This is the first book in The Protector series by this Author .

Nina Bronson has been enhanced - a super soldier -she is now faster , stronger BUT can no longer be a soldier . The enhancements to severely injured soldiers are now deemed illegal so no further 'super soldiers' can be created...........unfortunately the enhancements are starting to degrade - what are the consequences ?
Billionaire Ewan Donahue has been targeted by someone, his last 2 bodyguards murdered .......... he needs the best if he is to stay alive .
Who better than 1 of the 15 'enhanced ' ? ( now in the Private sector) who better than Nina ?
Nina must use all her powers to keep Ewan alive 24/7, unknowing that he is responsible for blocking the upgrades that she needs to survive .
Their slow growing attraction must be put to one side as they battle to stay alive long enough to discover who is after Ewan .
What will happen when she discovers Ewan's SECRET ?

I found the precis of this book very attractive BUT found the 'moral tale' of enhanced super soldiers very slow going ......it was not until half way through the book that I found the interaction between Nina and Ewan interesting and the story line picked up pace .
I was interested enough to buy the next in series ..... with a need to see what happens next .

Megan Hart is best known for writing erotica and erotic romances so I already know from past experience to expect some high quality sex scenes in her writing. However Dangerous Promise goes in a whole new direction than her previous books. The first in a futuristic sci-fi romance series The Protector, it’s an intense and action packed tale set in a not too distant future with an ‘enhanced’ bodyguard heroine and a billionaire hero. You won’t find a happy ending for the couple here, as there are at least 2 more stories to come. Luckily they are being released in quick succession (one a month) and this is a good thing, as if you’re like me, you’ll be ready to dive into the next one as soon as you can.
Nina Bronson has worked for two years for ProtectCorps as an elite bodyguard. She fought as a soldier during the Second Cold War where she was wounded in action and was declared brain dead. She was revived through a set of computer enhancements, nanochips connected to her brain and nervous system to control her bodily functions, her emotions, and even with the ability to erase her memories. Fifteen soldiers had undergone the enhancement techniques before the program was ended . Many believe they shouldn’t exist at all. One of those is Ewan Donahue, Nina’s new client.
Ewan has no choice but to hire Nina after his last two bodyguards died on the job, and the death threats he’s receiving show no sign of letting up. Unknown to Nina, he's the reason she exists. Ewan is responsible for the technology's invention, programming and funding. He'd created his own fantasy version of a human before realizing the full implications of the Pandora’s box he’d opened. Nina’s existence is proof of his greatest achievement and his most profound failure. Hiring her to keep him alive is the ultimate irony.
Nina knows how Ewan feels about the enhanced. He's the leading voice speaking out against the technology and it's what's led to the death threats against him from a variety of factions. Unfortunately, the enhancements are starting to degrade and the ban making it illegal to continue the research means there is no hope of being repaired. In short, she will die a painful ‘second’ death as the nanochips break down. But Ewan is a client, and he's paying well for her services. She can keep her emotions locked down and do her job. Ewan is different. Despite his beliefs, he finds Nina beautiful and bewitching, strong and capable. He's intensely attracted to her. When Nina indicates that she'd be willing to indulge in a sexual affair with him, he can't resist. But will it lead to a fatal mistake?
The world building in this story is unique and full of little details. Though a year isn't specified, there are clues to the date being near the end of the current century. For example, Ewan has a record player, a museum piece, with a collection of vinyl records in which he references having an album of his great grandmother's called 'Groove Hits of the Sixties' and jokes that it's from the 1960s, not the 2060s. All the monotheistic world religions have combined into one, with the 'OneGod' being revered. At some point in time a space station had been built on the moon that affected the orbit of the moon, and thereby the tides on earth, leading to environmental disasters and wars. A computer hacker destroyed 90% of the world's linked computer infrastructure, causing chaos. And of course there is the technology that Ewan created. Nina's enhancements include the ability to go without food and sleep for extended periods of time. She can pixelate her view to give her clients privacy while in the room with them. She has superior hearing. She reacts to threats instantly, with her computer like brain calculating scenarios and cause and effect actions. And if requested for security reasons she can wipe out her memory.
Ewan and Nina spend a lot of time talking, which isn't surprising since she never leaves his side. Their discussions cover many topics including the ethical implications of Nina's existence. To Ewan's chagrin he comes to really like Nina as a person, which makes it hard for him to continue to advocate for her demise. And while Nina can turn off any feelings she might have for Ewan, he can't do the same. Nina likes sex and with her enhanced senses she can see when Ewan is aroused. It leads to some intense and steamy scenes between them. Nina is always the one in control, which is even more of a turn on for Ewan, and likes to inflict a hint of pain in her partner, which Ewan also finds he likes.
Of course while all this is going on, there are also people out to kill Ewan in some very inventive and heart stopping ways. The action scenes come and go without warning, making for an exciting read. Nina never forgets her mission. But she does begin to open herself up to feeling emotions where Ewan is concerned, and the genuine belief that they could have a future together. While Nina and Ewan develop a physical and then an emotional relationship, the main conflict between them doesn't go away and leads to a dramatic conclusion, revelations that leave things up in the air on a cliffhanger that definitely has me wanting to read more. Dangerous Promise is a riveting, sexy, intense read in a frighteningly believable future.

