Hot Reads...The Bodyguard

Contemporary Erotic Romance

   

AQP Bestseller!
Fictionwise Erotica and Overall Bestseller!
2003 CAPA Award nominee for Best Cover Art!
(Artist: Trace Edward Zaber)
Winner, 2004 Amber Quill Reader's Choice Award, Best Erotica!

Sheila Quinn makes a living watching the rich and famous. Watching their backs, that is. But when she agrees to protect buff and beautiful porn star Taylor Knight, the word "watch" takes on a whole new meaning. She never, ever mixes business with pleasure, and has little respect for those who do. But this man is a god in human skin. Every move he makes, every word he speaks, every touch he places on her body is calculated to bring the ultimate erotic satisfaction. It's up to Sheila to keep him safe when a killer strikes. But in a world where sensual passion is all part of the game, and the man she's protecting isn't really who he seems, who will protect her if she loses her heart?

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Release date:  March 2003
AQP Heat Level: 2 (Sex scenes are explicit, frequent, and contain graphic language)
Length: Short Story (16k words)
Price (electronic):  $4.00 
Price (paperback):  $12.50 (This is for the HEAT paperback, which includes The Bodyguard and The Bounty Hunter)
ISBN (electronic):  1-59279-099-2
ISBN (paperback in HEAT anthology):  1-59279-888-8
Available in ebook formats at:  Amber Quill Press, Fictionwise
Available in paperback at:  Amber Quill Press, www.Amazon.com , www.Borders.com , www.Waldenbooks.com

Excerpt...

She swam several laps and he could almost see her trying to work out her sexual frustration with every stroke. His control stretched taut with his own barely restrained need as he watched her. He was tempted to dive in and put them both out of their agony. But before he could act, she did a neat breast stroke to the side of the pool and pulled herself out.

Water rolled off her body in beads of liquid gold, coursing over the barely covered swell of her full breasts, the sexy hourglass of her waist and hips, and down the long, luscious length of her legs. She looked like a movie star. Not one of the dime-a-dozen rail-thin women on the screen now, but one of the old-fashioned stars of the forties and fifties, back when women were elegant and curvy.

"Feel better?" he asked as she grabbed the fluffy white towel off her chair and drew it over her body.

"Yes, I do, thanks. You should try it. It might do wonders for your overactive libido."

"Watching you glide through the water like a nymph already has done wonders for my libido, babe. Damn, you're beautiful. Sexy. I got hard as hell watching you."

She avoided his gaze and concentrated on scrubbing her arms with the towel. But he saw her pale skin--all of her skin--blush a delicate shade of rose.

He stood and sauntered closer.

She scurried sideways, obviously trying to get out of his way, probably hoping he'd disappear.

But he had no intention of disappearing. He stopped just a foot from her. "You missed some."

"Missed what?" She took another step back, and continued to look everywhere but at him.

"Water that needs to be wiped off. Right there." He pointed, letting his finger pause only a millimeter from the deep valley between her breasts, where a small trickle of moisture slid into the beckoning crevice.

Her breathing caught, as if in anticipation of his touch, but when he let his hand fall back to his side, air hissed out between her parted lips in an unmistakable frustrated sigh.

He smiled. "How's that towel? I love the feel of a thick, nubby towel." He dropped his voice to a gravelly whisper. "Especially against the sensitive parts of my body. The texture is just enough to stimulate me. It's rough but exciting all at the same time. I bet you like it, too. I bet the thought of putting that towel between your legs, grating it against the soft skin of your inner thigh and across your pulsing nub is making you wet right now."

"Arrgghhh!"

"What's the matter, babe?"

She clutched the towel to her chest and glared at him like she wanted to cut off his balls. "You know exactly what's the matter," she ground out. "Do you sit around all day thinking up new ways to torture me?"

"I told you before, there's a simple cure for what ails you. Go ahead, Sheila. No reason to be a prude around me."

"I am not a prude!"

"Prove it."

"I don't have to prove anything to you."

"Prove it to yourself then."

"Go to hell!"

"Oh, I love watching you get riled. You're so damn hot this way, babe. Go ahead, rip your swimsuit off, feel the sun on your skin, and for God's sake, touch yourself. I want to watch you give in to all that passion you have pent up inside you. Want to watch your eyes glaze over as you come. Want to hear you scream because it's so good."

"I--don't--want to touch myself!"

"Well, I'd love to help you out, but you told me I could never touch you again. A pity." He took another step forward.

She took another step back. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized he'd backed her against the warmth of the stucco wall.

Her chest heaved. "Get out of my way. I want to go in the house."

He rested a hand on the wall to one side of her head. "No you don't. Just say it, babe."

"Say what?"

"That you want me to touch you. You've been thinking about it since yesterday. Since I first held you in my arms and kissed that hot, pouty little mouth of yours. Since you trembled against me and our tongues screwed. Just say the words, Sheila. Let me show you paradise, babe. You know you want it," he breathed against her ear.

Reviews...

4 1/2 hearts!!  "When Sheila Quinn, a former cop turned bodyguard, agrees to protect porn film star Taylor Knight from the stalker who shot him, she doesn't know that she is in for the toughest assignment of her career. Her impossibly gorgeous client challenges her ethics and cool outward facade with his promises of unimaginable pleasure and raw sensuality. She also doesn't know that her client is hiding something...

M.L. Rhodes offers a solid, entertaining story in this short fictional piece woven through with enough eroticism to leave readers breathless.  The Bodyguard is humorous, passion-filled, and exciting with characters that will linger in your mind long after you finish the story. An excellent read!"

---Holly Hewson, The Romance Studio

"The Bodyguard is a quick read...but it is packed with suspense, romance and sexuality. M.L. Rhodes packed a punch in a mini book. The story grabs you from the first paragraph and keeps you reading right through until the end. The heroine and hero have an immediate attraction. They sizzle when in the same room with each other. They pull you into their lives, sorrow, anguish right off the bat, making the story more believable. This reviewer enjoyed the story line immensely. It’s a must read."

---Tina, Love Romances

"Sheila Quinn is a bodyguard for the rich and famous and when she is hired to "guard" porn star Taylor Knight's body, her job takes on a whole new meaning...or it does for Taylor at least. From the minute Shelia meets the California hunk, he has her in a constant state of upheaval with his sexy innuendos and heated looks. However, Shelia is determined to do her job and whisks Taylor out of the limelight, and takes him to a safehouse in rural Nevada. Once there, just the two of them, Taylor turns on the heat, full throttle, and seduces Shelia, making her think of something else besides her job. To Shelia, protecting her heart from Taylor becomes just as urgent as protecting him from a killer.

Ohhhhh, this quick sexy story is a firecracker and has a neat plot twist that is quite clever. And the hero, with his sexy smile, buff body, and oozing sex appeal, gives this story what women desire most in erotica.....fantastic sex. And in true heroic fashion, he saves the day for his lady. This is one e-book I will definitely reread many times in the foreseeable future."

---a Lizzy Benway review

"Filled with enough dangerous suspense and hot sexual tension to keep you thoroughly engrossed until the very end. M.L. Rhodes's hero and heroine are very strong and independent individuals...it makes it all the sweeter when true love is found and prevails even against the toughest odds. For a delightfully quick read filled with wonderful romance and suspense, please visit Amber Quill Press and order THE BODYGUARD. I know you will not be disappointed."

---Lisa Lambrecht, In the Library Reviews