Guarding His Witness. Lisa Childs

      

      Protecting a murder witness...

       A brand-new Bachelor Bodyguards novel

      Former vice cop Clint Quarters is haunted by the memory of an informant he couldn’t save. And the victim’s devastated sister, Rosie Mendez, hasn’t forgiven him, either. But when the bodyguard must protect murder witness Rosie, the danger they face is only rivaled by the red-hot electricity between them. Can Clint keep Rosie safe, or will her testimony lead to certain death—for them both?

      Ever since LISA CHILDS read her first romance novel (a Mills & Boon story, of course) at age eleven, all she wanted was to be a romance writer. With over forty novels published with Mills & Boon, Lisa is living her dream. She is an award-winning, bestselling romance author. Lisa loves to hear from readers, who can contact her on Facebook, through her website, lisachilds.com, or her snail-mail address, PO Box 139, Marne, MI 49435.

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      Single Mom’s Bodyguard

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      The Bounty Hunter’s Baby Surprise

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      Guarding His Witness

      Lisa Childs

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      ISBN: 978-1-474-09365-1

      GUARDING HIS WITNESS

      © 2019 Lisa Childs

      Published in Great Britain 2019

       by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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      Clint would have laughed at her overreaction if it hadn’t depressed him. No matter how much he tried, he would never be able to get her to stop hating him.

      “Nobody working for Luther will think it’s us walking through the lot if we’re acting like lovers,” he explained to her. “Everybody knows how much you hate me.”

      Most of all him.

      Maybe she took that as a challenge, because she suddenly slid her arm around his waist and snuggled against his side. He tensed now, but not with revulsion. He tensed because his body was reacting to the closeness of hers.

      Rosie lifted her face to his and fluttered her lashes. “You’re right,” she said. “Everybody knows how much I hate you. They’d never believe I’d be doing this…” Then she reached out and ran her fingertips along his jaw as she leaned even closer to him.

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       Be sure to check out the previous books in the exciting Bachelor Bodyguards miniseries.

      Dear Reader,

      I am so excited to share with you more stories about the Payne Protection Agency from my Bachelor Bodyguards series. If you haven’t read any of the series yet, I’ll quickly bring you up to speed.

      Lawman Logan Payne left his job as a detective at the River City Police Department to start his own security business. His twin, Parker Payne, left his job as a vice cop to join Logan, and when he returned from the marines, their younger brother, Cooper, joined them. Cooper and Parker recently started their own branches of the agency. Cooper’s team consists of all former marines, as well as their sister, Nikki Payne. Parker’s team consists of all former vice cops, which is why Parker’s stepfather—the new River City PD police chief—hired Parker’s team to make sure a drug lord, Luther Mills, goes to trial. Mills has threatened everyone associated with his upcoming trial.

      Parker hopes his team’s first big assignment doesn’t wind up being their last. Clint Quarters has the toughest bodyguard assignment: protecting the sole witness to a murder Luther personally carried out. The assignment is tough because not only is Luther determined to make sure Rosie Mendez doesn’t testify against him, but also Rosie blames Clint as much as she does Luther for her brother’s