Ballerina x Bodyguard. Forbidden Age Gap. Opposites Attract. Family Secrets. Slow Burn.
LAURA NORMANDE
Wishes are for people who still believe the world is listening.
At seventeen, I had everything: wealth, beauty, a future carved in gold—and a life that was quietly rotting underneath. Then Jacob Vargas walked in. Forty. Controlled. Untouchable. A man built like violence wrapped in discipline. He wasn’t just my bodyguard. He was the line no one could cross. The problem? I wanted to cross it. He never touched me, but he made sure no one else ever would—and somehow that was worse.
When my family finally shattered—when secrets tore through everything I thought I knew—Jacob became the one man I couldn’t trust… and the only one I couldn’t let go. So, I ran. Across an ocean. Into another life. Still angry. Still haunted. Still his. Now I’m older, stronger, and untouchable in my own way—but the past doesn’t stay buried. And neither does a man like Jacob Vargas. Some lines aren’t meant to be crossed. Some are meant to be destroyed.
Tropes you'll devour:
- He falls first (and harder)
- “You can’t have her—but no one else can either”
- Protector turned threat
- Forbidden tension / slow burn
- First love that never lets go
- Years apart, still bound
- Second chance (Paris)
- Family secrets and betrayal
- Morally gray hero
- Love vs duty
Author's Note:
This is a slow-burn, second-chance bodyguard romance. Nothing romantic or explicit occurs while the heroine is underage. The relationship unfolds years later, when both characters are adults.
This story centers on longing, restraint, betrayal, and a love that refuses to die. Full list of tropes and triggers available on the author's website.
