From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shayla Black comes a new story in her More Than Words series… another woman in my life. But how can I possibly say no to Amanda Lund, a young single mom desperate to learn self-defense? Or refuse the banked desire on the guarded beauty’s face?
I can’t.
So I seduce Mandy until we’re burning up the sheets…and soon find my heart entangled with her bruised and battered one. But when a nemesis from her past tries to destroy our future by unearthing my secret, will she understand and forgive me—or give up on us forever?
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More Than Protect You is #6.5 in the More Than Words Series. What I love about the 1001 Dark Nights books is that it is an introduction to an author that you would like to read. It can be read as a standalone but it is a part of a series from the author.
This is a novella, instalove romance. So you might have to suspend reality from this book and just believe in romance.
This is Amanda “Mandy” Lund and Tanner Kirk’s story. Tanner is going through a divorce. His marriage has really been over for a while now. Mandy is a single mom and is in need of being protected. She hires Tanner to protect her and her son.
Things get pretty heated up and fast. Get ready for a pretty steamy story. It was great to see all the other characters from this series showing up in this book. I look forward to reading more from this author. She really knows how to keep you turning the pages to her books.
This is a wonderful addition to the 1001 Dark Nights collection of novellas and takes readers back into the world of the Reeds and beautiful Maui. I do recommend reading the other books in the More Than Words series to meet the additional characters that show up in this story. Tanner is a recent transplant to Hawaii after the dissolution of his marriage. He is looking for a job when he receives a call to be a bodyguard for Amanda, a single mother with a stalker problem. From the moment Tanner meets Amanda, he is smitten and she is feeling some intense chemistry towards him. Once again, Ms. Black has given readers another fantastic storyline with relatable characters, suspense, and steam that will have any reader invested from the first page and glued to his/her seat until the end. I volunteered to read a copy of this book.
Amanda has a child and because of who her baby daddy was, she’s is danger. She came face to face with an attacker in her home and she broke a vase over his head. She’s in need of someone to protect her and her son. In steps Tanner to protect her.
Tanner is in the middle of a divorce and is done with women, so when his buddy asks him to be a body guard to a woman and her child because of a threat, he says he will without thinking about it. No child or their mother should live their life in fear. Tanner thinks he’s done with women until he meets Amanda. Maybe he should’ve said no to guarding her…she’s a beauty and a temptation he doesn’t need or want.
This story had plenty of intense moments between Tanner and Amanda! Scary as well as hot!! I enjoyed their story!
MORE THAN PROTECT YOU is a novella in the MORE THAN WORDS series by Shayla Black, this series revolves around the Reed family and is best read in order of release. The addition of the 1,001 DARK NIGHTS novellas gives new readers a great way to jump in and see what all the fun is about, while giving lovers of the series additional couples that may not have otherwise gotten their own stories.
Amanda is a single mom with a stalker after her so she flees her home in California to stay with family in Hawaii but somehow the stalker finds her so now it’s time to call in a bodyguard because there is no way this momma bear is going to let anything happen to her son.
Tanner is a new resident of Hawaii, after his failed marriage Tanner wanted to go somewhere and start over and the beautiful island called to him.
When Tanner and Amanda meet for the first time it’s as if they are both electrified because the chemistry is so intense there is no backing away from it. This is an insta-love story at it’s finest, we have likable characters, awesome chemistry, and a suspenseful story to keep us wondering whodunit? while needing a bottle of water to cool off.
This was a nice addition to the series if you have been reading it and if you haven’t this is a great way to be introduced to it, so I would recommend grabbing a copy today.
Happy Reading!!!
If you love Shayla Black’s Wicked Lovers and Wicked and Devoted series, you’ll love this book. It combines the tenderness of her More than Words series with the suspenseful writing style we love in her other series.
In the 6.5th installment of More Than Words, we see a redemption of a character who we wanted to hate a few novels ago. Amanda has found herself as a single mother, who is in danger. Tanner is a firearms instructor who is looking to restablish his life and finds Amanda in need of a protector and hero. Together, their chemistry burns up the sheets. Tight plot line, endearing characters – we fall in love with them as we turn the pages.
I really loved this addition to the More Than Series. It was perfect and just what we needed.
Tanner got way more than he bargained for protecting Amanda and her son. He never realized what he was missing and what he really needed in life. He instantly feels a spark and connection to her. He is drawn to her for reasons he does not understand.
Amanda is not quick to give in to her instant connection and attraction to Tanner. She is strong, but has been burnt. Can she trust Tanner?
Be ready because this gets steamy. It is an amazing storyline that will hook you from the very first words.
More Than Protect You is book 6.5 in the More Than Words Series by Shayla Black.
This is the story of Amanda (Mandy) Lund and Tanner Kirk.
