Books like The Bodyguard

If you liked The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Seven Year Slip

    Ashley Poston · 2023

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    A grieving publicist inherits a time slipping Manhattan apartment and falls for a chef living seven years in the past.

  2. Slammed

    Colleen Hoover · 2012 · Slammed #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Grieving Layken falls for neighbor Will, then learns he is her teacher, and poems carry them.

  3. Yours Truly

    Abby Jimenez · 2023 · Part of Your World #2

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, fake dating.

    Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.

  4. Twisted Lies

    Ana Huang · 2022 · Twisted #4

    Because shares tags: romance, fake dating, contemporary.

    Shy influencer Stella Alonso fake dates billionaire Christian Harper to save her career, until a returning stalker forces them into his…

  5. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  6. All the Bright Places

    Jennifer Niven · 2015

    Because shares tags: contemporary, grief, romance.

    Grieving Violet and struggling Finch wander Indiana for a school project and each other.

  7. The Love Hypothesis

    Ali Hazelwood · 2021

    Because shares tags: romance, fake dating, contemporary.

    Love Hypothesis retold: Olive fakes dating Adam, lab hijinks, consent talks, Boston fall.

  8. Reminders of Him

    Colleen Hoover · 2022

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Kenna returns after prison to meet the daughter she lost, facing the family that blames her.

  9. Beach Read

    Emily Henry · 2020

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Two rival writers share a summer next door, trading genres to beat block and grief.

  10. Without Merit

    Colleen Hoover · 2017

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary.

    Merit Voss feels invisible in a crowded converted church home until Sagan, Luck, and a painful night force the truth out.

  11. Wildfire

    Hannah Grace · 2023 · Maple Hills #2

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary.

    Hockey goalie Russ Callaghan and bold Aurora Roberts reunite as camp counselors after a one-night stand in this Maple Hills summer romance.

  12. Where She Went

    Gayle Forman · 2011 · If I Stay #2

    Because shares tags: grief, romance.

    Three years after the crash, rock star Adam Wilde spends one night in New York facing Mia and their breakup.

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