Her Protector New Concepts Publishing

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Author: Pamela Tyner
Publisher: New Concepts Publishing
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 Right from the start this book compelled me to read on. I was desperate to know what had happened in Tricia’s life. As the book progresses I discovered that Tricia has suffered violence at the hands of her partner, Matt. Her Protector reveals a tale of fear and violence that Tricia suffered because of Matt. He made her totally dependent on him by moving her to Florida, away from her security in Lexington, Oklahoma. She finally managed to leave him, but he returned to their hometown looking for her.  Tricia’s first love, Clint, arrives to take her to safety. I immediately spotted something bad between her and Clint. Tricia shows a lot of anger towards him, even though he has taken her into his home to keep her safe.   

Pamela Tyner has a great way of making me feel emotions while reading.  In the scene where Clint reaches to knock on the door just as Tricia opens it, my heart stopped a beat and I felt the fear of being hit, just as Tricia did. When they kissed at the Bushwhacker it made me feel bubbly and warm inside. I thought she had finally given in to his advances, made me wish she had given in. Clint remembers everything about Tricia.

Throughout the book they slowly come together again. There are moments where they both feel exactly the same, but neither do anything about it. I willed them to just give in and let it happen.   Throughout the book Tricia had a habit of becoming jealous whenever she thought a woman may be getting close to Clint, even though she thinks she doesn’t want him herself. In one scene the phone rings and she says, “I’m going to bed now, Honey.  Make sure you don’t make me wait too long. It gets awful lonely in there by myself.” I soon discovered that it wasn’t the person she had first thought it was. It gets her a little more into trouble than she first anticipated. I couldn’t help but chuckle. 

I felt completely drawn in to the way Tricia felt, especially when she spoke to Clint on the porch about what she had endured in her time with Matt. I wanted to hug her and say, “You know what? It wasn’t your fault. He made you think it was your fault so he didn’t feel guilty about the way he behaved.”   Pamela Tyner makes use of the word brainwashed during a particular scene, which is such a powerful word in Her Protector. It is the only word that can describe what Tricia suffered.  

Finally, she gives in to her feelings and approaches Clint. This part made me want to cheer and clap for them. The description of the scene is short which gives it more impact, in my opinion.   For a brief moment Pamela Tyner took me to the darker side, telling the story from the violent Matt’s point of view.  She writes, Changes would be implemented, when he was done with her she wouldn’t even go to the bathroom without asking his permission first. That was it for me. I wanted to thump Matt there and then. No man should ever try to dominate a woman the way Matt does. Not only that, he was going to ruin everything Tricia had started building up again with Clint. 

During an erotic scene I felt encased by the moment. Clint is so gentle and so understanding of her needs. Afterwards, Tricia is drifting off to sleep and Clint says, “I missed you, honey.”  My heart melted with the passion. The brief encounter when Matt made Tricia drive away from the ranch, him holding her in a lock around her neck, made me scream for her to remember the self defence Clint had taught her. When Clint and Tricia finally embraced I felt a gush of relief. Then it was revealed Clint had been shot. I just burst into tears. I really thought this was the end for them. 

Pamela Tyner successfully ties up all the ends in the story and succeeded in coaxing tears from my eyes. I really loved the ending to this story, and in the epilogue I saw that in the end, Tricia has learned to finally trust again. I would definitely recommend this book if you want some passionate reading.