Beauty And The Bodyguard

Beauty And The Bodyguard
Lisa Childs

Can this bachelor bodyguard save his true love from mortal danger…on her wedding day?Bride-to-be Megan Lynch has just learned her ex, presumed dead Marine Gage Huxton, is alive after surviving enemy captivity. But before she can break up with her fiancé, gunmen storm her wedding and take hostages! Megan will do anything to stay alive—for herself and a second chance with Gage. But there's more terror to endure before she can say yes to the dress—and her dream groom!What do the gunmen want? Gage works double time to unravel the mystery and save the beauty who still holds his heart. As the wedding crashers open fire, Gage puts his life on the line to protect Megan and convince her of his love.

Since whoever had entered was quiet, it couldn’t be her sister and nieces. It had to be her dad.

“So what do you think?” Megan asked as she focused on the mirror again. The lace distorted her vision, so she nearly saw it: the beauty of being a bride.

But then a shadow stepped behind her. It was tall and dark in a black tuxedo. The mirror showed only his long legs and his chest until he stepped closer yet. Then she saw his head—the short golden hair, the bright green eyes, the dark stubble on his jaw …

Just how badly had the veil distorted her vision? Who was she mistaking for a dead man?

Her hands trembling, she fumbled with her veil—pulling it back so she could focus on the apparition. She whirled around to face him.

It couldn’t be …

Gage was dead. He’d been dead for months. But that hadn’t stopped her from seeing him everywhere, every time she’d closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

But she shouldn’t be seeing him here—not on her wedding day to another man.

“No …” she murmured. Her knees trembled and weakened, threatening to fold beneath her. “No …”

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Be sure to check out the previous books in the exciting Bachelor Bodyguards series.

Beauty and the Bodyguard

Lisa Childs

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

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 award-winning, bestselling romance author. Lisa loves to hear from readers, who can contact her on Facebook, through her website, www.lisachilds.com (http://www.lisachilds.com), or her snail-mail address, PO Box 139, Marne, MI 49435, USA.

For Kimberly Duffy—with great appreciation for all your years of friendship. Without your support and your wonderful sense of humor, I don’t know how I would have survived all the ups and downs in my career and in my life. Thank you!

Contents

Cover (#u61921c0d-ea36-5075-85ae-30cc3bd40996)

Introduction (#u75a2c351-66a5-55b3-b776-9e4143d9a70c)

Title Page (#u139c4242-aa8b-5491-9c01-ad81e0e90070)

About the Author (#u176fff00-1914-581d-ab12-09059ed69ef3)

Dedication (#u2c001eb6-d202-5dc7-9caf-ca63bcf29eca)

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25