Under Their Guard

A Sapphic Why Choose Dark Bodyguard Romance Trilogy

BOOK ONE

Four women guard my life. They've sworn to protect me at all costs. 

I exposed the Bellante crime family, and they sent a car bomb as their reply.

The security team arrived before the smoke cleared—women who moved like soldiers and made my safety their only priority. They swept me to a safehouse mansion in the middle of nowhere, secured behind iron gates and surveillance cameras.

Kara: the unshakable leader who commands with a touch.
Ellie: the medic whose gentle hands make me forget what boundaries are.
Cam: the silent bruiser who speaks in looks that burn.
Alex: the strategist who watches me like she's solving an equation.

Protection felt like seduction. Safety felt like surrender.
But surveillance cameras don't just keep threats out—they watch everything inside too.
And the four women guarding my life are keeping secrets of their own.

Under Their Guard is a sapphic why-choose dark bodyguard romance with morally grey protectors, forced proximity, high heat (without cheating), hurt/comfort, found-family vibes, and a journalist who chooses them all. HFN ending with no cliffhanger—their story continues in book two. 

Additional Information

Pages: 302 print pages (5.5 x 8.5" )
Published:  March 3, 2026
Publisher: Crow & Compass Publishing
Formats: eBook, Paperback
Language: English
Ebook File Size: 5.0 MB
ASIN: B0GPDNC2CM
ISBN-13: 9798246720769

Book cover titled "Under Their Guard" by Stella Rowe, featuring silhouettes of armed women and the background of a building with pink lighting. Annotations around the image include phrases like "Why Choose?", "Forced Proximity", "Real Danger!", "Touch Her and Die!", "Five Strong FMCs", "Found Family", "Super SPICY", "Sapphic", and "A TWIST You Won’t See Coming!" against a brick wall with a rusted chain on the left.

Genres & Tropes

Sapphic/Lesbian/WLW Romance
Dark Romance
Bodyguard Romance
Mafia Romance
Why Choose Romance
Romantic Suspense

Multi-POV; character-driven; on the run/hunted; touch her and die; protective heroines; strong FMC; found family; forced proximity; high stakes; real danger; high heat open-door sex; hurt/comfort; HFN; why choose; morally grey characters; enemies-to-lovers; secret identity; voyeurism/surveillance; mafia/organized crime; forbidden romance.