After an explosion leaves detective Grant Caldwell scarred he quits his job and tries to hide from his well-meaning family while he heals. When Belle Manikas, a beautiful new neighbor, moves in next door with problems of her own he finds himself drawn to her even while he tells himself she’s nothing but trouble. Even though he knows he’d never have a chance with a woman like her—not with his … disfigurement—he can’t stay away.
Thanks to severe health problems as a child Belle grew up sheltered and smothered by her loving, if overbearing, family. Now that she’s finally out on her own she plans to wring everything she can out of life. When she sets her sights on her brooding neighbor nothing can stop her from getting him into bed—until a madman fixates on her.
With Grant now working for Red Stone Security, he sees it as his duty to protect her at all costs. Unfortunately a violent criminal is stalking Belle and will stop at nothing until he’s destroyed her.
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Grant Caldwell is trying to hide from is well-meaning family while he heals until he finds himself drawn to his beautiful new neighbor with problems of her own. He can’t stay away even though he knows he’d never have a chance with a woman like her – not with his disfigurement. Belle grew sheltered and smothered and now that she’s finally out on her own she plans to wring everything she can out of her life. She sets her sights on Grant and nothing can stop her from getting him into her bed – until a madman fixates on her and Grant sees it as his duty to protect her at all costs.
This romantic suspense is an emotionally gripping and highly suspenseful read that holds readers in its grip until the very end. Grant and Belle are two strong characters that both have pasts that they have to overcome, pasts that have reacting in different ways and readers can practically feel all of the emotions that flow from the pages of this engaging romance. The romance is sweet and quite delightful as Belle teaches Grant that she’s very willing to be his.
The plot is faced paced and full thrilling excitement and suspense as a violent criminal stalks Belle with no intentions of stopping until he has destroyed her. An OMG twist has readers jaws dropping as the climax reels the readers in and has them holding their breath in suspense and the conclusion to the romance between Belle and Grant is a sigh worthy event for romance readers.
Grant was a Miami police officer until they were trying to take down a coke house, when he accidentally set off a trip wire and caused an explosion. Six months later he gets a new neighbor. Belle is beautiful and from a large family. She had to move to her own place to get some peace. Grant was severely burned and is very self conscious about his scars. When a stalker comes after Belle, Grant will do anything to keep her safe.
Great story with suspense, action, and sex. Belle doesn’t pay attention to Grant’s scars and that make him fall for her.
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Detective Grant Caldwell is injured and scarred when a raid goes awry. He leaves Miami P.D. to complete his recovery, not sure of his future. He knows he has a job with Redstone Security with his brothers and father, as his father started Redstone. His new neighbor, Belle Manikas, has barely moved in, when he interrupts a man arguing with her. Later, when a different man breaks in to Belle’s home, Grant scares him away and arranges for the installation of a security system. Grant decides that he will do all that he can to keep her safe. He is attracted to Belle, but can she really ignore his scars? When Belle makes it clear the she has scars of her own and she only wants him to see himself as she does…a strong, protective amazing man. What an emotional addition to the Redstone series as they deal with the serial killer that has her in his sights. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)
I received a complimentary copy of this book and I also purchased a copy that is in the grouping of the first three books of the series.
This book really starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Even though this is the second book in the series, you don’t have to read the first one to thoroughly understand and enjoy this one. If I could rate this higher than 5 stars, I definitely would.
Grant Caldwell is injured during a raid as a Miami detective. Normally he wouldn’t be involved in a raid since he was a detective but there was a lot happening that day and the department was spread thin. He sustained burns over a portion of his left face, back and his left arm. Belle Manikas is a neonatal nurse. She moves next door to Grant. She is accosted by a friend of the family and Grant comes to her rescue. Later that evening someone attempts to break into Belle’s home but Grant chases him off.
The intrigue just grabbed me into the story and I almost thought I was going to burn out my e-reader with the speed that I was turning the pages. Plus the story is HOT! I adored the multiple person POV format that this is written in.
I HIGHLY recommend this very sexy story to anyone over the age of 18 especially if you love suspense and mystery with your romance!
This entire series is awesome. A must read!!
Grant is recovering from a Miami PD drugs operation gone bad while saving a little boy. His severe burns keep him wanting to cut himself off from life. His family Red Stone Security are trying to recruit him back into personal protection. When Belle moves in next door Grant is willing to come out of his hibernation for his feisty new neighbour. Grant’s past will come back to haunt them as their relationship develops. You will connect with these 2 strong characters and their wonderful extended interfering families will keep them cocooned.
