Lisa Childs - Evidence Of Attraction

From investigating the evidence

To becoming a killer’s target

Wendy Thompson is used to investigating crime scenes—not being put in peril herself! But once a criminal threatens her life, Wendy enters the protective custody of longtime workplace crush Hart Fisher. Having him guarding her is distracting, to say the least, especially when passions flare. But as Hart tracks the underworld kingpin endangering Wendy’s life, they must decide between love—and safeguarding their lives…

Ever since LISA CHILDSread her first romance novel (a Harlequin story, of course) at age eleven, all she wanted was to be a romance writer. With over forty novels published with Harlequin, Lisa is living her dream. She is an award-winning, bestselling romance author. Lisa loves to hear from readers, who can contact her on Facebook, through her website, lisachilds.com, or her snail-mail address, PO Box 139, Marne, MI 49435.

Evidence of Attraction

Lisa Childs

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ISBN: 978-1-474-09466-5

EVIDENCE OF ATTRACTION

© 2019 Lisa Childs

Published in Great Britain 2019

by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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She’d already fallen for Hart Fisher. Long ago…

Even before he’d saved her life over and over.

She was helpless to fight her feelings any longer. She was helpless to fight the passion that overpowered her. She’d nearly lost him—nearly lost her opportunity to ever be this close to him. When he laid her down on a bed, she clung to him, pulling him down on top of her like he’d been that night he’d sneaked into her room.

Their legs tangled, and she felt the evidence of his passion. She moaned and arched against him.

“Wendy…” he murmured as he tried to ease back—away from her.

She might have let him go—if she didn’t see the desire on his face, which was flushed, his eyes glittering. He wanted her, too.

She moved her hand between them, over the fly of his worn jeans. His breath hissed out between his clenched teeth.

“You’re killing me,” he murmured.

She shook her head. “No. I don’t want that to happen. I want you…”

Alive.

Be sure to check out the previous books in the exciting Bachelor Bodyguards miniseries.

Dear Reader,

I’m excited to bring you another story about the Bachelor Bodyguards! If you read Guarding His Witness , you know that the Payne Protection Agency has a dangerous new assignment. Drug kingpin and killer Luther Mills has sworn out a contract against everyone who can put him behind bars—where he deserves to be—for the rest of his life. Fortunately, the police chief brought in the Payne Protection Agency to make sure nobody is hurt before the trial.

In Evidence of Attraction , he ramps up his efforts to get his charges dismissed by trying to have the evidence against him destroyed. But despite the threats crime scene investigator Wendy Thompson has been receiving, she is too committed to her job and justice to compromise either. Bodyguard Hart Fisher has his work cut out for him, though. To prevent Luther’s leak in the police department from finding out the chief is on to them, Hart has to pose as Wendy’s boyfriend. When Wendy begins to bond with the single dad’s young daughter, Hart has to keep reminding himself it’s just an assignment—maybe the most dangerous one of his life.

Hope you enjoy this latest installment of Bachelor Bodyguards!

Happy reading!

Lisa Childs

For my hero, Andrew Ahearne. Thank you for your love and support! Love you!

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Introduction

Dear Reader

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

About the Publisher

Lose the evidence or lose your life…

That was the first threat Wendy Thompson had received, tucked behind the windshield wiper on her car. When she’d seen the slip of paper, she’d thought it was a flyer for a new restaurant or a dry cleaner. Of course, as an evidence tech, she’d processed the paper for prints. The couple of very smudged partials she’d recovered had been insufficient for her to match in AFIS, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System.