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Don't date your bodyguard. Maximoff Hale, a headstrong 22-year-old alpha billionaire and American celebrity royalty, faces a challenge when he is assigned Farrow Keene, a tattooed, MMA-trained Yale graduate bodyguard known for "going rogue." As Farrow protects Maximoff around the clock, their professional boundaries blur and forbidden attraction grows, risking reputations and careers in this passionate contemporary romance.
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Don't date your bodyguard.

It was the one rule he had to break.

Maximoff Hale is a force of nature. A ship unwilling to be steered. Headstrong, resilient, and wholly responsible—the twenty-two-year-old alpha billionaire can handle his unconventional life. By noon, lunch can turn into a mob of screaming fans. By two, his face is all over the internet.

Born into one of the most famous families in the country, his celebrity status began at birth.

He is certified American royalty.

When he's assigned a new 24/7 bodyguard, he comes face-to-face with the worst case scenario: being attached to the tattooed, MMA-trained, Yale graduate who's known for "going rogue" in the security team—and who fills a third of Maximoff's sexual fantasies.

Twenty-seven-year-old Farrow Keene has one job: protect Maximoff Hale. Flirting, dating, and hot sex falls far, far out of the boundary of his bodyguard duties and into "termination" territory. But when feelings surface, protecting the sexy-as-sin, stubborn celebrity becomes increasingly complicated.

Together, boundaries blur, and being exposed could mean catastrophic consequences for both.

Damaged Like Us is the first book in the Like Us series and can be read and enjoyed without reading any of Krista & Becca's other novels.

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ISBN: 9781950165445

Publisher: K.B. Ritchie LLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2022

Imprint: K.B. Ritchie LLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 395g

Pages: 378

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