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How can Brent give in to his desire for the sexy Bollywood actor when a relationship between them could cost Raj his life?

When bodyguard Brent Hawthorne moves to India to start a new business, he thinks his biggest problems are going to be the language barrier and coping with the intense heat in Mumbai. But when he starts working for one of Bollywood’s top actors, Rajkumar Khan, Brent has to rethink that estimation.

Raj is not only handsome and sexy but also secretly gay, and sparks fly the instant the pair meets. But Raj is being blackmailed and the unknown sender of the letters is not only threatening his life but also to reveal his secret.

As Brent battles to find the identity of Raj’s blackmailer, he finds himself growing closer to the sexy Bollywood star. He struggles at first to resist Raj’s advances, fearing any sort of relationship between them could cost the star his life, but Raj is a hard man to resist. Can Brent keep his hands and heart to himself long enough to find the culprit, or will he give in to his Bollywood desires?

 

Book Review

At the heart of this book is the idea of a bodyguard and his employer falling in lust, but instead of a rock star (like in the 1992 movie The Bodyguard with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston), here the second main character is a Bollywood actor. He has received threats before the story even starts, is trying to hide he is gay, and wants to finish “just one more movie” before he retires. Add all the exotic colors and flavors of Mumbai and the Indian culture, sizzling erotic tension from the first meeting, and you have a true, modern-day Bollywood fairy tale.

Brent is a career-oriented professional bodyguard who has just moved from London to Mumbai to start his own security company together with his best friend Jack (whose idea the project was in the first place). While Brent is still trying to adjust to the somewhat foreign environment and culture, not to mention the heat, he accepts a job guarding a well-known Bollywood star. Brent is insanely attracted to him from the first meeting, and spends most of his time from then on trying to resist Raj’s charm. He isn’t always successful…

Raj may be doing well professionally, but his personal life is almost nonexistent. In a culture that is completely intolerant of gay men, his career would end if anyone found out. He leads a double life and is extremely tired of it. Meeting Brent just clarifies his priorities for him. I was surprised how single-mindedly he goes after his British bodyguard, and can only conclude that he must be starved for companionship. Still, the risks he takes are not inconsiderable. And that doesn’t even take into account the whole employer-employee relationship aspect.

When these two get together the sparks fly. The first kiss basically seals the deal, and tumbling into a more and more physical relationship is almost unavoidable. And when their emotions start getting involved, it only gets more intense. Very hot!

If you like stories with instantly attracted main characters who cannot keep their hands away from each other, if you prefer stories with some danger and a mysterious villain who just doesn’t give up, and if the exotic setting of Mumbai appeals to you, you may like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 138 pages/50700 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	19-March-2012
Price	$4.50 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.pride-publishing.com/book/bollywood-desires