Overview

Hard to Protect

Avery Lorne has inherited more than a billion-dollar empire—she’s inherited enemies, secrets, and a growing target on her back. As threats begin to surface inside her own company, she’s assigned a new bodyguard: Kai Mercer, a former special forces operative who trusts no one and keeps her emotions locked down tight.

Kai is hired to protect Avery’s life. She doesn’t expect to become tangled in corporate conspiracies, internal sabotage, and a powerful network determined to bring Avery down from within.

Forced into close quarters by danger and constant surveillance, the two women develop a charged connection built on mutual respect, unspoken attraction, and slowly earned trust. As investigations deepen and betrayals come to light, Avery and Kai must rely on each other—not just to survive, but to protect everything they stand for.

Blending corporate thriller tension with slow-burn sapphic romance, Hard to Protect is a story about loyalty, vulnerability, and choosing love in the middle of chaos.

Genre: Sapphic Romance / Romantic Suspense / Thriller
Tone: Slow-burn, intense, emotional, suspenseful

This book contains the following mature and sensitive themes:

• ✔️ Threats to personal safety
• ✔️ Corporate corruption and betrayal
• ✔️ Psychological stress and paranoia
• ✔️ Power struggles and manipulation
• ✔️ Surveillance and privacy invasion
• ✔️ Emotional isolation
• ✔️ Mild to moderate violence / threat of violence
• ✔️ Gun presence (professional/security context)
• ✔️ High-stakes danger scenarios
• ✔️ Sexual tension and romantic scenes (consensual, gradual)

• ❌ No sexual assault
• ❌ No non-consensual sex
• ❌ No graphic gore
• ❌ No self-harm
• ❌ No extreme torture

All romantic and intimate content is between consenting adults.