Have Body, Will Guard Series
By Neil S. Plakcy and Neil Plakcy
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About this series
A Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Introducing the "Have Body, Will Guard" series - a thrilling gay romance adventure following bodyguard Liam and ESL teacher Aidan as they team up to chase terrorists through the varied landscapes of Tunisia. With action-packed plot twists and steamy romance, the first three books in this long-running series will keep you on the edge of your seat as Liam and Aidan navigate dangerous situations and fight to protect their clients.
Travel by armchair to the bustling streets of Tunis, the scorching Sahara, a monastery by the Mediterranean and a lush olive grove blooming from a desert oasis. This series will take you on a wild ride of love, action, and adventure, and can be read in any order. Perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.
Titles in the series (16)
- Dancing with the Tide: Have Body, Will Guard, #2
2
Bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough return in their second sexy, thrilling adventure. Someone wants to kill cute, sexy gay pop star Karif al-Fulan, and it's up to Liam and Aidan to keep him safe. But will Karif destroy the burgeoning love between Liam & Aidan with his intimate advances? Between passionate romps in a private villa on the resort island of Djerba, off the coast of Tunisia, Liam and Aidan must face down bombs, guns and the pressure of their own testosterone. Who's trying to run them off the road in Tunis, orchestrating rock-throwing demonstrations and issuing death threats? What's Karif's connection to a prominent Palestinian politician? From poolside play to a Turkish bath to alley blow jobs in an island souk, these guys are getting into and out of trouble. But in the end, who's going to be top dog in battle -- and in bed? Once Aidan and Liam face down a serious of dangerous threats, they still have to find a way to work together without destroying their romance.
- Olives for the Stranger: Have Body, Will Guard, #4
4
Aidan and Liam face the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia as protesters and police clash in the streets. A gay couple who live on a vineyard in the Tunisian countryside ask Aidan and Liam to protect their niece Leila, a young girl whose mother has been taken into police custody. Leila, though, has been raised by her religious parents to distrust, even hate, her gay uncles and anyone like them. For the first time, the bodyguards have to protect someone who embodies the world's prejudice against them. As the threats against Leila and her activist parents grow, hunky ex-SEAL Liam is stuck in the Tunisian countryside while teacher and novice bodyguard Aidan travels to France on his own with Leila. Liam must deal with his emotions once separated from his partner, while Aidan struggles to protect Leila and her father from a deadly villain as Liam has taught him. Both men must examine the depths of their love for each other while it seems the whole country is against them.
- The Noblest Vengeance: Have Body, Will Guard, #6
6
An only child, Aidan has deep family feelings for his cousins. When one of them needs his help, he steps up, even if the case could be deadly. Bodyguard partners Aidan and Liam are deeply in love, living as expatriates in Nice, France. Aidan's cousin, of Sephardic Jewish heritage, calls to enlist their help in protecting members of her family who still live in Istanbul. They are rushing to leave the country when threats against them erupt. Can Aidan and Liam protect them until their exit visas are approved? Aidan is thrilled to learn about his Sephardic connections, until an accident occurs that reminds him and Liam that the threat is real. But the real danger to their relationship may come from their very different ideas about family connections. Can their love withstand assassins with a deadly secret to keep hidden – and Liam's foul-mouthed mother?
- Teach Me Tonight: Have Body, Will Guard, #3
3
Madame Habiba Abboud, BA, whose ill-worded invitation brought Aidan to Tunisia, returns with a request. But after her past behavior, can she be trusted? Bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are hired to protect a spoiled teenager attending an English-language institute that Madame Abboud is running. Liam worries that Aidan loves teaching too much to commit to their bodyguard business-- but when things go wrong and Liam's sexy SEAL buddy Joey shows up to help out, career options become the least of their problems. Liam faces an opponent who represents his own dark side-- a soldier of fortune who is smart, strong and ruthless. Liam needs Joey's help-- but will his attraction to his hunky pal damage his relationship with Aidan? Will Aidan turn his back on his burgeoning career as a bodyguard to return to his first love, teaching? Who's trying to run them off the road in Tunis, orchestrating rock-throwing demonstrations and issuing death threats? What's Karif's connection to a prominent Palestinian politician? From poolside play to a Turkish bath to alley blow jobs in an island souk, these guys are getting into and out of trouble. But in the end, who's going to be top dog in battle -- and in bed? Once Aidan and Liam face down a serious of dangerous threats, they still have to find a way to work together without destroying their romance.
