Caught Off Guard: A Ravensbrook Romantic Suspense Short Story (Morgan & Fairchild)
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A romantic suspense short read set in Ravensbrook.
Ava has spent years looking over her shoulder.
A movie star with a past she can’t outrun, she lives behind gates, schedules, and a rotating team of professionals who make “safe” look effortless. The stalker who once tormented her is back, and this time the threat is close enough that protection isn’t an option; it’s her entire life.
But one night, inside a film studio that feels more like a fortress than a workplace, Ava cracks.
In a borrowed face and a simple disguise, she slips out for a few stolen hours of normal. No cameras. No handlers. No fear. Just a quiet bar… and a handsome stranger who makes her laugh like she’s forgotten how.
Callum doesn’t know who she is. He only knows how it feels to talk to her. How easy it is to want more. That night follows him long after she disappears.
Then Ava’s security reshuffles, and Callum walks in as her new bodyguard.
Face-to-face, the truth hits hard. She’s not a stranger. She’s not honest. And Callum doesn’t do deception.
Except the danger isn’t over.
When Ava’s stalker breaches the set, the job becomes a race against time, and Callum’s anger turns into something sharper, more terrifying: the fear of losing her. Because protecting Ava is what he’s trained for.
Loving her might be what breaks him.