Download or read book The Bodyguard Book 2 a Gay Detective Romance written by X. Aratare and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Artifact is a gay detective romance series from Raythe Reign. The books contain a sexy bodyguard, his determined young client, an ancient golden sarcophagus, and unsolved mysteries in both their pasts...Dane Gareis thought that he would be broken forever - unable to be touched by any man after surviving a terrible assault. But everything changed the moment that Sean Harding became his bodyguard. Though now he faces more danger than ever with the evil Ydrath seeking his life, with Sean by his side and guarding his back he's determined to no longer be ruled by fear.Sean Harding believed he would always be haunted by the death of his old team on the police force by the mysterious Scarred Man. But now he is ruled by a passion to keep the beautiful and brilliant Dane Gareis safe from the Ydrath at all costs. His past, however, is not so easily escaped.The danger he and Dane face is connected to the Powder that nearly took his life, but left him with inexplicable powers.Raythe Reign produces escapist, romantic M/M shifter, fantasy, scifi, adventure, and urban fantasy books and graphic novels.
Download or read book Model Bodyguard written by Lissa Kasey and published by Lissa Kasey. This book was released on 2019-09-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a rock star is marked for murder, he demands a bodyguard. After a decade in the Marine Corps, Kade thought he’d be ready for anything. Assigned to guard Ollie’s ex-boyfriend and rock star, Jacob, is a test of his willpower. Minor threats and blackmail turn quickly to murder and extortion when money is on the line. Jacob wants to hang up his career, or at least the family controlling his life, but the death of his assistant unearths a long list of secrets, lies, and long-term abuse. Kade is determined to not let Jacob back into their lives, but realizes the safest place to hide him from a would-be killer is in their own house. An opportunity Jacob sees as a chance to get back into Ollie’s good graces. Can Kade find and stop the killer before he is forced to put Jacob out of all of their misery? Note This MM romance features a tattooed ex-Marine, a former model with a passion for manties and sticking his nose into mysteries, a snarky, emotionally damaged rock star, a cat known for defying gravity, and too many murders to count. Second Edition. This series is best read in order.
Download or read book Hold Close written by Sue Brown and published by One Hat Press. This book was released on with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ll get down on my knees if I have to, Daddy.” Louis knows only one bodyguard he can trust to take care of him after a vicious assault. He's prepared to go to his knees and beg his former Daddy to help him. But will Craig listen? After his relationship with Louis ended, Craig ran away so he’d never have to face his boy again. But when Louis pleads for his help, Craig has a tough decision to make; risk his heart being broken for a second time or turn away from the man who needs him. In Craig’s head, Louis is a client in danger. In his heart, Louis is his boy. In his hands, Louis is his world. Will Louis and Craig grasp their second chance in love, or will they walk away from each other at the end of the assignment? If you like a passionate second chance romance and reverse age gap daddy/boy relationship, Hold Close is for you.
Download or read book The Bodyguard Book 1 M M Supernatural Mystery written by X. Aratare and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dane Gareis is a wealthy, reclusive young man with a traumatic past, but a spine of steel. When his father, Julius Gareis, is killed in a mysterious plane crash, Dane carries on the family business and continues his passion for the very antiquity that got his father murdered -- a golden sarcophagus belonging to an ancient cult known as the Ydrath. Soon, the Ydrath threaten him as well, and Dane seeks to hire a bodyguard he can trust. Someone who can protect him, and someone who will respect his boundaries. While he gets the first two, the third requirement falls apart when he hires Sean Harding. Sean Harding is an ex-detective with a sixth sense for danger. After his entire unit was murdered in a drug bust gone very wrong, he is a broken man who thinks only of revenge until he takes the job protecting the Gareis CEO. Sean's attraction to the vulnerable Dane gives him new purpose, but his past is not escaped so easily, and his sixth sense tells him that there is more to the Ydrath than even Dane knows. This is the first book in a supernatural/paranormal mysteries series. A lot more to come!
Download or read book The Last Sun written by K.D. Edwards and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family's death and the torments of his past?