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I've read Katee Robert before and enjoyed her writing and this one is no different. Her writing is good. It's the content of the story that bothers me. And you'd think I'd be all over this since the premise and the trope is cute. Friends to lovers with a healthy dose of Gideon teaching Lucy a lot of sexy moves on top of it. And let me tell you, the sexiness is sizzling. It will definitely heat up your Kindle. Only I'm not quite clicking with Lucy and her wanting a clinical arranged marriage in order to secure a promotion at her job and then getting annoyed at Gideon when he is trying to help her and give her what she wants in spite of his jealousy, and boy, is Gideon jealous since he's always had feelings for Lucy. Lucy's dating life with her potential husband matches and her sexy shenanigans with Gideon just does not offer enough depth to keep me hooked on the story. This won't stop me from reading more stories from Ms Robert but this one definitely didn't leave me wanting to race to the finish.

Nina’s client was Ewan Donahue and she was determined to put distance between herself and one of the world’s eligible billionaires who was acting like it was dissatisfied about touching her. She knew how Ewan felt about the enhanced. Dealing with prejudice was party of the new life she had been given not condemned to. Nina told Ewan he was given all the specs and requirements before she had arrived. Ewan had paid double the usual acquisition in order to get her there. Nina said Ewan had hired her she just didn’t show up Nina was the best of the best in her field. Ewan had hired her because of the recent threat on his life the night before. Nina woks in Project Corps and had been in charge of more than a dozen senators, CEOs, philanthropic recluses, and once an actual princess who had been the easiest to deal with. Nina had learned the ways of the wealthy and powerful. Ewan didn’t know how brutal Nina could be. Ewan had fifty seven confirmed serious death threats made in the last three and a half weeks. Previously he had three actual attempts on his life and two of his former bodyguards had been killed while protecting Ewan. Nina enduring the enhancement procedures she had to save her life made her the woman she was today. Nina had been dead for eight minutes before the enhancement procedure had been started. Ewan had a lot of people who wanted him dead because of the technology which he had created which oddly enough had been used on Nina.ewan regrets the enhancement technology he created. Nina is attracted to Ewan but never plans on anything happening between them. Ewan is also attracted to Nina and she is unlike any other woman he has ever known as time goes on and he gets to know Nina. Nina had been a soldier in the Army fighting for her country when she had been killed. But after she had been enhanced she had to leave the army and went into private security. Then an attempt was made on Ewan which Nina was able to save him from being hurt and the go on his secret property where there is a cabin to be safer. There Ewan and Nina give in to their hot chemistry. But Nina starts to deteriorate as she needs an update that Ewan has stopped.
I had mixed feelings about this book. Nina and Ewan are definitely from two different worlds but somehow that matters less and less as time goes on. I liked there was a lot of action. And it starts right at the beginning of the book. This book does drag for me at times. This is definitely a different type of book for me to read but I did like it basically just a lot of things annoyed me and took some if my enjoyment away. I was confused how Nina could feel so much. But the thing that really brought this rating down is this ended in a cliffhanger and I hate them and that is well known by anyone who has read my reviews. As I said I had mixed feelings on this one.

