Her One and Only by Becky Wade

Goodreads: Her One and Only

Published: 2016

Series: Porter Family #4

Genres: Adult, Romance, Christian

Pages: 391

Format: Library, print

The story follows Dru, the youngest Porter sibling and only girl. She's working as an executive protection assistant and is assigned to Gray Fowler, star NFL tight end football player. His team hired a protection agency after Gray started receiving threatening letters in the mail. Gray doesn't see the need for the agents and he definitely doesn't want Dru (a woman!) assigned to his case. He asks her to pose as his girlfriend when they're in public and Dru agrees; she is determined to find Gray's stalker. It reminded me of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, which also has a female protection agent and a famous male client.

Dru is tough, yet vulnerable. Initially, she seems like an unrealistic romantic lead, but as the story unfolds, her nurturing, tender side shines through and she becomes very relatable. But I'll be honest; the highlight of this book is Gray! He's a bit arrogant at the beginning, but his story arc is beautiful. The more we learned about Gray, the more I loved him. He's tough and guarded, but for good reason! And Dru was the perfect character to help break his walls down. Gray and Dru have great banter (because Wade is an amazing author), sizzling chemistry, and it was so easy to root for them. I also really enjoyed the faith element in this book; it was weaved nicely throughout the story, making it natural and realistic.

I think this may have been my favourite book from the Porter Family series, probably because of the football (!) element (I really struggled to relate with the horse racing and bull riding). It was also a nice conclusion to Meg and Bo's story and a neatly wrapped up the whole Porter storyline. The rest of Wade's books are on my TBR and I can't wait to read all of her other stories.