A Guarded Heart
Published on 17. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-1-63555-264-5 (ISBN)
Description
A bodyguard gig for a celebrity on a tropical island...there are worse ways to make a living.
As wholesome Dr. Kate in the hottest soap on daytime television, Lauren Douglas is promoted to her audience as a role model for young women. The strict morality clause in her contract is not the only reason she stays closeted. Her dad is a powerful right-wing politician, and a gay daughter won’t help his political aspirations.
Just as she is about to renew her contract, Lauren is publicly outed by an unfaithful former lover with a grudge. The story is all over the media, embarrassing her father and enraging a fan who loses his mind and shoots her.
All of which sounds like spoiled-people problems to FBI Special Agent Pat Roussel, whose hunt for the Kiddy Pageant Killer has consumed every waking moment for three years. Suffering from burnout, Pat is taking a few months’ break, working in private security. The last thing she expects is to find herself babysitting a celebrity who has been banished to a desert island by her father, while the cops hunt down the guy who wants to kill her. It’s a dirty job.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Johnsonville
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63555-264-5 (9781635552645)
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Born and raised in New Zealand, Jennifer began writing a few years after establishing one of her country's only women's bookstores in the mid-1980s. She was a literary critic and feature writer, had a stint as a political speechwriter, ran a communications consultancy business, and wrote for television and stage.
Jennifer's first romance, Passion Bay, was published by Naiad Press in 1992 and kicked off the first adventure/travel romance series in lesbian fiction, and the bestselling of its kind ever published in the genre. Twenty-five years later, the next Moon Island story and the entire series in audiobook are forthcoming from Bold Strokes Books.
Jennifer writes mysteries as Rose Beecham. Her current series is set in the Southwest and features sheriff's detective Jude Devine. Under a third pen name, Grace Lennox, Jennifer occasionally publishes new adult fiction.
As an editor, Jennifer has specialized in new author development for three decades, and has edited countless award-winning novels and mentored many of lesfic's best-loved authors.
Jennifer has one daughter and lives in Santa Fe with her spouse and animal companions. She is working on several new titles forthcoming in 2018-2019. Jennifer may be contacted at her website www.jenniferfulton.com.