Blurb:

Owen Rollins’ life mission is to protect the young and innocent. But when he took the job to protect Baylor Giles, he miscalculated the situation.

Baylor may be young, but she’s not innocent. The way she prances around in her cheerleader skirt, throwing her coy smile his way. . .

No, she’s not innocent at all.

Still, he has a job to do, and he needs to remain focused. The threat to Baylor’s life is real, and he can’t let what happened last time happen again. Even if it would feel so good to show her the punishment for naughty girls who flirt with their bodyguard.

Nothing can happen. His resolve is firm, and his fortitude is unyielding.

Or is it?

Baylor Giles was a carefree, fun-loving teenager until that terrifying night everything changed.

Then Owen came into her life.

He makes her feel safe for the first time in a long time. But she also feels other things for the much older man. . . things she shouldn’t. And no matter how many times he turns her down, she knows he wants her too.

She’ll never convince him to be her forever, but can she convince this good guy to be bad for a weekend?

My 4* Review:

Bad For A Weekend By Misty Walker is a forbidden / taboo, age-gap romance about Baylor Giles and Owen Rollins. It is part of the Blurred Lines multi author series. This gets very steamy but it is also an emotional tale which deals with some difficult subject matters.

Baylor is the eighteen year old daughter of famous movie star Corey Giles and we first meet her after she has been drugged and abducted. After a successful rescue her father decides she needs a full time bodyguard as there is still a real threat to her life. 

Owen is assigned as her bodyguard by his brother who owns a security company. This is a fresh start for him after a traumatic incident that happened four years ago and deeply affected him. He has struggled since and isn’t very happy about babysitting a teenager. He is broody but determined to do a good job, however, he doesn’t expect his instant attraction to Baylor. His over protective instincts kick in as he gets to know her. 

They bond over their experiences and he understands what she is going through when the threats continue. He helps her when she is anxious and panics over her situation. They find comfort in each other and develop a great relationship. It is a slow burn as he fights his feelings for her and tries to keep it all professional because he knows she’s barely legal for all he wants to do to her. Owen tries so hard to do what he thinks is best for Baylor especially due to the age-gap and the fact that he is still in therapy for his PTSD.

Baylor is quite the brat at times and is very good at manipulating both her Dad and Owen. She only feels safe when he is around and has no doubt she can persuade him to stay with her as she  constantly tempts and teases him. She thinks she has come up with a great solution for their predicament but doesn’t consider the consequences. Their connection is explosive when she pushes him too far and he finally snaps. 

“Come on, Owen. Be bad with me.”

The secondary characters bring some fun to proceedings. I thought Ziggy was a great best friend and he made me laugh with some of his comments.

Owen turns out to be a daddy-dom which is a trope I don’t really like. I thought he was a bit young for this kink and was surprised Baylor liked it as she had such a good relationship with her father. The suspense kept my interest as I tried to work out who was after Baylor and I liked how the author concluded this couple’s story.