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61) The bodyguard
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A collection of three paranormal romantic suspense stories features Lorie O'Clare's "Hunting Temptation," in which Seth, while on the trail of a man-eating werewolf, catches a beautiful woman in his trap.
Author
Series
Porter family novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When NFL star Gray Fowler is assigned a bodyguard out of concern over death threats, he is indignant to find that his protector is a woman half his size. But he soon discovers that former marine Dru Porter is very capable as danger surrounds them both.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The daughter of notorious, high-profile thief Bobby Rose, journalist Sophie Rose leaves her job at a major Chicago newspaper for a small local paper, but when she stumbles into the middle of a bizarre story, she follows the trail of the mystery north to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, accompanied by a bodyguard, Jack Prescott, a sexy FBI agent.
64) Against the sun
Author
Series
Raines of Wind Canyon volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused...in more ways than one. A savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than to take some hired...
Author
Series
Sandman Slim volume 2
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
While acting as a bodyguard for Lucifer and wooing a former French porn star, half-human fallen angel Stark is bitten by one of the many zombies roaming the countryside. This causes his human side to die and turns him into an emotionless killing machine. The condition has a cure-- should he choose to take it.
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From the moment his eyes meet hers across the crime-scene tape, ex-con turned bodyguard Quasar Patterson knows he has to see mysterious Dr. Randi Fuller again. She's a renowned psychic investigator who can foresee danger for others, but not for herself. That makes Quasar doubly determined to watch over her - the closer, the better - as she's drawn into a dangerous gang rivalry.
Author
Series
Bannon and Clare volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Emma Bannon, forensic sorceress in the service of the Empire, has a mission: to protect Archibald Clare, a failed, unregistered mentath. His skills of deduction are legendary, and her own sorcery is not inconsiderable. Unfortunately, they can barely tolerate each other..."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Crush novels (Phoef Sutton) volume 2
Publisher
Prospect Park Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When Rachel Fury, a con-artist friend who'd vanished for a couple of years after a big scam, reappears in Hollywood under a new name as a glitzy movie star, she hires Crush as a bodyguard, and he quickly gets drawn into a criminal mess that requires all his brawn, skill, and savvy to negotiate."--
69) Dash of peril
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
To bring down a sleazy abduction ring, Lieutenant Margaret "Margo" Peterson has set herself up as bait. But recruiting Dashiel Riske as her unofficial partner is a whole other kind of danger. Dash is six feet four inches of laid-back masculine charm, a man who loves life -- and women -- to the limit. Until Margo is threatened, and he reveals a dark side that may just match her own ... Beneath Margo's tough facade is a slow-burning sexiness that drives...
70) Armored
Author
Series
Joshua Duffy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing part of his left leg, former bodyguard Joshua Duffy takes a job as a mall cop to support his family, but runs into an old friend who has a much more intriguing job offer, to join a mission into the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico to broker peace between the drug cartels in the region.
Joshua Duffy was a Close Protection Agent -- a professional bodyguard, and one of the world's elite operatives -- until his last mission in Lebanon. He...
72) His to protect
Author
Series
Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2134
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Connie Shaw witnesses a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, security specialist Trace Halstead makes himself her personal protection detail. Days and nights together make it impossible for Connie and Trace to resist the attraction burning between them. But Connie doesn't know which she fears more ... the threat from the man who wants to end her life or the love of the man trying to save it?"--Back cover.
73) Dream eyes
Author
Series
Dark legacy volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gwen Frazier is no stranger to ghosts. She sees them in pools of water, windows, mirrors -- any reflective surface -- at the scene of violent deaths. But finding justice for the dead is something she's not trained to do and a luxury she can't afford. What pays the bills is her work as a psychic counselor who sees auras and interprets dreams. The death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger, brings Gewn back to the small town of Wilby, Oregon,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In the sweltering heat of New Orleans, former Special Forces soldier turned bodyguard Charlie Fox faces her toughest challenge yet. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has woken from a gunshot-induced coma with his memory in tatters. Working with Sean again was never going to be easy for Charlie but a celebrity fundraising event in aid of still-ravaged areas of New Orleans should have been the ideal opportunity for them both to take things nice and slow....
75) Fiancé by Friday
Author
Series
Weekday brides volume 3
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Gwen Harrison, the beautiful daughter of an English duke, came to America to take over her sister-in-law's matchmaking business. But just because she's the boss doesn't mean she can't fantasize about making her own perfect match with bodyguard Neil MacBain. Neil, the retired Marine, can't deny the effect blue-blooded Gwen has on his troubled soul or his battle-hardened body. But as a client, Gwen is off limits, until a threat from Neil's past returns...
76) His to defend
Author
Series
Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2166
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Amina Kelly broke Sergeant Maxwell Layton's heart when she married his best friend. But the detective never forgot her...or the sizzling attraction they never acted on. Years later, while Maxwell and Amina work together to find her ex's killer, Maxwell finds his desire for the nurse stronger than ever. As he puts his life on the line to keep Amina safe, Maxwell realizes that the greatest risk of all might be to his heart.
78) Impostors
Author
Series
Impostors (Scott Westerfeld) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In a world that is rapidly descending into chaos, Frey and Rafi are twin sisters, but few people know of Frey's existence, because she has been raised to be her sister's body double and lethal bodyguard, while Rafi has been raised to further the family's political power--but when their father sends Frey in her sister's place as collateral in a tricky deal, Col, the son of a rival leader, gets close enough to begin to suspect something, and Frey must...
79) High-risk rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the shadow of Mt. Rainier her life hangs in the balance. Surviving a shoot-out is not how Hannah Kahn planned to start her new job. But when her boss is killed, the shooters think she knows something and make her their next mark. She'll have to rely on Ayden Honor -- her boss's bodyguard and her ex -- to outrun the mysterious mercenaries now intent on chasing her. And the secret she's kept from him must finally come to light.
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