Runaway: A Gay Bodyguard Romance

JOSIAH
I don’t do messy. I don’t do vulnerable. And I definitely don’t do clients with pretty mouths, too much money, and nowhere safe to run. But one runaway billionaire with a target on his back? That’s exactly the kind of trouble that follows me home.

Josiah likes control: his job, his quiet apartment, his hard-won distance. A former protector with scars he doesn’t discuss, he’s agreed to one last favor—keep an eye on a reclusive tech heir who’s suddenly bolted from his heavily guarded life. It should be simple. Watch him. Contain the risk. Keep things professional. Then one look at the sharp-tongued runaway with haunted eyes and zero survival skills turns this bodyguard romance into something far more dangerous.

ERIC
I’m done hiding. Done letting fear, family expectations, and the press decide who I get to be. So I do the only reckless thing I’ve never let myself do: I run. One bad diagnosis and a lifetime of being the invisible billionaire’s brother shove me straight into the night, chasing freedom, firsts, and maybe one unforgettable man. But the world outside my gilded cage isn’t safe, and the rough, watchful stranger sent to track me down is far too tempting to ignore. Especially when every glance crackles with forbidden attraction, every argument feels like foreplay, and every step closer threatens secrets neither of us can afford to expose.

In this steamy contemporary M/M romance packed with a billionaire recluse, a protective alpha hero, sharp humor, and explosive chemistry, can Eric risk trusting the one man who can catch him before running turns into losing everything?

Earlier version published as ‘Runaway’ by Alex Roberts.