Her Forbidden Bodyguard by Ariel London

CESAR
I’ve done things that would make most men flinch. Eight years in prison. A body count I don’t discuss. A past written in ink and blood across my skin.
Now I’m trying to go legitimate, and Charles Sterling is my ticket out of the shadows. One job. Protect his daughter from the stalker who’s been sending death threats. Keep her safe at their Big Sur estate until the danger passes.
Then I meet Diamond Sterling. Blonde. Spoiled. A bratty princess who’s never heard the word “no.”
She pushes every button I have, testing me like she tests everyone. Walking around in next to nothing. Running that smart mouth. Begging to be put in her place.
I should keep my hands off her. I should remember who signs my checks. I should not be thinking about bending her over my knee and teaching her what happens to girls who don’t follow the rules.
But Diamond doesn’t want safe. She wants me—the ex-con, the killer, the man her father hired to protect her.
And when the threat gets real, when someone comes for what’s mine…
I’ll remind everyone why I’m the most dangerous thing in her life.

DIAMOND
I didn’t ask for a bodyguard. I didn’t ask to be exiled to the middle of nowhere because some psycho on the internet can’t take a hint. And I definitely didn’t ask for him.
Cesar Vega. Tall, tattooed, and looking at me like I’m a problem to be managed. He doesn’t care about my last name. Doesn’t want my money. Doesn’t react when I try to make him uncomfortable.
He’s the first man who’s ever told me no. I should hate him for it.
Instead, I can’t stop thinking about his hands. The way his voice drops when I push too far. The darkness in his eyes that says he’s done things I can’t imagine—and would do them again.
He thinks I’m a spoiled princess playing games. He doesn’t know I’ve never felt safer than when he’s watching me. He doesn’t know I’m falling for the one man I absolutely cannot have.
When the stalker finds us, Cesar shows me exactly who he is. Brutal. Ruthless. Mine.
And I’m not afraid.
I’m his.

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Her Forbidden Bodyguard is a steamy age-gap romance featuring a dominant ex-con hero and a bratty heiress who needs a firm hand. Contains spicy discipline scenes, forced proximity, a possessive alpha hero, and a guaranteed HEA.