Here's Cambria Hebert's "The Hazard and The Hitman." It's the first novel in the Protectors series. This was originally published in the Heart2Heart Anthology (Vol 8) and has since been expanded.
["Desperate times call for desperate measures, and being in the hospital with stitches in my head and no way out makes me pretty desperate. So I log in to a dating app, searching for a guy willing to pretend to be my boyfriend so I can bust out of this overpriced nightmare.
But what do I get?
Accused of being a prostitute. Talk about a waste of phone minutes.
With plan A a no-go, I move on to plan B. Escape. Except, on my way to freedom, I’m nearly pummeled by a man wearing all black and with the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.
When he pretends to be my boyfriend, I’m shook. And even more shook when I discover this is the rude guy from the app.
Turns out he’s not only rude but bossy, irritable, and he keeps calling me a walking hazard. I go along with the lie anyway, thinking I can ditch him as soon as I’m free.
Except that doesn’t happen.
I end up back at his place, eating soup and trying hard not to catch feelings.
Then my apartment is broken into, and I’m running for my life, confused, injured, and with nowhere else to go. Kieran vows to keep me safe, something he seems more than capable of… Which is kinda odd for a real estate agent, right?
As the threat to my life intensifies, I start to wonder if I’ll make it to my next birthday and, more importantly, if trusting Kieran is the deadliest hazard of all."]
When this short story first came out, I was fucking obsessed. I immediately fell in love with both of them, and I immediately wanted more. THIS was sooo worth the wait.
These two were hot fucking messes. Especially our stoic-as-fuck Kieran, hit man extraordinaire, falling in love and becoming utter goo and breaking all of his rules for a stranger with two-toned eyes and a special skill of getting hurt.
Haz hasn't had it easy. And things just keep getting worse and worse...until a tall, dark and handsome man takes care of him..and then immediately claims he's going to keep Haz forever. It was intense, but Haz wasn't exactly complaining. At any point. He didn't like being coddled (just cuddled), but he was all for the breakfasts and plants and truths and fish.
I canNOT wait for more!!! I'm looking at you Ghost and Rhett.
Trigger Warnings: car crash, hospital stay, violence, murder, foster care, mentions of past abuse, and more.
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