Bodyguard. Tracker.Silent Observer. Life was in the details. The weight of a government issued rifle, the trajectory of a bullet, the speed of the wind—those details were crucial in the Marines. But outside the military, that level of observation was currency, and I was selling my skills to the best security firm in south Florida. Except I wasn’t on a job when I noticed the nervous brunette … wasn’t on a job when I noticed the nervous brunette pushing through the crowded street. Her hair loose, her shirt borrowed, she stumbled in too-big shoes before looking over her shoulder. I didn’t follow her glance. I didn’t have to. I’d already spotted the muscle after her. The question was if I was going to do anything about it. Before I could decide, her pursuer took aim. It was the wrong move.
Now he was going to find out how callous a bodyguard could be.
CALLOUS is the sixth standalone book in the Alpha Bodyguard Series.
The Alpha Bodyguard Series:
SCANDALOUS – Tank’s story
MERCILESS – Collins’s story
RECKLESS – Tyler’s story
RUTHLESS – Sawyer’s story
FEARLESS – Ty’s story
CALLOUS – Preston’s story
RELENTLESS – Thomas’s story
SHAMELESS – Shade’s story
more
Book 6 in Sybil Bartell’s Alpha Bodyguard is something of an enigma, like the hero. Overall 5 stars.
This story is not quite so high octane action of the previous Alpha bodyguard books. There’s some action in the beginning that sets up the story but as the story takes off its really a dive into the mind of the hero Preston Vos. He is the man of few words who has been a supporting character in the previous books.
There’ve been hints of Bad Blood between Preston and Ty, the hero of book 5, and in this book the story starts off 7 years ago and sets up where that bad blood started. Ty brought home from the Marines two of his buddies, Preston and Sam, and gave both strict orders to keep their hands off his younger sister, Mercy. Only one of them follows his request. Mercy ends up pregnant and now 7 years later, Ty believes Preston is the father of her son, Nash. Mercy never has revealed who fathered Nash and Preston is the only other living person who knows what happened that night.
This book dives in to what makes Preston tick. He is calculating and that means he uses words sparingly he often speaks in riddles because of the amount of calculation and statistics that are going on in his head. He’s rather OCD on calculating and predicting outcomes, which makes sense when you find out how he made his millions. But he has to learn and accept people aren’t predictable, especially Mercy. His devotion to Mercy and Nash is unquestionable but he’s kind of broken and wounded and he doesn’t go about showing his affection in a direct way. He tests people, which is why everything fell apart that night.
As usual the sex is five star spicy. I would have liked a little bit more about Mercy. But the story really is about Preston. This book is a little difficult to read but highly enjoyable and I give it a full five star rating.