Protector

Galactic Gladiators, Book 4

By: Anna Hackett

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy's lawless outer rim....

Cool and driven Madeline Cochran made a successful career for herself as civilian commander of a space station orbiting Jupiter...until the day it was attacked and she was abducted by alien slavers.

Her organized existence shattered, Madeline suffered during her captivity, but since her rescue by the tough gladiators of the House of Galen, she's struggling to assimilate to her new life. As she navigates the desert world of Carthago and the gladiator city of Kor Magna, she desperately misses her teenage son back on Earth and throws herself into finding another human, space marine Blaine, still kept captive by the slavers. She also finds herself working harder than ever to avoid a certain charming showman gladiator who is far too attractive and far too tempting.

Gladiator Lore Uma-Xilene is a protector at heart and a sucker for a damsel in distress...although he's well aware that the hard-shelled and sad-eyed Madeline wouldn't appreciate the title. He knows what it feels like to be ripped from the family you love and have your life destroyed, and he wants to help Madeline heal. As the two of them go undercover into the dangerous world of underground gambling, Lore knows he'll need all his patience, passion, and a whole lot of stubbornness to not only keep Madeline safe but to melt the icy shell around her heart.

©2017 Anna Hackett (P)2017 Anna Hackett

Action-packed

Each installment offers more action and creatures; continues with theme of earth females need to rescue fellow humans captured and doing dumb stuff to reach this goal. Still can’t stand females ungrateful attitude toward those that try to help them; I can’t imagine these obnoxious females treated their captors this way, only the man candy who lets them get away with it. Still the remaining storylines far outweigh this annoyance. Narrator continues to do a fantastic job. Some parts of this book was funny with the personal thoughts of characters. On to the next book!

Moving story

Another great galactic gladiators and full of action and emotions. This is a don't miss listening too

Anna Hackett does it again!!

I loved this 4th installment of Galactic Gladiators. There were so many fun scenes and still one of my all time fav actions sequences. 5 Stars!!!

Madeleine and Lore

Lore has 'bothered' Madeleine since the beginning. The fool man wouldn't leave her to suffer, was always looking after her health, and also did and said the sweetest things. The nerve.

The search is still on for the known abducted human(s) and Madeleine uses that to help distract her from the knowledge she won't ever be able to get back to her son on Earth. Oh, and that pesky man who keeps making her feel things...

Such a great continuation of the galactic gladiators series. A standalone story with all the wanted interconnectivity of the previous books. As the reader, I'm fully invested in these people and Carthago's goings-on, and am hard pressed to let Anna stop telling all the stories about this world.

SyFy Romance at it's best

I love this series and I think Protector is the best of the series to date. Perhaps it is the nature of Ms. Hackett's stories. Each book in the series puts another layer of depth and color onto the world she is writing about. Each couple has little secrets that are unveiled in their book that may or may not have been hinted about when they were originally introduced. Lore and Madeline's story is an action packed adventure that keeps the pages turning. It also introduces some new characters that will make her fans, including myself, desperate for the next installment.
Ms. Leheny does an exceptional job bringing the story to life. She has a wonderful ability to keep each voice consistent from one book to the next.
If you haven't discovered Anna Hackett, what are you waiting for?

Love it

Love the story and love the narrator. Super fast listen. Vivienne Leheny does an awesome job on each of the characters voices so there was no confusing parts about who was talking.

Amazing! The original story line and engaging characters pulled me in and kept me there!

I loved all of it: especially the unique characters and the twists in the plot! It’s equivalent to my favorite series on the Liaden worlds.

Brilliant!

Protector follows the story of type A personality Madalyn, previously in charge of the Fortuna space station, as she is rescued and comes to terms with a life apart from her son, the guilt of losing all the space station personnel (including Blane, who they search for throughout the book) and the fear of trusting people. Although she is stand-offish and rather prickly, keeping herself busy reorganizing the House of Galen, Lore finds her fascinating. Our gladiator hero is relentless in helping her get in touch with her emotions and forces her to accept help. He rarely seems to become defeated or angry by her constantly shutting him down. Along the way there are near deaths, terrifying creatures in the sewer, AMAZING rescue of not only one but 4 humans and a blue beast who will end up being my very favorite gladiator (his story is called “Beast”). Oh, and fireworks, illusions, our first Gladiatorial engagement, an intro to Zhim, and a cameo by Rillian. And mind blowing sexy times- can’t forget those! The Audible version is so amazing - Lore has this very unique way of talking that sets him apart from the others. The drama is near perfection when Vivienne Leheny takes control of this story with her voice- I highly recommend her audio version.

Hooked!

I am hooked on the Galactic Gladiator stories. Every one of the have been exciting and hard to put down. Can’t wait to read Saff’s and Blaine’s story.

Protector

Lore, a Gladiator, and Madeline, a Civilian Commander, meet when she is rescued from the fighting ring that enslaved and sought to auction her off. Their story is unique because Madeline’s inability to accept her circumstances are shrouded in her child, who has a health a health condition, being left behind on Earth with his father. On the other hand, Lore has suffered the entire loss of his family and has learned to overcome those fatalities and provide help for the less fortunate. Lore recognizes a kindred spirit in Madeline and seeks to help her acclimate to her current surroundings and falls in love with her in the process! Vivienne Leheny continues to deliver a fantastic performance of all the characters making this a wonderful listening experience!!