Secret Bodyguard

Secret Bodyguard
B.J. Daniels

Amanda Crowe's baby girl had been kidnapped! In the shadowy world in which she lived, there was no one to trust except herself. She was going to get her baby back no matter the cost. But she hadn't counted on Jesse McCall getting in her way–a man who was more than he seemed….Posing as Amanda's driver, undercover cop Jesse McCall was assigned to watch the mobster's daughter. But he couldn't ignore Amanda's heart-wrenching effort to bring her child home, nor her siren's call luring him ever closer. As a cop, Jesse had a duty to fulfill. But as Amanda's lover, he would protect her and her baby from all harm–even if it meant breaking the law.

“You have to let me go!”

“So you can try to lamebrain me again? Not likely,” Jesse said, holding her down.

“If my father finds out what you’ve done—”

“What I’ve done? Something tells me kissing you would be way down on the list long after you breaking in to his office. Try again.”

“You don’t understand,” she whispered.

“Why don’t you try to explain it to me.”

She looked up at him, her eyes swimming in tears. “Let me up and I’ll tell you everything.”

He let go of her arms. Suddenly she made a grab for the canvas shoulder bag she’d been carrying that was now lying within reach.

She’s going for a weapon.

He grabbed the strap of the bag before she could and tossed it onto the edge of the sidewalk. Something inside shattered. The sound made him start as if it had been a gunshot.

She let out an oath and attacked him like a hellcat. He braved releasing her with one hand to lean out and snag the bag; it left a wet trail in the grass.

No weapon.

Just what appeared to be a broken baby bottle…

Secret Bodyguard

B.J. Daniels

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in Houston, B.J. Daniels is a former Southern girl who grew up on the smell of gulf sea air and Southern cooking. But her home is now in Montana, not far from Big Sky, where she snowboards in the winters and boats in the summers with her husband and daughters. She does miss gumbo and Texas barbecue, though! Her first Harlequin Intrigue novel was nominated for the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Award for best first book and best Harlequin Intrigue. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Heart of Montana and Bozeman Writers group. B.J. loves to hear from readers. Write to her at: P.O. Box 183, Bozeman, MT 59771.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Amanda Crowe—All she wanted was her baby daughter back and her freedom—until she met Jesse McCall. Then she wanted it all.

Jesse Brock McCall—The undercover cop set out to catch a mobster, but the mobster’s daughter had other ideas.

Susannah Crowe—The baby was missing, but had she really been kidnapped?

Gage Ferraro—Was he the grieving father he seemed to be?

J. B. Crowe—The mobster lived in a world where the only rule was to win. Even at the cost of his family?

Billy Kincaid—He left behind a legacy no one knew about.

Frank and Molly Pickett—They would have done anything for their only daughter.

Roxie Pickett—With everything she loved believed lost, she had nothing to live for.

Thomas Kincaid—The governor had his own reasons for wanting to eradicate mobster J. B. Crowe.

Mickie Ferraro—He lived by his only code of honor: greed and revenge.

Dylan Garrett—The former cop turned P.I. tried to warn Jesse what he was getting into, but Jesse wouldn’t listen.

To my Aunt Eleanor,

who took me to my first scary movie

and taught me what suspense was all about,

and to my Uncle Jack, the best of the Johnsons

and my first real hero.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve