Stone by Anna Hackett

4 Stars

He’s the new silver fox recruit at Sentinel Security.

The hot, tough former Marine Raider.

And he won’t touch her because he works with her brother.

Real estate agent Magnolia “Nola” Newhouse has it all. Okay, not quite all. She loves her work, has a growing collection of designer heels, and is about to become an aunt…she’s just missing the love of her life. She’s watched her brother and her best friend fall in love, and Nola wants that too.

When she first sees the big, rugged silver fox across the bar, she feels an instant connection, and knows he does too. They share a passionate kiss, then he discovers who her brother is…

A short and sweet short story. I loved seeing Nola and Stone get their HEA. Plus seeing all the original characters was amazing to read up on what they are up to. The only downside was it was too short. I wanted more of the story and the characters.

Book 6.5     Sentinel Security

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Hex by Anna Hackett

4 Stars

Jet “Hex” Adler is the goddess of all things technology. She is there to support the team with all intel and comms. She loves what she does and that makes her job easy. She may be lucky with her job but is unlucky in love. She lusts after Cain, CIA agent, but he isn’t interested. Or so she thinks. He’s too invested in his job and doesn’t think there is room for someone in his life, but Hex tests him. When he needs her help catching someone selling technology secrets, he’s not happy with Hex being placed in danger. Will he be able to keep his hands to himself?

I really enjoyed the story. Hex is all in with Cain but he has things to work through before he can agree to the HEA. It was an interesting journey to see. I liked the overall story as well. It flowed nicely and makes me interested in seeing what’s next in this world.

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Hades by Anna Hackett

 

3 Star

CIA analyst Gabbi Hansley was planning on going home and vegging after a long day when her co-worker talks her into dropping some files off with Matteo “Hades” Mancini. She was planning on it being an in and out until someone started shooting at Hades and Gabbi gets dragged into the fire fight. Now the people after him think they can use her to get to him. Hades needs to protect her and takes her back to New York. Now to keep his hands off her. When it’s all clear for her to return home will he be able to let her walk away?

This was not one of my favorite books by Anna Hackett. Literally within 10 minutes of meeting Gabbi is blurting out her sexual history and they end up hooking up pretty quickly too. It just didn’t work well for me. I liked Gabbi and Hades overall, but the story was just meh. I struggled with writing the review which normally is written and published the same week the book is out and I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t like the book. The big fight with the bad guys didn’t work well for me. It just was a meh book.

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Wolf by Anna Hackett

 

4 Star 

Lainie Madden has been cheated on by previous partners and she's sworn off love. She's thrown her whole being into growing her tech company. When she starts to get threats she brushes them off but they get progressively worse until her best friend insists they loop in her brother. Nick "Wolf" Garrick is second-in-command at Sentinel Security and has spent his entire adult life fighting for others. When his sister comes to him with Lainie's problem he's all in to help, he just has to remember that this is his sister's best friend and off limits. The more time they spend together the more the line is blurred and he doesn't care that Lainie should be off limits. Will they be able to get past their own issues and find out who is gunning for Lainie without falling in love?

I enjoyed this spinoff series. Lainie and Nick were enjoyable characters though I would have liked to have more background on Nick then we got. I loved the ending where Norcross and Team 52 made appearances. The bad guy was just meh. If you like the other series you will enjoy this one. 

Book 1 Sentinel Security

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