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Under Pressure: Includes a Bonus Story (Body Armor, 1) Mass Market Paperback – January 24, 2017

by Lori Foster (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 970 ratings
Editors' pick Best Romance
He can protect anything except his heart

Leese Phelps's road hasn't been an easy one, but it's brought him to the perfect job—working for the elite Body Armor security agency. And what his newest assignment lacks in size, she makes up for in fire and backbone. But being drawn to Catalina Nicholson is a dangerous complication, especially since it could be the very man who hired Leese who's threatening her.

What Catalina knows could get her killed. But who'd believe the sordid truth about her powerful stepfather? Beyond Leese's ripped body and brooding gaze is a man of impeccable honor. He's the last person she expects to trust—and the first who's ever made her feel safe. And he's the only one who can help her expose a deadly secret, if they can just stay alive long enough…
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  1. Book 1 of 4
    Body Armor
  2. Print length
    480 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    HQN
  5. Publication date
    January 24, 2017
  6. Dimensions
    4.22 x 1.28 x 6.53 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0373789939
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0373789931
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"Launching the Body Armor contemporary romantic suspense series, bestseller Foster pulls out all the stops with precise plotting and deep characters." - Publishers Weekly

"Romantic thriller veteran Foster has been honing her skill for a long time, and it's clear she's at the top of her game here. Readers will find themselves, along with her colorful cast of supporting characters, rooting for a happy-ever-after." - Kirkus Reviews

"Foster writers an action-packed story that has everything her reader have come to love about her books.... Foster continues to prove why she is a mega-talent in the romance world!" -RT Book Reviews TOP PICK

"Ms. Foster is one of the best in the business for a reason...every book delivers the perfect mix of suspense, story and sex for fans of just about any genre. Under Pressure, the first in the Body Armor series (a spinoff of the Ultimate series) is just as great as everything she does." - The Romance Reviews

About the Author

Lori Foster is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with books from a variety of publishers, including Berkley/Jove, Kensington, St. Martin's, Harlequin and Silhouette. Lori has been a recipient of the prestigious RT Book Reviews Career Achievement Award for Series Romantic Fantasy, and for Contemporary Romance. For more about Lori, visit her Web site at www.lorifoster.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HQN
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 24, 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Original
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0373789939
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0373789931
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.22 x 1.28 x 6.53 inches
  • Book 1 of 4 ‏ : ‎ Body Armor
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 970 ratings

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Lori Foster

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Lori Foster is a New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author.

She has received the Romantic Times “Career Achievement Award” for Series Romantic Fantasy and for Contemporary Romance;

Amazon’s top-selling romance title for Too Much Temptation;

Amazon’s Top Ten editors’ picks in romance for Causing Havoc;

Waldenbooks’ second “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance for Say No To Joe;

BGI group’s “Bestselling Original Contemporary” romance for the The Secret Life of Bryan, “Bestselling Romantic Comedy” for Jude’s Law, and “Bestselling Romantic Suspense” for Back in Black;

Plus Amazon’s #1 Editors’ Pick in Romance for Servant: The Acceptance.

Lori has been featured as a clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle, and the USA Today “Quick Cross” puzzle.

To give back to the community, Lori does an annual “benefit” book where all advance and royalties go to a charity: http://lorifoster.com/benefit-books/

She also hosts the annual “Reader & Author Get Together,” facilitating major interaction between readers, authors, and industry professionals while also donating all proceeds from raffles to local charities. http://readerauthorgettogether.com/

You can find out more about Lori's books at her website LoriFoster.com

Listen to her books on Audible: http://tinyurl.com/LoriFosterAudible

Lori enjoys visiting with readers. Find her at her various social media sites.

Facebook Fan page: https://www.facebook.com/lorifoster/

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Newsletter: http://lorifoster.com/newsletter/

YouTube video channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/lorifosterauthor/

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Customers find this book to be a fantastic suspenseful love story with a tightly woven plot and enough twists to keep them guessing. The characters are well-developed and feel real, while the book features hot chemistry and humor throughout. Customers appreciate the book as a great start to a new series, with one customer noting it can be read as a standalone.

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46 customers mention "Readability"46 positive0 negative

Customers find the book engaging and well worth the wait, keeping readers interested from start to finish.

