Love the narration and love the fun characters

I love Anna Hackett books and while this one wasn't my favorite, it still was a fun ride. This is Gia and Saxon's book. Gia's best friend gets her into trouble and Saxon has his hands full trying to keep her safe. I think the biggest issue I had was Gia's almost total blind devotion to her friend, who time after time after time got her in trouble. Gia was always in trouble and while she was pretty strong and smart, her troubles ended up being a little overextended, in my opinion. I loved Saxon- alpha, protective and sweet. And it's always great to see the brothers (And I loved revisiting Team 52 for the second we see the team). So, this is an ensemble action/romance that was fun, exciting and romantic. I can't wait for the next one!

I read the ebook and then listened to the audiobook for my second reading. The team of Stella Bloom and Teddy Hamilton is amazing. I admit that TH is one of my favorite narrators but his voice is perfect for all the characters. Stella Bloom also is fantastic. I absolutely loved the narration and it elevated the story as well.

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4.5 Exciting and Steamy Stars!

Wow, this second story in the Norcross series was a fast paced, thrilling and steamy romance. Gia Norcross has worked hard to build a business and life she loves. When a friend from the past asks Gia for help, she doesn't hesitate to help. Soon she finds herself in danger when trouble comes knocking at her door looking for what her friend stole from them. Gia isn't afraid after being raised with her alpha brothers, and knows how to defend herself from the bad guys. Even when things get dicey, she isn't happy when her brothers, and especially Saxon Buchanan, step in to help. Saxon is her brother's sexy, arrogant best friend and her crush since she was young. Saxon is ex military, special ops and now works at Norcross Security as the company’s top troubleshooter. He has been attracted to Gia for years but stayed away in repect to her brother. But now that she is in danger, he will do whatever it tkes to protect her, and make her his. I loved Gia so much! She is a force to be recomded with and that makes Saxon want her even more. Saxon is the ultimate swoony alpha. But no matter how he tried to make Gia stay safe, he could never deny her anything. This fast paced, steamy enemies-to-lovers romance was once again brought to life flawlessly by the talented Stella Bloom, and Teddy Hamilton. Hamilton had the perfect balance of Saxon's smoldering, alpha dominance, with a swoony tender side, and Bloom showed us Gia's strength and resilience so beautifully. I loved listening to them both as they drew me in, and made this story, with all it's twists and turns, even more exciting.

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My holiday treat!

If you want a hit romantic suspense...with a b@d@$$ heroine...then look no further! Gia Norcross is the only sister of the 3 hot and deadly Norcross brothers. She has a successful business and great family and friends...if only she didn’t have to constantly see the bane of her existence, Saxon Buchanan. He’s wealthy, sexy, and her brother’s best friend. She doesn’t have feelings for him...not one bit...well, ok, maybe a teensy crush from childhood...but he’s still annoying! When Gia is almost kidnapped, Saxon steps in and takes her protection to the next level. Saxon has always known that Gia’s soft heart towards her childhood friend, Willow, would get her into trouble...and now it has! It’s up to him...fine, and the rest of the Norcross team...to protect Gia and stop the bad guys before it’s too late. This book is fast paced, super steamy and action packed! There may be some slapping of bad guys included! Great story! Teddy Hamilton and Stella Bloom really pulled off the angsty relationship between Gia and Saxton!! Definitely a re-listen for me. Looking forward to big brother, Easton Norcross, story next!
I voluntarily accepted a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Guilty pleasure

This series is my guilty pleasure. Ridiculously hot. and skilled protective alpha males falling for women who are not shrinking violets, but still find themselves in need of some help. I am currently re-listening to the series and I would describe it as taking a Hollywood action movie infused with the essence of Cosmo and GQ magazines, add explicit sex scenes, shake like a martini and out comes this romantic suspense series.

So much cheese!

What fun! A plucky damsel in peril. A growly alpha with skills. Hate flirting. Popcorn p😜rn.
This gives the cheesiest “Take it, Gia, take it all” good time.

If you want angsty, credible mystery or action, with complex characters and a slow build to that one scene where they stare longingly into each other’s eyes and fade to black for their HEA… yeah, clearly you didn’t read the summary, or look at the cover art. The bad guys have one note. The women are always in danger. The bossy men always rescue the gals and save the day, with a little help from the plucky gals. Embrace the eyeroll; savor the cheese.

The smex to story ratio is cranked towards dirty and delicious. Bought on sale, this gives maximum bang for your buck. Saxon revs her up early and often. While I don’t care for Stella Bloom’s male voices or Teddy Hamilton’s female voices, when they narrate their own genders, they are great.
And thankfully, Mr. Hamilton has quite a few of the growly, mouthy dirty parts. Mrowr.

Unrealistic

There is no way anyone would give a friend as much rope as Gia did in this book; speaking of stuck on stupid. I wanted to give Gia a reality check. The narrators were excellent, but they couldn’t help this storyline. Hope the next book in series is better.

Very entertaining story and performance

I love the characters in this book, but I hate all the graphic sex scenes. And it seemed like there were a lot of those in this book. I debated giving it 4 stars. 5 stars won out becaue I love the characters, and the story is so entertaining with action scenes and the developing romance. Most of the performance was very good although there were some spots where the voice was annoying to me. I am a big fan of this series.

Gia's turn

This book features Gia Norcross, whose friendship with a user lands her in some deep trouble and bad guys are after her. Saxon Buchanan has wanted Gia for a while and there is no way he's letting her get hurt on his watch.

Love the strong characters and story development as always.

Fantastic

So adorable Gia and Buchanan were in love for a long time it was wonderful to see how much they loved really funny when Gia would hit people trying to do harm to her boyfriend he was so upset if he felt she was in trouble love the family dynamics thanks to the author and narrators 💞💞💖💖💕💕

Enemies to Lovers Tropes are so fun!!

If an Author can pull off a good Enemies to Lovers trope with a well executed banter and sass between the two main characters, then you have an automatic winner of a book. I loved Saxon and Gia more than I expected. We got a tease of them in Book #1 of the Norcross Security Series, The Investigator and the tension felt between these two characters carried right into The Troubleshooter. Fun level, High! Heat level, Smokin'! Supporting cast, always a pleasure! There was a scene where Gia's actions got me scratching my head a bit, and Saxon was a bit possessive alpha-male at times, but it didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of the book, and I give it a solid 4.5 stars. I'm already looking forward to a re-listen of this book. Stella Bloom, one of my all time fav narrators, always does such a brilliant job, and Teddy Hamilton does really knows how to portray Alpha Males in this series.