Cover of Shield and Savior: Single mom bodyguard romance

Shield and Savior: Single mom bodyguard romance

Meg Fitzpatrick

The Four Families #1

(166)

Mob boss's daughter returns home — and falls for the bodyguard her family strictly forbids.

Content Warnings
violence/gore

Description

Mafia Rom Com? YES! PLEASE. This is a laugh out loud rom com with at touch of danger. Izzy is the prodigal daughter of a mob boss, returning home with her nine-year-old son. With outside threats looming, her father hires Mastodon Security to protect her. Now she has this hot personal protection agent hanging out in her apartment, who's helping her son with his homework and likes the same shows she does. But her family has made it very clear, Lance is off limits. But the only thing more dangerous than her family is her feelings.

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