CLOSE Libri GmbH CLOSE PROTECTION Paperback

HOOK (~197 chars):Her viral cooking video made her famous. It also made her a target - and put a guarded, grumpy Marine veteran in the guest suite above her kitchen with strict orders to keep his distance.FULL DESCRIPTION (English, ~320 words):Former Marine Force Recon sergeant Cole Ashworth doesn't do attachment. Four years into a close-protection career built specifically around controlled, professional distance, he's never once broken his own cardinal rule: never get emotionally involved with a client. Then Ironclad Protective Services assigns him to a ninety-day live-in detail guarding Ivy Marchetti - chef, restaurateur, and the unwilling target of an escalating campaign of threats - and every careful wall he's built since the ambush that killed his team starts, quietly and completely, to come down.Ivy doesn't need saving so much as she needs someone steady enough to stand beside her while she refuses to be scared out of the restaurant her father built from nothing. She teaches Cole to cook. He teaches her to fight. And somewhere between late-night kitchen conversations and a threat that keeps getting closer, grumpy professional distance turns into something neither of them signed up for - and both of them, eventually, choose anyway. Close Protection is a grumpy-sunshine bodyguard romance about learning that staying, not just surviving, is the bravest thing a guarded heart can do.Inside you'll find:¿ A grumpy, guarded Marine veteran hero slowly, reluctantly falling for the client he's sworn not to¿ A warm, fiercely independent chef heroine who refuses to be a passive damsel¿ A slow-burn, forced-proximity bodyguard romance with real emotional stakes¿ A genuine, escalating suspense thread that pays off at a tense public gala¿ Zero graphic content - just aching tension, found healing, and a hard-earned happily-ever-afterPerfect for readers who love grumpy-sunshine pairings, bodyguard and protector romance, forced proximity, wounded-veteran healing arcs, and contemporary romantic suspense with real heart. A great gift for anyone who believes the strongest people are the ones brave enough to let someone in.