🎉FALTER IS LIVE🎉
𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞-> 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐚𝐦𝐳𝐧.𝐭𝐨/𝟒𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐅𝟖
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:
💙Bodyguard
💙 Forced Proximity
💙Grumpy Sunshine
💙Jaded Hero
💙Forbidden
I once made the mistake of falling for a client, and it nearly cost me my career.
Jaded and disgraced, I used my attitude as armor so it could never happen again.
Until I was assigned to protect Lofton Beck.
Hollywood’s golden girl had a stalker on her tail—and two dead bodyguards.
She was a nightmare from the start. Didn’t follow orders. Had no concept of boundaries. Worst of all, she was so damn gorgeous I couldn’t build my walls strong enough to keep her out.
As the threats escalated, we were forced into hiding at her family’s farm. Keeping my distance became impossible with her sleeping in the room next door.
Somewhere between our early mornings together and the quiet moments when the world disappeared, it became clear her stalker wasn’t the most dangerous part of the assignment.
Protecting her was never the problem.
Falling in love with her could cost me everything.
*𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.*
*****5 Absolutely Fall Worthy Stars*****
Let me tell you something, if there is something I know in life to be true, it is that Aly Martinez can write a hell of a romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat, that will have you feeling absolutely EVERYTHING, and that will have you believing with your whole heart in the couple she gives you and allows you to fall in love with. Falter encapsulated all of that and more and was her at her best. This book is a quintessential Aly Martinez book and it was absolutely incredible, unforgettable, and utterly consuming from start to finish. But more than that, it was an amazing and all-feeling love story between two people who shouldn’t be together, who shouldn’t work, yet every jagged cracked piece of themselves fits perfectly with the other in a way that feels wholly meant to be.
Falter is the story of Lofton and Devon, two characters who come together in the most extraordinary of circumstances, who feel absolutely everything they weren’t prepared to feel for one another, and who change each other’s lives and hearts in ways that neither were prepared for.
This book is their journey to absolution. This book is their story of forbidden love. This book is their healing from everything that has gone wrong in each of their respective pasts. This book is their opportunity to put their hearts on the line, to let their vulnerability shine, and to break down the solid walls that they have built around their hearts. This book is a fight for them. This book is a fight for her safety and freedom, from both a literal stalker endangering her and also the life she thought she always wanted, but turned out to be the version she didn’t want. This book is a fight for him and his freedom, from a past version of himself, from the weight of the mistakes he’s made, and from feelings he wasn’t prepared to feel.
This book is Lofton and Devon through and through on their journey to accepting everything that they make each other feel and then some. It is them at their best and worst and everything in between. It is them and their most vulnerable, and their most real and raw, feeling everything under the sun that they weren’t prepared for, but that they also needed like they needed their next breath. It was the two of them and the new normal they shared and created together. And that new normal scared them both out of their minds with what it made them feel, but it was also the exact place they were always meant to be because the way these characters see each other, get each other, and fight and show up and feel everything for one another is true perfection. And that perfection may be complicated and messy and rawly emotional at times, but it is very them, it is perfectly them, and it allows every piece of their heart and emotions to shine.
Simply put, Falter by Aly Martinez is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year and is a new favorite book of mine from this author.
This book just utterly consumed my mind and my body and my heart in every word of what I got with this couple from the very first page of this book. Thrown into the thick of the action, this book puts you in it with Lofton and Devon. She is a celebrity who is being stalked and who is in literal danger. He is the bodyguard who is hired to protect her and who might also want absolutely nothing to do with a celebrity scene or a celebrity.
These two definitely get off to a rocky start, but the more time they spend together, the more protective he gets, the more she breaks down those walls and adds little cracks of emotion to them, and the more that they see each other for who they really are in the quiet mornings they share together, the more these two realize the shit is about to hit the fan. And by shit, I mean their feelings and emotions because what they share is everything. It is all kinds of forbidden because he is her bodyguard and she is the client, and they are definitely not supposed to want each other, but want each other they do. Their slow burn gloriousness of connection and fire and pull to one another will literally give you life on this book. Trust me on that. And watching these two give into everything they make each other feel, watching them show up for each other in the way that they do, and getting to be there as they fall so hard for one another will pull your heart to their fiercely in every way possible. I promise you that.
Devon and Lofton share something undeniable. It might break all the rules, it might be messy and complicated and flawed, but it is so inherently them. The way these two pull back all of the layers and see each other for who they are is absolutely everything. But more than that getting to watch them put their hearts on the line when it really matters, getting to watch them poke at each other until there is no choice left, but to fall for one another, and getting to watch these characters reckon with the depth of their feelings and connection is truly incredible. It makes for a hell of a love story and it will definitely have you knowing that these two are meant to be. They are meant to find their way, even if what they share breaks all the rules, and even if what they share isn’t supposed to work, and getting to be so connected to them as they give it they’re all in this book will truly have you in love with everything they share and what they give you.
There is truly such beauty in the moments that you get with Devon and Lofton. In the slow moments, in the vulnerable moments, in the moments where they let all of their colors shine for the other to see. There is such authenticity and heart in what they build. It is slow and glorious in how it grows and how that tension between them amplifies, and it truly changes the trajectory of everything for the both of them. And all of that might scare them out of their minds at time, but it also firmly cements for them that the other is who they are meant to be with, and that the other is the person who truly changes everything. The depth of what these two share, the love that grows so authentically and honestly with them in those quiet moments, in those real and raw moments, and in the moments for the whole world to see, sear your heart to everything they share and will have you knowing that they HAVE to find a way.
They just have to.
