An alien encounters earth and falls in love with our world. Choosing to stay against the wishes of its mother, it picks the body of Elizabeth and quietly helps humanity. She becomes a doctor and does various charity projects and whatever else she can to make the world a better place. As an asteroid approaches Earth, Elizabeth must step into the spotlight and save the world. Will the unwanted fame and affairs of the heart prevent her from saving the planet she’s loved for centuries? Guardian: Into the Light of Day is a creatively written superhero novel that is full of contrasting characters. JL Meredith packs this novel with thrilling fight scenes, witty dialogue, and steamy romance. If you love comics or superhero movies, this is right up your alley!

I love Guardian! She’s strong, sassy, and smart. Her symbiote is my favorite part! It is ingenious, adds fun, and helps Elizabeth with her brilliant disguises. Guardian has incredible fight scenes that had me at the edge of my chair. I also blushed with Elizabeth on her dates, which were flirty, fun, and extra steamy! I loved the balance of action and romance. JL Meredith interspersed the romance to give me a place to breathe between the suspenseful fight scenes. I did hold my breath and cross my fingers, hoping Elizabeth’s love life would succeed. I enjoyed the diversity in the characters. They were from all around the world and it was an adventure.

Guardian: Into the Light of Day by J.L. Meredith is a superhero novel that revolves around a woman who, at the time the story is being told, goes by the name of Elizabeth. Her actual name is Guardian. Guardian has been flying circles around the earth for eight centuries, saving people from smallish scale whoopsies to potential end-of-humanity meteorite situations. It is during one of the latter that her centuries of anonymity collapses and she becomes well known the world over. Pandemonium ensues on opposite ends of the spectrum. Guardian is cautiously accepted by many, equally distrusted by others, treated with the same furore one would expect as a woman who is perhaps the biggest celebrity of all time and, by a few, she is violently hated and wished dead. This extends to the people who surround her, both friends and lovers. But when the woman who oversees the safety of the world is confronted by an overseer of another kind, Guardian's power is truly put to the test in more ways than one.

“You are a nuclear bomb that needs to be monitored...”
“I think the term you want is bombshell, Colonel...”

Guardian: Into the Light of Day is a well-written, fast-paced story with plenty of action and just the right amount of drama. J.L. Meredith balances these elements effectively and brings Guardian to life in a vivid way. None of these is easy to achieve in an action-romance novel without a superhero making Meredith's ability a testament to their skill as a writer. Superhero stories are never going to have a run of the mill plot and subplots, so readers familiar with the genre will be delighted by interactions in the personal, private and professional space that race over the top. Guardian is a woman with power that transcends the physical strength we know she possesses and is also reflected in her self-confidence and assuredness. To me, where Meredith excels is in the social ramifications raised by the public at large regarding Guardian and her role, which are really interesting. At one point in an interview, Guardian is peppered with questions about who she is accountable to. Sure, we know Guardian because we are in her head but nobody else does. She is effectively an otherworldly being whose power is unknown and unchecked, and is—in no uncertain terms—in control of what happens on Earth. On a human level that is terrifying. It is also a compelling undercurrent that deserves further exploration. The book ends without a cliff-hanger and with the potential for more to come, and I look forward to seeing what Meredith gives us next.