I’m not really into the futuristic type of books. I read the blurb and was intrigued. The book started off pretty slow, but did infact pick up. I really liked that she was a soldier before she died and then brought back with enhanced abilities. The story was put together well, they clearly had a good romance, but it’s just not my type of romance. But the story itself is well written ! I would highly recommend!

Interesting!

I really enjoyed the story line and concept. Ewan and Nina make a unique couple with lots to overcome.

I voluntarily read an advanced copy.

This is an exciting start to a trilogy. Nina is an "enhanced being".....think bionics with a super computer chip implanted in the brain. This book was a bit different, in that the female character is the in the position of strength and is somewhat emotionless, due to her enhancements. The male character is still a strong character and has some issues because of his role in the development of these enhancements. Also he has to come to terms with the fact that he is attracted to someone so much physically advanced than he is.. The story takes place in the near future where society has almost destroyed all things "natural". I didn't really feel the chemistry between these characters until 60% into the book and the action didn't pick up until then too. The beginning part of the book was a bit slow where I kept going in and out of the book. But it does rev up midway and it ends setting up for the next book. Although it is a trilogy, it does not end on a cliffhanger!
The story is about Ewan ( a very wealthy industrialist and a lobbyist opposing the enhancement technology) hiring Nina to protect him against some attacks on his life. Obviously he has issues with his attraction to Nina, due to his stand on the enhancements. And for her part, Nina is wary of Ewan because he is the major opponent to the enhancement upgrades she needs in order to stay alive. When they finally get together, there is a tiny bit of a reverse D/s relationship.....where Ewan has to come to terms with that particular side of himself. All in all, it was an entertaining book.....slow at times but definitely worth the read.

Step into the futuristic world where global economy has crashed after a hacker took out the records. Imagine no history of your bank accounts, no history of most anything. With little recovered and other massive changes to the environment the world isn't what you'd expect. Add to that enhancements done to a select number of soldiers and the potential for creating super soldiers has created a group of protectors.
Nina didn't ask for the enhancement, but they saved her life. Now she moves from protection detail to detail with little need for downtime. Her normal operating procedure his a bump in the form of Ewan Donahue. Ewan had been the main lobbyist against forbiding the tech that saved Nina. When he comes under fire and threats to his life force him to seek the best, Nina is hired.
What can happen when walls come crashing down and secrets are revealed?
*This is a cliffhanger*

Dangerous Promise is the first book in the Protector series. This is a story about a female soldier gone bodyguard. But now she is different, she died and was surgically enhanced to be stronger, faster, and with the ability to be more dangerous than ever. Nina has been assigned to protect a billionaire that is against human enhancements. What will happen when the two pair up? Will they clash or be swayed to see the other's opinions? I enjoyed this story.

This science fiction romance centers on the relationship between billionaire Ewan Donahue and his bodyguard, Nina. Nina is an enhanced former soldier having to make a living while dealing with enhancement discrimination. The discrimination reminded me of the plight of the heroes of the X-Men series. I really liked Nina. This bionic woman is smart and strong. I loved the action scenes and the banter. I want to see this relationship deepen so I will continue the series.

Loved it! This story starts out with a bang and doesn’t stop. Well developed, fabulous characters and a great futuristic plot. Action, suspense, drama, intrigue and romance. So good! Ready to start on the next one. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC. Thanks to NetGalley.

