Never and Always by Anna Hackett [Review]

Never and Always (Langston Hotels #3) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: May 28, 2026

Langston Hotels
1. Night and Day
2. Before and After
3. Never and Always - Paperback | Kindle
4. Bitter and Sweet

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Fury Brothers
1. Fury

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1. Burn the World Down

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

She’s a driven city girl who’s not staying long.

He’s a laid-back mountain man who’s never leaving.

Sparks are flying, and its high heels versus flannel shirts.

Piper
As the COO for Langston Hotels, I travel the world, but for the moment, I’m stuck in Windward, Colorado.

The town is small, has snow (shudder), and did I mention small? Once I finish renovations to our latest acquisition, I’m gone.

One man has become the bane of my existence: head of hotel maintenance, Everett Murray.

Does the man wear his uniform? No. He wears awful flannel shirts and jeans. So maybe the denim fits his long body like a glove, and the flannel stretches over wide shoulders, but that’s beside the point.

I need the hotel to meet Langston standards, I need this job done so I can move on, and I won’t let Everett slow me down.

Everett
It took a tragedy for me to realize Windward was home. I love my job. No endless hours, no stress, no missing out on what’s important.

Then Piper Ellis struts into the hotel in her tight skirts and high heels. The woman is a high-maintenance headache I don’t need.

But when her troublemaker brother blows into town, I see another side of Piper. The softer side she keeps hidden. When his troubles make her a target, I’m there to keep her safe.

She might be a city girl, and I’m a mountain man to the bone, but neither of us can fight the force of our attraction.

Still, I know that one day she’ll pack her designer suitcase and leave, because everyone knows opposites might attract, but they don’t stay together.

Thoughts on Never and Always: Yesssss. Piper and Everett have been sparking off each other since they first met and THEIR TIME HAS COME! City lady meets a mountain man and I AM HERE FOR IT!

After watching Ro and Caden find their special someones in Windward, Piper is determined to ignore any fluttering feelings she might have for a certain flannel-wearing maintenance man. She refuses to get distracted by his great forearms and intense looks. Absolutely refuses. She's not planning on staying in this small town and Everett has roots here.

Everett has the same mindset. Piper's nice to look at, has just the right amount of sass to get him going, and she knows how to get things done on the job. But she's not staying and he's walked the big city, career driven path and doesn't plan to do it again.

Then Piper's brother blows into town and his presence puts a target on her back. Piper has to learn how to lean on the people around her (and trust that they'll catch her if she falls) and Everett is finding out that high maintenance might just be for him.

A big renovation, a little danger, a remote cabin getaway, and two people who have a whole lot of chemistry for being such opposites. GOOD TIMES!