Safe Keeping (Triple Creek Ranch 2) by Kristen Proby-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 28, 2026

Five years ago, Secret Service Agent Gideon James took a bullet to protect me.

It haunts me every single day.

As the president’s daughter, my life has never truly been my own. But when a traitor in my security detail tries to kidnap me, Mom sends me to Montana—to the one man who’s never failed to keep me safe.

These days, Gideon runs an elite security training facility on his family ranch. He’s not exactly thrilled to see me, and his family trusts me even less. But during our intense self-defense sessions, something electric ignites between us. Those steel-gray eyes see past my title to who I really am. For the first time, I’m discovering my own strength—and a desire I can’t deny.

Just as I’m falling hard, betrayal strikes again, threatening everything Gideon and I have built. Now I must choose between protecting my heart and fighting for the man who’s always protected me—and the only place I’ve ever truly belonged.

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REVIEW: SAFE KEEPING is the second instalment in Kristen Proby’s contemporary, adult TRIPLE CREEK RANCH erotic, romance series. This is former US Army Ranger / former US Secret Service Agent turned security trainer Gideon James, and ‘first daughter’ Lena’s story line. SAFE KEEPING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gideon and Lena) SAFE KEEPING focuses on the protection of our story line heroine in the wake of an attempted abduction. Five years earlier, Gideon was a part of Lena’s protection detail but an attempt on Lena’s life left Gideon struggling to survive. Fast forward to present day, Gideon owns his own security training company on the family farm but has never forgotten the woman he left behind. Another attempt on Lena’s life finds Gideon pulled back into the world of personal protection but this time, Lena will living on the James’ family ranch, bringing our couple up close and personal. Lena is struggling to find herself on the James’ family ranch in the face of guilt and blame by the people who love our story line hero. As the days and weeks pass, a detente of sorts follows wherein Lena and Gideon act on their attraction but betrayal will once again find our heroine, and our couple are torn apart by the people in charge.

The world building focuses on the protection of our story line heroine. Someone is taking aim at the president’s daughter, a young woman who only wants to live her life, a woman determined to prove she is capable and worthy. In hiding and under the security of Gideon James, Lena finds herself falling for a man who placed himself in the direct line of fire.

The relationship between Lena and Gideon begins as an assignment that turns to friendship then more. Lena has lusted after Gideon since the first day they met, and our heroine was determined to make up for lost time. Five years apart, wherein secrets and lies kept our couple separated would culminate in a new assignment, one that would bring out couple together. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters include Gideon’s brother Ryker James and his wife Willow, as well as Willow’s nephew Aidan.We are introduced to the head of the secret service Bishop, Agent Richie; Madam President, and Lena’s best friend Chelsie.The requisite evil has many faces.

SAFE KEEPING is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is emotional and captivating; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined, protective and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Proby is the author of the bestselling With Me In Seattle and Love Under the Big Sky series. She has a passion for a good love story and strong, humorous characters with a strong sense of loyalty and family. Her men are the alpha type; fiercely protective and a bit bossy, and her ladies are fun, strong, and not afraid to stand up for themselves. Kristen lives in Montana with her husband and their four pets, where she enjoys coffee, chocolate and sunshine. And naps.