How To Tempt A Bodyguard

Steamy Victorian, Alpha Male, Bodyguard Romance

His job was to deliver her. His mistake was tasting her first.

Former prize fighter turned bodyguard Matthew Collins knows three things: fight to the death, be loyal, and keep his mouth shut.

Then Lady Florence Archer opens hers—and doesn't stop.

By day, she's a marquess's sister, a lady. By night, she's Madam Tansley—spymaster, rescuer of fallen women, and the most wanted woman in England. She hires him to escort her to Scotland. What she doesn't mention: they're heading toward her enemy, not away. Because she's the prize the devil's been promised.

Matthew's job is simple. Deliver her safely. Keep his hands to himself. Don't fall for the woman.

He fails. Spectacularly. Repeatedly. Every night.

In bed, they're a revelation—his filthy mouth the perfect match for her inelegant passion. Bodies tangled, rules shattered, flames high enough to burn them both. But hearts? Those stay guarded.

Until they don't.

Now protecting her isn't enough. He wants to keep her. And that's a problem because the devil expects her delivered, not devoured.

How does a bodyguard tell his client he'd rather die than let her go?

• Steamy scenes - 6 (open door)
• Enemies to lovers
• Instalust
• Forced proximity
• Only one bed
• Marriage of convenience
• Praise kink/Worship
• Hidden identity
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Touch her and die
• Class difference