Theirs is an insta-love story. We got a hint of their story at the end of More Than Dare You. Tanner was the bodyguard who was burned by his ex-wife and is sent to protect Amanda- innocent, and sweet young woman, and her baby son from threats because of her ex- boyfriend. That’s how they they met. The novella has so much written in such a short read. I enjoyed reading about Tanner, the alpha bodyguard and Mandy, the young woman who just wants to be loved for who she is. But Tanner is holding something back from her. Secrets- it’s a relationship killer. Does he tell her his secrets or does she end up finding out on her own? This story has the angst, drama, passion, romance, heat, feels, secrets, lies, twists, and HEA. You need to read this book!
My Rating: 4.5 stars *******
More Than Protect You by Shayla Black is book 6.5 in the More Than Words Series. This is the story of Amanda ‘Mandy’ Lund and Tanner Kirk. I have read the previous books which did add to my enjoyment of this one, but I do feel you can make it a standalone book. Mandy is in need of protection and wanting to learn how to defend herself. This young mother has been through it and isn’t looking for anything more. Tanner is getting over a divorce and wanting to start fresh. This leads him to somewhere different and wanting to start a new business. Tanner is a firearms instructor along with know martial arts so when he is asked to help Amanda he ends up doing so. But what neither of them counted on where the feelings that they would have toward one another. But things are not smooth sailing. Really enjoyed this book and this author’s writing.
The story is fast-paced and passionate with great chemistry and likeable characters. Who doesn’t love a good bodyguard story, amirite? Honestly, there’s not much more to tell you.
I have yet to meet a Shayla Black book I did not like. This is no exception. However, even tho the story, as is, is satisfying, I can’t help but still have this nagging twitch that it would have been just as good and/or better had we had Mandy’s past fleshed out a bit more and turned this into a full-length novel. I also think it would have wow’d me even more if it didn’t have such an insta vibe. I know, I know, I’m not a writer LOL that’s why I said I liked it as is but maaaaaaaaaaybe *shrug* do with that information what you will 🙂
MORE THAN PROTECT YOU is instalment 6.5 in Shayla Black’s contemporary, adult MORE THAN WORDS erotic, romance series, and the latest instalment in the multi-authored 1001 Dark Nights series. This is thirty-nine year old, certified firearms instructor and mixed martial arts enthusiast Tanner Kirk, and single mother/ PA Amanda Lund’s story line. MORE THAN PROTECT YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Some of the events of MORE THAN PROTECT YOU cross over with the events and timeline of More Than Dare You #6.
SOME BACKGROUND: Throughout the years billionaire investor Barclay Reed fathered several illegitimate children with at least four women, but his latest scheme was to swindle dozens of people in an elaborate Ponzi scheme leaving them high and dry in the wake of his death. MORE THAN WORDS focuses on his children, and the people whose life he destroyed.
Told from first person perspective (Tanner Kirk) with a final chapter from Amanda, MORE THAN PROTECT YOU follows in the aftermath of an attack against our story line heroine. Amanda Lund came from a well to do family but found herself looking for a daddy figure and discovered it with her father’s friend Barclay Reed. Now a single mother of a one-year old child whose father swindled billions of dollars from unsuspecting investors Amanda finds herself a target of an unknown assailant and has fled to Hawaii in an effort to get to know her son’s extended family. To everyone’s surprise, trouble has followed Amanda to Maui, and she is in desperate need of personal protection. Enter certified firearms instructor and mixed martial arts enthusiast Tanner Kirk, a man who has just arrived in Hawaii looking for a brand new start. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Tanner and Amanda, and the potential fall-out as issues of trust push Tanner out of Amanda’s life.
The relationship between Tanner and Amanda begins as an assignment but quickly turns into something more. Tanner is in the process of divorcing his wife of ten years, and Amanda is struggling to move on from the past. When Tanner and Amanda set up house, their attraction deepens, the sexual chemistry is hot but issues of trust are about to tear them apart. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.
There is as large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including many of the Reed siblings: Griffin Reed (More Than Need You #2), Noah Weston and Harlow Reed (More Than Love You 3), Evan Cook and Nia Wright (More Than Crave You #4), Amanda’s brother Stephen Lund (More Than Pleasure You #5.5) Trace Weston and Macey (More Than Dare You #6), as well as Amanda and Steven’s father Douglas Lund, and investor Bruce Barrett.
MORE THAN PROTECT YOU is a story of family and relationships; betrayal and trust; desperation, power, money and control. The premise is engaging ; the romance is tender and seductive; the characters are energetic and edgy.
I seriously love the stories that Shayla Black writes. Tanner is hired to protect Amanda and her son. Even though he doesn’t do “love” anymore, he can’t help but fall for her. Of course, there are secrets and drama going on and Tanner is going to have to prove to Amanda that he really does love her. I read this story in one setting and will probably read it again. This is one of my favorite series and it fits perfectly into the More than Words world!
