Today we feature the spotlight on prolific author, Anna Hackett, who has been busy re-releasing the Phoenix Adventures series. There are audiobooks and contemporary romances galore, including translations.
"Chapter One
Relda Dela-Cruz smiled as she tapped a long red nail against the Sync communicator screen, studying the figures for her fortune-telling business. Outside her tent, she heard the busy sounds of the market starting to quiet. Dusk had fallen and Souk's moons would be on the rise.
Relocating to the market planet of Souk four years ago had clearly been an excellent decision. She loved the old-world charm of the planet, and much preferred it to the glass-and-steel megacity worlds of the central systems.
Her two stores here in the planet's capital, Medina, were doing very well. She tapped the screen to study the next page of information. Her new branches in the neighboring market towns weren't quite in the black yet. But they were close."
- In a Dangerous Orbit (Book 4, Phoenix Adventures) by Anna Hackett
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Anna Hackett
At Star's End
Book 1, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
29 June
in audio format
Narrated by Mollie Stark and Aaron Shedlock
Duration: 5 hours and 16 minutes
previously published, lightly edited
A dedicated astro-archeologist and a notorious treasure hunter team up to find the galaxy’s most famous treasure.
Dr. Eos Rai has spent a lifetime dedicated to her mother’s dream of finding the long-lost Mona Lisa. When Eos uncovers tantalizing evidence of Star’s End—the last known location of the masterpiece—she’s shocked when her employer, the Galactic Institute of Historic Preservation, refuses to back her expedition.
Left with no choice, she does the unthinkable—joins forces with the most notorious treasure hunter in the galaxy. A man she finds infuriating, annoying, and far too tempting.
Dathan Phoenix can sniff out relics at a stellar mile. With his brothers by his side, he lives for adventure. When the gorgeous Eos Rai comes looking to hire him, he knows she’s trouble, but he can’t say no.
Working side-by-side, the hunt pushes both Eos and Dathan to their limits and ignites a scorching desire. She follows the rules, he loves to break them, but they’re going to have to trust each other to not just succeed, but to survive.
Anna Hackett
In the Devil's Nebula
Book 2, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
27 July
in audio format
Narrated by Willa Jaymes and Ryan West
Duration: 6 hours and 56 minutes
previously published, lightly edited
She wants her freedom, and only one daring starship pilot can help her get it.
On a deadly mission to the lawless Devil’s Nebula, Commander Zayn Phoenix lost it all: his career, his friend, his sanity. Now the former Strike Wing pilot fills his days with dangerous adventures with his treasure hunter brothers. But his nights are haunted by the friend he lost.
Then a beautiful assassin lures him into a hunt. An assassin with the face of a dead woman.
Ria Dante wants to escape the Assassin’s Guild, and she needs the help of the man she’s been dreaming about for months. What she doesn’t need is the distraction of Zayn’s muscled body and charming grin. And she definitely doesn’t need him thinking she’s his dead friend.
Zayn and Ria embark on a perilous adventure for an ancient artifact used in the infamous assassination of old Earth president, Abraham Lincoln. As the undeniable heat between them intensifies, they head straight into the heart of the Devil’s Nebula, and collide with the ghosts of their pasts.
Anna Hackett
In A Dangerous Orbit
Book 3, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
26 August
in audio format
Narrated by Chloe Ryan and Marcio Catalano
Duration: 7 hours and 2 minutespreviously published, lightly edited
Getting kidnapped by a cyborg wasn’t in her plans.
For unlucky-in-love salvage mechanic Malin Phoenix, all she wants is to buy some parts and get back to her work fixing starships. She didn’t intend to get caught up in a coup on a cyborg planet, and she definitely didn’t plan to get kidnapped by a sexy cyborg.
Deadly, emotionless CenSec Xander Saros sweeps Mal into an adventure to retrieve an ancient Terran artifact and save his planet. She’s shocked by the desire that flares between her and the big, tough cyborg, but she knows letting herself fall in love with a man who can’t feel is a very bad idea.
Xander is the crowning glory of the Centax Security program. He’s heavily enhanced and his emotions dampened, making him an efficient, lethal soldier. As he and Malin hunt for the remnant of the galaxy’s first computer, the Antikythera Mechanism, their quest leads them into the lair of a dangerous technomancer.
Xander will do anything to help his planet, but he’s also driven to protect the fascinating woman at his side…a woman who is doing the unthinkable and making him feel.
