Guarded Desires by Lexxie Couper (Heart of Fame #3)
July 16, 2013
M/M Romance
Samhain

Reviewed by Mandi

Favorite Quote: “Your cock is truly a thing of beauty.”

I couldn’t resist this book when I learned the premise is a famous actor who falls for his bodyguard. Even better, the famous actor aka Chris Huntley has never been attracted to a man before. Ooh la la.

When Chris travels to Australia to promote his new project, he takes one look at his new Aussie bodyguard, Liev Reynolds, and can’t stop the uncontrollable lust that washes over him. Chris has never been attracted to a man before and this urge to touch Liev and do other naughty things is confusing to Chris. He has always played roles as the funny, sexy playboy. Women swarm him, and he has had his fair share of them. Yet he finds himself never feeling truly connected to any of them.

Liev is bisexual, and is also attracted to Chris. Having to guard him 24/7 leaves him in very close quarters with the actor, and soon their desires are too much to ignore.

This book has a very over the top, insane amount of lust in it. It has a certain cracky feel to it. There is a ton of cocks that tighten, groins that ache, the base of someone’s spine “sizzled with impending orgasm” and even a self pleasuring scene where Liev  “mauled his scrotum” he is so turned on. And after he mauls his scrotum – well, this is the result…

He was going to come. He was going to come and he wasn’t prepared.

Oh Liev! Prepare yourself!

We need one more example of the smexy, right?

Chris sucked in a sharp breath, Liev held him in a firm fist, arching over Chris to direct the tip of his cock to Liev’s.

Head spinning, Chris looked down the length of his body, watching as their pre-come mixed on the ends of their penises. The fluid glistened, a thin thread that joined their bodies together in a way more profound than Chris could fathom.

“Oh boy,” he breathed, his mouth going dry.

“It looks amazing, doesn’t it?”

Peen to peen, y’all. I love it *giggle*

And not to leave Chris out because at one point, during his extreme sexual frustration he thinks, “Christ, all he wanted to do was just exist with Liev.” There are some epic feelings in this book. I enjoyed the craziness of it all.

However, there were some things I didn’t enjoy. While it takes awhile for Chris and Liev  to work up the courage to enter into a physical relationship, I kind of wished Chris had not taken to it all so easily. I wanted there to be a little bit of awkwardness or something in the physical aspect with Liev since this was all so new to him. But it all goes pretty smoothly. The scenes are really hot, don’t get me wrong and there is a lot of sexy times in this book, but maybe a bit more drama would have been nice.

My biggest frustration came with the supporting character of Bethany who is Chris’s personal assistant. A Miss professional, know it all who does something so ridiculous halfway through this book that it made my eyes roll, hard. It is her way of helping Chris and Liev get together – but it made absolutely no sense. And later on she is always walking in on them while they are having sex and again, this made no sense to me. I would have enjoyed this book much more had she not been in it.

For the most part this is a fun book although be prepared for crazy, intense lust. And a personal assistant who may annoy you.

Rating: C+

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