Excalibur by Anna Hackett [Review]

Excalibur (Sentinel Security #5) by Anna Hackett
Format: paperback
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 1, 2023

Sentinel Security
1. Wolf
2. Hades
3. Striker
4. Steel
5. Excalibur - Paperback | Kindle
6. Hex
6.5. Stone

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Norcross Security
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Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

He never should have touched her.

She’s beautiful, sweet, and all sunshine. He’s too old, too rough, and too grumpy.

Now she’s pregnant with his baby and in danger, and there is nothing he won’t do to keep her safe.

All Adaline Harris ever wanted to do was escape her small town and make it as a ballet dancer in New York. But luck is never on her side. Just when she’s found the big, gruff man of her dreams, he ghosts her…leaving her with a broken heart, pregnant, and unable to dance. Oh, and added to that, someone is sending her creepy notes.

But then Bram O’Donovan walks back into her life, takes one look at her, and sweeps her into his brawny arms.

Bram “Excalibur” O’Donovan knows he’s rough, curt, and isn’t good with people. The military suited him just fine, and now, so does working for Sentinel Security. He never expected to have a chance with sweet, gorgeous Addie. The week he spent in her bed was the best week of his life…until she disappeared without a trace.

Finding her working in a bar and pregnant with his baby is a shock.

But after discovering Addie thinks he abandoned her and that someone is hunting her, Bram is determined to uncover what’s going on. Someone is trying to keep them apart, and wants her for themselves. Bram will go all out, and use all his dangerous skill set, to keep Addie safe, and claim her as his, once and for all.

Thoughts on Excalibur: Scowly, intense, kind of quiet Bram is up and he's got his work cut out for him in wooing (re-wooing?) Addie. Why? you ask. Well. Addie thinks Bram got what he wanted from her and then walked away. She's alone, wary, and pregnant. She doesn't trust him when he first shows up again, but circumstances soon have them sharing space and she gets over the mistrust pretty quickly.

Mostly because she finds out Bram DIDN'T walk away. In fact, he's been actively looking for her. To be fair, the active part of the looking was fairly recent because he thought she didn't want to see him. Yeah, there was a fair amount of miscommunication going on between these two and none of it was their fault.

Anywho. Now Bram's back in Addie's life and the timing is fortuitous because Addie has herself a little stalker problem. As they work through their relationship issues, the Sentinel team also start digging into who's on Addie's trail. Which means we have a bunch of hyper-focused, protective men and women doing what they do best.

An unexpected baby bump (well, unexpected to poor Bram), a dangerous situation, more than a few steamy kisses, a BFF who gives Bram her all (BESTIES!), and two people who have to fight to be together. YESSSSS.