Nanny Bodyguard
Payne Protection's latest hire has a secret agenda…but his heart keeps getting in the way!Digital security specialist Nikki Payne is eager to prove herself. So when former marine Lars Ecklund asks for her help in tracking down his sister, Nikki happily volunteers her services. But she doesn't anticipate loving her role as nanny and bodyguard to a baby they're protecting…or uncovering a raging hunger for Lars.To find out what happened to his sibling, Lars must get into a fortified mansion and track down an elusive lawyer. But his fierce desire for Nikki is complicating everything. Putting the stunning spitfire in danger doesn't sit easily with him, yet he has no choice if he's to rescue his sister and create a future with this new family.
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Payne Protectionâs latest hire has a secret agenda...but his heart keeps getting in the way!
Digital security specialist Nikki Payne is eager to prove herself. So when former marine Lars Ecklund asks for her help in tracking down his sister, Nikki happily volunteers her services. But she doesnât anticipate falling for her role as nanny and bodyguard to a baby theyâre protecting...or uncovering a raging hunger for guarded Lars.
To find out what happened to his sibling, Lars must get into a fortified mansion at any cost and track down an elusive lawyer. But his fierce desire for Nikki is complicating everything. Putting the stunning spitfire in danger doesnât sit easily with him, yet he has no choice if heâs to reclaim his sisterâor create a future with this new family.
âIâm sorry.â
Larsâs apology for the kiss only made Nikki angrier. Hadnât he felt what she hadâthat spark between them? Sheâd never felt anything like it before. But maybe sheâd only imagined it.
âWhy the hell did you do that?â she asked.
He shrugged.
âWell, donât do it again.â
âOr what?â he challenged her, and he leaned a little closer as if he intended to do it again.
Her pulse leaped, and she nearly licked her lips. But she could taste him alreadyâor stillâon the tip of her tongue.
âWill you tell your brother on me?â he asked.
âNo,â she said. âIâll just slap you again.â
He touched his fingers to his cheekânot that she actually believed heâd felt her blow. She could have hit him harder. But then she hadnât really wanted to hurt him. Sheâd only wanted him to stopâto stop making her feel what she didnât want to feel. Attraction. Temptation. Desire.
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Be sure to check out the previous books in the exciting Bachelor Bodyguards series.
Ever since LISA CHILDS read her first romance novel (a Mills & Boon story, of course) at age eleven, all she wanted was to be a romance writer. With over forty novels published with Mills & Boon, Lisa is living her dream. She is an awardwinning, bestselling romance author. Lisa loves to hear from readers, who can contact her on Facebook, through her website, www.lisachilds.com, or her snail-mail address, PO Box 139, Marne, MI 49435, USA.
For all the wonderful readers whoâve been asking me for Nikkiâs storyâhere it is! Thank you so much for following the Payne family from Shotgun Weddings to Bachelor Bodyguards!
Contents
The alarm blared with such intensity the windows rattled. But the door held tight, the lock refusing to budge. Just messing with it had triggered the ultra-sensitive alarm. The sirens screeched so loudly that the noise blasted Lars Ecklundâs head, threatening to split his skull. He squinted against the strobe lights flashing in the night and grasped the stubborn doorknob, struggling to turn it.
He was too close to give up without getting inside the three-story brick, glass and wrought iron mansion. But was it a house or a prison? Was his sister in there? He needed to know, needed to get to her. Now. She had been missing too long already.
Strong hands grabbed his arms, dragging him back. He turned toward the other man. The muscular guy was intimidating as hell with an intense dark-eyed stare. Lars couldnât hear what he was saying, but he didnât need to. He knew.
We need to get the hell out of here...
Frustration gripped him. He wanted to refuse, wanted to stay even if the police showed up. But his friend wouldnât leave him. A Marine never left a man behind. And he couldnât risk Dane getting in trouble, too.
Or worse...
Gunfire flashed. With the alarm blaring, he couldnât hear the shots, but he saw them like bursts of light in the darkness. These werenât police officers; they wouldnât have arrived yet.
These were security guards. Hell, they werenât even that or they wouldnât have fired before investigating. They were hired guns. Lars reached for his weapon to return fire.
But Dane dragged him offâto where the truck waited in the driveway. His friend shoved him inside the open passengerâs door before slamming it shut on him and rushing around to the driverâs side. As Dane shifted the truck into Reverse, Lars peered through the windshield at the dark house.
Was Emilia locked in there? Was that why he hadnât heard from her in months?
âWe need to get inside!â he yelled at his friend.
His arm across the back of the seat as he reversed the truck, Dane shook his head. âWeâll be lucky if we get out of here.â
And as he said that, the gates in the tall brick wall surrounding the estate began to close. The dark-clothed gunmen advanced on the truck, shots pinging off the metal and hitting the glass.
