True North Bodyguards Books in Order
Part ofMaggie K Black Books in OrderFollow the True North Bodyguards series by Maggie K Black in order, with book lists, summaries, series background and tips on reading her Canadian bodyguard romances.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
3 books
Kidnapped at Christmas
by Maggie K Black
2016
Journalist Samantha Colt wakes tied to a landmine outside her boss’s country house, with only a note warning her to drop a story. Rescued by soldier Joshua Rhodes, she relies on him as her bodyguard while they race to uncover who wants her dead.
Protective Measures
by Maggie K Black
2017
After a military charity gala turns into an assassination attempt, widowed navy commander Leo Darius learns his two young daughters are also targets. Security expert Zoe Dean moves into his life as a fake girlfriend, determined to stop the kidnappers closing in on the family.
Rescue at Cedar Lake
by Maggie K Black
2017
Called out to help a patient, therapist Theresa Vaughan instead ends up a hostage in a snowbound lake cottage. Her former fiancé, bodyguard Alex Dean, must win back her trust as they search for a missing client and outwit a killer in the middle of a blizzard.
Series background & context
True North Bodyguards introduces a circle of private security professionals who protect others in some of the most remote, wintry corners of Canada. The series blends the intimacy of close protection work with the sweeping feel of blizzards, frozen lakes and isolated cottages where help may be hours away.
Each book centers on a different bodyguard and client pair, but they are connected through shared employers, family ties and the dangerous jobs that keep crossing their desks. In the story launched by Kidnapped at Christmas, a determined journalist wakes bound to a landmine outside her boss’s country house and ends up under the protection of a quick thinking soldier who agrees to guard her only until the immediate threat is past. Their uneasy alliance turns into something deeper as the people behind the warning grow more ruthless.
Rescue at Cedar Lake brings the focus to a therapist held hostage in a snowbound cottage and the former fiancé turned bodyguard who refuses to let her die on his watch. A missing client, a raging storm and a kidnapper who knows the terrain better than anyone push them to work together despite old heartbreak. In Protective Measures, a recently widowed navy commander becomes both employer and potential victim when an attack at a charity gala reveals someone wants him and his two daughters dead. The security expert he hires moves into his life as a fake girlfriend, only to find the assignment quickly blurring into something much more personal.
Across the series, Maggie plays with the question of what it means to be safe. Her protagonists are trained to scan crowds, plan escape routes and think three steps ahead, but they are often less prepared for the emotional risks that come with falling in love again. Clients are hiding secrets or guilt that may have drawn trouble to their door, while the bodyguards carry their own scars from the jobs that went wrong.
The tone is intense but not bleak. Scenes of danger are balanced by moments around kitchen tables, playful banter with children and glimpses of how the wider bodyguard team functions as a found family. Faith is present in the way characters cling to hope, pray in quiet moments and learn to forgive themselves as well as others. If you like stories where snowstorms, remote cabins and a single dedicated protector keep the tension high, True North Bodyguards offers exactly that mix.
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