Heartless by Sybil Bartel is now live!
HEARTLESS
Author: Sybil Bartel
Series: Alpha Bodyguard #9
Publication date: December 23, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Bodyguard.
Sentry.
Explosives expert.
There was a reason I was the only Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician in the Marines who'd never sustained any injuries. I didn't take chances. Ever. My actions were precise. My thoughts were controlled, and I lived by one creed—no second chances.
Except serving my country as an EOD in the Marines had a shelf life. Promoted off the front lines, I didn't want to ride out my career behind a desk. A civilian job with the best security firm in the business seemed like a better solution… until a frightened client with haunted eyes lied to me about everything.
Now she was going to find out how heartless a bodyguard could be.
*HEARTLESS is the ninth standalone book in the Alpha Bodyguard Series.
Sybil Bartel
Sybil Bartel grew up in Northern California with her head in a book and her feet in the sand. She dreamt of becoming a painter but the heady scent of libraries with their shelves full of books drew her into the world of storytelling. She loves the New Adult genre, but any story about a love so desperately wrong and impossibly beautiful makes her swoon.
Sybil now resides in Southern Florida and while she doesn’t get to read as much as she likes, she still buries her toes in the sand. If she isn’t writing or fighting to contain the banana plantation in her backyard, you can find her spending time with her handsomely tattooed husband, her brilliantly practical son and a mischievous miniature boxer…
But Seriously?
Here are ten things you probably really want to know about Sybil.
She grew up a faculty brat. She can swear like a sailor. She loves men in uniform. She hates being told what to do. She can do your taxes (but don’t ask). The Bird Market in Hong Kong freaks her out. Her favorite word is desperate…or dirty, or both—she can’t decide. She has a thing for muscle cars. But never reply on her for driving directions, ever. And she has a new book boyfriend every week—don’t tell her husband.
To find out more about Sybil Bartel, be sure to follow her on Twitter (she loves to hear about your favorite book boyfriend!), visit her website, like her on Facebook or join her Facebook group Book Boyfriend Heroes for exclusive excerpts and giveaways.
Sanaa Narine was the beautiful girl that stole his heart with her angelic voice, she was his everything. He was ready to promise her forever, and vow to always protect her, but tragedy struck and it forced them apart. He hasn't seen his songbird in ten long years, but fate is about to reunite them and Ronan Conlan isn't so sure he is ready to face her again.
But when he learns that her safety has been compromised he knows he can't put her life in someone else's hands, it must be him that keeps her safe. No matter how hard it is to see her again...
Between the pages of this expertly crafted novel readers will meet a stoic man that has the capabilities to disarm bombs, protect a nation, and take down the enemy... well except for one very beautiful enemy with the voice of an angel. At one point in his life Ronan saw himself settling down with Sanaa and having a life he thought they both dreamed of, but that all ended in disaster. Mistakes were made, feelings were hurt, bonds were broken, and the only thing left to do was walk away. These two once had something most aren't lucky enough to find, but their hurt and distrust for one another has smothered those feelings and that connection. Now it is going to take a miracle for them to find their way back to one another, there is so much baggage to sort and forgiveness to come.
I absolutely loved every single second of this story, this alpha stole my heart and attention from the first page, and he held it intently until the last. Every time his feelings wavered or his distrust reared it's ugly head I felt it, and every time a piece of that wall he built around his heart started to crack I felt that too. It was hard not to be completely enraptured by him, he wore his hurt like a shield, deflecting every passing glance from Sanaa, but she too was powerful. She may not have had his size or commanding presence, but when she spoke you could feel the power she held in her words. The push and pull was torturous, the words downright absorbing, and the connection they had was undeniable... they were pure magic on the page! I loved them so much! Highly recommend!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
The publisher, by personal request
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