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Falling For Sarah: Book Two In The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series Paperback – October 16, 2012

by Cate Beauman (Author)
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Does a blue rose at your door mean your next?

Widow Sarah Johnson struggled to pick up the pieces after her life was ripped apart. After two years of grieving, she's found contentment in her thriving business as photographer to Hollywood's A-list and in raising her angel-faced daughter, Kylee... until bodyguard and long-time friend Ethan Cooke changes everything with a searing moonlight kiss.

Sarah's world turns upside down as she struggles with her unexpected attraction to Ethan and the guilt of betraying her husband's memory. But when blue roses and disturbing notes start appearing on her doorstep, she has no choice but to lean on Ethan as he fights to save her from a stalker that won't stop until he has what he prizes most.
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  1. Book 2 of 11
    The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series
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    382 pages
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    English
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    October 16, 2012
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    5.5 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
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    1480086681
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"Five Stars! ... an adult romantic and suspense novel full of awesomness!" -Maria Beltran of Readers' Favorite

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The Bodyguards Of L.A. County Series - Award Winning Romantic SuspenseBook One: Morgan's Hunter, the story of Morgan and Hunter (ISBN: 9780989569606)Book Two: Falling For Sarah, the story of Sarah and Ethan (ISBN: 9780989569613)Book Three: Hailey's  Truth, the story of Hailey and Austin (ISBN: 9780989569620)Book Four: Forever Alexa, the story of Alexa and Jackson (ISBN: 9780989569637)Book Five: Waiting For Wren, the story of Wren and Tucker (ISBN: 9780989569644)Book Six: Justice For Abby, the story of Abby and Jerrod (ISBN: 9780989569651)Book Seven: Saving Sophie, the story of Sophie and Stone (ISBN: 9780989569668)Book Eight: Reagan's Redemption, the story of Reagan and Shane (ISBN: 9780989569675)Book Nine: Answers For Julie, the story of Julie and Chase (ISBN: 9780989569682)Book Ten: Finding Lyla, the story of Lyla and Collin (ISBN: 9780989569699)Book Eleven: Deceiving Bella, the story of Isabella and Reed (ISBN: 9780997064117)
While reading the series in order is recommended, it is not necessary.  Each story is a stand alone title featuring new primary characters with limited overlapping secondary characters.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 16, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 382 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1480086681
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1480086685
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.96 x 8.5 inches
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Cate Beauman is the multi-award-winning, international bestselling author of The Bodyguards

of L.A. County series and the Carter Island Trilogy. She is known for her full-length, action-packed romantic suspense and contemporary stories.

Cate’s novels have been named Readers’ Favorite Five Star books and have won the Booksellers’ Best Award, Maggie Award for Excellence, the Holt Medallion Award, two-time Aspen Gold Medal, two-time Readers’ Favorite International Gold Medal, three-time Readers’ Favorite International Silver Medal, and the Readers’ Crown Award.

Cate makes her home in New Hampshire with her family and their St. Bernards, Bear and Jack.

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Floryie
5.0 out of 5 stars A treat for contemporary romance lovers!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2016
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I usually don't read widow/best friend romance. It's rare that I check it out. The stalker part of the blurb was what got me interested in this book. And I am super glad because I have come to love this series after reading the book.

The characters are memorable in this book from the protagonists to all the side characters. The protagonists, Sarah and Ethan have so much history between. Jake's death and the subsequent years were hard on them both. But they emerge happier out of the situation. Sarah is emotional while Ethan tends to shy away from complications. Sarah battles her guilt and her broken heart bravely and that endeared her to me.

I preferred Sarah to Ethan because of his romantical unavailability in the majority of the book. I loved meeting the people in Ethan's office. They are all one big family and that feeling of oneness permeated all the interactions among them. Kylee is super cute in her scenes with Ethan and it is one aspect of Ethan which I loved about him. For all his faults, he really loves Kylee like his own daughter.

I get that both had unique situations so they were feeling guilty and that lead to the block in their romance. But I felt it was overly drawn it. They could have resolved it sooner but I feel on the other hand that without that disruption between them, the stalker situation would not have played out beautifully. The stalker is introduced in the beginning itself. The author has perfectly plotted the stalker's part with small touches of intrigue. I didn't see the way the stalker would play out the climax. It was done with a delicate touch.

I went through all the emotions in this tale. It had me crying, laughing and feeling fear at all right places. The author does know how to hook her readers and get them to follow the series. I for one am going to check out the other books too!

All in all, it was a very good read and I would recommend it to contemporary romance lovers without hesitation. I have taken off 0.5 star because of the prolonged stubbornness of Ethan!

