The Bodyguard Next Door: Bodyguard Alpha-Male, Possessive Ex-Military Protector Hero, Age-gap, Grumpy vs Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Fast Burn, Neighbour, Small Town Romance
By Frankie Fox
I thought my boutique was a safe haven. Until a break-in shattered my security and left me completely exposed.
My neighbor, Jack Doyle, didn’t give me a choice. He’s an ex-military operative turned elite bodyguard, with arms like chiseled stone and a severe, unyielding patience that terrifies the rest of the neighborhood. He is brutally quiet, freshly moved back to town, and completely allergic to small talk.
But the moment he steps into my broken boutique, his cold military discipline com...
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I thought my boutique was a safe haven. Until a break-in shattered my security and left me completely exposed.
My neighbor, Jack Doyle, didn’t give me a choice. He’s an ex-military operative turned elite bodyguard, with arms like chiseled stone and a severe, unyielding patience that terrifies the rest of the neighborhood. He is brutally quiet, freshly moved back to town, and completely allergic to small talk.
But the moment he steps into my broken boutique, his cold military discipline completely cracks.
Jack insists that I’m not staying alone for a single night. What starts as a tense evening on his sofa quickly blurs into slow mornings over dark coffee, where the quiet teasing between us feels like exquisite foreplay. He is supposed to be keeping watch. He is supposed to be the professional line between me and danger.
But I smell like jasmine and trouble, and Jack is done fighting his dark, possessive instincts.
When the threat outside escalates, he moves me to a secure location for "safety." One bed. One week. Zero distance. Trapped inside his gilded cage, the fire that’s been simmering between us explodes into a high-heat, praise-heavy surrender. He treats the entire world like a mission, but behind closed doors, he worships my body like I am his absolute religion.
The danger outside is closing in, but with a warrior like Jack shielding me, I’ve never felt safer. He will eliminate any threat that stands in our way—because once this man claims you, he never lets you go.
The Bodyguard Next Door is a standalone, ultra-steamy, neighbor age-gap romance featuring a possessive ex-military protector hero, an independent boutique-owner heroine, and a forced-proximity, one-bed dynamic that will melt your Kindle. Includes extreme "good girl" praise, protective alpha elements, and a guaranteed, loud HEA with zero cliffhangers.
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