by Julie Murphy
Part of Christmas Notch
First published 2024
Krysta Morton has four simple rules for her bodyguard work. No wandering alone. No secrets. No romantic involvement with clients. No olives. This cruise job with singer turned influencer Addison Hayes will be her last before she trades security work for a normal office job. The pay is too good to refuse. Krysta needs the money to move her grandmother into the best senior living facility in town, complete with pickleball courts and juice bar. Addison Hayes has transformed her B-list celebrity status into a lifestyle empire. She's launching her first branded cruise while overseeing the debut of The Lion and the Lamb, her Twilight inspired musical. Addison assumes her stern new bodyguard despises her completely. But when a shore excursion turns unexpectedly intimate, Krysta's professional facade begins to crack. The heat between them threatens everything Krysta thought she wanted from her future.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, romantic, tension-filled, witty
Tropes: bodyguard-romance, forced-proximity, professional-boundaries, slow-burn
Setting: cruise ship
144 pages · Kindle Edition · Avon Impulse