Vulnerable: (McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series - Book 1)

Affinity Star read!!!!!! 💫 I really loved this book!!!!❤️❤️❤️ It is one of my favorites for the year. And I also couldn’t put this book down because I love it that much and I wanted to see what happens next in the book.📖 Really loved the romance between Beth and Shane throughout this book. And I also loved how Shane protected Beth in this book too. I loved the side characters and how they helped protected Beth in this book. I hated the bad guys in this book and how they treated Beth in this book. And I also loved how Shane was there for Beth when she needed it in this book. I also loved the suspense in this book also. And I can't wait to read the next book in this series.

So one of my dirty little secrets is I read erotic romance. But I will be honest, I usually skip the sex scenes because...quite frankly...most of the time if you have read one you have read them all. My main interest is in the romance aspects of it. Because who doesn't love a good love story? I find myself quite often disappointed by erotic romance though. Too often people try to imitate 50 Shades by slapping together a first person style, an alpha male, an "independent" woman who is a borderlined bitch and/or schizo, and call it done. Happily, Vulnerable (the first erotic romance I have read in at least a month) did not do this. Oh, it was cliche. Definitely cliche. The guy saves the girl and they fall in love. But there is nothing wrong with cliche and I happily like this cliche. The technical aspects weren't astounding either. They weren't BAD - don't get me wrong. It is a solid book. No misspellings, no jarring sentences that don't fit. But neither is it wonderfully written. I guess the best way I can put it is that I wish there was a more...graceful style of writing. The best books are books that you get so lost in you never once think "Oh, this is a book." It's not a book to you then, it's this amazing story that is so vibrantly real you never think of it as a story. This was a story written in a book. It was never so real I got lost in it. There were too many "forced" aspects of the characters for me to ever lose myself - for example the spanking scene felt very forced. Not organic at all. Like the author demanded the characters engage in it and they did because they had too, but were rather embarrassed about the whole thing. I hated the cliff hanger. It was especially irritating when I read the author saying she doesn't have cliff hangers. That little lie there lost you a star - this would have been an easy five star otherwise. Don't lie to your readers - this was a cliff hanger at it's finest. If the book wasn't so enjoyable I would have been so irritated at this I wouldn't have read anything else. So those were the worst things I had to say about the book. Other people might complain about the heroine, saying she is too weak and lifeless. I don't know, I haven't read other reviews of this book. But I have noticed a lot of readers of erotic romance seem to WANT a bitchy, too-independent female lead. I do not. In fact, I tend to dislike those types of books. I like the white knight style heroes that save the day. I like the sweet-tempered but a bit fiesty female leads that try to stand on their own (and often succeed for a time) but quickly allow for the strong helping hand of a man. I love that. Nor will I apologize to the frothing at the mouth feminists for it. I think you can still believe in equality for women and enjoy a good romance where a woman is helped by a man too. I loved this book. The heroine is sweet tempered, the hero is capable, and I love the interplay between her, him, and the brother. I LOVE he actually gets to help her. There is nothing more irritating to me than an alpha male character not allowed by the author to actually help his lady. In fact, I loved this book so much I did a rarity and followed the author on goodreads AND signed up for her newsletters so I won't miss the next book. But I am still annoyed by that no cliffhanger lie.

This is such an amazing book! April Wilson has a new fan girl. Once I read Vulnerable, I had to read the rest of the series. This series is filled with romance, hot guys, and some suspense as well as plot twists. I've read a lot of Kindle books as well as hundreds of hard and soft back books. This is by far the best series! Each book's main characters follow through to the next book in the series. Some of the books have more suspense than the others, but each book has a HEA.

I love all the characters. I love this book so much that I have read it three times.I love the way Shane fell for Beth and she for him.I especially love the the way he is so protective of her and how he stood up for her even to his former lady fingers,or women he dated before he met Beth.I didn't want the book to end yet.Waiting for the next one to drop.I check the site every single day several times a day.