Anna Hackett
In A Dangerous Orbit
Book 4, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
20 May
previously published, lightly edited
From the busy market world of Souk to the high-tech cyborg world of Centax, join these treasure hunts for priceless artifacts of old Earth. In a Dangerous Orbit contains two action-packed novellas in the Phoenix Adventures series.
Beneath a Trojan Moon: A woman with a secret she’ll kill to protect.
Fortune teller Relda Dela-Cruz hides in plain sight on the market world of Souk. She never lets anyone too close and protects her deadly secret. But when assailants attack her in pursuit of a powerful artifact, she collides with the city’s handsome new marshal.
War has left former Galactic Special Forces captain Hunt Calder tired and empty, but one look at the beautiful Relda—with her wild curls and lush curves—brings him back to life. When she’s threatened over the mysterious Trojan Moon, he won’t let anything stop him from protecting her. Even Relda herself.
As they face alien attackers and killer droids, Hunt wants all of her—body, mind, and her secret. Even if that secret has the power to destroy not only them, but the planet itself.
On a Cyborg Planet: Can he give a beautiful warrior cyborg the pleasure she’s never experienced?
After a vicious coup, cyborg Axton Saros, Prime of the planet of Centax, is trying to rebuild his world. A priceless artifact stolen during the attack is still missing, and he’ll do anything to get it back. Even work with the emotionless, infuriating Centax Security cyborg Commander Xenia Alexander.
Everybody knows CenSecs are deadly and so enhanced that their emotions are dampened to nothing. But Xenia’s been keeping a secret her entire life—her systems don’t function correctly. Working side-by-side with Axton to find the Codex Da Vinci makes every emotion in her flare to life.
As they follow a trail of clues, Axton and Xenia can’t fight their fierce desire. As their hunt takes a deadly turn, their powerful connection might be the only thing that can save Xenia from annihilation.
also in audio format
Released:
29 September
Narrated by Maeve York and Tor Thom
Duration: 5 hours and 2 minutes
Anna Hackett
Beyond Galaxy's Edge
Book 5, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
24 June
previously published, lightly edited
A dedicated space captain collides with a sexy, charming smuggler.
Ambitious captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxy’s edge, keeping law and order…and chasing scoundrel smuggler Justyn Phoenix. The charming rogue has always outwitted her, and she’s had a hard time ignoring his muscled body and handsome face. But when one of the galaxy’s most important documents—the US Constitution—is stolen, Nissa finds herself working with the very man she’s been trying to throw in her brig.
Justyn Phoenix embraces life and offers everyone a wink and a smile. He’s also in love with the spit-and-polish patrol captain out to arrest him. Yep, crazy in love. When the opportunity arises to work alongside Nissa on a wild and crazy mission, he can’t resist.
The hunt leads them to fake documents, rival treasure hunters, and a millennia-old mystery. As the pair travel beyond the galaxy’s edge, Justyn and Nissa will face the firestorm of their desire, and soon learn if they can survive long enough to save the galaxy.
Anna Hackett
Return to Dark Earth
Book 6, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
22 July
previously published, lightly edited
Astro-archeologist Niklas Phoenix loved his job studying artifacts at the Institute of Historical Preservation…until he learned that it was all a lie. Forced out of the Institute, he joins his treasure hunter brothers, but now the Institute is trying to lure him back for the ultimate treasure hunt—a return to the planet that seeded life throughout the galaxy, Earth.
Only one thing convinces him to go—dangerous and enigmatic treasure hunter Nera Darc.
Nera escaped hell and has made a life for herself where she bows to no one. Niklas Phoenix has become her dark obsession, and now on a perilous mission, they’ll be working side by side. She’s built hard walls around her withered heart, but Niklas threatens to break them all down, and that’s a risk she can’t afford.
The dangers of Earth strip away Nik and Nera’s secrets and their simmering passion explodes. As a dark enemy closes in, they can only trust each other in a fierce battle for survival.
Anna Hackett
On a Barbarian World
Book 7, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
19 August
previously published, lightly edited
When she crash-lands on an alien world, the last thing she expects is to be claimed by a barbarian warrior.
Aurina Phoenix spends her time zooming through uncharted space and gathering intel for her family’s deep-space convoy. But her life takes an unexpected detour when a meteor shower brings down her scout ship. She finds herself on a barren, low-tech planet inhabited by dangerous beasts…and lands in the arms of a brawny barbarian warlord.
Markarian warrior Kavon Mal Dor is known for his skill in battle. He lives to protect his clan…and to avenge the murder of his father. To get his revenge, he must find a legendary sword and marry a warlord’s daughter. But when a beautiful skyflyer crashes on his world, she is the one thing he never expected.
