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description: A soldier with a secret. A daughter with a quest. Will their steam-powered chemistry thrive on the frontier?Kansas 1870 -- Buck OConnor rides a horse named regret. Aimless and alone after a brutal war he risks heading cross-country to reconcile with an estranged kinsman by helping in the bloody battle to wreck a new railroad. But after he saves a beautiful widow from an overturned carriage hes shocked to discover shes the wealthy villain he swore to sabotage.Amy Langford is desperate to fulfill her fathers legacy. And after a series of targeted mishaps she gratefully accepts the protection of a strapping cowboy against the violent settlers. But shes up to her neck in the frantic race to finish construction and she can ill-afford to succumb to her feelings for her new bodyguard.With Buck falling hard for the determined promoter hes supposed to destroy hes terrified his hidden past will cost him her heart. And as Amy puts everything on the line to honor her father her guilt demands she cut the handsome stranger loose before hes the next victim of a cutthroat project.Will their unexpected love be permanently derailed in the name of progress?Her Bodyguard is the first scorching tale in the Steam! Romance and Rails Western historical romance series. If you like pulse-pounding suspense dark deceits and vivid depictions of the Wild West then youll adore E.E. Burkes gritty story.
language: English
title: Her Bodyguard
publisher: E.E. Burke