Battle-hardened soldier Cruz Ramos is running on empty. As second-in-command of the deadliest commando squad fighting the invading aliens, he doesn’t know why he’s fighting anymore. He’s seen too much destruction, devastation, and far too much death. Still, every day he goes out to protect those humans left, and every day the growing numbness threatens to take over.Until a mysterious woman … woman emerges from the ruins of destroyed Sydney and saves him from a pack of rampaging aliens.
Santha Kade has one goal: revenge. The raptors who have devastated the Earth have taken everything from her: her team, her home, her beloved sister. Santha–a former police officer–has spent a year alone in the ruined city, waging her own guerrilla war. Sure, she might get lonely sometimes, but she doesn’t have room for anything but vengeance. Not even for a sexy soldier with liquid brown eyes, a bone-melting accent, and a face designed to drive a woman wild.
But as Cruz and Santha join forces to rescue human hostages from the aliens, their explosive attraction is impossible to resist. Can these two warriors survive long enough to find something worth living for?
Note to readers: This sci fi romance contains a lot of action (think invading aliens, explosions and gunfights), tough warriors (the sexy, battle-hardened soldiers of Hell Squad) and a steamy romance (lots of sexy times between a warrior woman and a sexy soldier). So if you like it fast, and gritty, and sexy, this is for you!
Includes preview of Book 3 of the Hell Squad, Gabe.
Q & A with the Author
Q – How would you describe the Hell Squad series?
A – Tough, alpha soldiers battling invading aliens. Hell Squad is science fiction romance with a dose of post-apocalyptic grit and a serve of military romance. There is lots of action, adventure and romance. But even in the middle of a fight for survival, the series is focused on hope, friends, family and love. Hell Squad has been one of my bestselling series and I’m thrilled the Hell Squad gang have so many fans.
Q – Why did you want to write the series?
A – I love action, adventure and romance. And I love science fiction romance and all the endless possibilities. I also wanted to write something that was a little darker and grittier than my more adventure-filled series, the Phoenix Adventures. Then I had this image of a former society party girl wearing fatigues squaring off with a scarred, battle-hardened soldier and Hell Squad was born. I’d intended it to be a single story…but the Hell Squad soldiers had other ideas and literally came to life as I wrote the first book!
Q – What order should I read the books in?
A – All the Hell Squad books have stand-alone romances in them but the action arc of the invading aliens grows with each book. Many readers have entered the series with later books and they haven’t been lost, but, characters from the early stories do appear in later books and I really think it adds something to the reading experience to read them in order. Here’s the order I suggest:
– Marcus
– Cruz
– Gabe
– Reed
– Roth
– Noah
– Shaw
About Anna: I’m passionate about all things action romance. I love stories that combine the thrill of falling in love with the excitement of action, danger and adventure. I write about people overcoming unbeatable odds and achieving seemingly impossible goals. I like to believe it’s possible for all of us to do the same.
The Hell Squad Series:
– Science Fiction Romance
– Action Adventure Romance
– Post-apocalyptic Romance
– Alien Invasion Romance
– Futuristic Romance
– Military Romance
– Paranormal Romance
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Cruz Santos, second-in-command of Hell Squad, is slowly losing himself. He has lost his drive to keep fighting, until he meets a beautiful woman in the ruins of Sydney. She saves him and his team and then disappears. Santha Kade has only one goal: revenge. She will stop at nothing to kill the leader who ordered the death of her sister.
Cruz and Santha are such a kickass couple. Santha has been surviving by herself in Sydney slowly picking off aliens whenever she can. She lost her sister in a violent way to the aliens and now she is hellbent on getting her revenge. I really liked Santha. She was beautiful, strong, and deadly. Hackett does an amazing job at writing strong, kickass females who you can’t help but love.
“I’m a soldier, mi reina. Believe me, watching you handle a crossbow is goddamned foreplay.”
Cruz is struggling and has slowly been losing himself for months. He no longer has any passion for music or a reason to keep fighting. Santha brings him back to life and gives him a reason to keep fighting for the world. Cruz was a great hero and I love that he found himself again. These two have a quick and intense romance that I loved.
“From the moment I laid eyes on you, something switched on inside me. Before that, I wasn’t sure what I was fighting for.”
In this book we learn more about the movements of the aliens, the different kinds of aliens, and the true horror of what they are doing. They have started experimenting on humans on top of all the killing. The new aliens are fascinating and reminiscent of dinosaurs. I love this alien filled post-apocalypse world! It is unique and fascinating and I just can’t get enough of it.
Anna Hackett’s Hell Squad series is awesome but you’ll want to start at the beginning with “Marcus”. Anna is so good at building her characters and the world they live in. Tying together how their world shapes them, how they overcome adversity as well as their own internal demons. Anna is a gifted storyteller that you just can’t put her books down. Every time a book comes out, I’m up all night!! And she has a great support team – her books are edited beautifully, very few misspelled words, bad grammer, or mix-up in the story’s time-line.
I absolutely love a badass heroine that doesn’t need a man to come in and save her because she can save herself and that’s how this book was. It made it even more special that she chose to let Cruz on because she wanted to not because she had to. They were a perfect match, both equally badass and hot as hell!
More sci-fi/fantasy shenanigans down under with Hell Squad! Cruz meets his match in Santha. She has been a one woman wrecking spree against the Gizzida over the last year. She leeps into the fray and helps them out with intel and when the aliens kidnap some scientists she is drafted into the team.
Fabulous read and Cruz keeps up the mainline of Alpha that feeds these stories. I freely admit that I am addicted. Onto the next!!!
I am loving this series. The second in the series, CRUZ, picks up where MARCUS left off. Ms. Hackett uses Santha’s point of view to paint a more colorful picture of the Coalition base and the people there (details that would be unremarkable to the inhabitants)She also introduces more of the motives of the raptors. This series has the makings of a good mystery played out over each installment.
This book could be read as a standalone, but reading in order is highly recommended. If you’re looking for a fast paced read, this is the series for you