Bidding on the Bodyguard by Kristi Avalon

Local news reporter, Nadine Marx, has been put in charge of this year’s charity fund raiser. The Bid on Love Bachelor Auction gives bidders the chance to spend the weekend with some of the hottest, single guys around. Which lucky women will win the date of their dreams? Or will some of these dates become a nightmare?

When former marine Shane Duncan participates in the bachelor auction, he offers the winning bidder a weekend of boot camp and self-defense training. He doesn’t expect to fall for the woman who bid on him. Now he wants more than one weekend with her. Is she willing to see where this goes – or will distance keep them apart?

After the auctioneer announced Bachelor Number Seven’s weekend date, Emma Stallings knows she has to win him. Two months ago she was mugged, and she’s ready to learn skills to protect herself and take charge of her life, though she’s not ready for love. As she gets to know the sexy bodyguard, she guards her heart. She promised herself to never make the mistake of falling too fast for a man. But Shane seems to have no intention of slowing things down.

Will her reluctance to take the ultimate chance end their bid on love before it’s begun?