First published 2001
Mike Blackburn knows danger intimately, but suburban life threatens to undo him completely. The wounded operative must heal in an unfamiliar world of school pickups and neighborhood barbecues under the care of a single mother who sees past his guarded exterior. Meanwhile, art authenticator Annie Morrow discovers that her new bodyguard Pete Peterson brings complications she never anticipated. Two women find themselves drawn to men whose lives revolve around protecting others, even as these hardened professionals struggle with vulnerabilities they've spent years hiding. This collection pairs Susan Mallery's The Bodyguard & Ms. Jones with Suzanne Brockmann's Hero Under Cover, exploring what happens when those trained to shield others must learn to open their own hearts.
Genres: romance, suspense, contemporary-romance, bodyguard-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, found-family
512 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Silhouette