Anna Hackett

O nico homem que podia mant -la segura era o lindo irm o de seu chefe. A curadora de museu, Haven McKinney, havia renunciado aos homens. A todos eles. Escapou recentemente de um ex-namorado abusivo e come ou uma nova vida em San Francisco. Adorava seu trabalho no Museu Hutton, gostava de seu novo chefe e se tornou melhor amiga da irm dele. Haven tamb m estava tentando desesperadamente n o notar o outro irm o: o investigador Rhys Norcross, bem como n o perceber seu corpo musculoso, as tatuagens sensuais e sorriso encantador. N o, Rhys estava fora dos limites. At que Haven se encontrou no meio de uma situa o muito complicada... O investigador Rhys Norcross era bom em encontrar seus alvos. Depois de deixar a equipe de elite militar da Ghost Ops, o ex-soldado da Delta Force havia prosperado em seu trabalho na empresa de seguran a de seu irm o, a Norcross Security. Ele estava de olho na inteligente e sexy Haven h um tempo, mas a curadora bonita e cheia de segredos estava se provando ser muito mais dif cil de conquistar do que ele esperava. Felizmente, Rhys nunca desistia. Quando ladr es invadiram o museu e levaram uma pintura multimilion ria em um roubo ousado, Haven se viu em apuros e os perigos de seu passado aumentaram. Rhys jurou fazer o que fosse preciso para mant -la em seguran a, e Haven acabou arriscando a nica coisa que estava tentando tanto proteger: o seu cora o.

An alien warrior and a fierce shapeshifter who drive each other crazy must work together to save an entire planet from a terrifying evil. First Claw Annora Rahl is tough, fierce, and loyal. She stands at her emperor's side to protect the wolf shapeshifters of the planet Damar, and she isn't afraid to use her claws. Stopping an evil king from a neighboring planet, who's intent on enslaving all the planets in their system, is her top priority. She won't fail her family, her people, or her emperor. Even if it means joining forces with an infuriating rival warrior...one who she isn't sure if she wants to kill or kiss. Captain Thadd Naveri is strong, unyielding, and dedicated. As captain of the guard for the overlord of the planet Zhalto, he lets nothing threaten his king or his people. He's still recovering from his capture and torture by the enemy, but he readily accepts a top-secret mission into enemy territory. He's less than pleased to share that mission with Annora-the one woman in the galaxy who fills him with scalding hot anger...and burning desire. To save their allies on the planet Taln, Thadd and Annora must sneak into the enemy's most feared science labs. As they fight side by side, they are forced to face their overwhelming attraction. But as the enemy closes in, it is a race against time to save not only Taln but themselves.

She's undercover in a dangerous motorcycle club, and her unwanted protector is the city's most lethal man.Police Detective Brynn Sullivan is dedicated to her job and living up to the memory of her cop father. She's out to prove herself on her biggest case yet-stopping a dangerous drug from flooding the streets of San Francisco. She needs to go undercover with the city's wildest, most dangerous motorcycle club, and that means using any contact she can to get in there.Even the dark, powerful ex-military man who rules the city's streets from the shadows-Vander Norcross.After years fighting for his country as commander of a covert Ghost Ops team, Vander Norcross has built Norcross Security into a thriving business to keep his family and friends safe. He's a powerbroker in San Francisco, with his finger on the pulse of what's happening-both legal and not so legal. When his friend asks a favor putting a detective-a female one-undercover with the Iron Wanderers MC, Vander is not on board.It goes against every protective instinct he has, but Brynn proves to be tenacious, annoying, smart, and far too tempting.Brynn and Vander strike enough sparks to start an inferno, but when dangerous players up the stakes, they find themselves with a bounty on their heads. On the run, with only each other to depend on, Brynn discovers she has an even bigger battle on her hands-capturing the heart of a man who thinks he's too dangerous to ever fall in love.**Each book in this action-packed romance series can be read as a standalone.

The King of the Eon Warriors has decided to take a Terran as his bride...but finds himself shockingly attracted to the tough, beautiful Space Corps officer in charge of his potential brides' security. King Gayel Solann-Eon is dedicated to his people and empire. His father was a hard man and a rigid king, but Gayel is doing things his own way. That includes working with his allies to defeat the ravenous insectoid Kantos. To strengthen the alliance with Earth, he'll put his own wants and needs aside and take a Terran bride. But as the group of bridal candidates arrive on the Eon homeworld, he's shocked by a stunning attraction to the Space Corps officer in charge of their security.Captain Alea Rodriguez has worked hard to escape her awful childhood and make something of herself. Space Corps is her family and her work is her life. Escorting a group of women to an alien planet so a king can pick a bride has left her feeling like she's on a reality television show. But she takes her job seriously and will keep them safe. What she never expected was her own powerful reaction to the alien warrior king. Stealth attacks by the Kantos make it clear that no one is safe. Alea is sure that the aliens want to assassinate Gayel, and she'll do anything to protect him, even as she fights to safeguard her heart. But Gayel is a king and a warrior, and as the two of them fight side by side, he will also convince Alea to risk everything: for their people, for their hearts, and for a bond that won't be denied.

