All He Wants is a "bodyguard romance" with some added complications and a pretty formulaic one at that. The richer background details almost made up for that, but using a too-stupid-to-live moment to conveniently lead to the climax was... too convenient.
Billy Marshall was a retired champion boxer now working as security and personal protection agent for Elite Security, and glad to have left the ring with his brain and body (mostly) intact. He could have almost any woman he wanted, but he felt lonely. When he was assigned to protect his old coach's daughter, Maxi, now working as a publicist, his memories of her as student hanging out at the gym came back, and what he learned about what the stalker did make his blood boil. Threatening notes, trashed apartment, a package of dead birds, nude photos of her showering spread in her building... And she's just a publicist! And while Maxi secretly had a crush on Billy forever, she can't ever partake in that fantasy, as she had to take charge of her life as her father's health is failing. But Billy will stick to her side as close protection is what he does... and she knew why she was being targeted... Except she's not telling anyone... Not even Billy...
As mentioned before, while the plot was competent for the most part, it's also formulaic, as it's just "bodyguard MMC protecting FMC from stalker threat" with a good twist near the end. Giving both boxing backgrounds is tolerable, and while I don't see how a boxer would turn into bodyguard, I can't say it's impossible. And the reason why the publicist was targeted seems slightly far-fetched to be a conspiracy. But I'm not spoiling much.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Bodyguard assigned to guard his coach's daughter falls for her and had to solve the mystery before the conspiracy get them both
Tropes: woman in peril, protector
Overall Rating: 3/5
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