He once helped silence her. Now he's sworn to keep her alive.

Three years ago, figure skater Lila Arden confronted the official who cheated her?and was dragged out of the competition while he walked free. The cameras caught her anger. Nobody listened to her accusation.

She has been fighting to reclaim her career ever since.

Then someone leaves a photograph of her sleeping in her own bedroom.

Lila needs protection. She gets Reid Ward.

The man who held her arms while everything fell apart.

Reid has never forgotten that night. He followed orders, accepted someone else's story, and failed a woman who needed him to listen. This time, he intends to earn her trust. Even if she makes him work for every inch of it.

But sharing an address with Lila means discovering everything her reputation conceals: the sharp humour, the relentless ambition, the exhaustion she refuses to admit. And Lila is discovering how difficult it is to keep resenting a man who remembers the smallest things she needs?and waits for her to ask before touching her.

As the threats escalate, questions about the old competition become dangerous again.

Lila has already paid for speaking up.

Reid is falling in love with her.

And someone is determined to make sure she never gets another chance to tell the truth.

Genre: Adult contemporary romance, romantic suspense, sports romance.

Tropes: Bodyguard × figure skater, enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, slow burn, protective hero, hurt/comfort, redemption, rebuilding trust, professional boundaries.

POV and ending: Dual first-person POV with a happily-ever-after ending.