To save my best friend's husband, all I have to do is blackmail a billionaire.My friend's husband was abducted by a gang of white-collar criminals. These guys are bad, and they want her to spy on her boss-a man who owns half of New York. She's falling apart and she needs my help.My name's Aspen. I'm a private investigator, and I'm usually doing surveillance on cheating spouses or insurance scammers, but now I'm going undercover.I'm trading my jeans for skirts, and playing assistant at Kensington Group so I can get up close and personal with Liam Kensington-the owner of a multibillion-dollar construction and property empire.Not to mention a tall, lean, golden-haired god with a sexy British accent.The white-collar thieves have Liam in their sights and in return for my friend's husband, they want me to blackmail a billionaire. Aw, hell.But I didn't count on how Liam would make me feel, or my crazy need to keep him safe, or our incendiary attraction. Now I have to save a man's life, catch some bad guys, and stop myself from falling in love with a billionaire who's way out of my league.

The last thing she expects is an instant mating with a handsome alien warrior...just before they are abducted by the deadly Kantos.Commander Kaira Chand of the Australian Air Force knows the meaning of loss. She lost both her beloved husband and her father over recent years, and she vows never to let a man close again. As head of security for a secret weapons facility in the Australian desert, she's fighting to protect the scientists working to defend Earth from invasion. That includes working with their allies, the Eon Warriors. What she never expected in her wildest dreams was to find herself instantly mated to a handsome, silver fox alien warrior.Medical Commander Thane Kann-Eon lives to heal. He's dedicated to keeping his crew aboard the warship, the Rengard, whole and healthy. Unlike his fellow warriors, he knows he'll never mate. There hasn't been a mating in his family for generations. Then a petite Terran commander changes everything. He's instantly drawn to Kaira, and as soon as their hands touch, he's stunned by the deluge of emotion that crashes over him. An unheard-of instant mating.In the midst of their shocking connection, Kaira and Thane find themselves abducted by a Kantos strike team. Taken aboard a battlecruiser, they soon realize the insectoid aliens nabbed the wrong couple, and they are marked for execution. Now they face a wild race for survival that will take them to a distant, deadly world. They'll both struggle with their raw, intense mating bond, against the backdrop of a Kantos proving ground where everything is out to kill them.

When a Terran weapons scientist finds herself the target of deadly alien assassins, only one fierce alien warrior can keep her safe.Weapons scientist Dr. Finley Delgado wants to get her new laser defense weapon operational to protect Earth from the insectoid Kantos invasion. She has to make this work. She's failed in the past and people paid with their lives, and she won't fail again. What she doesn't need is a big, brawny warrior that Space Corps orders her to work with getting in her way. Finley wants her solitude, not a massive distraction in the shape of a tall, hard Eon warrior.Security Commander Sabin Solann-Ath is a warrior through and through, like his entire family before him. He's disciplined, dedicated, and hiding a dark secret he'd prefer to keep buried. He won't allow anyone or anything to disrupt his control. When he's ordered to Earth to help with a secret weapon, he vows to do everything he can to help their allies, even work with a statuesque, prickly scientist. He and Finley get off to a rocky start...but when the Kantos send a team of assassins after Finley, Sabin will do anything to protect her.Sent to a secret facility deep in the Australian desert, Finely and Sabin are drawn closer and closer. She sees beyond the warrior to the man, and he uncovers a passionate woman. But Finley threatens everything Sabin has fought hard to control, and as they fight off the devious Kantos, they both will face the demons of their pasts.

Never, ever fall for your brother's annoying, infuriating, gorgeous best friend.Gia Norcross' life is exactly how she likes it. She has a successful PR firm in San Francisco, a beautiful apartment, a loving family of overprotective brothers, and her fabulous designer shoe collection. Perfection. Sure, occasionally she has to deal with her aggravating nemesis who happens to be her brother's best friend. Saxon Buchanan: former Delta Force, tall, rich, handsome, bossy, and knows how to work her last nerve.She'll never, ever admit to anyone that most days, she isn't sure if she wants to punch the arrogant, tattooed, suit-wearing know-it-all...or kiss him.After a military career spent in a covert special ops team doing hard, dirty, and very classified missions, Saxon Buchanan is happy working at Norcross Security as the company's top troubleshooter. He also enjoys the perks of civilian life. That includes sparring with smart, sexy Gia of the wide brown eyes, luscious curves, and sharp tongue. He's spent half his life fighting the pull of his best friend's little sister.But seeing a man aim a gun at Gia changes everything.When Gia's troubled childhood best friend drags her into a really, really bad situation, soon bullets are flying, precious gemstones are missing, and Gia's in danger. Saxon's done pushing away the one woman he's ever wanted. He'll do everything to protect her, and he's not letting anything get in his way: not the bad guys, not his best friend, and especially not Gia.