Download or read book His Irish Detective written by Summer Devon and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colm Kelly, a popular constable, is happy to be a big fish in his little pond of an Irish village--until his secret sin is revealed by his best friend. Overnight, his happy life is ruined. He loses his job, and even his family, and flees to England.Colm might get another chance in London as an inquiry agent. His first job: watch the honorable Q.R. Marrill, the next heir apparent to a fortune, who lives under a cloud of family deaths. It's unclear if Marrill is the perpetrator or the next victim of a killer who has struck before. Colm must discover the truth, and the best way to do that is to act as the man's valet, a menial job Colm is ill-suited for. Worse, the young gentleman is nothing like Colm's image of an aristocrat and more like his idea of perfection. He has no desire to ruin his life again with unwelcome passion.The bookish Quade Marrill, fourth son of a wealthy landowner, has led a contented solitary life in London separate from his family. But as his family members die one by one, he becomes heir. Even as he mourns his dead brothers, uncle, and cousin, he wonders if the deaths were more than bad luck. Someone sinister might be on the hunt, and he would be the main suspect The only way to discover the truth is to allow the alarmingly intrusive Colm Kelly into his life. * *This book is the second in a series. Patrick Kelly, a hero in His American Detective, is Colm's annoying cousin--and now his employer.
Download or read book Dangerous Recall written by Tyler Anne Snell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unidentified body. A vulnerable client. And a bodyguard pushed to extremes. Protecting people is Mack Atwood’s job. But when a mysterious murder leaves Aiden Riggs in danger, the determined bodyguard will go off book to keep the quick-witted computer genius safe. Neither is prepared for the heated chemistry flaring between them—even as a killer closes in. Until Mack realizes Aiden’s case is directly connected to shared events from both their pasts… From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.
Download or read book Guarding Morgan written by RJ Scott and published by Love Lane Books Limited. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morgan Drake witnesses a murder in an alleyway. He is the only person who can give evidence in prosecuting the cop responsible for the crime. When the FBI safe house where he’s being held is compromised, he follows the instructions of his agent in charge and runs. Nik Valentinov works for Sanctuary, a foundation that offers witness protection when FBI security is questionable. When Morgan's handler sends him to Nik for safety, neither Morgan nor Nik could imagine that two weeks alone in a cabin in the woods could start something more. Something way more than just trying to keep Morgan alive. Something that makes their heart race more than danger. Love.
Download or read book Simple Justice written by John Morgan Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1994, an election year when violent crime is rampant, voters want action, and politicians smell blood. When a Latino teenager confesses to the murder of a pretty-boy cokehead outside a gay bar in L.A., the cops consider the case closed. But Benjamin Justice, a disgraced former reporter for the Los Angeles Times, sees something in the jailed boy others don't. His former editor, Harry Brofsky, now toiling at the rival Los Angeles Sun, pries Justice from his alcoholic seclusion to help neophyte reporter Alexandra Templeton dig deeper into the story. But why would a seemingly decent kid confess to a brutal gang initiation killing if he wasn't guilty? And how can Benjamin Justice possibly be trusted, given his central role in the Pulitzer scandal that destroyed his career? Snaking his way through shadowy neighborhoods and dubious suspects, he's increasingly haunted by memories of his lover Jacques, whose death from AIDS six years earlier precipitated his fall from grace. As he unravels emotionally, Templeton attempts to solve the riddle of his dark past and ward off another meltdown as they race against a critical deadline to uncover and publish the truth.
Download or read book Cinders Ashes Book 2 written by X Aratare and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gay Retelling of Cinderella.Trapped beyond the Wall, Finn and Rohan discover what they will sacrifice for one another.King Rohan must seek aid from the cruel Fae to heal the mortally-wounded Finn. He and Serxio travel to the nearest settlement. But Rohan discovers they are not the only humans on the Fae side of the Wall. Countless of his people have been enslaved to serve his enemies. And Rohan and Serxio join them after being captured.Now in the cradle of Fae territory, Finn's magic grows and draws him into a dark dream where everything he thinks he knows about himself and his heritage is challenged. When he senses danger to Rohan, Finn finds a way to heal himself and escape the dream.Finn and Leonid must find a way to save Rohan and Serxio. With danger coming from a hostile land and even more hostile people, Finn must choose between hiding his Fae blood and saving Rohan.NOTE: THIS NOVEL SERIES HAS CLIFFHANGERS! EVERY BOOK WILL END ON ONE. THAT'S MY NATURAL WRITING STYLE. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE CLIFFHANGERS, WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE SERIES IS PUBLISHED TO READ. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!X. Aratare writes gay paranormal romance with witches, vampires, magic, and mystery. Though some books may venture into dark territory, they will all have happy endings.