"A feel good love story that was enjoyable...." Read more

"This book was so good, I read it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down!..." Read more

"...The Read is fast, entertaining and provocative. You think about the characters even after you are finished and you KINDLE is on its charger. LOL" Read more

"...A great start to a new series by Lori Foster! A must read!! New characters and some old!" Read more

29 customers mention "Story quality"29 positive0 negative

Customers praise the tightly woven suspenseful plot of the book, describing it as an action-packed thrill ride with enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing.

"A feel good love story that was enjoyable...." Read more

"...Sahara is the boss of Body Armor and she is pretty unconventional and highly entertaining, I enjoyed how she seems to pull the whole thing together...." Read more

"...The story is packed with action, sizzle, and enough twists and turns to keep me guessing...." Read more

"...This is a love story between Leese and Catalina. Love hits him hard and unexpectedly...." Read more

19 customers mention "Character development"17 positive2 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, finding them very real, with one customer noting they can be read as standalones.

"Lori Foster is a great author. All her books I have read were very good." Read more

"...Great cast of support characters and plenty of fodder to feed many more books." Read more

"...Interesting characters except for the really bad guy, he was a walking cliche...." Read more

"...They are diverse and wonderful. Strong and vulnerable at the same time. Brave and sassy and sexy...." Read more

7 customers mention "Chemistry"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the chemistry in the book, describing it as hot.

"...The attraction between Cat and Leese is immediate and hot and their romance is enjoyable reading...." Read more

"...guy or who is the good guy, but you do see read a lot of humor, steamy scenes and read a great story of Leese and Cat falling for each other...." Read more

"...The chemistry level is scorching hot. The plot keeps us on edge. Loved getting updates on characters too...." Read more

"...He is what you expect from a Foster hero. He's strong, hot, protective, respectful, and mindful of his own flaws...." Read more

7 customers mention "Series start"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy this book as a great start to a new series.

"...A great start to a new series by Lori Foster! A must read!! New characters and some old!" Read more

"...All in all this was a great start to what I can tell will be an awesome series." Read more

"...This was a great start to a new series while still including characters we know...." Read more

"...What a great new series for Lori. You'll get all the things you love and more. I am a huge fan and I cannot wait to get more from Lori Foster!!!" Read more

6 customers mention "Humor"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book entertaining.

"...is the boss of Body Armor and she is pretty unconventional and highly entertaining, I enjoyed how she seems to pull the whole thing together...." Read more

"...The Read is fast, entertaining and provocative. You think about the characters even after you are finished and you KINDLE is on its charger. LOL" Read more

"...necessarily the bad guy or who is the good guy, but you do see read a lot of humor, steamy scenes and read a great story of Leese and Cat falling..." Read more

"...as the woman who knows to trust no one this book will entice and entertain you...." Read more

5 customers mention "Strength"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the strength of the book, describing it as both strong and vulnerable.

"...As for the female characters. They are diverse and wonderful. Strong and vulnerable at the same time. Brave and sassy and sexy...." Read more

"...From the get go you just knew Leese and Cat were both strong willed and willing to do just about anything to get to the truth...." Read more

"...was all the hero I knew he could be and Catalina "Cat" was strong and sweet and also able to speak her mind and very brave in her own right...." Read more

"...He is what you expect from a Foster hero. He's strong, hot, protective, respectful, and mindful of his own flaws...." Read more

