Her Private Bodyguard

Her Private Bodyguard
Gayle Wilson

A MAN IN THE SHADOWSEx-CIA operative Grey Sellers had settled into a quiet, anonymous life. No secrets, no bullets, no nightmares…just the way he wanted it. Until he was hired to protect reluctant heiress Valerie Beaufort from a killer. He'd sworn not to get emotionally attached to the assignment–but Valerie was so much more than that….Valerie hadn't wanted a bodyguard, even one as sexy as Grey Sellers. But with him, Valerie finally felt like a woman–a woman willing to let a man into her heart. Yet Grey's secrets were deep and his past even deeper. Would she discover the man he truly was–before it was too late?

“All the things that should be in your records aren’t. It’s as if you didn’t exist before you opened your investigative agency.

“Which makes me curious as to what you were doing before then,” she added.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Why are you in hiding?” Valerie asked.

“I’m not in hiding. I run a business. I advertise. My number’s in the phone book. You can check all that out—”

“Yes, I know. You told me. Except the man who recommended you seems to have disappeared. So…I’m not exactly sure anymore why you’re here, Mr. Sellers.”

“I’m here because I’m being paid to do a job—”

“And did that job involve trying to get me into bed?” she asked softly. “Or was that just some sort of…extra compensation you thought up all on your own?”

“No,” Grey said seriously. “I don’t have any hidden agenda where you’re concerned.…”

Dear Harlequin Intrigue Reader,

You wanted MORE MEN OF MYSTERY by Gayle Wilson—now you’ve got ’em! Gayle’s stories about these sexy undercover agents have become one of Harlequin Intrigue’s most popular ongoing series. We are as impressed by her outstanding talent as you, her readers, and are thrilled to feature her special brand of drama again in Her Private Bodyguard (#561). Look for two MORE titles in August and November 2000.

Also available this month, Protecting His Own (#562) by Molly Rice, an emotional story about the sanctity of family and a man’s basic need to claim what’s his.

There’s no more stronger bond than that of blood. And Chance Quarrels is determined to see no harm come to the little daughter he never knew he had as Patricia Rosemoor continues her SONS OF SILVER SPRINGS miniseries with The Lone Wolf’s Child (#563).

Finally, veteran Harlequin Intrigue author Carly Bishop takes you to a cloistered Montana community with a woman and an undercover cop posing as husband and wife. The threat from a killer is real, but so is their simmering passion. Which one is more dangerous…? Find out in No Bride But His (#564), a LOVERS UNDER COVER story.

Pick up all four for variety, for excitement—because you’re ready for a thrill!

Sincerely,

Denise O’Sullivan

Associate Senior Editor

Harlequin Intrigue

Her Private Bodyguard

Gayle Wilson

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gayle Wilson is the award-winning author of twenty novels written for Harlequin. She has lived in Alabama all her life except for the years she followed her army aviator husband—whom she met on a blind date—to a variety of military posts.

Before beginning her writing career, she taught English and world history to gifted high school students in a number of schools around the Birmingham area. Gayle and her husband have one son, who is also a teacher of gifted students. They are blessed with warm and loving Southern families and an ever-growing menagerie of cats and dogs.

You can write to Gayle at P.O. Box 3277, Hueytown, Alabama 35023.

Books by Gayle Wilson

HARLEQUIN INTRIGUE

344—ECHOES IN THE DARK

376—ONLY A WHISPER

414—THE REDEMPTION OF DEKE SUMMERS

442—HEART OF THE NIGHT

461—RANSOM MY HEART* (#litres_trial_promo)

466—WHISPER MY LOVE* (#litres_trial_promo)

469—REMEMBER MY TOUCH* (#litres_trial_promo)

490—NEVER LET HER GO

509—THE BRIDE’S PROTECTOR‡ (#litres_trial_promo)

513—THE STRANGER SHE KNEW‡ (#litres_trial_promo)

517—HER BABY, HIS SECRET‡ (#litres_trial_promo)

541—EACH PRECIOUS HOUR† (#litres_trial_promo)

561—HER PRIVATE BODYGUARD‡ (#litres_trial_promo)

HARLEQUIN HISTORICALS

211—THE HEART’S DESIRE♥ (#litres_trial_promo)

263—THE HEART’S WAGER♥ (#litres_trial_promo)

299—THE GAMBLER’S HEART♥ (#litres_trial_promo)

349—RAVEN’S VOW

393—HIS SECRET DUCHESS

432—HONOR’S BRIDE