- Under the Waterfall: Have Body, Will Guard, #5
5
As soon as they're settled in their new home on the French Riviera, bodyguards Aidan and Liam are sent to the island of Corsica to protect a mining executive and his family. The disruption, and the discovery that the client's son is gay and in a touchy relationship, causes both bodyguards to question their skills and their commitment to each other. Can they protect the Perreau family, manage a happy ending for two star-crossed lovers, and come out of the incident with their bodies and their love for each other intact?
- Finding Freddie Venus: Have Body, Will Guard, #7
7
Can an ex-porn star and his stalker find true love? Or will bodyguards Aidan and Liam be forced to keep them apartment maintain their client's security? Newt Camilleri is a sad, overweight fifty-year-old who writes gay unicorn porn but has no romantic life. He has fled his dead-end job and old life to start again on the Riviera. A chance encounter with his porn idol turns him into a stalker. Former gay porn star Freddie Venus has survived an epic slide and now lives a solitary life in a restored farmhouse outside Nice. When he believes he is being stalked, he hires Aidan and Liam to protect him. But Newt isn't the only one looking for Freddie, and the tattooed ex-star's past is about to come back to haunt him. Will Aidan and Liam be able to save Freddie, and help him and Newt start a new story together?
- A Cold Wind: Have Body, Will Guard, #8
8
Now that he's been forced out of the closet and moved to Monaco, retired Russian oligarch Slava Vishinev longs for a sexy new life. An assassination attempt forces him to hire bodyguards Aidan and Liam to protect him. Who could be after him – his estranged son, who has joined an anti-capitalist group? The government official who engineered his fall from grace in Moscow? Can Liam and Aidan him alive long enough to engineer a romance between him and their sad, handsome neighbor, still pining for his late lover? Or will they begin to feel that their entry into their forties forces them to consider close protection a young man's game, one that they're no longer suited for?
- The Madness of Husbands: Have Body, Will Guard, #10
10
When Aidan Greene's ex calls after ten years with a peremptory demand for bodyguard services, Aidan's tempted to say no, even though he hears real despair in Blake's voice. After a reminder that the two of them are in their forties, and that personal protection is a young man's game, Aidan and his husband Liam have stepped back, marrying and taking a staycation at their home outside Nice. But Liam misses the adventure, and Aidan is curious about his ex and the man Blake has married, Latin diplomat Ricardo Levy. Ricardo is recovering from a psychotic break, and sees danger all around him, but he's determined to attend a conference in the Bahamas where he will reveal information that may have profound international ramifications. Quickly, Aidan and Liam are at a luxury resort on Paradise Island, watching for danger and wondering if the threats are all in Ricardo's head—or if they are very real. Do we ever lose the bonds that connect us to past loves? Aidan and Blake will come to a reckoning about the events that began the Have Body, Will Guard series—and learn something about the madness of love along the way.
- The Graveyard of God's Name: Have Body, Will Guard, #12
12
A Biblical scroll that could change the world... if Aidan and Liam can keep it and the man who found it safe. Husbands and close-protection partners Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough are called to protect a young Oxford student with a valuable manuscript. Danny Cardozo, a gay, Jewish scholar, has been entrusted with an ancient scroll, a copy of the Biblical book of Leviticus written soon after the destruction of the Second Temple. When villains threaten him, he heads to an isolated home on the resort island of Djerba, off the Tunisian coast. Danny could build a career as a scholar from the revelations he has discovered in the ancient scroll – if he or any of the elderly men helping him don't die first.
- The Most Expensive Spice: Have Body, Will Guard, #11
11
Fleeing his father's anti-gay wrath, Ekram Zuabi must leave his family farm in the middle of a Syrian civil war. He is desperate to reach a place where he can live and love without fear. Handsome playboy Rafe Fabron may have money and a place in a successful family business importing spices to Europe, but someone wants to kill him. A disgruntled former lover—or someone with larger and deadlier goals in mind? When circumstances bring them together and sparks begin to fly, it's up to bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough to protect them both and engineer their happily ever after. Computer-savvy assailants linger in the shadows of the glittering French Riviera, and it will take research, strategy, and the ability to outsmart terrorists and the French police in order to carry off this latest Have Body, Will Guard adventure.