Fighting their flammable attraction, Aurina and Kavon make a deal: she’ll help him find the sword and in return, he’ll give her the beacon she needs to get home. But as they plunge into a dangerous adventure, they uncover a powerful passion that will make them question everything they’ve ever wanted.
Anna Hackett
Lost in Barbarian Space
Book 8, Phoenix Adventures
Released:
31 September
previously published, lightly edited
On an expedition to a barbarian world, an experienced security agent doesn’t expect to be working with a big, bossy barbarian warrior.
Agent Honor Brandall enjoys her job on the Institute of Historical Preservation’s expeditions. Archeological digs for ancient old Earth artifacts—interesting. Keeping the archeologists safe—no problem. She’s tall, strong, and good in a fight, which intimidates most men. But on a mission to a barbarian world, she finds herself paired with a brawny warrior who challenges her in every way.
Markarian warrior Colm Mal Kor is second-in-command to his warlord and spends his days honing his skills and control. He’s dedicated to defending his clan…and to hiding the deadly secret he can never share with anyone. But when he’s thrust into working with a beautiful, challenging skyflyer, he finds a wild attraction he never anticipated, and the biggest risk to his hard-earned control.
On an expedition to Markaria’s icy moons, the cold isn’t enough to stop Honor and Colm’s heated desire. As their mission takes a deadly turn, they must trust each other to survive, but Colm’s lethal secret is something that might destroy them all.
Anna Hackett
Jameson
Book 1, Hunter Squad
Released:
8 April
in audio format
Narrated by Stella Bloom and Ryan West
Duration: 6 hours and 56 minutes
We survived the invasion and beat the aliens. But they left something behind…
Humanity is rebuilding after a devastating invasion. But the growing towns all have walls to protect them from the monsters. Created in alien labs, the monsters hide in the swamps, rivers, and forests—breeding, mutating. Every now and then, they crawl out of the shadows.
That’s where I come in. I’m Jameson Steele, the leader of Hunter Squad—the toughest group of soldiers in New Sydney. It’s our job to keep people safe and secure.
We’re the monster hunters.
When I get a panicked call from my childhood friend, Greer Baird, my usual cool goes out the window.
Greer’s an engineer working on a huge dam project that’s vital to our water supply. There’s a giant, deadly monster in the lake, it’s killed some of her people, and she’s in danger.
I’ve wanted Greer for a long time, but she’s too good for me: too smart, too driven, and out of my league.
But there is nothing I won’t do to protect her.
No monster I won’t hunt down to keep her safe.
Anna Hackett
North
Book 2, Hunter Squad
Released:
15 May
in audio format
Narrated by Patrick Zeller and Raquel Beattie
Duration: 4 hours and 52 minutes
Duration: 4 hours and 52 minutes
We survived the invasion and beat the aliens. But they left something behind…
I was born to protect. I’m a Connors, a soldier like my father before me, and I’m the medic for Hunter Squad. Every time we go out to hunt the mutated monsters the aliens left behind, I’m there to treat anyone who gets hurt.
But sometimes, I can’t always save everyone, and that haunts me.
When Hunter Squad is called out to rescue two missing boys, I’ll do anything to bring them home alive. Even work with our brand-new recruit, Jessica Ramos.
I’m not convinced she’s the right fit for the team, but she’s an expert when it comes to monsters. The creatures are exhibiting dangerous new behaviors, and we have to stop them. Whatever it takes.
Working alongside Jess, everything about her gets under my skin: her confidence, her intelligence, her fit, curvy body, and her damn freckles.
When old memories come back to haunt me, it’s Jess who helps me. Jess who draws me in a way no woman ever has. I can’t afford to let myself care for her.
Falling in love is not on my agenda.
Anna Hackett
Marc
Book 3, Hunter Squad
Released:
4 June
in audio format
Duration: 3 hours and 56 minutes
We survived the invasion and beat the aliens. But they left something behind…
Killing monsters is what I do. Like my father before me, I fight side by side with my twin brother and my squad to protect our people.
Since the invasion, life is dangerous. I know how short it can be, so I live it to the fullest. I work hard on Hunter Squad, I party harder, I love a joke and a good time, and I never get tangled up in relationships. I watched my father’s grief at losing his brother. I almost lost my own twin. I’ll never let myself get in too deep.
Then our squad’s pilot crashes alone in monster-infested mountains.
Tiny, opinionated Colbie who’s the best pilot I know. A fierce redhead who never hesitates to stand up to me.
