Her Dark Protector by Ariel London

VIVI
My overbearing husband is dead. Someone wants what he hid in my name. And my unbelievably irresistible brooding bodyguard has moved in for “operational reasons.”
I’m trying to stay alive and finally have a life that’s actually mine.
He’s trying to stay professional.
We’re both lying to ourselves.

CADEN
The job is keeping her safe.
The problem is, I stopped thinking of her as a job the moment I looked into her eyes.
She’s mine to protect. And I’ll take down anyone who tries to hurt her before they see me coming.

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A possessive bodyguard. A mob widow with a target on her back. And a secret buried in her late husband’s name that’s about to blow both their lives apart. Her Dark Protector is a spicy standalone novella in the Halo City Protectors series.

Fog curls over the docks, strings swell at the Morrow Museum, and rooftop lights burn at The Aerie. In Halo City, protection is personal. And love hits like a siren in the night. Halo Protective Group stands between glass-tower power plays and pier-side ambushes, juggling Line 13 emergencies, gala cover stories, and the one rule they can’t keep: don’t fall for the client. From penthouse lockdowns and speakeasy stakeouts to harbor chases in the fog, each story pairs an elite protector with a woman who turns mission into forever.