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Guardian

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Secret forbidden passion. The orphaned, untouched beauty burning for her dad’s best friend. The reluctant guardian fighting desire and wounds.
The wicked game they play that could destroy or heal them both.

“This is what you need, isn’t it, Maddie?”

This high-heat short story contains detailed intimate scenes for readers 18+.

“age-play,” name-calling.
Dad’s friend romantic Dom one-on-one first-time older man-younger woman initiation pregnancy romance.

All characters are over nineteen, and the hero and heroine are unrelated.
Contents may be triggering for some readers due to mature themes, spanking, and raw emotional content.
Anyone unclear on the difference between fantasy and reality should not read this book.

Adventurous readers, get ready for a rough ride.

Get Guardian immediately and experience Maddie and Rand’s power play combustion.

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Published March 30, 2018

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About the author

Q. Zayne

218 books84 followers
Q. Zayne has been self-publishing on Amazon since 2015. Last year, Zayne separated the curvy & alpha Erotic Romances and put them under Quin Zayne. Erotica, Dark Fantasy, Menage, and most BDSM titles remain under Q.

You can find an increasing number of Q. and Quin books on Smashwords, Google Play, Apple ibooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. A few books are exclusive to Smashwords, thanks to Mark Coker providing a clear, author-friendly policy on sexual content.

The author behind all this dirty-hot wild adventure grew up on comic books, horror, mysteries, fantasy, fairy tales, and a wide range of adult books and magazines.

Descended from a real cowboy, Zayne's alter-ego lived on a defunct range before escaping to San Francisco.

Lately, the author travels the Yucatan and Quintana Roo and makes forays into Central America. For more details, go visit QZayneBooks.com. While you're there, consider joining the private High-heat Book Club to get first notice of time-limited free and discount books.

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Profile Image for Coco.V.
50k reviews133 followers
Want to read
April 13, 2018
💝 FREE on Amazon today (4/13/2018)! 💝
Profile Image for Goddess of Chaos.
2,879 reviews12 followers
April 15, 2018
More depth and heart than many quick reads

This is a beautiful quick read about two people, at different points in life, who are both grieving, yet have been thrust together by circumstances, and the mutual love of her parents.

Rand is a classic Hollywood 'good guy' / guy next door, who steals your heart when you aren't looking.

Maddie and Rand both seem to strengthen and grow, through their friendship among other things, over the course of this story, leading to a beautiful conclusion.
3,231 reviews68 followers
April 17, 2018
I struggled to connect with the characters almost from the 1st page. The H's name is....Roger, Randy or Rand? Who could respect or connect with an H who couldn't even get his name alpha enough to suit his huge ego? The h was very young, so they waited a year, but not really because he played a mental game with her even though he knew she was too young. To me, it wasn't very steamy, I just didn't buy their relationship, it was just step 1, step 2 and so on. I might be too harsh - again?
Profile Image for Jennifer Holzapfel.
1,037 reviews4 followers
March 18, 2019
18+ Maddie looses both her parents and finds out they have made their friend Rand her guardian until she turns 21. She wants to have him because she is 19 and is an adult, but she has the boys for him. They turn it into a game. If they are both obstinate for a year, he will take her virginity, and in the meantime he gives her a spanking to get her hot and bothered. In one year she will get what she wants, but there are secrets to be revealed by Rand.
Profile Image for Darlene I read WAY to many books.
3,700 reviews2,480 followers
April 16, 2018
Shortttt!! And spoilers!!!

This story was short super short and fast..
A 19 year old who lost her parents in a accident is left with her father's best friend.. They have chemistry.. But don't do nothing for a year..
Time skip
It's the night they finally sleep together.. that's pretty much it
Profile Image for Elaine Swinney.
2,214 reviews7 followers
April 16, 2018
A short, fast, easy read. Just the right size for the carpool line. I would have liked to have seen more interaction between characters but over all I thought it was a good story. This is the first Q. Zayne book I have read I am curious about some of her other books. I will be reading more of her books.
Profile Image for Lori McFadden-Wilson.
18 reviews
April 17, 2018
It was a good book, however the author could have input a little more details about how when the couple knew one another when her Dad and Mom was alive. But that is just my opinion. More details, the better in my opinion.

Otherwise it was a good short story and it would be good to find out how their future played out.
Profile Image for Shirley Holt.
582 reviews3 followers
April 15, 2018
Hot little story

This book has everything you want in a short erotic read. Loved the characters and their interaction and liked the idea of the game. This book was capable of being longer examining the year they had together but this was a really good short read.
Profile Image for Misty Schott.
4,225 reviews35 followers
April 16, 2018
Great older man/younger woman romance.

Absolutely love everything I've ever read by this author. This book is no exception, it is a great older man/younger woman romance. Grab it today you won't be disappointed.
103 reviews
August 9, 2018
A great read

A short story of loss, learning to love while relying and sharing with another person. When love is finally found it is based on love itself and not what someone can give you. True love at its best.
Profile Image for Alexandra Wehr.
193 reviews5 followers
February 7, 2021
Enjoyable Romance

I really enjoyed reading this story! I have read it 3 or more times! I wish you had created a sequel to this story! I would love to hear more about Maddie and Rand! Thank you for a delightful book!
2,642 reviews
April 7, 2018
Another great read from this author. A quick sexy and very naughty love story!!
Great strong characters in a very unusual situation!
Loved it!!
90 reviews
April 17, 2018
This felt like we were dropped in the middle of the story. It would have been nice to have more of the back story.
493 reviews6 followers
June 23, 2018
Quick read

Probably too quick. There is not much to the story, kind of vanilla. Guess it was ok for a short story.
Profile Image for Lesa Dunbar.
325 reviews2 followers
September 9, 2018
A quick hot read.

This is a perfect book if you need a lot of heat in a hurry. If you don't like short stories this isn't the book for you.
Profile Image for Cindy Dillman.
161 reviews2 followers
May 26, 2018
Thank you, Q. ZAYNE

Thank you, Q. ZAYNE, for such a lovely, loving story. Started with a terrible tragedy but ended in love for nowr now as into the future. Good characters and life like.
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