Gunner: The Hacker's Code by Michelle C. Reilly
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Science Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
The Anathergians Saga continues… It’s a Fight Against the Sins of Sin City IMMORTAL Gunner is an immortal Anathergian warrior sworn to protect the humans of the world his race adopted thousands of years ago. He’s also a genius when it comes to computers. DANGER When fellow hacker Nay tells Gunner her sister disappeared, he volunteers to help find her. What at first appears to be a kidnapping turns out to be a small part in a much larger Las Vegas crime ring. Danger haunts them at every turn and the situation gets deep—as does Gunner and Nay’s relationship. DETERMINED Together, they’re pulled in to the human trafficking network where Gunner fights to not only save Nay and her sister, but many others caught up in the nightmare of being forced to sell their bodies for sex.
4 out of 5 (very good)
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This is the second novella, which falls inbetween The Witches (book 2 ) and The Royals (book 3) of the main trilogy. It can be read without the others, but I would strongly suggest that you DO read them, in order. It will give you a much better picture of whay it means to be Anathergian. Gunner is the resident tech geek. He is happy in his role and can hack into any and every known system known to man. On a trip to meet with friends, he finds Nadine's sister has been kidnapped. Together they use their considable skills, both technical and physical, to find her, then rescue her. But all the while, attraction simmers. Anathergians can only Lifemate with one of there own. They know this. But it doesn't stop them taking their pleasure in the females that are human. And that, kidnap aside, is very much what Gunner is doing here. Nadine is very pleased with the turn of events, but also knows there will be nothing else. I did like the little bit with the locket. Makes me wonder! It runs a similar, or maybe a fraction longer length, to Nico, about an hour and a quarter for me, making it firmly a novella. But thats all good, its a keep-you-hanging-on-til-the-next-main-book-comes-out sort of book :-) So, short and oh so sweet, but it carries a theme that some readers may find disturbing. Human Trafficking. While the girls are rescued, they still have suffered.So it is filed on the over 18 shelf for that, and that only. And I wonder if one of THOSE girls will pop up in a later book. AND I also wonder should Double T find himself in a book?? OH, the questions, the questions! I love it when a book, short or long, has me questioning whats going to come. I like being proved wrong when things turn out differently to what I expected, and equally, I adore being proven correct in my musings! Thank you, to Michelle for my copy, not for review, just because she is such an awesome person :-) 4.5 stars Now, book three???
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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Michelle C. Reilly is a single mom of two wonderful boys. She spent ten years in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman Preventive Medicine Technician, which meant she was actually attached to or stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps. She has a Masters in Science in Public Health, but she is generally an IT geek and a nerd of many other things as well. She currently resides in Las Vegas, NV, with her two cats, Meowdy and Moose, and her labradoodle, Sophie. She’s self-published the Anathergians Saga, science-fiction/paranormal romance and suspense stories that revolve around a powerful alien species who landed on Earth over five thousand years ago. SAVAGE WINDS, her venture into time romance, was picked up by The Wild Rose Press. Make sure to visit her website www.michellecreilly.com for more information about her and her upcoming books. Feel free to visit, ask her questions, and hang out with her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/michellecorareilly. And if you’re a tweet-a-holic (or even if you’re not), follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MichelleCReilly. She's also on Instagram at @michellecreilly!