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Neil Plakcy

A Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Introducing the "Have Body, Will Guard" series - a thrilling gay romance adventure following bodyguard Liam and ESL teacher Aidan as they team up to chase terrorists through the varied landscapes of Tunisia. With action-packed plot twists and steamy romance, the first three books in this long-running series will keep you on the edge of your seat as Liam and Aidan navigate dangerous situations and fight to protect their clients.

Travel by armchair to the bustling streets of Tunis, the scorching Sahara, a monastery by the Mediterranean and a lush olive grove blooming from a desert oasis. This series will take you on a wild ride of love, action, and adventure, and can be read in any order. Perfect for fans of John Preston's Alex Kane series.

Stan Jenson

Samwise Books

Have Body Will Guard

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From the moment he sees handsome Liam McCullough showering naked behind a Tunisian bar, ESL teacher Aidan Greene wants to make love to the sexy bodyguard. At first, though, a dead courier and beefy hired thugs get in the way.

But as soon as Liam and Aidan head toward a rendezvous with a Tuareg tribe at a remote oasis, they start getting naked together and exploring all the passion Liam hid from as a closeted Navy SEAL, and all the love Aidan missed from a long-term boyfriend who has just kicked him to the curb. From the back of a motorcycle to a Turkish bath to a remote dune in the desert, these two Romeos find ways to bring each other to the heights of passion.

So what if they’re carrying the password to a million-dollar Swiss bank account and being chased by Libyan intelligence agents determined to stop them at all costs? Love and lust fuel their passion and their desire to make it out of this adventure alive—and together.

Three Wrong Turns in the Desert

Someone wants to kill cute, sexy gay pop star Karif al-Fulan, and it’s up to bodyguards Liam McCullough and Aidan Greene to keep him safe. But will Karif destroy the burgeoning love between Liam & Aidan with his intimate advances? Between passionate romps in a private villa on the resort island of Djerba, off the coast of Tunisia, Liam and Aidan must face down bombs, guns and the pressure of their own testosterone.

Who’s trying to run them off the road in Tunis, orchestrating rock-throwing demonstrations and issuing death threats? What’s Karif’s connection to a prominent Palestinian politician? From poolside play to a Turkish bath to alley blow jobs in an island souk, these guys are getting into and out of trouble. But in the end, who’s going to be top dog in battle -- and in bed? Once Aidan and Liam face down a serious of dangerous threats, they still have to find a way to work together without destroying their romance.

Dancing with the Tide

Neil S. Plakcy

Bodyguards Aidan and Liam return in a new romantic adventure, which can be a stand-alone listen.

Madame Habiba Abboud, BA, whose ill-worded invitation brought Aidan to Tunisia, returns with a request. But after her past behavior, can she be trusted?

Aidan and Liam are hired to protect a spoiled teenager attending an English-language institute that Madame Abboud is running. Liam worries that Aidan loves teaching too much to commit to their bodyguard business-- but when things go wrong and Liam’s sexy SEAL buddy Joey shows up to help out, career options become the least of their problems.

Liam faces an opponent who represents his own dark side-- a soldier of fortune who is smart, strong and ruthless. Liam needs Joey’s help-- but will his attraction to his hunky pal damage his relationship with Aidan? Will Aidan turn his back on his burgeoning career as a bodyguard to return to his first love, teaching?

Teach Me Tonight

Fourth in the Have Body, Will Guard series, which can be a stand-alone listen as well.

Bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough face the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia as protesters and police clash in the streets.

A gay couple who live on a vineyard in the Tunisian countryside ask Aidan and Liam to protect their niece Leila, a young girl whose mother has been taken into police custody. Leila, though, has been raised by her religious parents to distrust, even hate, her gay uncles and anyone like them. For the first time, the bodyguards have to protect someone who embodies the world's prejudice against them.

As the threats against Leila and her activist parents grow, hunky ex-SEAL Liam is stuck in the Tunisian countryside while teacher and novice bodyguard Aidan travels to France on his own with Leila. Liam must deal with his emotions once separated from his partner, while Aidan struggles to protect Leila and her father from a deadly villain as Liam has taught him.