Aly Martinez finds the best balance of that emotion, that fire and connection, that undeniable pull to one another with what she gives you with Devon and Lofton, and she lights it all on fire. I mean she amplifies it in the best way through what she gives you with them, and you will be here for every second of it. But more than that, you will just love the vibe of this entire book. You will love the banter and the levity you get with these characters. You will love the action and the suspense of it all that will keep you guessing until the very end. You will love that these characters build such an understanding of one another, and how that shines in the most beautiful way in every breath of this book. But more than that, you will just love how wholeheartedly connected you feel to both Lofton and Devon as you get to experience the story with them. I really cannot say enough how much this author just lets you live this book with her characters and it truly is everything to get an experience that.
Because Lofton and Devon… They leave their heart and souls in this book and you will relish in that with them.
I also have to say that being back in the world of Guardian Protection was actual perfection. This whole series owns my whole heart. I love these characters, I love these men, I love their complicated stories to finding love, and I love that only they know how to push each other‘s buttons in the way that they do. This is a found family of complicated characters who show up and love each other in every way, even when they mess up and it’s the best. I have loved this series for years now, and being back in this world is truly the best. Seeing all of my favorite characters again, getting all of their interactions, and just getting to be back in a world full of fictional characters that would do anything for one another, and that equally know how to get under each other‘s skin in the best way has been the best experience. This whole found family of characters shows up for each other in every way that matters, but more than that they had such a levity and heart and connection to the story and it’s the best.
And let me just tell you, I’m already chomping at the bit to be back in this world because I need more of this series something fierce. (Cough, Johnson, cough.) There are definitely some characters that I need everything from and I will be not so patiently waiting for every single one of them. That is how invested Aly Martinez makes you in this series but in every one of her books. She just shows you a group of characters you can’t help but love and want everything with, and it’s one of the best things about her books because you just feel so wholeheartedly connected to her characters, what they give you, and what you feel and experience with them. This series is no different, and getting another moment with all of these characters with Lofton and Devon was truly amazing.
Falter just made me love this world of characters more, but it also gave me an incredibly emotional and unforgettable journey with Lofton and Devon in a way that I just loved. Devon is a complicated character, that we may or may not have met before, and getting to see his evolution, getting to see his fight in it all, and getting to see the truth and vulnerability and what he feels and shares with Lofton was absolutely everything. And Lofton was a true gem of a character. I mean, that woman has a heart of gold, she has so much fight in her, and she is just trying to make semblance of her new normal in the life that she has. I just loved her character from the start and I was immediately enthralled with her.
Getting to see the grumpy sunshine vibes that both her and Devon give off as they fall so so hard for each other, as they try and pretend it’s not happening, and as she just so painstakingly works at that man to show him that they are inevitable and that they feel everything is truly the best. But more than that, just getting to see these two put their hearts on the line when it really matters and show up for each other in only the ways that they can is true perfection and will just have you believing and knowing that they have to find a way to make it all work. That they have to find a way to that happily ever after because there is no other alternative for those two in the depth of what they share.
It’s easy to see from this review that this book is one of my favorite books. I’ve read this year. And I really can’t say it enough. This book is Aly Martinez at her best and the way you get equal parts swoon and suspense and spice will have you living for every breath of this book with Lofton and Devon. I really can’t say that enough. Those two are truly something special and getting to watch them build an epic love story together in this book will have you feeling every breath of their story and then some. But more than that, it will just have you be believing and the two of them and what they give to each other. Those two definitely make each other work for it, and it is the most glorious slow burn to the finish line with them, but it is also so worth it and it will have you be believing in everything they feel and share together.
Trust me on that.
I could not have loved this book or this couple more. What they share, what they give you, the emotion and vulnerability of it all, the fire and suspense of it all, and the way this author tells the story and lets you experience her unique writing and storytelling voice is truly amazing. This is what romance reading should be like. A book like this from this author where the layers and shades and colors of her characters shine brightly and honestly and vulnerably through every second you get with them, simultaneously taking a hold of your heart with every layer and peace and nuance they give you.
It is books like this one that reminds me why I love reading romance so much and why Aly Martinez is one of my all-time favorite authors. Because what she delivers in Falter with Devon and Lofton is more than everything. It is real. It is raw. It is emotional and vulnerable and breathtaking. It is romantic and swoony and fiery. It is consuming in every way and on every level. It is complicated and messy. It is just them. It is them in the most honest and true and real way sharing everything together, letting their colors shine, and be believing in each other and what could be. It is them, wholeheartedly them from start to finish, and I truly could not have asked for more.
Simply put, Falter is a book you need in your life this very second, and I promise you that you will love every breath of what you get with Lofton and Devon. Their love may be forbidden, their feelings may be off limits, and they may also know how to get right under each other skin and push all the buttons each other has, but these two definitely show you that they and their love and everything they share together are worth it.
So beyond worth it. And then some.
I truly could go on and on about how much I loved and felt everything within this book with Lofton and Devon, but I will wrap it up here because really you just need to read this book. You need to read and live and experience everything these characters give you in this book and just embrace it. Embrace their vulnerability, their honesty, and the true selves they give you and their story. Their story is everything and then some, and you will love getting to take it all in with them. They make every second of their story worth experiencing and fighting for, and honestly that’s just scratching the surface of what makes their love story in this book epic and emotional and unforgettable.
Aly Martinez leaves your heart and theirs on every page of this book and it is literal perfection. What you experience with Devon and Lofton across their unforgettable and deeply emotional love story will definitely have you in it with them, believing in everything they share, and fighting right along with them that they find a way to make what’s forbidden and off-limits something that can last forever. Getting to go along with them as they share their beautiful and all feeling colors with each other and the world will give you everything and more with them. And really, there’s no better feeling than that…or what you get with them in this absolutely incredible book.