Everything changes. Every protective instinct I have is in overdrive. I have to find her and bring her home.
I’ll risk it all—monsters, raging rivers, dangerous terrain—but when the two of us are alone and fighting for survival, I realize that what’s most at risk is the one thing I’ve always guarded—my heart.
Non-spec fic
Anna Hackett
Never and Always
Books 3, Langston Hotels
Released:
13 May
She’s a driven city girl who’s not staying long.
He’s a laid-back mountain man who’s never leaving.
Sparks are flying, and its high heels versus flannel shirts.
Piper
As the COO for Langston Hotels, I travel the world, but for the moment, I’m stuck in Windward, Colorado.
The town is small, has snow (shudder), and did I mention small? Once I finish renovations to our latest acquisition, I’m gone.
One man has become the bane of my existence: head of hotel maintenance, Everett Murray.
Does the man wear his uniform? No. He wears awful flannel shirts and jeans. So maybe the denim fits his long body like a glove, and the flannel stretches over wide shoulders, but that’s beside the point.
I need the hotel to meet Langston standards, I need this job done so I can move on, and I won’t let Everett slow me down.
Everett
It took a tragedy for me to realize Windward was home. I love my job. No endless hours, no stress, no missing out on what’s important.
Then Piper Ellis struts into the hotel in her tight skirts and high heels. The woman is a high-maintenance headache I don’t need.
But when her troublemaker brother blows into town, I see another side of Piper. The softer side she keeps hidden. When his troubles make her a target, I’m there to keep her safe.
She might be a city girl, and I’m a mountain man to the bone, but neither of us can fight the force of our attraction.
Still, I know that one day she’ll pack her designer suitcase and leave, because everyone knows opposites might attract, but they don’t stay together.
and in audio format
Released:
21 August
Narrated by Ava Lucas and Tim Paige
Duration: 6 hours 22 minutes
Anna Hackett
Worth The Fight
Books 3, Unsanctioned
Released:
1 July
She needs me to fight for her.
Cole
I’m no hero. I’m a former mercenary and retired assassin. I’m rough, I live in the darkness, and keep the demons at bay by fighting in the underground Las Vegas fight rings.
Then I see her.
She’s offered up as a prize. She’s young, pretty, and far too innocent.
She’s everything I’m not.
I’ll fight for her, then I’ll set her free.
And I’ll keep my hands to myself…no matter how much I want to touch her.
Lili
I shouldn’t have been surprised when my deadbeat dad sells me to a ruthless businessman to pay his debt. Now, I’m the prize for a deadly illegal fight and I’m terrified.
Until I hear the fighter known as the Wolf will fight.
I know Cole Black is quiet, intense, and dangerous, but something tells me I can trust the scarred fighter.
But when he gets me free of the ring, that’s when my real troubles begin.
That businessman…he won’t let me go.
Now, I’m being hunted and the only person who can keep me safe is Cole.
But I soon learn Cole has his own secrets, his own burning need for revenge, and I might end up caught in the crossfire.
and in audio format
Released:
29 September
Narrated by Aiden Snow and Avery Caris
Duration: 5 hours 46 minutes
Anna Hackett
The Norcross Rescue
Norcross Novella
Released:
2 September
High above San Francisco, ten armed thieves take an office party hostage…but what they don’t count on is Vander Norcross.
Detective Brynn Norcross has three weeks until the birth of her first child and pregnancy has become a daily challenge. She’s excited but anxious, worried everything will change: for her, for her work, and her relationship with her hot, dangerous husband.
Attending the party of a wealthy potential client of Norcross Security is their last chance to let loose before the baby arrives. But when masked thieves storm the skyscraper and take everyone hostage, their night doesn’t quite go according to plan.
The last thing Vander Norcross wants to do is don a monkey suit and schmooze, but he’ll do anything to make his wife happy. When thieves raid the party, he manages to slip away in the chaos.
The intruders are trying to steal a hundred million dollars, innocent lives are at stake, and his pregnant wife is now a hostage. Vander is alone, unarmed, and outnumbered.
But these thieves have made a massive mistake. Vander is a man with specific skills, who never backs down, and who will do anything to rescue his wife.
Anna Hackett
The Norcross Novellas
Norcross
Released:
2 September
in paperback
Join Vander Norcross and his police detective wife Brynn in some dangerous adventures.
Mr. & Mrs. Norcross
When Detective Brynn Norcross is abducted by the people behind a brutal dogfighting ring, she’s mad. She’s also terrified. But she’s not afraid of captors. She’s afraid for them.
