Friday, March 1, 2019

Hero by Anna Hackett [Review]

Hero by Anna Hackett
Hero (Galactic Gladiators #3) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 7, 2018

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

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…

Raised from birth to be a soldier, Kace Tameron is a disciplined, military-trained gladiator. He is on contract to the Kor Magna Arena to hone his fighting skills on the blood-soaked arena sand and then return to the military. He lives for one thing: to protect his planet, and on his world, love is forbidden. But then he collides with a feisty redhead from Earth who threatens to shatter his legendary control.

One moment, Rory Fraser was an engineer on a space station circling Jupiter and the next, she is abducted by evil alien slavers. After suffering at the hands of the Thraxians, she is rescued by her friends—with the help of the tough gladiators of the House of Galen. Rory finds herself outrageously attracted to straight-laced Kace. He is a skilled fighter, ultra-disciplined, and a hero at heart—but she knows passion beats within him, if only he’ll let it loose.

Rory is obsessed with finding another fellow abducted female from Earth, but as she asks questions, she finds herself ducking bullets and explosions. Someone wants Rory dead. Kace steps in as her protector, and together, they embark on a dangerous mission that will take them deep into the bowels of the arena, and deep into a scorching desire…both of which could lead them to lose not only their guarded hearts, but their lives as well.
Thoughts on Hero: Time for Kace, the career soldier, and Rory "Call me Aurora and I'll throat chop you like a boss." Things are getting stickier for the human women abducted halfway across the galaxy and the aliens who rescued them. And by that, I mean they're finding more humans than they expected to find and a whole lot of baddies trying to keep them under their thumbs.

You know, if the bad aliens have thumbs, which I ASSUME they do, but alien physiology can be tricky, so maybe they don't.

Anyway. Let's get back to Kace and Rory. He's all buttoned up and stiff. She's a lot less stiff, even after being held prisoner and treated as poorly as she was. Getting the uptight military man to let go isn't easy. Rory gives it her all, though. Eventually she chips away at his shields until he can't help but let her in.

I'm sure her willingness to engage in copious amounts of sexy times doesn't hurt, either.

As always, I love the setup for the next book and seeing how crazy in love the previous couples we've met still are. But the best part? There are still a whole lot of gladiators waiting to find their special someone.

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