A protector falls for the person they're sworn to keep safe.
Bodyguard romance blends forced proximity with danger: the protector must stay professional, the protected may resent the intrusion, and every threat raises the emotional stakes. Popular in romantic suspense and fantasy (knights and princes, guards and mages).
Ana Huang
Danielle Lori
Neil Gaiman
Stephen King
Andrzej Sapkowski
Lucy Monroe
Johanna Lindsey
Richelle Mead
Jayne Ann Krentz
Richard Kadrey
Richelle Mead
Linda Lael Miller
Jayne Ann Krentz
Richard Kadrey
Violet Winspear
Nora Roberts
Julie Garwood
Robert Crais
Robyn Carr
Lucy Monroe
Richard Kadrey
Vicki Lewis Thompson
Suzanne Brockmann
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Susan Mallery
Sharon Sala
Neil Gaiman
Sally Wentworth
Elizabeth Hoyt
Jim C. Hines
Kerrelyn Sparks
Susan Mallery
Sandra Brown
Susan Mallery
Jodi Ellen Malpas
Nikki Logan
Arlene James
Susan Mallery
Heather Graham
Gayle Wilson
Christine Feehan
Kasey Michaels
Vicki Lewis Thompson
Jax (Writer of erotic fiction)
Rachelle McCalla
Maya Banks
Michelle Conder
Shannon McKenna
A protector falls for the person they're sworn to keep safe. Bodyguard romance blends forced proximity with danger: the protector must stay professional, the protected may resent the intrusion, and every threat raises the emotional stakes. Popular in romantic suspense and fantasy (knights and princes, guards and mages).
Popular bodyguard romance books include Twisted Games (2021), The Sweetest Oblivion (2018), American Gods (2001), Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) and Czas Pogardy (1995).