Guarding Hearts (Living Again #3) Read Online Free

reset back to the opening image of her sitting on a stool. This was Sam Kerrigan, newly hatched superstar. He could see why. Forcing himself away from the video, he went back to the search engine and clicked on a few articles about her. She was from Nashville, the only daughter to wealthy business owner parents Samuel and Ella Kerrigan. Sam was twenty-three and had been signing her entire life in the Nashville area. She had been a regular at many local bars and restaurants for a long time. It wasn’t until her parents encouraged her to try out for Country Star that she thought maybe she could really live her dream.
    Ellis had no idea how long he sat there and read everything he could about Sam. He told himself it was because he had to decide if this was the best thing for him to do, take this extra job as her security. But if he was honest with himself, he knew that wasn’t it at all. There was something about her. A young innocence, a passion that surrounded her. He knew he should say no. He hadn’t even met her yet and his heart was pounding.
    It’s a job, just a job , he reminded himself. She needs help, and you are good at what you do. So what she’s hot and seems like a genuine person. You aren’t good enough for someone like her .
    His brow furrowed as he clicked on a story that one of the news stations had picked up about a possible stalker on new country music star Sam Kerrigan. Videos of her being ushered into vehicles by her security team, her walking out on stage, and fans screaming outside for her showed just how popular she really was. Apparently she had not only received many letters from this ‘stalker’, but he/she had been able to get past her security more than once and put stuffed animals, flowers, and jewelry in her dressing room and limo. No wonder they wanted more security. Someone in her team was slacking, or was allowing it to happen. The reason they were so concerned, other than this person getting too close to her, was that they were getting brave, starting to say scary things like ‘I’m going to have you’, ‘You are mine’, ‘We are meant to be’, etc. The whole thing left a pit in his stomach. He had seen cases like this before. Not with big superstars, of course, but with regular people and wacko’s that became obsessed with them. He could only imagine how difficult it would be to protect someone who was in the public eye constantly.
    Exiting the articles, he went back to the music video one more time. He picked up his phone and hit Andrew’s name before he could lose nerve. “Andrew? Hey man, it’s Ellis. I’ll take the security job if no one else has claimed it yet.”

 
     
    Sam sat at the booth in her new tour bus, looking out the window at the road disappearing under the tires. She was headed out on her first tour, and she was terrified. She was used to singing in Nashville. She knew most of the people that would come see her sing there. They were her supporters. This was new territory for her. Then again, everything she had done in the last few months was new for her.
    As petrified as she was, she was also so excited she couldn’t believe it. When she won Country Star, she had no idea that was only the beginning of what was a crazy but amazing ride. She had thought that being on live television and singing in front of a panel of country music’s top stars was nerve-wracking enough, but she had had no idea what she was in for next.
    After winning, she had thankfully gotten to stay in Nashville to record her debut album, Love Hurts , which included her winning song from Country Star that she had written, Wasted Tears. It was still her favorite on the album, and had hit #1 on the country charts right after she won the contest. It had even been picked up by the pop stations and hit number one there, as well. Now she had a few more songs from her album ranked in the top ten, and her album was in the top five consistently.
    Closing her eyes, she allowed the vibration of