Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Cowboy D-Force (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Brotherhood Protectors Book 4) Read Online Free

whiskey into. Playing the rich and arrogant Lena Love could be fun, as long as her new bodyguard and the artistic stalker didn’t rain on her summer sunshine.

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    D uke pulled up to the gate of the Love Land Ranch and shook his head. He couldn’t believe his first assignment was as bodyguard to the infamous Lena Love. The eccentric diva who’d flashed her tits at him the night before at the Blue Moose Tavern. Sure, he’d expected to provide personal security to some rich and famous person, but holy shit.
    Not her.
    “Is there someone else who can take this one?” he’d asked his new boss, Hank Patterson. Yeah, it might not be the right thing to ask on your first day, but geez, the woman was toxic.
    Hank frowned. “I would think you’d be excited to get this gig. Lena Love is iconic in the movie industry.”
    “She’s not the nicest person.” Hank’s wife, Sadie entered the room carrying a tiny bundle, their little girl, born only two months previously.
    Although he’d just met the man, obviously, in Hank’s book, the baby hung the moon. And the man was extraordinarily loving toward Sadie, his wife.
    Sadie pursed her lips. “I’ve been on the same set with Lena once. I swore I’d never do another movie with her. She’s one-hundred-percent diva and a real beyotch.” Sadie McClain would know. Having established herself as one of Hollywood’s top-grossing actresses, she was Lena’s direct competition.
    Hank arched an eyebrow. “The assignment is short term. Two weeks. When she goes back to LA, she’ll return to using her own bodyguards.” Hank fixed his gaze on Duke. “Two weeks. That’s all I’m asking. I’d take it myself, but I’ve got a couple more guys coming on board soon, and I’ve been out beating the bushes for clients.”
    “Not to mention, you’re on diaper duty this weekend. when I have to be at the premier of my new movie.” Sadie stared down at her baby. “Isn’t that right, Emma, sweetheart? Daddy has diaper duty.”
    Hank’s lips twisted. “You heard her. I’m tied up this weekend and all my other agents are assigned. You’re the only man I have who can take this one. I have another job coming up, but the client has yet to arrive in country. The timing of this assignment keeps you employed until he arrives.” Hank tilted his head. “What have you got against Ms. Love?”
    “She made a pass at me last night and gave me a full-frontal exposure of her manufactured breasts.”
    “She flashed you?”
    Hank’s bark of laughter startled the baby. and she cried out.
    “Shh, sweet Emma,” Sadie sang to soothe the baby back to sleep. “Hank, really,” she admonished her husband.
    “Two weeks. That’s all I ask,” Hank said in his inside voice.
    Duke stared up at the arched sign and sighed. From bad-ass Delta Force soldier to babysitting a spoiled, obnoxious diva. He’d sunk to a new level of low he’d never expected.
    Maybe he would be better off hiring out as a cowboy for room and board on a corporate cattle ranch. At least, he wouldn’t have women flashing him.
    His mother would be appalled at Miss Love’s behavior. He’d just have to keep that little tidbit about the flashing to himself.
    Duke blamed his mother for his lack of a permanent relationships with the opposite sex. His mother had been the consummate housewife, mother and nurturer. She was the best cook, most accomplished seamstress and the nicest person he had the pleasure of knowing. How could any woman measure up to her perfection?
    Yeah, he’d had sex with a number of willing participants, but he’d always found something about them that didn’t quite make the cut.
    Now. This woman.
    Two weeks.
    He’d survived for two weeks in the hills of Afghanistan after being separated from his teammates, living off roots and the wild rabbits he’d snared. Two weeks on a rich woman’s resort property would be nothing.
    Then why would he rather shoot himself in the foot than face Lena Love again?
    He punched in