Three of a Kind

Assurance Security, Book 4

By: Jillian West

Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen, Michael Gallagher

Brooklyn Summers doesn't belong in the mob world, but she's all tangled up in it anyway.

Sharing a daughter with one of the most notorious criminals on the East Coast isn't easy, but she's doing everything she can to protect her child and put distance between her and her ex.

Maverick and Gunner make up the K-9 team for Assurance Security. After their abysmal performance trying to rescue their last target, they have a lot to make up for. When they're assigned to watch Brooklyn and help get her and her daughter out of New York safely, sparks fly.

Things get complicated when Brooklyn's ex sinks low enough to try to remove her from the equation completely because he plans to get married. Add in a mercenary who swaps sides, and Brooklyn and her guys might just have a fighting chance.

Then again, a whole lot of people have gone up against the Barretts and failed. Will the three men who've inserted themselves into Brooklyn's life be enough to keep her and her daughter safe?

Three of a Kind is an interconnected standalone with no cliffhanger.

©2024 Jillian West (P)2025 Podium Audio

Perfection by Jillian West

Jillian West is my fav and her audiobooks make me so happy! Vanessa and Michael are perfection in these books

Omega protection & extraction

Maverick, Gunner & their K-9s Nova and Haze get their own story! Woo-hoo!

Possible Spoilers:
Assurance sends Maverick & Gunner & their dogs Nova and Haze to NYC as a favor to outsider Bless Barrett. The Barretts are the top organized crime family in NYC, headed by Avan Barrett. Avan has controlled an Omega for several years without bonding her, and she has fed Bless information whenever possible. Brooklyn Summers has tried to distance herself from Avan to protect her daughter and hide a second pregnancy. In shadowing her sister Lennox, the guys find Brooklyn, the mystery girl who disappeared 6 months earlier.
Avan has negotiated a contract to marry Bianca Manzo from another crime family, and has now put out a contract to kill Brooklyn & her daughter. Pure Evil. Avan tried to contract The Cleaner for their murder, but he refuses to murder a child. Noble connects with Bless to protect them, and he moves into Brooklyn’s apartment building. Noble falls for Brooklyn & daughter Liberty, and decides to court them, along with Gunner & Maverick. The 3, along with Bless & crew are joined by Ranger & Locke, along with Soren of the Merrick, Stone & Keeley pack. It takes all of them to protect mother and children, and to wipe out the Barretts and Manzos. Phew!
Moyen and Gallagher do an ok job of narration. They didn’t have to mispronounce Omega too often.

Easter eggs: look for Lennox’s story in WILD CARD, the last book in this series. You’ll find Bianca Manzo’s story in WHATEVER IT TAKES, part of the Shadow Security series.

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missing chapter 39, but other than that Jillian West is still on of my favorite authors ♡ her stories hit all the right boxes in keeping it interesting, not too much drama, but also not super cozy/boring, she finds a good middle which i love.

The puppers and little one stole the show!

I breezed through this author's series of OV romances, loving all the interconnections between the characters and storylines. I appreciated this one, we had a little glimpse of this duo in previous books, especially with their puppers hehehe.

I liked Brooklyn and her daughter, so dang adorable! I appreciated how different the duo was but how fierce and loyal they were to Brooklyn and her little one. You had one broody and dark and mysterious and one super flirty/fun/banter centric. I liked the relationships built with her and with the overall harem. I felt so bad for her, with her horrible baby daddy and what he is involved in. How she was so fearful for her life and her loved ones. I was worried about her bestie and her sister, we get her sister's story up next (more yuuuum) and I am unsure of her bestie. Need to do some research on that one haha.

We get a surprise with her neighbor not being who we think he is hahaha. I didnt see it coming but enjoyed it nonetheless. I liked he was infallible either, he needed Mav and Gunner to come rescue him. Also I liked how the author weaves in these lovable and likable characters but there seems to always be one in the harem with a screw a little loose/eccentric/psychopath....like Grady earlier on in the series! I was appreciative of how Bliss and her lady helped the group stay safe and help take down her family. I was shocked with her development and need to see if they got a novella or something since we got an update to their HEA.

I thought the steam was good in this one, not my favorite of the series but was solid. I think for me some things jumped really quick but others felt right. I liked the bromance the guys quickly developed. I enjoyed the dog relationship and the pregnancy part of the storyline was done well. enjoyed the epilogues reveal and went right to listening to the next one in the series.

Narration was done well, I have no notes for our female narrator because she always does a phenomenal job with all her characters, voices, tones, inflections, etc. Now while I like this male narrator, he is not a strong with the opposite sex and makes them sound whiny. Also when doing little ones he doesnt sound as strong/good. I would give this narration 4/5 stars and the story was 4-4.5 stars so giving this overall a 4/5 stars rating.

Loved this next installment in the series

It was great to get to hear Gunner and Maverick's story after them making appearances in the first 3 books. As always with Jillian West's books, this one is well written and the narrators did a fabulous job. This book has everything I want in a why choose OV novel and I'm sure I'll be rereading it again soon!