Love this book. Love the start of Shane and Beth’s romance story. This book starts with Beth having a nightmare. When Beth was 6 yrs old, she was abducted from her yard. Her kidnapper ended up getting out on parole, so Beth‘s brother hired Shane’s Security business to protect Beth. They ended up keeping Beth in the dark because she fears her kidnapper. Shane ends up breaking protocol by making contact with the client. After meeting Beth, Shane knew he was in trouble. Love how these two start their relationship. Worth the read

It’s a cute love story spiced with drama and little action. A bit immature and some details doesn’t add up and some dialogue is repeated. It was a bit strange how fast she let him in considering their first meeting. Overall though it’s a good and sweet romance.

This first book in the series was written in 3rd person, which I was so excited to find, as so many authors have taken to writing in 1st person. I didn't care much for the abrupt ending, as the main conflict was left unresolved. Presumably this will be remedied in the following installments. I'm not a fan of continuing the same character tales in subsequent books, preferring to learn about all the beloved supporting characters' love stores. The problem for me is that I cannot stand reading books written in 1st person. Therefore, I will never learn what happens to all these wonderful people who were introduced in this first book. I checked all 11 in the series, and I see that they are all written in 1st, which is quite disappointing. I'm not sure why the author chose to change viewpoint perspective. Obviously there are many readers who disagree with me. In my opinion, it's easier for the reader to get lost in the story, and the flow is much smoother when the story is written in third person point of view. Other than that, I lost sleep over this first story as it is very good. If you don't mind reading stories in 1st person pov, you will probably enjoy the series. The author writes well.

What a great storyline with interesting characters, couldn't put this down so be prepared to stay up late and not get much done until you finish. Looking forward to the rest of the series by April Wilson and many others she writes. I'm hooked

Sometimes there are books you like, and sometimes there are books that make all other books pale in comparison. Vulnerable is definitely the latter! April Wilson is now firmly at the top of my authors to watch out for list. There is a little piece of everything in this book, romance, action, suspense, mystery and dear lord it was so hot my kindle began to sizzle. I found Beth to be such a sweet heroine and i love how much she developed throughout the book but also how much room she has left to grow. Beth has major problems with intimacy that stem from a traumatic experience in her past that makes her so endearing and yes vulnerable. However, you can't have a good heroine without an equally compelling hero and you certainly get that wish with the sexy alpha male that is Shane. He takes one look at dear sweet Beth and pulls out the big guns to protect her. Shane is controlling one minute and a giant understanding teddy bear the next. He has definitely got top spot in my book boyfriend list.... and if santa is listening my christmas list. Shane can be naughty and nice ;) Shane is called in by Beth's brother to protect her, although Beth isn't allowed to know about this. You can see that this is where things get complicated for this lovely couple as Shane has to keep secrets from Beth at the same time as keeping her safe from a number of different bad guys. The obstacles they have to overcome are many but sometimes there are loves that are completely worth the trails. I can't recommend this book enough i absolutely adored this book and i can't wait for the sequel. It is such a beautiful story and had me staying up all night reading as i literally couldn't put my kindle down. You can purchase Vulnerable now on Amazon and I sincerely hope you do because i promise you won't regret it.

There’s such a huge gap, between Shane and Beth, not just in age (though that’s minor) but in strength and vulnerability. At the beginning it seems like Shane has all the strength and power while Beth has all the fear and vulnerability, but as things progress and these two come together it becomes muddied and starts to become equal in his desperatere love for her his vulnerability is bigger and her power over their relationship becomes just as big. Amazing writing I’m off to start The next book. I hope in this one Lia plants Tyler on his behind.

Beth is a 24 year old woman with severe anxiety issues that has never found a man patient enough to deal with her. Shane is hired by Beth's brother to protect her, only problem being her brother doesn't want her to know. Shane breaks every rule in the book by falling in love with her. But when a unexpected threat assaults her at work he takes matters into his own hands. Bring on book 2.

I’ve just recently started reading books written by April Wilson I’ve really enjoyed her writing style and all the different characters in this series. Can’t wait to start reading book 2

I mostly loved this book, the characters were well thought out and I could imagine myself in their world. My only complaint was too much sex, not enough action; i'd've liked to have read more about what the bad guy was up to etc Great read