Born to Protect

Jack Dalton was out of the business of saving lives—until his expertise was needed to safeguard Princess Christina Sebastiani of Montebello from dangerous kidnappers. Holed up together day in and day out in a Montana hideaway, the brooding bodyguard and the scholarly virgin battled flaring tempers—and smoldering passions. Yet, despite their friction, Christina clearly ached for much more than Jack’s fierce protection, and she beckoned him irresistibly close whenever she gazed up at him with her trusting blue eyes. Why, if Jack didn’t watch out, the blushing princess just might penetrate the bulletproof armor around his world-weary heart!