Hold On To Me

Hawkeye Protectors

A hardworking waitress with dreams of becoming an artist.
A former Special Forces protector turned Colorado cowboy.
And a secluded mountain ranch where keeping her safe is only the beginning.

She was supposed to be mine to protect. Instead, she became the future I never thought I’d have.

I’m Jacob Walker.

Former Special Forces. Former Hawkeye commander. Colorado cowboy.

I traded dangerous missions for eight thousand acres of Colorado ranchland, where hard work, solitude, and the occasional argument with my opinionated cat suit me just fine.

Then Hawkeye asks me for one last favor.

Keep Elissa Conroy safe.

She’s a waitress working long hours at her family’s pub, a talented artist with dreams she’s barely had time to pursue, and the most stubborn woman I’ve ever met.

She doesn’t want a bodyguard.

Unfortunately for her, I’m not taking no for an answer.

Until the threat against her is gone, I’m the man standing between Elissa and danger.

My ranch is supposed to be nothing more than a safe place to wait it out.

Instead, Elissa gets under my skin. She fills the quiet with laughter, challenges me at every turn, and looks at the parts of me I’d rather keep buried without flinching.

Even Waffle decides she belongs here.

Then I discover the art Elissa has kept hidden and the dreams she’s been too afraid to chase, and protecting her stops being enough. I want to see her claim every bit of the life she deserves.

Somewhere between mountain mornings, moonlit nights, and watching her turn my empty house into a home, I do the one thing I never planned to do.

I fall in love.

Now the danger closing in on her is personal.

Anyone who comes for Elissa will have to get through me.