Hell Bent [Kindle Edition]

Heather Killough-Walden (Author)

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Product Description

Jack Thane is a man with a very big secret. For years, he has relied upon the skills and resources that came with this secret in order to protect the people he cares about, especially the young Annabelle Drake… the only woman he has ever loved.

However, now Jack’s past is catching up with him – and it’s after Annabelle. Suddenly, Jack has gone from the predator to the prey as he strives to keep Annabelle from the very deadly clutches of some of the most powerful people in the world.

Annabelle Drake’s best friend is a six-foot-two, blonde haired, blue eyed angel in black leather with a penchant for v-twin motorcycles and shoulder holsters stocked with reliable guns. He’s a man with a dark job, a quick mind, and a body capable of just about anything. He’s also off-limits as anything but a best friend… for so many reasons.

But when the forces that normally turn to Jack for their more covert problem solving needs suddenly turn on Annabelle, she has no choice but to turn to Jack for help. Annabelle finds that being under Jack’s protection means allowing him to get closer than she’d ever planned on letting him get… and that when it comes to dangerous, those who are out to get her have nothing on the man she’s with.

*****

Heather Killough-Walden is a California native currently living in Texas with her husband and child. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling e-book author of the Big Bad Wolf series and the October Trilogy, as well as the print and ebook Lost Angels series which includes ALWAYS ANGEL (available now) and AVENGER’S ANGEL (available November, 2011).

Visit Heather's Web site at www.killough-walden.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter. Also, be sure to keep in touch with her and other fans through her Facebook page and Twitter (killoughwalden)!

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 673 KB
• Print Length: 416 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Republica Press; 1 edition (December 20, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0031Y6BFA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,086 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Heather Killough-Walden is a California native currently living in Texas with her husband and child. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling e-book author of the Big Bad Wolf series and the October Trilogy. Heather's educational background includes religious studies, archaeology, and law. She has traveled all over the world but hopes to one day live in a town with a world-class hockey team. (Let's go, Pens!) Visit Heather's Web site at www.killough-walden.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter. Also, be sure to keep in touch with her and other fans through her Facebook page and Twitter (killoughwalden)!

Customer Reviews

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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impossible to Put Down, December 24, 2009

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Aisling (Far, far away) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hell Bent (Kindle Edition)

Heather Killough-Walden's new release, "Hell Bent," kept me up reading at 2:00 in the morning even though I had to be up at 6:00 a.m. Combination thriller and love story, the two main characters, Annabelle and Jack, have been in a platonic relationship for ten years, although they are each others best friend, confidante and overall most important person in the world, as well as being significantly attracted to each other. Annabelle is a beauty who turns heads without realizing it. She is a hockey-loving, Harley-riding, graphic artist - feisty but vulnerable and an overachiever with her flaws which she deals with through good humor, self-deprecation and Vicodin. Jack, with his British accent, hauntingly light eyes and rugged good looks, leaves women in his wake and barely notices because he only has eyes for Annabelle, whom he alone calls Bella. His need to be constantly married to women other than Annabelle, as well as his career choice, has left Annabelle content with the status quo of their relationship. However, the sexual tension that results from their mutual devotion is incredibly effective, while eluding overt description. This isn't the "will they or won't they kiss" tension delivered teasingly over and over. It is something much more complicated and far more stirring. When Annabelle finds herself involved in a murder, Jack's willingness to do whatever it takes to protect his Bella becomes apparent and he takes her and an extended cast of characters from one safe spot to another as together they investigate the murder. "Hell Bent' is a masterful telling by an author who delivers brilliantly complex relationships, scenes with staying power, and a story that manages to be sexy, thrilling, poignant and thought-provoking. The most fun I have had reading in a while.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Story!, June 15, 2010

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Lauralynn Elliott - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hell Bent (Kindle Edition)

One thing that makes me give a book a five star review is when I find myself thinking about it when I'm not reading it. Like in church. Or at work. This is one of those books. The story was interesting and most of the characters had layers. I loved the interaction between Jack and Annabelle. But that brings me to the one thing that I didn't like about the book. It almost made me bump it down to four stars, but the story was so good I just couldn't do it. I'm going to mention it below and warn that there's a spoiler.

***SPOILER ALERT***

There's so much sexual tension between Jack and Annabelle that I couldn't wait until they got together. I was anticipating this wonderful, romantic love scene. When it finally happened, it was basically: They kissed. And her last thought was that she was glad she was on birth control. What a disappointment! There wasn't even a description of their first kiss! I didn't necessarily want graphic sex, just some romance and feeling. I had thought about reading more by this author, but now I'm not so sure. I have no idea whether or not her other books have better love scenes. I'm still considering....

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever and Sexy, March 29, 2010

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Taelor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hell Bent (Kindle Edition)

Sexy, suspenseful, adventurous and always surprising, Hell Bent has it all. I could not stop reading this story- every chapter pushed me further down the edge of my seat! The plot is full of non-stop action from the start, triggered by a murder and exploding with mystery. Annabelle is an all-star heroine: a smart, stubborn, witty, and completely relatable woman thrown into a world of assassins and conspiracy.

And Jack is...

Wow.

Dark, dangerous, sexy, protective, and utterly mouth watering- he brings the complexity of `right' and `wrong' to a new level. Hell Bent is an absolute must read!!