
Above Protection by C.J. Pinard






He’s bearded, angry, highly trained, and has a job to do.
She’s the damsel in distress who’s smarter than she looks, and doesn’t want anyone’s help.
Could it be they both need something neither will admit to? Fate fueled by the laws of attraction may just decide for them.
DUKE
I didn’t ask for this. I was just doing my job, and they have the nerve to put me on a Witness Protection detail? This is crap. I’ll do my assignment, then go back to my job and what I love – kicking ass and taking names. I hadn’t spent 6 years in the Marine Corps to be put on babysitting duty once I’d joined the FBI. The witness they assigned me to, Rayanne, is an annoying, brainless blonde with a sassy mouth and a body that belongs on a website you have to pay to access. Not that I noticed or anything.
RAYANNE
I can look after myself. I don’t need anyone’s help, and the government is being ridiculous for putting me in the Witness Protection Program. I’ll testify against my former bosses and then go back to my life as a single girl in the big city. I love my career as a paralegal, and once this Neanderthal they’d assigned to babysit me is out of my life, I’ll go back to it. I just wish he wasn’t so easy on the eyes. The beard, hard body, and that voice. Why couldn’t they have sent me someone ugly – and nice? Because Duke is neither of those things.
ABOVE PROTECTION is book 1 in the Imperfect Heroes Series. For readers 18+.








I’m a California girl living in land-locked Colorado. Lover of red wine, wearer of fabulous shoes, and a die-hard Niner fan, I’m also an editor at heart. I’ve written over a dozen books and short stories that contain both contemporary/new adult and paranormal romance that are a little bit badass, a little heart-wrenching, and sorta funny (to me, anyway). Almost all my books usually contain law enforcement or military undertones, since strong, brave, alpha men and women are my weaknesses. When I’m not writing, I can be found working at a very strange day job, which may or may not have some mild influences on my gripping stories – so strange, in fact, I think I’ll write a book about it one day.
I’m also a proud member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA).



Rayanne is a paralegal who just got served.
Distressing- yes
The subpoena says that she is a witness against her bosses.
She loved her job. She may have hated some of the clients, but she loved her job. There must be some mistake because her bosses would never do something like this.
Or so she thought, until the threatening phone calls started?
It seems the only way to get protection is to testify against her bosses about something she didn't realize was happening. It's that or run, which wasn't happening. So witness protection it is...
Knight in shining armor- I think not. He's rude, mean, and a total ass. How is she going to survive 11 days with this jerk? If she could do it without him it would be better...
Why does he have to be so attractive? Why is he such a jerk? Why can't she stop thinking king about running her fingers through his beard?
Complicated doesn't begin to describe Rayanne's situation or the feels she seems to be developing. But the real question is, what about Duke?
It's a quick fun tale about witness protection and close quarters romance. Breaking rules and crossing lines aren't unusual for Duke, the pampered princess on the other hand is definitely not his usual type.
Fun, plenty of sexual tension, and worth the read





