BOOK REVIEW- A Bodyguard For The Princess by Mona Risk

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A princess incognito at Harvard. A roommate killed in a residence of 18 students. Who is the murderer? Who will be the next victim?
Chloe Devereux, the youngest sister of Prince Paul of Rensy Island, has convinced her brother to let her study at Harvard incognito. She enrolls in a graduate program and plans to enjoy a year of freedom and fun without secret service detail trailing her. But the school year starts with the gruesome murder of a young woman in Chloe’s co-ed residence.
The duplex building houses American students on scholarships and wealthy foreigners, all working hard to garner a Harvard degree and build a brilliant future: The friendly Jason Owen who invites her to play detective with him; the female roommates who gossip and eavesdrop while trying to befriend her; the smooth-talking, good-looking males who want to date Chloe and her roommate, but may have tampered with her mail; the lesbian athlete and the gorgeous model hiding from their past.
Can Chloe trust her neighbors? Some of them are not who they claim to be. But they all have one thing in common. They’re terrified of being the next victim and strive to discover the killer while going around their daily business—attending classes, lunching together and dating, and even lying to or cooperating with the detective in charge of the case.
Danger looms in every corner. Fear sizzles in the building. Who is the murderer? Who will be the next victim?  AMAZON  3.5 STARS


 The attractive cover for the eBook caught my attention first of all.   Then the author's name and then the book blurb drew me in.  So since I had wanted to read this book for a while when the opportunity came I grabbed it.
This was a quick, fun, light story.  Well, it was until more people started getting injured or the fear of their wondering who was "next" kicked in.  And the first body happened early in the book.  As usual I had my own "suspect" lined up.  But no, the twists at the end showed me how wrong I was.  Still I did enjoy the journey. 
The people in the college dorms all had their own stories, which filled out the book.   I wouldn't say that the innocent people in the book had really deep stories but we do see what happens in their lives two years later.  The Epilogue connected a lot of dots about that. 
A somewhat predictable H.E.A. for Chloe and Jason. But I think the revelation of the who and why of the killer makes up for it.  Didn't see that one coming.

 “I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book through Netgalley.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.”