Download or read book Cinders Ashes Book 1 written by X Aratare and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gay Retelling of Cinderella.A human prince and a half-blood Fae meet their match in one another. Will they be soulmates or sworn enemies?Finn Ashton is cursed with ancient Fae blood. Once upon a time, to be a Fae was a blessing, but after Fae murdered the human king and queen, now all who show Fae magic risk exile or death. Finn lives in hiding with his cruel stepfather and stepbrothers, who offer protection in exchange for Finn acting as a servant at his own estate. Prince Rohan is blessed with a crown, but must save his kingdom from ruin. With his own lands languishing since the loss of Fae magic, a match with another human royal may be his people's salvation. But Rohan has always dreamed of marrying for love, like his parents. One day, battling monsters in the woods, Rohan stumbles upon a strange young commoner, Finn, who offers him something no royal ever can: true love. But will the secrets that Finn and Rohan keep from one another threaten the love they have, or even turn them into sworn enemies?NOTE: THIS NOVEL SERIES HAS CLIFFHANGERS! EVERY BOOK WILL END ON ONE. THAT'S MY NATURAL WRITING STYLE. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE CLIFFHANGERS, WAIT UNTIL THE WHOLE SERIES IS PUBLISHED TO READ. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT! X. Aratare writes gay paranormal romance with witches, vampires, magic, and mystery. Though some books may venture into dark territory, they will all have happy endings.
Download or read book Inside Affair written by Ella Frank and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: XanderIf I had to describe Sean Bailey, it would be: a surly, temperamental pain in my ass. Never in that equation would I ever include the word boyfriend-and not just because he's straight. The older brother of my life-long best friend, Sean is a detective for the Chicago PD, and is also known as Detective "Dick" for being...well, a surly, temperamental pain in everyone's ass. He also happens to be the best they have, which is why I find myself on his doorstep the night my life is threatened by an anonymous stalker. I only wanted the name of a bodyguard; I didn't expect for Sean to volunteer for the job. Now, not only do I have a bodyguard, I also have a fake boyfriend. SeanIt must be so hard to be Alexander Thorne, the number one prime-time news anchor in the country, with millions of dollars and a car that costs more than my house. I mean, I'm allowed to give him a hard time about it, but when some creep decides to cross the line and go after him, they're gonna have to answer to me.Going undercover has never been an issue in the past, so I don't see why there'd be a problem now. Xander and I have known each other for years, so this should be a breeze. Except suddenly my stomach's flipping when he looks my way, and my body comes alive whenever he brushes by me. I know I'm good at my job and playing a character and all, but this is getting out of hand. I can't be sure that either of us are playing anymore.*********Inside Affair is book one of the Prime Time series and is not a standalone. Book two, Breaking News, will release 7.27.20, followed by the final book, Headlines, on 9.28.20.
Download or read book Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard written by Jonathan Auxier and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been two years since Peter Nimble and Sir Tode rescued the kingdom of HazelPort. In that time, they have traveled far and wide in search of adventure. Now they have been summoned by Professor Cake for a new mission: To find a twelve-year-old bookmender named Sophie Quire. Sophie knows little beyond the four walls of her father’s bookshop, where she repairs old books and dreams of escaping the confines of her dull life. But when a strange boy and his talking cat/horse companion show up with a rare and mysterious book, she finds herself pulled into an adventure beyond anything she has ever read.
