She has a body that needs guarding. He has the muscle to do it … but he’s turned his back on that life. And her. Wills Sumner wants a fresh start after years as an A-List bodyguard. Watching his partners die on their last job cemented his belief that he’s toxic. So, with the money from that soul-crushing assignment, he embarks on a new life. Everything would be perfect if only the French beauty Emilie Dubois would lose his number. After a decade as a supermodel, Emilie’s career needs a makeover. So her agency devises a PR stunt—hire a bodyguard to make her look more relevant. And she knows the perfect guy for the job, the only man who ever made her heart race. No matter that he currently is as radio silent as a mime on the Champs- Élysées. Wills lets down his defenses to do one final job. When it’s over, Emilie refuses to let him walk away and forces him to face his deepest fears. His journey leads him to discover there are some things he can’t protect her from—including himself. Yet Emilie is battling with her own demons. When both are stripped bare, will they decide love isn’t worth the danger, or beg the other to Take Hold of Me ? Arell’s Rivers’ fifth book, the full-length novel Take Hold of Me, is the fourth installment in The Hold Series, following characters met in the series’ opener, No One to Hold . Here’s what readers say about No One to Hold :

He’s a rockstar who lost his muse. She’s a graphic designer who discovers that kickstarting his imagination is the easy part... Ozzy Martinez is smoldering. Ripped. Tatted and pierced. Everywhere. With his sold-out Vegas residency ending, he’s scheduled to record his next album soon. Only problem? His creativity—and trust—are both MIA following a soul-crushing, deeply personal double betrayal. McKenna James is feisty. A Las Vegas original. Brunette with an ever-changing shock of dyed hair. She’s vying for a spot in a national competition that will give her the funds she desperately needs to care for her mother. But her contest submission hinges on new songs—from the one man whose productivity has run dry. Not to mention he embodies everything she’s vowed to leave behind. For McKenna, he can’t be anything more than a ticket to success. For Ozzy, she’s an honest straight-shooter with a curvy body he remembers well. But then he finds himself divulging his darkest secrets. With every confession about his past, with every heart-pounding kiss, all the reasons why a romance between them can never happen fades. Until he discovers her secret. And another. To have a chance at a life together, they both must learn how to Hold Still.