Both men must examine the depths of their love for each other while it seems the whole country is against them

Olives for the Stranger

A Romeo and Julio story! Two young men fall in love as their fathers become enemies. Can be listened to as a stand-alone.

As soon as Aidan and Liam settle into their new home in Nice on the French Riviera, they are sent to the island of Corsica to protect a mining executive and his family.

Olivier Perreau has bet everything he has on the reopening of a silver mine on Corsica’s rugged northeast coast. But fisherman turned eco-activist Nic Aquaviva protests the desecration of his native island. Is Nic also behind the threats against Perreau’s business and his family? And what will this rivalry do to the budding romance between their college-student sons, Michel and Cris?

Aidan and Liam are still in love, but the disruption caused by their moves, and their desire to protect the two young men and their love affair, causes both bodyguards to question their skills and their commitment to each other. Can they engineer a happy ending for Michel and Cris, while protecting the family from deadly adversaries?

Under the Waterfall

Two bodyguard partners face a deadly new case in exotic Istanbul, with religious reverberations that go back centuries. Book 6 in a series, but can be listened to as a stand-alone.

An only child, Aidan Greene has deep family feelings for his cousins. When one of them needs his help, he steps up, even if the case could be deadly.

Aidan and his partner, Liam McCullough, are deeply in love, living as expatriates in Nice, France. Aidan’s cousin, of Sephardic Jewish heritage, calls to enlist their help in protecting members of her family who still live in Turkey. They have been rushing to leave the country as threats against them erupt. Can Aidan and Liam protect them until their exit visas are approved?

Aidan is thrilled to learn about his Sephardic connections, until an accident occurs that reminds him and Liam that the threat is real. But the real danger to their relationship may come from their very different ideas about family connections.

Can their love withstand assassins with a deadly secret to keep hidden – and Liam’s foul-mouthed mother?

The Noblest Vengeance

Can an ex-porn star and his stalker find true love? Or will Aidan and Liam be forced to keep them apart to maintain their client's security? Seventh in a series, but can be a stand-alone listen.

Newt Camilleri is a sad, overweight fifty-year-old who writes gay unicorn porn but has no romantic life. He has fled his dead-end job and old life to start again on the Riviera. A chance encounter with his porn idol turns him into a stalker.

Former gay porn star Freddie Venus has survived an epic slide and now lives a solitary life in a restored farmhouse outside Nice. When he believes he is being stalked, he hires Aidan and Liam to protect him.

But Newt isn't the only one looking for Freddie, and the tattooed ex-star's past is about to come back to haunt him. Will Aidan and Liam be able to save Freddie, and help him and Newt start a new story together?

Finding Freddie Venus

The Mistral, a cold wind swooping in from the Alps, brings a chill to the Riviera as bodyguards Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough take on a new client. 8th in a series, but can be a stand-alone listen.

Now that he’s been forced out of the closet and moved to Monaco, retired Russian oligarch Slava Vishinev longs for a sexy new life. An assassination attempt forces him to hire Aidan and Liam to protect him. Who could be after him – his estranged son, who has joined an anti-capitalist group? The government official who engineered his fall from grace in Moscow?

Can Liam and Aidan him alive long enough to engineer a romance between him and their sad, handsome neighbor, still pining for his late lover? Or will they begin to feel that their entry into their forties forces them to consider close protection a young man’s game, one that they’re no longer suited for?

A Cold Wind

Aidan Greene and Liam McCullough feel like they’ve aged out of the bodyguard business in this 9th book in the series-- but which can be a stand-alone listen.

Then a desperate call from former client Slava Vishinev draws them back. In a story ripped from the headlines, Slava’s gay son Arseny has vanished in Chechnya, where homosexuals are persecuted and imprisoned.

What was Arseny doing in Chechnya, and who is the enigmatic Italian who ends up in police custody with him? Answering these questions will take Aidan and Liam on their most deadly adventure yet, deep into the heart of a war-torn former Soviet state where danger lurks around every corner.

The stakes are high – innocent men depend on them for rescue from imprisonment and death. Will Aidan and Liam be able to rescue Arseny and help him carry out his plans—and make it back to Nice for their wedding?

Have Body Will Guard - The book series

Have Body Will Guard - The book series

Have Body Will Guard books in order

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