Pawn (Ironclad Bodyguards 1) Reviewed

a review of Pawn (Ironclad Bodyguards 1) by ClaireRobinson

4 - Courage is grace under pressure. Stars!

Pawn is the first book in the Ironclad Bodyguards Series, it is also the first book I have had the pleasure of reading from this author. With an intriguing synopsis and interesting characters I found myself absorbed in the world of professional chess playing, and well to say there is a lot of action going on underneath the board and it’s pieces would be an understatement.

”I feel afraid all the time.”

After being viciously attacked and beaten in Russia after beating a male competitor, Grace Ann Frasier, is forced by her step-father to accept ‘close-protection' in the form of Sam Knight, ex-Army, and long-serving bodyguard from Ironclad Solutions. As you would expect from a couple stuck in close quarters with each other in a snow drenched Helsinki for weeks on end, with sizzling chemistry and mutual attraction, the close becomes even closer the longer they spend together.

I really loved that this story moved away from the usual protector/protectee themes, while a lot of the storyline is similar to a few other books I have read in this genre, the subject matter it is focussed around is new, and fresh and as such it made Grace and Sam’s coming together and subsequent adventures pretty refreshing in its telling.

”I’m a jealous, possessive son of a bitch. Just warning you.”

The other thing I really liked is that this book wasn’t just about Grace, Sam had his own story going on too, and as the book progresses you see that both of them although extremely strong characters in their own rights are also extremely vulnerable as well, together they balanced each other out. Grace’s theatrics to Sam's calm and collected nature. Sam’s dominance and control in all things, to Graces carefree acceptance of certain things… Sex mainly, but you get what I mean!

Diva the second book in the series is due in April 2016, bit of a wait, but I am looking forward to seeing where the author take us next with this series.

ARC generously provided by the author, and it was my pleasure to provide the above honest review.