You’re Safe With Me: 11 of the Best Bodyguard Romances

This has it all: a sapphic Anastasia retelling with a lost princess, a cargo ship adventure, and a fake relationship. After giving everything to helping others, Makeda is left jobless, partnerless, and honestly, tired. Going to work at her grandmother’s B&B was supposed to be a retreat, but Beznaria finds her there and claims she long lost princess of Ibarania. Bez wants to restore her family’s honor as a trusted guard and investigator for the World Federation of Monarchs. She will have to use every skill to get the reluctant secret princess to claim the crown.

Content Warnings: Stalking and Misogyny

The third book in the Twisted Wishes series brings a bodyguard romance to the queer rockstar romance trilogy. Mish is a bass player and rock goddess who loves the stage and can handle herself, but when a stalker attacks her, she is hospitalized and her band hires a bodyguard she doesn’t want. And she definitely didn’t expect to have an instant connection with him. David’s life as a military expert and trans man hasn’t prepped him for handling Mish. She is undeniable, but when her stalker threatens Mish further, David must decide if he can be her lover and still do his job.

Content Warning: Past Domestic Violence

A wayward actor and his contracted minder find themselves falling for each other at his L.A. castle. Lauren spent 13 years as an ER therapist, and she is burnt out. Instead of taking a much-needed break, she agrees to help her cousin Rob when he asks her to watch a troubled Hollywood star. Alex is a professional actor who doesn’t need a guard, but when Lauren shows up, he quickly falls for her no-nonsense attitude and specific graphic tees. Lauren can’t resist Alex’s endless stream-of-consciousness rambles, midnight walks, and unrelenting selflessness. But when Alex leaves his former show with pizazz, Lauren must decide if she should stay or go.

Jasmine is a private librarian who comes across a deadly mystery when her old friend goes missing and his partner is murdered. A rare book dealer doesn’t just go missing like that, and she is determined to figure out what really happened. Curating books for exclusive clients, Jasmine knows how to find hard-to-track-down things, but even she will accept the help of air force vet and private security man Torr. He cannot resist the librarian’s appeal, but they both will have to watch out for disaster as they continue to uncover the real plot behind the mystery.

Content Warnings: Emotionally Abusive Parent, Kidnapping, Past Trauma, Panic Attacks, and Death of a Loved One

One moment Katrina is having a chat with a hot guy at a coffee shop, and the next she is the target of a viral live-tweet thread. As an ex-model, the last thing Katrina wants is attention, and she really doesn’t want to let everyone know she really isn’t interested in dating the café guy. Jas is the perfect man for the job. He is a bodyguard, her friend, and has a family home where Katrina can stay out of the public eye. Katrina isn’t sure she should date again, but her bodyguard is irresistible, they are in a remote setting, and she has a crush on him. The second book in the Modern Love series has all the elements present for love, but Katrina will have to trust that this relationship is worth the leap.

Content Warning: Death of a Loved One

The third book in The Five Crowns of Okrith series is sapphic bodyguard romance full of epic love and adventure. When fae warrior Briata receives a panicked request for help from an ex-lover, she cannot say no, even though she must return alone to the kingdom that cast her family away when she was fated to take the crown. Princess Abalina’s mother died in the recent attack, and when one of her guards invites Bri to come to the castle and serve as her temporary guard, she doesn’t turn her away. The princess and her new guard will have a lot of work to do if they want to uncover the leader of the group that killed the former queen and avoid falling for each other in the process.

Content Warnings: Panic Attacks and Anxiety

Prince Kadou has always suffered from anxiety and managed his role, but now he cannot handle being in the same room as the ambassador and body-father to his sister’s new child. She is the Queen, and Kadou’s fear of the ambassador threatens to ruin her trust in him when a recent threat leads to a deadly misunderstanding. Now Kadou is determined to prove his loyalty by solving an investigation that starts with a break-in and develops into a larger counterfeiting conspiracy. He is also navigating his relationship with the stern but attractive Evemer, sent to be his new bodyguard. No matter what Kadou does, he cannot seem to get him to like him, but they really do have to start getting along if they want a shot at dismantling the conspiracy at work in this queernorm fantasy novel.

In this sapphic high fantasy romance, a werewolf huntress and a faerie duchess break convention and team up to solve a mystery. Robin is part of a pack with no upward mobility or financial stability and so, she is always looking for something to supplement her earnings. When she is given the opportunity to solve a mystery and receive a bounty, she goes for it, and meets the fae duchess Yashona who offers her an even better job. Yashona is ready to escape her guards, and hiring Robin as her personal guard is the perfect fix. Robin and Yashona are both getting what they need, but as they spend more time together, they also discover what they want. (The answer is each other).

The outwardly bubbly and inwardly strategic Catarina is the youngest member of her High House, a spy, and the heroine of the third book in the Consortium Rebellion series. Cat is determined to go undercover at a rival house to collect vital intelligence, but her older sister insists she brings Alexander with her as her bodyguard. The quiet man will pose as her lover on the trip, and he is determined to protect her, even when she tries to leave him behind. Trusting each other is vital if they want to uncover and stop a deadly interplanetary plot, but that only hastens the real attraction that develops from their fake relationship.