My rating : 4.5/5
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good and steady read with a couple of hiccups
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015
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The beginning of the book is so real and so moving that it just sucks you in. Ethan and Sarah have been friends since before her husband Jake is KIA in the Mid East. Ethan and Jake and Hunter who we meet in book 1 -"Morgan's Hunter" have been friends for a long time and Ethan has stepped in to help Sarah in Jake's absence - including being there for the birth of Sarah and Jake's daughter which Jake got to witness via skype. There has never been a hint of romance or inappropriate feelings which means the romance that develops over time takes them both by surprise.

I really liked this story (although not as much as Morgan and Hunter's) and understand that there needs to be some emotional angst, otherwise it's just gooey and uninteresting. I have to say though that Ethan's turmoil over his feelings for Sarah, committing to a relationship, and then his calculated decision to not communicate with her for a period of time made him seem a little immature. Sarah does not just forgive and forget - she does make him wait and work for it. Of course all of this is happening while Sarah is the focus of a murderous stalker.

SPOILER ALERT!!
STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.

Okay, this is my biggest pet peeve with this book. Why must Sarah get pregnant? I could see it coming so personally, I wasn't that surprised. But really? They couldn't find love and romance without being somewhat forced into it by an unplanned pregnancy? She's a widow with a 2 year old. Presumably hasn't been intimate with anyone since before her husband deployed (almost 3 years?), and she has unprotected sex? Please. The pregnancy is what pushed Ethan finally to make the commitment - or realize he wanted to make one. Wish the story allowed them to fall in love with the possibility of continuing to build a family without leaving you to wonder if maybe 'but for' the pregnancy, the relationship may not have come to fruition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely loved it!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2013
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Sarah's husband Jake is killed in Afghanistan one day after she gives birth to their first daughter. When Jake was killed, his childhood and brotherly friend Hunter was with him whereas Ethan, his other childhood and brotherly friend, was back home taking care of Sarah.

Hunter, his wife, Ethan, Sarah and her daughter have become a little family during the last two years after Jake's death. This network has allowed Sarah to move on in her life. At least that's what she thinks. However, Ethan's feeling towards her have gradually changed and slowly slowly Sarah realizes that the tension between her and Ethan must mean something. Is she willing to really move on with her life and how will Hunter adopt to the news?

I know that my summary is more than sketchy but I can't really go into more details without giving too much away.

This book is a classical suspense romance, where the suspense part was clearly subordinate and less elaborate compared to the romance part. According to my opinion each of both strings of the plot had one distinct disadvantage. More detailed, I believe that the biggest disadvantage of the suspense part was definitely the missing development of the villain's character and motivation behind his actions. Yes, there were some minor implications but they should have been more elaborate to offer further depth to the book.

The romance part was clearly predominant and better developed. The only disadvantage was the multiple back and forth between the two main characters and how each of them considered their relationship and common future. However, exactly this back and forth was so well explained and conveyed that Ethan's and Sarah's indecisions were understandable and comprehensible.

The author crafted and maintained throughout the book an emotional atmosphere that I have come rarely across in any kind of literature. She managed to absorb me completely in the ambience and offered me many hours of outstanding reading pleasure!!
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Ewa B
3.0 out of 5 stars Good dose of suspense
Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 2, 2017
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In general the book was interesting as I love romance-suspense, however hero was jerk not capable of commitment. Those issues with H made me dislike him through whole book. Heroine was naive and spineless. She should give hero hard run and grovel for his absolute selfish attitude and jerkiness.
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L. MacL
5.0 out of 5 stars What is love? Can you feel safe ever again? Two important questions that Sarah must learn the answer to ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2016
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Falling for Sarah is a book about the guilt of falling in love as a (relatively) new widow plus the mental torture of being stalked and how that affects not just the one person but everyone they come in contact with. It has strong characters and great descriptions. There is humour and love too.... for friends and children and looking at how relationships can change over both time and in a single second.

This book is not 'just' a romance - I'll be honest if I hadn't picked it as a special limited edition freebie I would have never read it which would have been a pity. I didn't realise it was about a stalker and serial rapist ... this was just as well as I doubt I would have read it if that had been highlighted but it is a story about how a love develops between two friends into something very special and how sometimes you have to trust yourself to make the right decision.
Read it and enjoy an adventure .... I'm definitely going to buy more in the series if they are as goods as this.
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Rory
5.0 out of 5 stars Falling for Sarah
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2014
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I really enjoyed the story and all of the characters and the interaction between them and how the book ended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was so touching another wonderful story from this author that I could keep to ...
Reviewed in Australia on December 7, 2014
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It was so touching another wonderful story from this author that I could keep to read again and again.
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Annie Aldridge
3.0 out of 5 stars Epilogue!!??
Reviewed in Australia on September 18, 2017
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It's a good series but l'm am disappointed that there is no epilogue 😟 the book seems incomplete without one.
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