Download or read book The Bodyguard written by Katherine Center and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is “My perfect 10 of a book. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. A shot of pure joy.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers She’s got his back. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. Or a ballpoint pen. Or a dinner napkin. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker. He’s got her heart. Jack Stapleton’s a household name—captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. They’ve got a secret. When Jack’s mom gets sick, he goes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah—against her will and her better judgment—finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Even though her ex, says no one will believe it. What could possibly go wrong? Hannah hardly believes it, herself. But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. And there lies the heartbreak. Because it’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own, long-neglected heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done. “Great rollicking fun! Prepare to laugh and swoon and grin your pants off.”—Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author of The Heart Principle "Absolutely, unequivocally delightful!"—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here
Download or read book The Devil You Know Quentin Security Bodyguard Romance 2 written by Morgan James and published by Morgan James. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't miss Blake and Victoria's story, a steamy opposites attract romantic suspense from USA Today bestselling author Morgan James. Ten years ago, Victoria managed to outwit her captor and escape the man who killed her best friend. Far away from her hometown and now living under an assumed identity, she thought she was finally safe—until a chilling phone call confirms her worst fear... the killer is back. For years he's been one step behind her, watching, waiting for the right time. He taunts her, stealing her security and the life she's built for herself. But there’s one thing he didn’t count on: me. Victoria is mine to protect now, and I'll stop at nothing to keep her safe. *The Devil You Know is the second standalone in the Quentin Security Series. There are no cliffhangers, no cheating, and each book ends with a happily-ever-after! #1 Twisted Devil – Jason and Chloe #2 The Devil You Know – Blake and Victoria #3 Devil in the Details – Xander and Lydia #4 Devil in Disguise – Gavin and Kate #5 Heart of a Devil – Vince and Jana #6 Tempting the Devil – Clay and Abby #7 Devilish Intent – Con and Grace Blake and Victoria's story is perfect for readers who love alpha heroes, smart and sassy heroines, bodyguard romance, opposites attract, slow burn, forbidden love with a dash of suspense, plenty of steam, and a deeply protective hero.
Download or read book The Husband Gambit written by L.A. Witt and published by GallagherWitt. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marry me for 1 year. Payment: $1.2 million. Hayden Somerset is convinced the ad is a joke, but he responds anyway because, hello, $1.2 million. He’s broke, living in a tiny apartment with two roommates, and exhausted from praying his ancient car survives just one more week. His skyrocketing rent and crushing student loans aren’t helping either. At this point, there isn’t much Hayden wouldn’t do for that kind of cash. The ad isn’t a joke. Jesse Ambrose is absolutely serious. His father, the charismatic patriarch of a powerful Hollywood dynasty, has his eye on politics, and he’s counting on California’s liberals and progressives to elect him. But Jesse knows what his father believes when cameras and voters aren’t around. As the election looms, he’ll do anything to force the man’s hand and show the public who Isaac Ambrose really is. Anything, including marrying a stranger so his father will make good on his promise to disown Jesse if he ever takes a husband. Now he just has to wait for his father to take the bait… and try not to accidentally fall in love with his fake husband. The Husband Gambit is a fun standalone contemporary m/m romance with a fake marriage, class differences, and all the feels.
Download or read book Everyone Is Beautiful written by Katherine Center and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hugely entertaining, poignant, and charming novel about what happens after happily ever after—from the New York Timesbestselling author of How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire “Everyone Is Beautiful is for every woman who has ever struggled to find, hold on to, and nurture authenticity in the midst of that wild, messy, wonderful thing called motherhood.”—Brené Brown Lanie Coates’s life is spinning out of control. She’s piled everything she owns into a U-Haul and driven with her husband, Peter, and their three little boys from their cozy Texas home to a multiflight walkup in Boston. She’s left behind family and friends—all so her husband can realize his dream of becoming a professional musician. But somewhere in the eye of her personal hurricane, it hits Lanie that she once had dreams too . . . if only she could remember what they were. These days, Lanie always seems to prioritize herself last—and when another mom accidentally assumes she’s pregnant, it’s the final straw. Fifteen years, three babies, and more pounds than she’s willing to count since the day she said “I do,” Lanie longs desperately to feel like her old self again. It’s time to rise up, fish her moxie out of the diaper pail, and find the woman she was before motherhood consumed her entire existence. Lanie sets change in motion—joining a gym, signing up for photography classes, and finding a new best friend. But she also creates waves that come to threaten her whole life. Balancing motherhood and me-time, marriage and independence, and supporting loved ones while also realizing her own dreams, Lanie must figure out once and for all how to find herself without losing everything else in the process.