- The Feet of Blue Pigeons: Have Body, Will Guard
During a break in the pandemic, Aidan Greene gets a panicked message from an old college friend living in Luxembourg. Ethan Katz is a banking exec in Luxembourg for a bank owned by a family from the UAE. He's discovered a money-laundering scheme which puts his life is in danger and local security can't help him because they are stretched thin from the pandemic. Can Aidan and Liam help protect him? They haven't worked much since the onset of Covid-19, so they welcome the chance to earn some money, and help an old friend. But when everyone around them is wearing masks, it's hard for Aidan and Liam to discern real threats. Their investigation leads them into dangerous territory, uncovering details about immigrant smuggling and who might be behind the money laundering scheme. The pandemic also brings back uncomfortable memories of life during the AIDS crisis, opening up old wounds and drawing Aidan and Liam even closer together, even as they investigate and face dramatic dangers. Ripped from the headlines, the newest Have Body, Will Guard adventure is sure to delight fans of the series. New readers will find it easy to jump in as well. Romance fans will appreciate a subplot bringing two damaged men together.
- The Same Page: Have Body, Will Guard, #9
9
Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough feel like they've aged out of the bodyguard business—but a desperate call from former client Slava Vishinev draws them back. In a story ripped from the headlines, Slava's gay son Arseny has vanished in Chechnya, where homosexuals are persecuted and imprisoned. What was Arseny doing in Chechnya, and who is the enigmatic Italian who ends up in police custody with him? Answering these questions will take Aidan and Liam on their most deadly adventure yet, deep into the heart of a war-torn former Soviet state where danger lurks around every corner. The stakes are high – innocent men depend on them for rescue from imprisonment and death. Will Aidan and Liam be able to rescue Arseny and help him carry out his plans—and make it back to Nice for their wedding?
- Have Body Will Guard 4-6: Have Body, Will Guard
Three exciting MM adventure romances. Step into the thrilling world of Have Body, Will Guard with this three-volume set of romantic adventures following bodyguards Aidan and Liam as they face dangerous situations and intense romances. In the first book, they navigate the turmoil of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia while protecting the bigoted young daughter of activists. In the second, they travel to the picturesque island of Corsica to protect a wealthy family and become embroiled in a forbidden Romeo and Julio romance. Finally, in the third book, Aidan's family connections draw them to Turkey where they uncover a political plot that threatens US interests. Don't miss out on this pulse-pounding series—which can be read in any order. Perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.
- Have Body, Will Guard 10-12: Have Body, Will Guard
Another three thrilling bodyguard adventures. Bodyguards Aidan and Liam are back in a new set of romantic adventures perfect for armchair travelers who care about LGBT characters and issues. In the first book, Aidan's ex desperately needs their help to protect his new husband from a deadly stalker who threatens an international conference in the Bahamas. In the second, they must protect a young Syrian refugee and a wealthy young Frenchman from international terrorists, while engineering a culture-spanning romance. In the third, they return to the beautiful island of Djerba, off the Tunisian coast, to help a young gay Jewish scholar and safeguard a Biblical scroll that could change the world. This series is filled with action, romance, and heart-pumping thrills that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.
- Have Body Will Guard 1-3: Have Body, Will Guard
A Lambda Literary Award Finalist Introducing the "Have Body, Will Guard" series - a thrilling gay romance adventure following bodyguard Liam and ESL teacher Aidan as they team up to chase terrorists through the varied landscapes of Tunisia. With action-packed plot twists and steamy romance, the first three books in this long-running series will keep you on the edge of your seat as Liam and Aidan navigate dangerous situations and fight to protect their clients. Travel by armchair to the bustling streets of Tunis, the scorching Sahara, a monastery by the Mediterranean and a lush olive grove blooming from a desert oasis. This series will take you on a wild ride of love, action, and adventure, and can be read in any order. Perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.
- Have Body, Will Guard 7-9: Have Body, Will Guard
Three more heart-pounding adventures of a pair of gay bodyguards. Join the thrilling adventure of bodyguards Aidan and Liam in this three-volume set of romantic adventures. Our intrepid heroes relocate from Tunisia to the French Riviera, where they face a fresh set of challenges. In the first book, they must protect a retired gay porn star from a dangerous stalker. In the second, they are hired to protect a Russian oligarch who has just come out of the closet and escaped to Monte Carlo—but threats from his old life continue to plague him. And in the third, they embark on a mission to rescue gay men trapped in Chechnya, where they must save not only the oligarch's son but dozens of other innocent men. This series is filled with action, romance, and heart-pounding thrills, and is perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.
Neil S. Plakcy
Neil Plakcy is the author of over thirty romance and mystery novels. He lives in South Florida with his partner and two rambunctious golden retrievers. His website is www.mahubooks.com.
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