hears someone in the last stall screaming for help. Stefan takes the strangers down and helps the man to get away. The man's name is Kirby. Stefan takes him to a room that Kirby has a pass card to open. When they get inside the room there are 2 small children. Although Stefan isn't sure why he desides to help them. The story is exciting and romantic. A very good read.
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Michelle
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2022
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Loved Stefan and Kirby and the kids. They had a hard road glad they were able to find their way. Always love Ross and Kyle
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Elizabeth D
3.0 out of 5 stars Christmas adventure with adorable children
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2024
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3.25/5 I didn’t like this one quite as much as I wanted to, though I enjoyed the Christmas theme and the children. I did like that Kirby and Stefan didn’t simply leap into bed with everything going on, but it also ended up feeling to me like at least half the book had zero spark between them. I really enjoyed the children, but with them the focal point of the story, it didn’t actually seem like we got to know Kirby or Stefan much apart from their “protector” personas.

I also wound up weirdly torn between being annoyed that sex work was being judged so much and then kind of let down because it turns out that Kirby did *5 days* of sex work before he figured out how to get out after being beaten (presumably when he was sixteen). Like … in any other profession would we even mention that as something we’d done? I guess it’s a reminder that it *is* treated differently, and I just kind of hope for better from MCs these days.

And then I was just confused that amidst everything going on when Kirby was desperate to have options for him and the children (and really determined to be solvent and pay people back for things), he didn’t seriously consider going back and trying to get the (really quite decent) sum of money that he’d apparently squirrelled away at his place, or asking the Bodyguards Inc. people to help. He thought the money might be taken while he wasn’t there, but seemed ready to just let that go without effort.

Otherwise, I enjoyed the Christmas atmosphere, the determination from all sides to protect the children, how it resolved with family, how protective Andy was (and their attempt to give him more childhood), and the activities they got to enjoy at Kyle’s house. This was a pretty sweet, child-centric story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bodyguards inc
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2016
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I read all five of these books one after the other and loved them all . RJ Scott is now one of my favourites . Keep on with the good work x
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Richard N.
4.0 out of 5 stars really nice read and good story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2016
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Nice easy ready. I had downloaded this book first and couldn't put it down. After finishing the book downloaded the complete series. Love how there are references to the previous stories and chuckled at the stapler. Can't wait for the next book.
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Li Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2016
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Another excellent chapter in the bodyguards Inc series, lived every one of these books so far hope they continue. Each one is fantastic
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2016
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An enjoyable read, I'd like more in this series, please.
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