The Guardian

<p><strong>The last time a man broke my heart it was my daughter's father when he disappeared from our lives. So the last thing I'm interested in is an alpha with a chip on his shoulder who only sees me as a damsel in distress.</strong></p><p>Alex Rockwell isn't just a playboy with a charming smile and a mouth that will make you blush. He's a trained assassin that has become my shadow.</p><p>Leaving behind my prestigious job as chief legal counsel to pursue taking on a massive class action suit against one of the most powerful companies in New York has put a target on my back.<br>One that could not only destroy my career but also our lives.</p><p>So at the insistence of my best friend's husband I hire his security firm The Four Forces.<br>Just my luck I'm assigned to the one former Special Forces agent with a reputation that would put Casanova to shame.</p><p>What I thought would just be a quick check of my surroundings and installing a few cameras has turned into a full blown assignment.<br>One that has me questioning everything when my ten year old daughter finds a kindred spirit in him.</p><p>After my experience with men I promised myself I'd never trust one again.<br>But Alex is nothing like the men I've known.<br>He's rugged and rough around the edges with nothing to prove and no desire to stick around.</p><p>He likes pushing my boundaries in ways I never imagined.<br>And the truth is...I like it.</p><p>But behind the delicious stolen moments we try to keep hidden from everyone I can see he's more than his reputation.<br>He's hurting just like me.</p><p><strong>One thing he's made clear...he doesn't do forever.</strong><br><strong>I'm merely an assignment for him a convenience and he's just a distraction for me.</strong><br><strong>After all he was hired to protect us not put my heart back together.</strong></p>