A grumpy cyborg weapons master collides with a feisty mechanic from Earth who turns his ordered existence upside down.Abducted from her exploration ship and enslaved on a desert world, mechanic Bellamy Walsh has fought for her survival. She's had to fight for everything in her life, and she doesn't ever expect things to be easy. After being rescued by the tough, deadly cyborgs of the House of Rone, she is shocked to find herself drawn to a grumpy beast of a cyborg. A genius weapons master who prefers his solitude. A man with scars of his own. A man whose brawny arms are the only thing that chase away Bellamy's nightmares.Maxon Shaye likes to be left alone to work. He doesn't mind his fellow cyborg brethren, but he finds people annoying and chaotic. He's disconcerted by his growing need to keep Bellamy Walsh safe, and thinks she's irritating and brash. The woman keeps invading his workshop, getting in his space, and...the even more infuriating thing is that he's actually starting to like her there. What he doesn't like is her burning need to throw herself back into danger.Bellamy is determined to help bring down her captors-the metal-scavenging Edull and their deadly desert battle arena-and that makes her a target. She knows too much and the Edull will stop at nothing to silence her. Maxon will do anything to keep her safe, even if that means threatening the growing bond between them. But in order to destroy the Edull's arena once and for, Maxon and Bellamy will put everything on the line-their desire, their love, their lives.

Lutando por amor, honra e liberdade no canto mais distante e sem lei da gal xia...Quando a fuzileira espacial da Terra, Harper Adams, raptada por traficantes de escravos alien genas de uma esta o espacial, sua vida se transforma em uma batalha pela sobreviv ncia. Despejada na arena de um planeta deserto no canto mais distante, ela se v cara a cara com um grande gladiador alien gena tatuado... o campe o da Arena de Kor Magna.Raiden Tiago, um ex-pr ncipe abandonado na arena quando adolescente, conquistou sua liberdade h muito tempo. Agora, ele comanda a arena, mas n o luta pela gl ria, e sim pelo seu pr prio objetivo sombrio: se vingar dos alien genas thraxianos que destru ram seu planeta. At que sua exist ncia abalada por uma pequena e feroz lutadora de um planeta desconhecido chamado Terra.Harper est determinada a encontrar o caminho de casa, mas quando v sua melhor amiga na arena - escrava dos terr veis alien genas de Thraxian - ela faz de tudo para salv -la... at unir for as com o macho alfa dur o que deixa seu corpo em chamas. Mas quando Harper e Raiden pisam nas terras ensanguentadas da arena, ela receia que Raiden tenha seus pr prios planos perigosos...

As the battle against the invading aliens reaches its endgame, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity's survival...Tane Rahia is good at one thing-fighting. Before the alien invasion, he fought as a mercenary in the worst jungle hellholes. Now, he's the leader of Squad Three-aka the berserkers-and he's fighting to protect his brothers, his friends, and the last of humanity's survivors. It doesn't matter if he dies, he knows he belongs in the shadows, doing the dirty work and taking dangerous risks so others don't have to. There is no warm woman, no love, and no redemption for him, and especially no small, sweet alien woman who he struggles to ignore.Abducted from her homeworld by the Gizzida, Selena endured captivity and torture. Then she found herself on a distant planet called Earth and rescued by tough, heroic humans. She's recovered, made a new family for herself, and come into a power that she never knew she possessed. She's determined to experience everything life on vibrant Earth has to offer and to protect her new home. And she discovers that one battle-hardened, intense man is the only one who ignites a passionate desire that leaves her breathless.The humans have fought hard, but now the Gizzida have created three deadly, humanity-ending bombs. Tane's not happy that Selena's help is vital in the fight against the aliens, and nor is he ready to face her stubborn confidence nor the white-hot desire flaring between them. But as they enter their final make or break fight, Tane and Selena know they need to fight as one. They may not survive the final battle, but they have to try: for their friends, for the planet, for humanity.

