Book Review

Sunny Shelly’s Review: Hideaway Heart by Melanie Harlow

She’s a country music star trying to escape the spotlight. He’s the scorching hot bodyguard she doesn’t want on her vacation. And there’s only one bed.

Hideaway Heart by Melanie Harlow is now live!

All I wanted was a break—two weeks off from being Pixie Hart, country music sensation, and fourteen days of peace, privacy, and solitude as plain old Kelly Jo Sullivan.

But thanks to some overzealous paparazzi, my family refuses to let me go anywhere alone, and I’m stuck sharing this tiny cabin with a tall, dark, and bearded bodyguard.

And guess what? There’s only one bed.

Well, he can couch it.

Xander Buckley might be hotter than a stolen blow torch, and I get that he’s a former Navy SEAL and all, but the man gives new meaning to the words overbearing, overprotective, bossy alpha male. I can’t even post a photo on social media without him warning me it’s not safe, or take a morning jog without him following behind.

But he’s made it clear that what he says goes, and if I don’t like it, I can kiss my vacation goodbye.

Instead, I end up kissing him.

I don’t even know how it happened—one minute we were at each other’s throats, the next we were at each other’s mercy. What’s even more shocking is how good we are together. He understands my need for freedom, and I understand his need for control.

But emotional trust doesn’t come easily to me. And we’re on two completely different paths.

Without question, I’d put my life in his hands.

Just don’t ask me to give him my heart.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Hideaway Heart is a feel-good celeb/bodyguard romance that will had me rooting for the couple to work out their differences and confess their feelings for one another! Kelly Jo (aka country music darling Pixie Hart) is on a much-needed vacation, looking for 2 weeks away from the critical eye of the Nashville paparazzi. What she’s not expecting is that her Navy SEAL brother would hire her a big brute of a bodyguard in the form of Xander Buckley. Babysitting a musician isn’t exactly on Xander’s to-do list since he’s about to open an upscale sports bar, but he can’t say no to the guy who saved his life.

While they definitely get off on the wrong foot, Xander and Kelly had sizzling chemistry and a great connection. He didn’t care who she was or where she came from, and he made her feel safe at a time when everything in her life seemed out of her control.

I wish there would have been more to Xander’s backstory explored, like his time in the Navy and how Kevin saved him. I love getting inside the head of a military hero when there’s an intriguing history like that, and I thought there was a missed opportunity here with Xander. But otherwise, this story was perfect and I adored the relationship that formed between Kelly and Xander!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.

Meet Melanie


USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good romance. She likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. If she’s not writing or reading, she’s probably at Orangetheory or watching Schitt’s Creek again. She lifts her glass to readers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, and pet rabbit.

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