What they don’t know is that she’s married to the deadliest man in San Francisco…and he’ll be coming for her.
Saving Mr. Norcross
Brynn Norcross didn’t think anything could scare her husband, but she’s found the one thing that terrifies him. Fatherhood.
She decides an Italian vacation is just what they need…but things don’t quite go to plan when Vander is abducted by the mafia.
The Norcross Rescue
High above San Francisco, ten armed thieves take an office party hostage…including a pregnant Brynn Norcross. But what they don’t count on is Vander Norcross.
Vander is alone, unarmed, and outnumbered, but he never backs down, and he will do anything to rescue his wife.
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Anna Hackett
Through Unchartered Space
Book 9, Phoenix Adventures
Expected Release:
21 October
previously published, lightly edited
Through Unchartered Space
Book 9, Phoenix Adventures
21 October
previously published, lightly edited
A deep-space convoy master who demands everyone follow his rules discovers a stowaway on his ship who’s never met a rule she wouldn’t break.
Previously published - has been lightly edited
Dare Phoenix runs his convoy with absolute control. In uncharted space, lives depend on it. When one dowdy woman comes aboard, he knows something is off about her. Soon there are assassins and sabotage on his ship, and he discovers his drab passenger is a smart-mouthed scam artist who defies him at every turn.
Life has taught Dakota Jones that if you don’t grab what you want, someone else will snatch it. She’s stolen a map to an immense lost treasure from Earth. Okay, so maybe snatching the map from a deadly terrorist group wasn’t her best decision, but she just needs hide out on the Phoenix Convoy and decode the map. Easy.
As soon as she sets eyes on the sexy, in-charge Dare Phoenix, she knows she’s made a terrible mistake.
Dare and Dakota strike sparks at every turn, but they reluctantly join forces to find the treasure. Every step of their adventure is dogged by danger, and the biggest threat is getting burned by their incendiary attraction.
Anna Hackett
Crashed on an Ice World
Book 10, Phoenix Adventures
Expected Release:
25 November
previously published, lightly edited
Crashed on an Ice World
Book 10, Phoenix Adventures
25 November
previously published, lightly edited
He’s her boss. She’s his best friend. Then a starship crash on a deadly ice world changes everything.
Previously published - has been lightly edited
Elana Korra loves her security job on the convoy ship, the Sky Nomad…except for the fact that she’s in love with her boss. Rynan is tough, loyal, and protective, and despite their simmering attraction, he refuses to cross the line with her. She needs a change and knows it’s time for her to leave.
But then a deadly attack leaves Ry and Elana on an out-of-control ship hurtling toward an unforgiving ice world.
Rynan Phoenix lives for keeping the Phoenix Deep-Space Convoy safe. He steers clear of romantic entanglements, and it’s taken all his control to ignore the tempting Elana. But when they find themselves stranded in an icy wasteland with passengers to protect and space pirates hunting them, he is forced to confront just how he feels about her.
Ry and Elana will need all of their training in order to stay alive. As they find hints to an old Earth treasure, their desire turns hotter and deeper, but then they discover that far more dangerous things call this ice planet home…
Anna Hackett
Whatever It Takes
Books 4, Unsanctioned
Expected Release:
10 November
To make her mine, I’ll do whatever it takes.
Landon
Once, I was an assassin, but now I’m a doctor. I made a vow to never take a life again.
Then she breaks into my clinic.
She’s nosing around, digging into my secrets. I’ll do anything to protect myself, my friends, the people I help.
Kidnapping her may not have been my best idea.
One taste of fierce private investigator Camila Moreno and I want more. When I discover she’s investigating something very dangerous, I’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe, including spreading the word on the street that she’s mine.
Including breaking a vow that might break me.
Cam
I will find the person who killed my cousin.
As I dig, I uncover the dark, deadly trail of an illegal organ trafficking ring. My investigation leads me to one man: Dr. Landon Bradshaw.
One look and I know that the handsome, dangerous man is no simple doctor.
Then, Landon snatches me off the street. Somehow, we end up working side by side to uncover the organ trafficker, and he tells the world that I’m his.
It’s supposed to be fake, yet every touch from the retired assassin feels very, very real…but I don’t know if I can afford to trust him or the way he makes me feel.
This will also have a Special Edition (no link yet)
GENERAL NEWS
The Billionaire Heists series is now in German.
The Hero She Loves (Book 5, Unbroken Heroes) is now in German.
Mission: Her Justice (Books 8, Team 52) is now in German.
Read Anna's books in full reading order by genre.
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Happy reading everyone. Be safe & well.
