Wolf

Sentinel Security, Book 1

By: Anna Hackett

Narrated by: Stella Bloom, Teddy Hamilton

He’s her best friend’s older brother.

The hot, tough former Navy SEAL.

The man she’s had a crush on her entire life and now the man pretending to be her lover to keep her safe.

CEO Lainie Madden has her hands full. In charge of a growing tech company, her work and her employees are her life. She’s sworn off love, because the sad reality is that she stinks at choosing men who aren’t self-absorbed cheaters. But when she starts receiving disturbing death threats and her company’s website gets hit with relentless cyber-attacks, she’s in over her head.

What she never expected was her best friend’s bossy, rugged brother to steamroll in to play her fake boyfriend and very real protector.

Former SEAL and CIA agent Nick “Wolf” Garrick is second in command at Sentinel Security. He’s spent most of his life fighting and protecting others, proving he’s nothing like the ex-con who fathered him. He’s also spent years ignoring his scorching attraction to his little sister’s best friend. Lainie is sweet, fresh, smart…and off limits.

But when he finds out she’s in danger, it flips a switch inside him. Whatever the risk, whatever it takes, even pretending that they’re lovers, he’ll protect Lainie and take down the person hunting her.

The more time Lainie and Nick spend together, the more the lines blur. As danger swirls around them, their pretend relationship starts to feel very real. But Nick doesn’t do relationships and Lainie doesn’t want to get hurt again….

An action-packed standalone romantic suspense.

©2022 Anna Hackett (P)2022 Anna Hackett

Great

This is another great book by Anna Hackett. Can't handle wait to read all in this series. 🙂

Need a new story line

I love the Norcross and Sentinel books but they are starting to sound the same...protector and innocent woman.
Anna Hackett is an auto buy for me. The Hell Squad and Team 52 were awesome.
Can't wait for a new story line

Wonderful start to a new series

As always Stella and Teddy did a wonderful job with the narration. Was good to have a small cross over with Team 52 and Norcross Security. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Good story & narration

I really enjoyed listening to Wolf which was wonderfully narrated by Teddy Hamilton and Stella Bloom.

Love Anna Hackett’s Books

As always, Anna Hackett wows with interesting characters and a well fleshed out story line. I am not a fan of the performance. The performers don’t set the right tone for an adventure/love story. The narration sounds “forced” and unnatural.

Great action and romance

Great story with plenty of anticipation, action, romance. Love the camaraderie with the characters and plenty of testosterones

Good story

I liked the story. Nick and Lainie has history that you can feel in their chemistry.
I really enjoyed the supporting characters and would love to hear their stories as well.
Some of the story was predictable, and some of it caught me by surprise.
All in all, it is an enjoyable listen.

The start of an exciting new series!

4.5 Stars

Nick Garrick is the son of an ex-con. His stepfather made him feel worthless when he was younger, and he constantly reminded him of his ‘worthless’ status. The only good thing in his life was his stepsister, Nola. Nola is Lainie Madden’s best friend, and Lainie has had a crush on Nick for a long time, but he has always treated her like a little sister, except for the one time he kissed her when she was 18. Lainie is the CEO of a billion-dollar design company, Pintura, and someone is sending her death threats. Nola lets her brother know what is happening, and Nick decides that Lainie needs his help--even if she feels like she doesn’t need it. He's a former SEAL who now works for Sentinel Security. She initially ignores his calls. Nick has stayed away from Lainie, because he doesn’t want to risk the relationship between Nola and Lainie if it doesn't work out, and he feels unworthy of her. Within this backstory, we learn more about the death threats, and about the potential people who might be sending them. Wolf is there to keep Lainie safe, but the forced proximity plays havoc with their determination to not get involved with each other.

Anna Hackett writes about alpha males, but she also makes her female protagonists' worthwhile partners to these males. She gives them grit, determination, and strength. This book is no exception. Lainie is an incredible businesswoman, and she balances Nick beautifully. The entire Sentinel Security team is pretty amazing, especially when they call on friends (from two other series written by this author) and it’s pretty evident that these books are going to be fun and exciting to read! As the story gets closer to its conclusion, there is some danger and uncertainty, but you can count on an HEA ending with Ms. Hackett’s books, and this one definitely delivers. This is a romantic suspense story, so there is sex, but the story gets well established before they take it beyond a kiss.

The production quality of the audiobook recording was excellent. These narrators are able to voice characters with different accents and inflections in a believable manner. There aren't any unexpected noises evident within the recording, and they did a fantastic job of bringing this story to life.

Great story and performance

This is the first book in this new series. It is Nick (Wolf) and Lainie's story. I really liked seeing some of the characters from the other series sprinkled into this book. The characters are great, the mystery is great, and the romance is enjoyable (though I'm not a fan of the steam scenes). This is definitely a great start to the new series. The performance is very good.

Romance and Danger Entice

A smart business woman is threatened by a dangerous stalker. He not only scares her but makes cyber attacks on her business. An ex special forces man vows to keep her safe.