Bodyguard Romance

One character is hired to protect the other, creating an irresistible tension between professional duty and personal desire as proximity breeds intimacy.

Discover 147 romance books featuring bodyguard romance.

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Cover of Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love

isthisselfcare

romantasy
(41k)

An Auror forced to protect the witch he can't stand — slow burn, sharp banter, and denial for days.

enemies to loversbodyguard romanceforced proximity
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Christopher Wolff: I Fell in Love with a Gangster’s Daughter

J.W. Barinovs

romantic suspense
(1k)

A bodyguard hired to protect a Russian crime boss's daughter breaks every rule by falling for her.

bodyguard romancemafia/organised crimeforbidden romance
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Winter

Marissa Meyer

young adult romanceThe Lunar Chronicles #4
(314k)

A scarred lunar princess and her palace guard must survive a tyrant queen to claim their love and a revolution.

fairy tale retellingforbidden romancebodyguard romance
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Tate

Susan May Warren

romantic suspenseThe Montana Marshalls #2
(3k)

A bodyguard falls for the senator's daughter he's sworn to protect — then gets fired for it.

bodyguard romanceforbidden romancesmall town
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Bloodmarked

Tracy Deonn

young adult romanceThe Legendborn Cycle #2
(90k)

A Black girl with ancestral magic must rescue her kidnapped love — while falling for the mage sworn to protect him.

mythology retellingforbidden romancerivals to lovers
Cover of Deeper Than Midnight (Midnight Breed, #9)

Deeper Than Midnight (Midnight Breed, #9)

Lara Adrian

paranormal romanceMidnight Breed #9
(22k)

A woman freed from a vampire's captivity finds herself protected — and desired — by his deadliest former assassin.

strangers to loversbodyguard romancevampire romance
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Forged in Steele

Maya Banks

romantic suspenseKGI #7
(14k)

An ice-cold KGI commander meets the one woman who can crack his ironclad defenses — if her secrets don't destroy them fi

strangers to loversforced proximitymilitary
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The Mogul and the Muscle

Claire Kingsley

romantic comedyBluewater Billionaires
(12k)

A snarky tech mogul reluctantly hires a mountain of a bodyguard — and fights harder against her feelings than the danger

bodyguard romanceworkplace romanceforced proximity
Cover of Dawn's Awakening (Breeds, #11)

Dawn's Awakening (Breeds, #11)

Lora Leigh

erotic romanceBreeds #11
(11k)

A feline Breed enforcer must protect the one man fated to be her mate — the man she's fought to forget.

shifter romancebodyguard romanceforced proximity
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Dom

S.J. Tilly

dark romanceAlliance #3
(60k)

A lonely mafia princess meets a dangerous stranger — and his plan to join her brother's Alliance involves marrying her.

strangers to loversmarriage of convenienceforced proximity
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Echoes at Dawn

Maya Banks

romantic suspenseKGI #5
(16k)

A soldier rescues a hunted woman with the power to heal — and finds she heals him too.

forced proximitystrangers to loversmilitary
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Crossing the Line

Lucy Score

romantic suspenseSinner and Saint #1
(16k)

A rule-bound bodyguard and his rebellious Hollywood client can't resist crossing every line between them.

bodyguard romancecelebrity/normal personstalker romance
Cover of Hot Target (Troubleshooters, #8)

Hot Target (Troubleshooters, #8)

Suzanne Brockmann

romantic suspenseTroubleshooters #8
(8k)

A Navy SEAL bodyguard falls for the maverick Hollywood producer he's sworn to protect from death threats.

bodyguard romanceforced proximityworkplace romance
Cover of From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash, #1)

Jennifer L. Armentrout

romantasyBlood and Ash #1
(867k)

A Maiden forbidden from all touch falls for the golden-eyed guard sworn to protect — and deceive — her.

enemies to loversforbidden romancebodyguard romance
Cover of Hidden Away (KGI, #3)

Hidden Away (KGI, #3)

Maya Banks

romantic suspenseKGI #3
(19k)

A soldier assigned to watch a witness in hiding finds himself falling for the woman he's meant to use.

strangers to loversforced proximityisland/beach
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In the Likely Event

Rebecca Yarros

contemporary romance
(274k)

Plane crash survivors reunite years later in Afghanistan — where he's her bodyguard and the timing finally can't wait.

second chancebodyguard romancemilitary
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Fearless

Lauren Gilley

contemporary romanceDartmoor #1
(5k)

The outlaw biker who guarded her whole life crossed a line when she was 17 — now she's 22 and he's back.

second chanceforbidden romancemotorcycle club
Cover of Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, #3)

Twice Bitten (Chicagoland Vampires, #3)

Chloe Neill

urban fantasy romanceChicagoland Vampires #3
(51k)

A newly turned vampire must protect a shapeshifter alpha from an assassin — without getting both of them killed.

vampire romanceshifter romancebodyguard romance
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Royal Bodyguard

Aimée Lou

contemporary romance
(2k)

A royal bodyguard knows every secret about the prince — except that the prince has forgotten all of them.

bodyguard romanceroyal romanceamnesia
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Paladin's Faith

T. Kingfisher

romantasyThe Saint of Steel #4
(18k)

A spy and her brooding paladin bodyguard must survive assassins, a deadly court, and each other.

bodyguard romanceforced proximityforbidden romance
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Guarded By The Phantom

Layla Fae

paranormal romanceMonster Security Agency #7
(2k)

A monstrous, rule-breaking bodyguard must protect an innocent senator's daughter — and tries not to devour her.

bodyguard romanceforced proximitymonster romance
Cover of Born of the Night (The League, #1)

Born of the Night (The League, #1)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

sci-fi romanceThe League: Nemesis Rising #1
(28k)

A deadly assassin is hired to protect a princess — and finds the one thing he never expected: someone worth dying for.

bodyguard romanceforced proximityalien romance
Cover of Born of Night (The League: Nemesis Rising, #1)

Born of Night (The League: Nemesis Rising, #1)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

sci-fi romanceThe League: Nemesis Rising #1
(28k)

A deadly assassin must protect a politician's daughter — even as his own kind hunts him down.

bodyguard romanceforced proximityalien romance
Cover of Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (Rescue Me Saga, #0.5-1)

Masters at Arms & Nobody's Angel (Rescue Me Saga, #0.5-1)

Kallypso Masters

contemporary romanceRescue Me Saga
(4k)

A wounded recon Marine sent to protect her realises she's the one trying to rescue him.

strangers to loversforced proximitysmall town