Protecting Christmas: Christmas Magic

By Angelica Kate

Knox is one of the best security personnel in the business. He works with a myriad of hard to please clients during his grueling schedule fifty weeks a year. For two weeks at Christmas, though, he retreats from the world to the solitude of his cabin in the woods. After several devastating losses, he hates the holidays and has made this a tradition to avoid the fuss. Unfortunately, this year Knox will be asked to break a number of his hard and fast rules. When an old acquaintance calls in a favor to have him protect a female attorney in need of his brand of protection, things get complicated. Emersyn is by far the most unusual woman of his acquaintance – tough as nails, gorgeous, and with a huge bounty from one of the world's worst bad guys on her head.

 

Can he keep the woman alive long enough to start her trial in January of the following year? More importantly, can he keep his hands to himself while protecting this valuable asset? For a man who lives life uncomplicated, this Christmas is about to change EVERYTHING!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Angelica Kate
• Release date: Dec 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781386706045

Angelica Kate

Angelica Kate writes contemporary romances with strong characters and inspiration to keep the readers coming back for more. She is a lifetime scribbler who has been journaling since an early age and finally parlayed that into more structured storytelling. Angelica loves strong female leads and the men that adore them, despite their scars and baggage. When not writing, she spends time on Florida's sunny shores near her home in Sarasota, FL, with her puppies Tesla and Harley Quinn, her daughters, and a host of kooky amazing friends. TWITTER: @AngelicaKate5 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/authorangelicakate INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/aknaff12/ Email Angelica directly: [e-mail] HAPPY READING AND CHASING HAPPINESS WHEREVER YOU CHOOSE TO FIND IT!!

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Protecting Christmas

By: Angelica Kate

Copyright ® 2020 Angela Naff

Copyright

Copyright © 2020 by Angela K. Naff; using the pen name of Angelica Kate

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the author.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Epilogue

Chapter 1

Knox, Lance, his boss, called out. Knox Stallard almost didn’t stop. It was three days before Christmas and once again time for his annual solitary hike to a cabin in the middle of nowhere for some relaxation. But he knew that tone. He was about to be asked for a favor.

I’m out of here until the new year, Knox said, giving his boss a small salute.

Lance trusted him with the hardest cases, longest assignments, and his own life at one point. He never interfered with Knox’s time off, though, which was why he was intrigued despite being a little bit annoyed.

Lance and he had done ten years in the military before exiting after a rather bumpy operation that left them both facing years of rehab. During his time healing, Lance started his private security firm for U.S. clients and the occasional one abroad. When Knox had finally been in a position to need employment, Lance had come knocking. That was five years ago, and their agreement was ten days each year he would be allowed to sculk off to his cabin in the woods.

Lance lost his parents and younger brother Christmas Eve in a bad accident the year before he enlisted. Even though Lance was trained to hide his emotions, this time of year was a tough pill to swallow. Wallowing in his grief on his own was his ode to the only family besides his brothers in arms he ever intended to have.

Inhaling, Knox backed up until he could see Lance’s face through the open doorway. His heart stuttered to a stop when he saw the tall form of the second man in the room. Dropping his bag in the hall, he walked forward and welcomed the newcomer with a stiff shake.

Mitchell, what brings a spook like you around our humble offices? Know asked. He recognized the man from several military briefings in his time enlisted. Mitchell Grant worked for an agency with initials that normally didn’t operate on U.S. soil. It was a bit of a surprise to find him here. Knox was curious— not willing to help, mind you—but interested in whatever the backstory was that brought him in.

Knox, I informed Mitchell here that you never work two days before Christmas until the New Year. Secondly, you are never asked to protect a woman or children.

Wow, so you’re here about a favor that would break both my rules, he said, quirking a brow at Mitchell and his gaze. A child or a woman?

Woman, Mitchell said,