Top reviews from the United States

  • Jane Claypool
    5.0 out of 5 stars All books from Lori Foster are good.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2025
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    Lori Foster is a great author. All her books I have read were very good.
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  • Verde.Lady
    4.0 out of 5 stars good
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2024
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    A feel good love story that was enjoyable. With his protective instincts kicking in, Leese becomes emotionally involved with this assignment as a bodyguard. Cat becomes a target by witnessing a confession to murder and must be eliminated.
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  • Nikki Lawson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Under Pressure by Lori Foster
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2017
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    This book was so good, I read it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down! Leese has been working as a bodyguard for a year after retiring from being an MMA fighter. His next assignment is to protect Catalina, the daughter of a wealthy businessman from a unknown danger. From the get go things are more complicated then his boss originally told him, Cat is on the run from some very dangerous, powerful people who will do whatever it takes to keep her quiet. Adding to that, his attraction to Cat is off the charts and definitely against the rules, but Leese won't take advantage of a woman running for her life. His control is tested when Cat makes her attraction to him known and is hellbent on breaking his control, Leese is only a man, not a saint. Cat has feared for her life for months and though she only just met him, being with Leese has made her feel safer then she can ever remember being and the fact that he is super easy on the eyes doesn't hurt either. Cat knows who is after her but is afraid to tell Leese, their relationship has progressed so far beyond bodyguard and client and she doesn't want to endanger him anymore then he already is by just being with her. After an attack leaves several people injured and Leese with a gunshot wound, Cat has to tell him the truth about who is after her, she is done running and just wants her life back, one that will hopefully include Leese. I have been waiting for what seems like forever for this book!!! You get to see a little bit of Cannon and the rest of the guys for which I was excited to read. Sahara is the boss of Body Armor and she is pretty unconventional and highly entertaining, I enjoyed how she seems to pull the whole thing together. Justice's book is next and I will be waiting, maybe a bit impatiently, to read it, this series already promises to be just as good, if not better, then the MMA fighter series it was spun off from. Keep them coming!!
    *I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader copy of this book*
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  • Bonnie P
    5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of Action
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
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    MMA fighter turned body guard is hot. Leese is tough but has a big heart and unexpected feelings for the lady he’s set to guard. Catalina, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, is in danger and needs his protection but her fierce independent streak and distrust of everyone causes lots of bumps in the road. The story is packed with action, sizzle, and enough twists and turns to keep me guessing. Great cast of support characters and plenty of fodder to feed many more books.
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  • Gloriamarie Amalfitano
    3.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017
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    So I thought I'd read a mystery and this one was recommended to me. I enjoyed it, but I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read the series that this one evidently grew out of because there so many references to things that happened in the past.

    Interesting characters except for the really bad guy, he was a walking cliche. Some aspects of the plot were predictable but then someone lived who ought to have died and someone who ought to have been a bad guy isn't.
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  • grannygritsinsc
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2024
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    I enjoyed the novel but the novella was a bit pitiful. Could not finish it. But Leese and Cat were great!
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  • Kathryn Tesh
    5.0 out of 5 stars The new Body Armor series is off to a great start!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2017
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    I have been looking forward to this book, and Ms. Foster does not disappoint. I loved it!
    This is the first of four books in the new Body Armor series. Body Armor is the name of the bodyguard agency whose owner is hiring some of the MMA fighters we met in the Ultimate series. This is the story of Leese, who we met in Denver & Cherry’s book.
    Leese made a serious mistake in the Ultimate series and was given a second chance by those characters. Now he just has to prove to himself that he is worth another chance. The book also sets the stage for the series of four about the bodyguard agency. Although not intrusive, questions are raised which I expect will be answered over the course of the four books.
    This is a fast-paced adventure which, although part of a series, stands alone. Those who have enjoyed her other books will delight in seeing familiar characters, but most are secondary to the story.
    This is a love story between Leese and Catalina. Love hits him hard and unexpectedly. Cat is a tiny, fiery woman and he wants to protect her but she wants to stand on her own two feet. She has been doing it for a long time. Sparks fly between them in a romantic way, but also because Cat gets annoyed at Leese for thinking she cannot take care of herself or for thinking he can handle the bad guys without her help.
    I must admit I was startled when, just a few pages into the book, we met the bad guy – and his first name is Tesh. That has been my last name for over half my life, and I know a lot of Teshes, but I have never met one as a first name. Tesh Coleman is really a bad apple. Murder and rape are business as usual for him. He wants Cat for his own personal use, and his boss wants her dead. Leese and Cat and the Body Armor agency have their hands full protecting her.
    I was given a free copy of this book, but this review contains only my own thoughts.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
    Reviewed in Australia on February 8, 2017
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    An amazing story as always. Love all her books and this is no exception! Do yourself a favour and read this book :D
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  • Dymora
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... guards that we know from the previous books - Love it!
    Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2017
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    I have the serie of MMA fighters (SBC) of Lori Foster and now these security guards that we know from the previous books - Love it !
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  • jane tomlinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great condition.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2021
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    Great condition and a great story also the bonus story is good as well. Well worth buying.
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  • Tanya
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
    Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2019
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    Fantastic author. Recommend all her books. This one was incredible
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  • Gaylene Missere
    5.0 out of 5 stars N/A
    Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2019
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    Enjoy it
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