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Readers Are Calling It a Heart-PoundingProtector Romance!
Early readers are raving about this dark, fast-paced love story, calling it addictive, emotional, and “the perfect mix of danger, heat, and heart.” If you love grumpy ex-soldiers, fierce heroines, and high-stakes rescues, this one will own your weekend.
Romantic Suspense Fan
Dark subject matter, huge emotions, and a hero who would burn the world down for her. Five explosive stars.
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An off-limits, forced-proximity military protector romance
She’s off-limits. He’s her accidental protector. When bullets start flying, surviving just might mean falling harder than ever.
Story Details
- Tropes: Grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity, protector, age gap, off-limits
- Vibe: Steamy romantic suspense with emotional gut-punches and a guaranteed HEA
- Hero: Battle-scarred ex-soldier hiding in the mountains
- Heroine: Stubborn, big-hearted woman racing to save a trafficked girl
- Perfect for readers who love: Dangerous missions, soft moments in the middle of chaos, and heroes who fall first and hardest
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Readers Are Calling It the Ultimate“He’s Known Her Forever” Fantasy!
This book hits every delicious dad’s-best-friend button: lifelong loyalty, an aching age gap, and a hero who’s watched her grow up and refuses to touch her…until her life is on the line. Readers adore the blend of emotional history, mafia danger, and all-in devotion.
Romance Reviewer
Blaze ruined me for other book boyfriends. Protective, obsessed, and completely gone for her.
ARC Reader
That slow shift from ‘I promised your father I’d protect you’ to ‘you’re mine now’ made me feral.
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A billionaire military romance with dad’s forbidden best friend.
He promised her father he’d protect her. He never promised he wouldn’t want her. When a mafia war threatens all they love, off-limits becomes too hot to resist—with deadly consequences.
Story Crumbs
- Tropes: Dad’s best friend, age gap, billionaire ex-SEAL, bodyguard, mafia war
- Emotional beats: Found family, long-buried feelings, and loyalty stretched to the breaking point
- Ideal for readers who want: Heroes who fall first, heroines who refuse to be treated like porcelain, and forbidden kisses that feel like crossing a line in the sand.
Testimonials
Readers Are Calling It A Scorching“Marry-Me-Or-Die” Romance!
This novella is pure adrenaline: fake vows, real danger, and a hero who came back from the dead for one girl. Reviewers love the tight pacing, the wicked banter, and the way the slow-burning marriage explodes into full-on obsession.
Romance Blogger
Short, sharp, and sinful. The ‘we have to get married to keep you alive’ setup hooked me from page one.
ARC Reader
Age gap, secret identity, and a protective alphahole who worships her? Instant re-read.
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An off-limits age-gap marriage-of-convenience Romance
He was supposed to stay hidden. She’s the partner’s daughter with a target on her back. Their “marriage of convenience” might just be the only thing standing between love and death.
Story Tidbits
- Tropes: Age gap, bodyguard, marriage of convenience, secret identity, partner’s daughter
- Length: High-octane novella you can inhale in one sitting
- Heat level: Off-the-charts, with all the doors wide open
- Setting: Safe houses, safe rooms, and nowhere truly safe
- Best for readers who crave: Dangerous men, vulnerable heroines who never stay helpless, and “we’re fake married…but my feelings aren’t” angst
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Readers Are Calling It a Steamy, Addictive Mafia Obsession!
Fans of dangerous anti-heroes are calling this story “steamy, suspenseful, and impossible to put down.” A lethal ex-operative. A mafia princess raised to be a weapon. One mission that was never supposed to end in love.
Dark Romance Reader
The tension is unreal. Every chapter feels like it could end in a kiss…or a bullet.
ARC Reader
Forbidden in every possible way and yet so tender underneath. My new favorite mafia romance.
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An off-limits age-gap mafia romance.
He came to destroy her world. She’s the mafia princess sworn to protect it. When forbidden desire turns lethal, falling in love becomes the riskiest move of all.
Story Details
- Tropes: Mafia princess, age gap, enemies-to-lovers, morally grey hero, forbidden romance
- Tone: Dark, steamy, and emotional—perfect for readers who like their romance with danger
- Hero: Ex-military billionaire with one mission: take down the Don
- Heroine: Clever, controlled daughter of the mob boss, torn between loyalty and desire
- Expect: Betrayals, blood oaths, rooftop kisses, and a hard-won happy ending
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Readers Are Calling It A Movie-Level Action Romance!
This one reads like an action film with seriously dirty deleted scenes. A billionaire ex-SEAL guarding the stubborn journalist who poked the wrong mafia nest—complete with dangerous missions, explosive chemistry, and a hero who calls her “off-limits” while pinning her to a safehouse wall.
Romantic Suspense Addict
I could see every scene like a blockbuster movie. And the bedroom scenes? Even better.
Booktok Reviewer
Forbidden obsession + relentless danger = my catnip. Lila and her protector absolutely sizzle.
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An off-limits military billionaire romance.
A hardened ex-SEAL turned billionaire bodyguard. A reckless journalist who pissed off the wrong people. One mission, one body to protect—and a forbidden obsession that could cost them everything.
Story Crumbs
- Tropes: Billionaire, ex-Navy SEAL, bodyguard/client, forbidden romance, mafia danger
- Heat level: Spicy with intense, emotionally charged scenes
- Pacing: Action-packed with relentless external stakes and a slow-burn internal war
- Perfect for readers who love: Protective billionaires, stubborn heroines who never stay in the car, and “I’d die before I let them touch you” energy
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The Fight for the Truth Starts Now!
Readers are obsessed with this forbidden, undercover romance—calling it intense, addictive, and impossible to put down. If you love ex-military heroes in deep cover, mafia princesses, and secrets that could get them both killed, this book will have you holding your breath until the last page.
The undercover tension is perfection. Every touch feels dangerous, every kiss feels like a countdown—I devoured it in one night.
Steamy, emotional, and high-stakes. Aria and her imposter protector had me screaming ‘just tell her the truth!’ while I fell in love with them both.
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PROTECTED BY THE IMPOSTER
A forbidden forced-proximity mafia romance where an undercover CIA operative posing as an architect falls for the Santorini Don’s untouchable daughter—and one exposed lie could get them both killed.
Story Crumbs
- Tropes: Undercover CIA agent, mafia princess, forbidden romance, forced proximity, protector
- Genre: Steamy contemporary romantic suspense
- Length: High-octane novella—perfect for a one-sitting binge
- Heat Level: Explicit, high-heat romance with a guaranteed HEA
- Perfect for readers who love: Secret identities, lethal heroes with soft hearts, and heroines who fall for the one man they can never safely love
About The Author
Kayla Martyn
Hi, I’m Kayla Martyn—an indie romance author obsessed with steamy, high-stakes love stories where passion collides with danger. If you enjoy age gaps, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romance, and fiercely protective heroes, you’re in exactly the right place.
I write high-heat romantic suspense packed with heart-pounding action, forbidden chemistry, and heroines who never back down. My heroes will risk everything, my heroines fight just as hard, and the sparks between them? Always explosive.
When you pick up one of my books, you can expect:
- Off-limits attraction and delicious tension
- Big emotion, brutal choices
- Dangerous worlds—mafia empires, deadly secrets
- hard-won happily-ever-afters
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