Ryan Kelleher gave ten years to the Chicago Fury. Captain. Leader. The steady hand every teammate counted on. Then the front office trades him to Vancouver in a deal he never saw coming, and overnight he is three thousand miles from everything he built. New city. New team. No one who knows his name outside the rink. The Storm's front office is calling it a fresh start. Ryan is not sure what to call it yet.
The death threats start before he unpacks.
Dominic Torres does not do attachment. He does threat assessments, perimeter sweeps, and extraction plans. Twelve years in the military taught him how to keep people alive. It also taught him what happens when you care about the ones you are protecting. He is not making that mistake again.
The job is simple. Shadow the new guy. Stay close. Stay professional. Do not think about why Kelleher looks at him like he sees past the tactical vest to every crack underneath.
Ryan does not need saving. He needs someone who stays without being paid to. Dominic does not let people in. The last ones he let in did not come home. They share a waterfront apartment with mountain views neither of them stops to look at, a town car to the arena, and a silence that stops being uncomfortable long before either of them is ready to call it what it is.
The threat is real. So is everything else.
Guarded is Book 8 in the Ice Breakers series, a spicy MM hockey romance featuring a bodyguard who breaks his own rules, a captain rebuilding from scratch, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Each book can be read as a complete standalone with no cliffhangers.
For readers who enjoy:
The death threats start before he unpacks.
Dominic Torres does not do attachment. He does threat assessments, perimeter sweeps, and extraction plans. Twelve years in the military taught him how to keep people alive. It also taught him what happens when you care about the ones you are protecting. He is not making that mistake again.
The job is simple. Shadow the new guy. Stay close. Stay professional. Do not think about why Kelleher looks at him like he sees past the tactical vest to every crack underneath.
Ryan does not need saving. He needs someone who stays without being paid to. Dominic does not let people in. The last ones he let in did not come home. They share a waterfront apartment with mountain views neither of them stops to look at, a town car to the arena, and a silence that stops being uncomfortable long before either of them is ready to call it what it is.
The threat is real. So is everything else.
Guarded is Book 8 in the Ice Breakers series, a spicy MM hockey romance featuring a bodyguard who breaks his own rules, a captain rebuilding from scratch, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Each book can be read as a complete standalone with no cliffhangers.
For readers who enjoy:
- Bodyguard / protector romance
Forced proximity in an unfamiliar city
Stoic military hero who cracks wide open
Spicy MM sports romance
Genre: Romance