What a great story! This is the second book in the “Red Stone Security” series, I feel this could be read as a standalone. Grant is a great character, just loved him; he’s so protective by nature and yet so vulnerable. Belle is a great character too, she’s honest, sweet, absolutely adorable. I felt because the author did such a great job with writing these characters, that I knew them as close personal friends or friends of a friend. The story kept me reading well into the night . Belle’s stalker was so unpredictable and in my opinion needed some major help. I felt the story had the prefect balance of suspense, mystery, and well written romance. Would I recommend this book to family and friends? Heck yeah! I loved everything about this couple and other characters in the story. I look forward to reading more from this series!
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Danger Next Door by Katie Reus is book Two in the Red Stone Security Series. This is the story of Belle Manikas and Grant Caldwell. I haven’t read the previous book yet, so for me this was a standalone book.
Grant was injured when he was in an explosion which lead him to step away from his job and tries to do so with his family too. Then he has a new neighbor that moves in and he becomes protective of her along with some other feelings. Belle has grown up with health issues and now a nurse moving into her own place for the first time but ends up having a stalker.
This was a page turner for me with reading how they came together.
I volunteered to read and review a readers copy of Danger Next door thru Netgallery . I really enjoyed reading this story . It takes off from the beginning and doesn’t slow down till the end . Grant is a fantastic character due to an injury on the job as a detective for Miami PD . He stepped down and is not sure what his next direction is yet . Belle a neonatal nurse finally getting Independence from her over protective family buys a house of her own next door to Grant . Grant comes to her rescue more than once . A relationship blooms and a criminal from grants past reappears , and goes after
What he holds dear . This is a pulse pounding , action packed suspense . Has alot of sexy times . A fantastic story . The characters are wonderful . A great second story to the series . I highly recommend taking the time to read
Danger Next Door was a pretty quick but fun read. I liked Grant, I was worried at first because Belle was written as a very sheltered character but thankfully she turned out to have a decent head on her shoulders. The suspense was exciting, and the romance steamy.
I’ve read a couple of books from this Red Stone Security series (completely out of order, which by the way hasn’t mattered), and I’ve loved how great they are to read. Quick, easy and sexy with a little drama and suspense thrown in. A hunk of a hero and a fiery, take no nonsense heroine are exactly what Grant Caldwell and his new neighbour Belle Manikas are. When Belle’s life is threatened, Grant steps in and takes action. He takes it upon himself to protect her, it doesn’t hurt that she’s easy on the eye, and she makes him feel something, which hasn’t happened since his accident 6 months previously. I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is my honest review.
This is a terrific romantic suspense.
I really liked Belle. She was strong enough to leave her over-protective family and live on her own. Yes, they had a reason to be protective of her. Her childhood health issues had them constantly worried about her. But they took things too far when they arranged her marriage. Anyway, I’m glad she stood up to them and moved out.
Belle had the hots for her new neighbour and wanted nothing more than to get him in bed. But sadly he had been badly scarred when a drug bust went wrong while he was a detective. He thought the scars looked awful and nobody would be interested in him. But Belle didn’t care about his scars and wanted him anyway.
It was tense watching Belle being stalked and attacked. But I liked the way Red Stone Security protected her. I recommend this book to romantic suspense fans.
I finished this book in a few hours I couldn’t put it down. I loved the everything about this book. I loved how Grant & Belle showed each other to stop using the scars as a barrier to avoid falling in love. This is the first cat & mouse romance I read.
All things considered, this heroine is one of the luckiest, unluckiest book characters I’ve come across in a long time. Despite the life threatening situations she keeps finding herself, at least she finds true love in the midst of all this seemingly senseless, unprovoked attacks. It’s like she’s got a target on her back. Fortunately for her, Grant isn’t going to let the bad guy get his death wish.
Belle breezes into Grant’s life like a lifeline, folks. Physically and emotionally scarred after getting injured on the job, he’s been struggling to get back into the swing of things again. His instant attraction to Belle begins him on the path of healing and recovery.
As usual, this author never seems to fail at giving me an alpha protective, possessive, good guy hero and a leading lady I can’t help but root for. If this storyline intrigues you, well, you are the lucky one now. Turns out this book is just one of a 15 book series. Each one is a standalone but connected to this group of macho, lovable, private security book heroes.
Title: Danger Next Door, Series: Red Stone Security (Book 2), Author: Katie Reus, Pages: 176, stand-alone but part of a series, scarred alpha protective hero, damsel in distress heroine, very steamy scenes, romance safe.
(I voluntarily read and reviewed a free copy of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I was not given any payment or compensation for this review, nor is there any affiliation or relationship between this reviewer and the author/publisher/NetGalley.)
Grant has rough 6month behind him and is seems that new neighbor will bring sun in his life. Belle is grateful because Grant helps her with her family friend, which cross the line. In the next few days, there are many unexplainable moments and someone wants to kill Belle. Grant and Belle spend a lot time together and feelings are developed. Grand is insecure because his scares but Belle is interested in him as whole. The quick enjoyable story with suspense action and romance.
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