Lisa Dodson

She wants to protect women... He needs to protect her. Alexa King and Andrew Riker met when he trained her to be a bodyguard. Despite their simmering connection--and a few unguarded moments--she's managed to keep their relationship purely professional. But now she runs her own security business, and her latest contract puts both her and Andrew in danger. She knows she can trust Andrew with her life. Will she trust him with her heart? From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama. Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the series:

The Sheriff's to ProtectBy Janice Kay Johnson He must risk everything for their future… When Logan Quade took over as Sage County sheriff, he didn’t expect the job to involve protecting his best friend's sister, Savannah Baird, and the little girl in her care. But when the pair are targeted by the person who killed Savannah’s brother, Logan puts his life on the line to keep them safe. And refuses to give up on the family he’s always wanted… The Bodyguard's Deadly MissionBy Lisa Dodson Sometimes the protector needs protecting… Alexa King and Andrew Riker met when he trained her to be a bodyguard. Despite their simmering connection—and a few unguarded moments—she’s managed to keep their relationship purely professional. But now she runs her own security business, and her latest contract puts both her and Andrew in danger. She knows she can trust Andrew with her life…will she trust him with her heart?

Two groundbreaking sociologists explore the way the American dream is built on the backs of working poor women Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and hire nannies to care for kids. Getting Me Cheap is a riveting portrait of the lives of the low-wage workers—primarily women—who make this lifestyle possible. Sociologists Lisa Dodson and Amanda Freeman follow women in the food, health care, home care, and other low-wage industries as they struggle to balance mothering with bad jobs and without public aid. While these women tend to the needs of well-off families, their own children frequently step into premature adult roles, providing care for siblings and aging family members. Based on years of in-depth field work and hundreds of eye-opening interviews, Getting Me Cheap explores how America traps millions of women and their children into lives of stunted opportunity and poverty in service of giving others of us the lives we seek. Destined to rank with works like Evicted and Nickle and Dimed for its revelatory glimpse into how our society functions behind the scenes, Getting Me Cheap also offers a way forward—with both policy solutions and a keen moral vision for organizing women across class lines.

Alejandro "Dro" Reyes has been a "fixer" for as long as he could remember, which makes owning a crisis management company focused on repairing professional reputations the perfect fit. The same could be said of Lola Samuels, who is only vaguely aware of his true talents and seems oblivious to their growing attraction. His company, Vantage Point, is in high demand, and business in the Windy City is booming. Until a mysterious call following an attempt on his mentor's life forces him to drop everything and accept a fated position with The Castle, which blindsides him with an enemy he never saw coming. Public relations maven, Lola Samuels, has just been given an impossible task to fix the tarnished image of longtime bad boy Shawn Mayhew. She reaches out to Dro for assistance, unaware of the underlying tension between the Mayhews and Reyes families. What starts out as a cut-and-dry working arrangement becomes complicated by danger, ulterior motives, and a fierce heat that won't be denied. When Alejandro discovers the lengths that the Mayhews will go to unseat him and ruin his family, who has a decades-long affiliation to The Castle, he calls in a few reinforcements of his own from his brother Kings. But there's a hidden agenda that Alejandro doesn't see coming that threatens his life, his woman, and his throne.

How do you work in the Christmas industry, and not love Christmas? Alyssa Bailey has lost count of how many times either she or someone she knows, has posed that question. It's not that she dislikes this time of year, but it's a painful reminder of what she no longer has: her father. Now family gatherings don't feel the same. Throwing herself into her job, Alyssa soon becomes indispensable to her boss, Julian Hawthorne. When she literally runs into Niles, Julian's younger brother, she leaves an indelible impression. Soon, she finds herself working with Niles, and his mother, Nadine Ray Hawthorne on an annual holiday event at a local Children's hospital. Niles Hawthorne is surprised to find that he and Alyssa have much in common. It doesn't take him long to realize that his unexpected partnership with Alyssa is special. She's talented, funny, and drama-free. Something that he's come to appreciate lately. When they discover that unexpected loss is another similarity they share, their bond grows. Eventually, neither can stop the undeniable pull of attraction. Will this Christmas bring Alyssa a love that lasts forever, or will the company's ironclad rule of no employees dating keep them apart?