The Sanctuary Series by @Rjscott {books 1-3} Review, Author Q&A and Giveaway ~ '

This week I'm reviewing the first 3 books in the Sanctuary Series by @RJScott. There is also a pretty great giveaway to enter at the end of the post, as well as a 3 part Author Q&A.

Up first is Guarding Morgan...

Morgan Drake witnesses a murder in an alleyway. He is the only person who can give evidence in prosecuting the cop responsible for the crime. When the FBI safe house where he’s being held is compromised, he follows the instructions of his agent in charge and runs.

Nik Valentinov works for Sanctuary, a foundation that offers witness protection when FBI security is questionable.

When Morgan's handler sends him to Nik for safety, neither Morgan nor Nik could imagine that two weeks alone in a cabin in the woods could start something more. Something way more than just trying to keep Morgan alive. Something that makes their heart race more than danger. Love.

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After Morgan Drake witness' a woman being shot in an alley, his life is forever changed. In witness protection his location is compromised, as well as his safety, so his handler contacts a friend he served in the military with to take over guarding Morgan. Shot, confused, scared and suffering from nightmares due to what he saw, Morgan doesn't transition to the new arrangement smoothly.

Nik Valentinov thinks there is more to the story than what Morgan is telling him at the start. It doesn't take long for Nik to realize Morgan is being completely honest, and the young man is terrified that the shooter or the person that issued the kill order will find him and do the same to Morgan. It is the root cause of the nightmares. Being confined to the safe house in close quarters, it doesn't take long for a mutual attraction to form. Nik valiantly attempts to ignore his attraction to Morgan, that is until Morgan takes the lead and makes the first move.

This was a fast paced, action packed read. The flow of the story moved evenly and the characters fit well from the start. Morgan was timid, shy and scared until Nik refused his advances. Then Morgan became the aggressor. Nik is convinced that he can't protect Morgan and sleep with him at the same time, very Kevin Costner in the Bodyguard. But he can't deny the attraction and the pull, the two of them seem to gravitate to each other regardless.

Narrated by Sean Crisden and I absolutely loved the voices he gave the characters. Morgan goes from scared and uncertain to someone that is confident and determined by the end. Nik is the strength, the one always in control, until Morgan gets under his skin. Crisden really conveyed all these emotions with tone and inflection, even capturing the vulnerability in Nik there at the end.

Definitely a must listen, anything by Sean Crisden is going to be good. But then you have his voice bringing the words RJ Scott painstakingly put on paper and the result is simply flawless. If you like bodyguard type stories, books with mystery, suspense and intrigue, then you'll love this one.

RJ Scott has been writing since age six, when she was made to stay in at lunchtime for an infraction involving cookies. She was told to write a story and two sides of paper about a trapped princess later, a lover of writing was born.

As an avid reader herself, she can be found reading anything from thrillers to sci-fi to horror. However, her first real true love will always be the world of romance where she takes cowboys, bodyguards, firemen and billionaires (to name a few) and writes dramatic and romantic stories of love and passion between these men.

With over seventy titles to her name and counting, she is the author of the award winning book, The Christmas Throwaway. She is also known for the Texas series charting the lives of Riley and Jack, and the Sanctuary series following the work of the Sanctuary Foundation and the people it protects.

Her goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.

Q&A with RJ Scott Part one...

Where are you from, and where do you call home?

I live in a large town about 40 miles north-west of London. I’m originally from a county called Essex, which is the butt of a lot of jokes in the UK! I now live in the county of Buckinghamshire, home of Roald Dahl, the Prime Minister’s retreat – Chequers, the Great Train Robbers, and quite a lot of other cool things…

What inspired you to start writing?

I am not sure anything inspired me way back when I started writing, I just knew I had to write, the stories are inside and they had to come out. Finding Supernatural fan fiction gave me an outlet to write publically and finally to sub stories to publishers.

How long have you been writing?

I’ve been writing ever since I could. But specifically, I started writing fan fiction in 2008, and was first published in 2010.

What advice would you give a new writer just starting out?

Read. All the time, whenever you can, read. You can’t write unless you read. I read so much in the genre I write in. Nowadays I rarely read anything outside my genre though.

Also, keep writing. Even when you submit, start the next story, just *keep writing*.