The Hazard and the Hitman

The Protectors, Book 1

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and being in the hospital with stitches in my head and no way out makes me pretty desperate. So I log in to a dating app, searching for a guy willing to pretend to be my boyfriend so I can bust out of this overpriced nightmare.

But what do I get?

Accused of being a prostitute. Talk about a waste of phone minutes.

With plan A a no-go, I move on to plan B. Escape. Except, on my way to freedom, I’m nearly pummeled by a man wearing all black and with the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.

When he pretends to be my boyfriend, I’m shook. And even more shook when I discover this is the rude guy from the app.

Turns out he’s not only rude but bossy, irritable, and he keeps calling me a walking hazard. I go along with the lie anyway, thinking I can ditch him as soon as I’m free.

Except that doesn’t happen.

I end up back at his place, eating soup and trying hard not to catch feelings.

Then my apartment is broken into, and I’m running for my life, confused, injured, and with nowhere else to go. Kieran vows to keep me safe, something he seems more than capable of… Which is kinda odd for a real estate agent, right?

As the threat to my life intensifies, I start to wonder if I’ll make it to my next birthday and, more importantly, if trusting Kieran is the deadliest hazard of all.

Tropes:

Broody, possessive MMC

Clumsy, anxious MMC

Touch him and die

Hitman falls first (and harder)

Size difference

Dude in distress

Suspense

Hidden identity

Hospital meet cute (or not)

Mafia

Micro-Tropes:

Heterochromia

“Baby doll”

Plant daddy

Fish daddy

©2026 Cambria Hebert Books, LLC (P)2026 Pink Flamingo Productions

Love it

Ahhhh another amazing book from Cambria. When she has a new book coming out, I am all ready for it.

Haz lives paycheck to paycheck and surviving. He winds up in the hospital wanting to leave , hello costs of being treated, and wants to leave. He seeks alternative means to get discharged and here he meets Haz.

Haz comes to the rescue and off their insta love story begins.

They had amazing chemistry, they get a little wild, and this book is such fun.

This is the first book of the Protectors series and I can’t wait for more.
The narrators really knew how to bring the characters to life.

Entertaining, fun, and passionate!

This is the first book in The Protectors series, a MM romance. Haz and Kieran's story is entertaining, fun, and passionate, filled with intrigue, suspense and twists and turns. The chemistry is off the charts. Avery Wilde and Thomas C Wylde did a great job bringing this story to life. #PFPAudio

Another great read and audio book by Cambria Hebert!

I am such a fan of Cambria Hebert so I was SO excited for another series from her! This book was an instant comfort read for me. I loved both characters and the narrators did such a phenomenal job bringing them to laugh. This has everything we have come to expect from this author: laugh out loud moments, possessive over the top alpha, sassy, funny, endearing, “accident waiting to happen” characters. Ugh. I love ls this book!

Hitman

Enjoyed the possessiveness of the Hitman and how “innocent” Haz was. narrators also did a great job!

Funny and enjoyable

Broody, possessive MMC
Clumsy, anxious MMC
Touch him and die
Hitman falls first (and harder)
Size difference
Dude in distress
Suspense
Hidden identity
Hospital meet cute (or not)
Mafia
Dual POV - 1st person

Dual narration - Avery Wilde & Thomas C. Wylde
These two did a wonderful job bringing this book to audio.

What an interesting MM romance. This is full of funny moments, Haz is a walking accident. He gets himself into so many situations. Kieran becomes obsessed with Haz, he falls first and so hard. These two characters where a joy to read. Found this to be an enjoyable listen. I would read more by Cambria Hebert and would recommend this to a friend.