They are a covert, black ops team known only as Team 52. Their mission: to secure and safeguard artifacts deemed highly dangerous and classified. She's the one woman he's always wanted and the one woman he'll never let himself have, but a former Delta Force soldier will risk everything to save his covert team's beautiful archeologist. Axel Diaz knows that fighting the bad guys requires getting down in the muck. He's done too much and seen too much to ever inflict his nightmares on a woman. Especially a gorgeous, smart archeologist who ignites his blood like no one else. Axel focuses on his work with the covert, black ops Team 52. He'll work alongside Dr. Natalie Blackwell as they safeguard pieces of ancient technology, but he'll never let himself touch her. Then everything changes when Nat calls for help. Her archeology conference in Greece has gone horribly wrong...Dr. Natalie Blackwell loves her work with Team 52. A lonely childhood and an indifferent family have taught her to be independent. She's been attracted to Axel for a long time, but refuses to be another notch on his very notched bedpost. But when she finds herself in terrible danger, being hunted by something terrifying, all she wants around her are Axel's muscled arms. She is in the fight for her life, and she's praying her team-and the man she can't resist-can find her in time.

From the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal cyborg gladiators risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. GUARD contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone series.Dark Guard: lethal cyborg Zaden will do whatever it takes to guard and protect beautiful, sweet Calla from mysterious attackers.Abducted from her homeworld, Calla Ryss has spent months in a cell, surviving her captors-the metal-scavenging Edull. Deep in the deserts of the lawless planet of Carthago, she knows that there is no chance of escape. The only thing that gets her through is her friendship with a fellow abductee, a woman stolen from Earth. But everything changes when they are rescued by the bone-chillingly dangerous cyborgs of the House of Rone, and Calla finds herself staring into eyes of metallic silver.Zaden lives for the House of Rone. His cyborg enhancements help him keep a ruthless hold on his emotions, and loyalty is the only thing he allows himself to feel. And the rare spurt of annoyance at the cyborg hunting cat that refuses to leave him alone. But when sweet, lovely Calla falls into his arms, Zaden starts to experience emotions he's never felt before...which is dangerous for a cyborg whose enhancements are in place not to increase his lethal abilities, but leash them.When mysterious attackers attempt to snatch Calla, Zaden vows to be her guard and keep her safe-with some unsolicited help from a certain cyborg cat. But there is more at stake than just Calla's safety, and as she and Zaden are drawn into an intoxicating storm of emotion, they will risk their hearts, their lives, and their freedom to rescue another innocent captive.Cyborg Guard: on a dangerous mission into the desert, female cyborg loner Seren must act as bodyguard for champion gladiator Xias-a man who pushes every one of her buttons.Seren dan Stal was once the pride of the Dan Nonian Warrior Academy, but when her people were wiped out by a virulent virus, she is the lone survivor. Now, her home is the desert world of Carthago, and she works hard to honor her father and her planet by being the best cyborg fighter at the House of Rone. She has no time for fun or frivolity, and that especially includes the always-smiling showman gladiator Xias.Xias grew up on the streets of Kor Magna and lost the most important fight of all-protecting his sister. He vowed to become a champion for her and to never lose again. He commands the sands of the desert arena, is loved by the spectators, and would die for his imperator, Magnus Rone. But then he finds himself becoming far too fascinated by a prickly, dangerous, and gorgeous female cyborg.In the desert city of Kaffit, Xias and Seren must work together on a mission for Magnus. Xias pushes Seren to feel, and she inspires his need to protect and pleasure. Together, they uncover a scorching-hot hunger that won't be denied. Now, they just need to survive long enough to see if that hunger can grow into love.Includes the short story - House of Rone: BeginningsSoldier 47 is the most lethal cyborg in the Orionix Military Program. But when a young cyborg, Jaxer, is slated for deactivation, Soldier 47--also known as Magnus Rone--will risk everything he knows to save his friend.

In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on...Survivors contains three action-packed novellas in the Hell Squad series.Includes: Nate - Long before the aliens invaded, former Marine Nate Caldwell came home a broken man. Going off-grid in a cabin he inherited in Australia's Blue Mountains, he survived the invasion with only his dog Blue for company. For two years, he's avoided the aliens and any survivors - he's done his fighting and can't go into battle again. But when a young woman crashes into his lonely existence, with the aliens hot on her heels, she changes everything...Dak - Captain Dak Vaughn only has room for his job as head of security for Groom Lake Base. His focus has to be on keeping all the survivors alive, and not on the tough, attractive new recruit who gets under his skin. But when a dangerous mission requires them to go deep into alien territory, Dak finds himself up close and personal with a woman who is pure temptation.Alexander - Marine engineer turned base leader, Alexander Erickson, leads a tiny base of survivors in the snowy climes of Norway. Balancing the needs and safety of his group keeps him busy, and he longs for someone to share the load, someone to call his own. The one independent woman he wants refuses to see him as anything more than a leader and a younger man. But when mysterious alien activity encroaches on their safety, they will join forces to investigate and Alexander might finally have his chance.