Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Rogue by Anna Hackett [Review]

Rogue by Anna Hackett
Rogue (Galactic Gladiators #8) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 19, 2018

Galactic Gladiators
1. Gladiator
2. Warrior
3. Hero
4. Protector
5. Champion
6. Barbarian
7. Beast
8. RoguePaperback | Kindle
9. Guardian
10. Cyborg
11. Imperator
12. Hunter

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing she expects is to be claimed by a handsome alien rogue. Rogue contains two action-packed novellas in the Galactic Gladiators series.

Information Rogue: arrogant information merchant Zhim doesn’t know what hits him when he collides with feisty human hacker Ryan.

Rescued by the humans and gladiators from the House of Galen, Ryan Nagano is working hard to piece her life back together. Her priorities are conquering her anxiety, recovering from her captivity, and using her exceptional computer skills to help the House of Galen decrypt alien data that could reveal the location of other abducted humans. That’s all she’s focused on. But when she needs help, she finds herself having to work with arrogant genius Zhim…and discovers that the two of them redefine the word explosive.

Zhim thrives on the need to uncover information and ensure his wealthy, carefully constructed life is exactly as he wants it. Then one infuriating menace of a woman blasts into his life. Ryan matches him skill for skill, drives him crazy, and worms her way under his skin. But forced to take her deep into Kor Magma’s shadowy hacker underworld, Zhim soon learns exactly what he’s willing to risk to keep Ryan safe.

Desert Rogue: prickly, independent human Neve doesn’t want or need any help…but a certain cocky desert rogue isn’t taking no for an answer.

Neve Haynes survived her abduction through grit and determination. She’s always made her own way through life, depends on no one, and is determined to achieve her own personal mission. So as she sneaks out of the House of Galen, the last thing she needs is help in the form of a tawny-haired, lean-hipped caravan master with more confidence and swagger than any man she’s met before.

Corsair is a man of the desert and leader of the Corsair Caravan. He listens to his gut and something about Neve draws him in. He can’t let her go off and get herself killed, but she’s the most skittish, strongest woman he’s ever met. As they trek deep into the desert on a dangerous mission to find a map to an infamous desert arena, they will fight side by side and be forced to depend only on each other to survive. And in Carthago’s desert sands, they will uncover a desire that burns hotter than the desert sun
Thoughts on Rogue: I'm LOVING where this series has gone and how these characters (ALL of them) have had to fight to save the things that matter to them. Looooooove!

Information Rogue - Zhim! I like that guy. He thrives on being juuuuust on this side of irritating, but he's got a heart of gold under all that arrogance. And Ryan DOES IT for him. I mean, she can keep up with his intellect and she can crack his security and he's down with that.

Plus, she's pretty fearless when she's put on the spot. Given the type of people Zhim sometimes has to deal with, this is important. I mean, when a person agrees to go into the lair of a notorious, shadowy being, they need to have someone like Ryan at their back.

Desert Rogue - Neve and Corsair! She's got a reason for pushing as hard as she does and she's completely unwilling to back down. Because family is everything and Neve's not going to sit idly by while her sister is still out there.

Which puts Corsair in a bit of a bind. Because as wily and smart at Neve is, she doesn't know the desert like he does. So he steps in to make sure she makes it where she needs to get to. And if they happen to act on that chemistry while they're out in the dangerous desert, so it goes.

But seriously, Corsair and Neve work together. And their journey nets them another of the stolen human slaves, so not only did they end up in a serious relationship, they also saved one of the good guys. *thumbs up*

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