More Than Protect You is book 6.5 of the series. This one can be read as a standalone. It is a novella so while the story isn’t long, it still packs quite a punch. You won’t experience a slow burn because of that so we will be in an instalove scenario between Tanner and Amanda.
Tanner is going through a divorce and looking to start fresh. While Amanda needs some time away from life. These two cross paths after Amanda deals with a break in and winds up with Tanner as her bodyguard to keep her and her son safe.
Shayla Black nailed it with this novella. I really enjoyed the plot, the characters, and that even though this was an instalove there was still plenty of details.
I highly recommend More Than Protect You!
More Than Protect You starts off immediately with crackling, steamy chemistry and danger that had me perking up and hanging on the edge of my seat!
More Than Protect You was a perfect, fast paced, sexy romance that was breathtaking, action packed and loaded with sensuality and feels. I didn’t let myself stop reading until I hit the end. I read this in one full sitting! The story left me satisfied in a way that is very hard to describe. The characters amazed me and the plot was written perfection! I can’t say enough great things about it and recommend this book to all my reader friends who love a fabulous, breathtaking romance!
More Than Protect You gets a BREATHTAKING FIVE SEXY STARS!
I adored this book! Two strong characters with the perfect amount of give and take, the prefect balance. I loved that they both had flaws but yet they were so relatable and endearing. Suspense and heat, you gotta love a fantastic Shayla Black Novella that leaves you with a smile!
This is book 6.5 of the series it can be read as a standalone but the characters from the books before make appearances. However you won’t be lost if you’ve not read those because it’s a story about Tanner and Amanda not the other couples. It is a novella so it’s not a long story but it is complete. However since it’s a novella you get instalove between Tanner and Amanda.
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Tanner has just came to Maui to figure out what to do he’s going through a divorce and looking to start over. He’s been enjoying a few days on the island, scouting out areas for a gun range he’d like to open and run. Amanda has just arrived in Maui to stay with her half sister to escape being hounded and stalked by the press over things beyond her control. She just wants time away and her son Oliver to be safe. However that doesn’t happen there is a break in and Amanda is threatened and Tanner is asked to provide bodyguard duty to keep her son and herself safe.
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Overall it’s well written, it’s a complete story with a HEA. I enjoyed this book, I’ve really loved this series. Tanner and Amanda were amazing characters. I’m looking forward to reading more of this series it’s been one of my favorites.
Amanda and Tanner get hot and heavy in this novella and I couldn’t put it down. Oliver made me smile and I love how open and honest Tanner was. There is danger at play but it doesn’t detract from the chemistry between Tanner and Amanda. Some parts are hard because of what Amanda has gone through but it’s told in a sensitive manner. I’m actually sad we don’t have more as I need to see Tanner and Amanda‘a future.
I loved Amanda & Tanner’s story. Tanner is in Maui trying to start over. He left his home & soon to be ex-wife behind and is trying to open another shooting range and move forward. As a favor for his friend, he agrees to be a bodyguard for a woman until she can find someone else. Amanda and her infant son are being chased by mobs of people angry at her ex. They are attacked in at the house they are staying at. The minute Tanner hears her voice it is calling to him and once he sees her, he is instantly attracted to her. Amanda feels the same pull to Tanner. This is a fast building story that will captivate you with the deep emotions that Amanda and Tanner feel for each other and those they consider family. Will meddling forces outside their relationship will almost make them miss the best thing they have had in their lives? Can they overcome their trust issues and make it work? Shayla Black’s stories always keep you wanting more. I love this series and can’t wait for the next book in this series.
Learning to Trust and Love again…
I loved Amanda and Tanner’s story. Another amazing addition to the “More Than” series. Tanner is hired to protect Amanda and her son against an unknown threat wanting to cause her harm. When these two meet, it’s an instant attraction. Tanner is caught by surprise and is totally out of his element with his feelings for Amanda.
The journey between them was a joy but also a heartache to read. Amanda did not easily give into her feelings. She had been hurt before and she has trust issues. A fantastic mix of romance, steam and suspense. It had me hooked right from the beginning.
Amanda and Tanner is the story I didn’t realize I wanted. The two of them are not looking for each other both coming from bad relationships but they are great together. Plus getting to see Harlow and Noah again is always good. Seeing Amanda become stronger and believe in herself and fixing some relationships is always good. Shayla Black always keeps you wanting more. I love this series and can’t wait for the next book in this series.
3.5*
This was an ok read. I mean it is a novella and the pace was fast but I did want a few more chapters for better understanding of some things that happened in the past.
The chemistry wasn’t very believable for me but I found his protectiveness to be the better part of this story.
As an introduction to the series this was a fast paced and like said an OK read. But I wished it blew me away like most of the books in the series did.
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