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This story pulled me in at the beginning. Annabelle and Louis have a fun, easy relationship, even though they are employee and boss. However, the story quickly went flat. There was not of a feeling of romantic tension that is essential to make a reader invested in a book. Some of the side characters were a bit over the top. I feel like there were so many possibilities to focus on deepening the relationship, but it didn’t go anywhere. Bland. I finished it, but didn’t really care.


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Marriage Lessons Off Guard Book 3 edition by Katie Allen Romance eBooks Reviews

Louis called Annabelle to come to talk to him and then she said” you hate it when I talk to you while you’re painting.” That was one of the first things Louis had told Annabelle when he hired her six months ago to be her gallery owner and personal assistant.Louis owns an art gallery, he is also a wounded warrior who had been was badly hurt in Afghanistan and lost one of his legs but he has a prosthetic. Louis is having problems sleeping. Annabelle found she was more efficient when she meted the amount of Louis-ogling time. Annabelle told Louis as much as she would have liked to she had to get back to work and prepare his quarterly taxes. Louis was stunningly artist but he tended to dismiss the practical necessities of his business- and of life. Louis’s next show was less than a month away. Annabelle loved working with Louis. Each day was challenging , and fun, and exhilarating but she also g=had a huge crush on Louis. Annabelle is told she has to leave her apartment and Louis offers to let her move in with him and be his roommate. Also to protect her Louis offers to be her pretend husband to protect herLouis jokingly asks Annabelle to marry him at least Annabelle believes he is joking.
I really enjoyed this book. I chuckled at times while reading this. I advise you to read the three books in this series in order this one is the third. This will create a smoother read for you. I would have liked to see Louis’s POV also. I really loved that there was a steady build from friendship to lovers in this book. I loved how the author portrayed the wounded warrior part of this book and some of the possible things the wounded warrior may deal with. But I would have liked to have it shown when Louis was i Afghanistan and his recovery from his injuries and his life going from there. I did love how protective Louis was of Annabelle . I love he was willing to act as her pretend husband. I did have some problems with the first half with keeping my attention but not enough that I didn’t continue reading this. This drag for me some at times. I did enjoy the plot. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book and I recommend it.
Louis is a military veteran who lost part of one leg in combat. He came home, became an artist, opening his own gallery. He does not come across as a 31 year old war hardened, disabled vet at all. He appears to be a young adult, late teens to very early 20s.

Annabelle Shay has been working for Louis for 6 months and harbors a crush. She also comes across as a young adult and one dimensional character.

I stopped and started this book many times. Louis and Annabelle seemed more like best friends than a potential couple. I just didn’t buy into it. This book moves so slowly, then they get together and it’s over. And, IMO, the title doesn’t go with the story at all.

The mystery part of the story was very predictable and felt thrown in.

I really like this author’s RS series, so I was looking forward to reading this book. After this one, I won’t be looking for any more in the series.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher.
Let me start by admitting that I'm a Katie Ruggle fan, and it wasn't until seeing this title that I learned she was writing under the Katie Allen pseudonym, that she'd started writing the Off Guard series, and so this is the first novel of hers I've read under that pseudonym and in that series. There were things I very much enjoyed about this novel, and things I didn't, resulting in my giving it a 3-star rating.

What I liked most was the verbal banter and often hilarious conversations between the two principle characters in this novel, Louis Dumont, a wounded warrior with a rather unfortunate first name for a sexy hero--he's an artist who owns his own art gallery, and his gallery manager/personal assistant, Annabelle Shay, who's been lusting after him since the day she was hired, and whom Louis always refers to with both her first and last name, which I found more than a little strange. While both characters are extremely likable, very little happens aside from the witty repartee in the first half of this novel, and except for the fact that we learn that Louis is missing part of one hand and part of one of this legs, these two are more than employer/employee, they are friends, no matter how much Annabelle would like that to change to something more serious, but she doesn't express those feelings to Louis at all. It was simply too much fluff that went on for far too long. When Louis gets a case of painter's block, he insists on taking Annabelle to the movies, but if you're expecting any kind of necking or hand holding, you're going to be disappointed.

Things don't pick up between these two until Annabelle's landlord refuses to renew her lease, and Louis practically begs Annabelle to move in with him, giving her drawer and closet space as well as his bedroom, while he moves to the sofa, and the fluffy dialogue continues. We do eventually learn that Louis hasn't had sex since receiving his injuries, and is fearful of showing what's left of his body to anyone. One of the main reasons I requested an advance reader copy of this novel, was that I love wounded warrior romances (I'm married to one), and I expected far more about Louis' issues from this author in the way of drama than was provided by his merely being reluctant to show anyone his injuries. Although these two characters do eventually spend a lot of time having sex all over Louis' home, Annabelle's curiosity about seeing all of Louis naked takes center stage for most of the second half of this novel, and when she finally does, it's no big deal, Louis gets over himself, and the ongoing talk of marriage continues, but there was no real romance to this romance.

As what I can only refer to as filler, there are gallery showings and clients to attend to, a cast of less than stellar and sometimes rude and annoying secondary characters, and a mystery that is hinted at but one that doesn't really come into play until almost the end of the novel, at which point it seemed like far too little far too late, and exactly what were the marriage lessons referred to in the title? As far as I could see, this was more a friends to lovers story rather than a wounded warrior novel, and it worked far better as the former trope than the latter one.

If you're looking for a light, quasi-romantic comedy with witty dialogue I think you'll enjoy this novel, but if , like me, you're looking for a serious, dramatic, wounded warrior novel to sink your teeth and your emotions into, this novel will probably disappoint you as much as it did me. It may just be that I've come to expect so much more from Katie Ruggle than this novel provided.

As stated earlier, I voluntarily requested an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.
Loved this book in which an artist and his assistant naturally find love. The banter is delightful. Highly recommended.
This story pulled me in at the beginning. Annabelle and Louis have a fun, easy relationship, even though they are employee and boss. However, the story quickly went flat. There was not of a feeling of romantic tension that is essential to make a reader invested in a book. Some of the side characters were a bit over the top. I feel like there were so many possibilities to focus on deepening the relationship, but it didn’t go anywhere. Bland. I finished it, but didn’t really care.