3.75 stars - NOTE: This ends in a cliffhanger.

This is a sci-fi romance about a female solider who was one of 15 to receive tech enhancements that saved her life and made her a super solider. She’s responsible for guarding the billionaire who created the tech, though she doesn’t know that at the beginning of the story.

I enjoyed the read and look forward to reading the next, and hopefully final, book. I began the review with a cliffhanger warning, and should mention that the story does include a happy for now, but doesn’t end with a HEA. The story contains a fair amount of heat and intrigue. It is reminiscent of Christine Feehan’s Ghostwalker Series, though not as good. One thing that it does do particularly well is show how our current indulgences in and neglect of natural resources may leave our children to survive in a world that pales in comparison to our current reality.

All in all, this a decent read that those who enjoy sci-fi romance will likely enjoy.

I received an ARC of this book, from the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I find that Megan Hart writes such different things from book to book. I fell in love with her when she wrote Broken, Dirty etc.., and I’ve followed her work since then. When I saw her new series featuring a female bodyguard set in the future, I was definitely intrigued.

First, and I didn’t realize this, the entire series follows Nina and Ewan. I assumed book two would have a different hero and heroine, so I was expecting more to happen in this book. Dangerous Promise started very strong for me but it definitely lags in the second half.

Nina is one of fifteen enhanced humans in this futuristic world. After joining the military, she dies on the table and is brought back with a series of nanochips, that gave her “greater than natural control over her bodily functions. Endurance, strength, focus.” Coming back like this led her to have a falling out with her family and since then she has gone into the private sector as a bodyguard. Hired out to keep people safe, she is the best of the best. And that is why billionaire Ewan Donahue has hired her.

Unknown to Nina, Ewan actually developed the tech that lives inside Nina. But then he realized this tech could be used by the wrong people and could create horrible consequences. He immediately reversed his stance, and now lobbies hard against enhancing humans. Nina knows about his lobbying and hates him for it, as upgraded tech is really needed for her and the few others that have it, as theirs is becoming outdated and causing some pain. But a paycheck is a paycheck, and she agrees to guard him, as Ewan has had multiple threats and attempts against his life. He isn’t sure who is targeting him, and after two of his regular bodyguards die, he turns to enhanced humans.

They hate each other at first, and I do like a nice hate relationship where that lust simmers right underneath the surface. Ewan does get attacked – several times and this author writes well done action scenes. Ewan has to accept the fact a woman is saving his butt (the horror!) and comes to trust her and respect her once he sees her skills. He has guilt about her not knowing it was him who created the tech to begin with, which eventually comes out later in the book.

The first half is all about understanding Nina’s enhancements and guarding Ewan’s life. I was into it for sure. But the second half really drags. Their hate for each other eventually turns to a romance, but it takes a long time. Like I said at the beginning, I didn’t realize these two would continue to star in the subsequent books so I was expecting a faster pace. I was also a little confused about Nina and her ability to feel emotions. I thought it was limited due to her enhancements – but then she is falling in love and feeling all the feelings towards Ewan and I wasn’t sure if that was really consistent with what we are told at the start of the book.

I wanted Nina to be a little – less human, if that makes sense. By the end of the book, I had kind of forgotten how powerful she was at the start of the book. She seemed more regular and I would have liked her “otherness” to still be prominent. I also though Ewan goes from such a jerk to too nice. Especially since we get more of him as the series progresses. I know, I know – I’m so picky!!

I loved the set-up and the brief glimpse at the world. I may read book two, but I think I will read reviews of it first.

Grade: C+

I have read several books over the last ten years or so by Megan Hart. However, Dangerous Promise is different from all of them because of the science fiction aspect of the story. It still has Ms. Hart’s incredible ability to bring emotional intensity in the story as well as providing the reader with empathy to the complex imperfect characters.

Despite the science fiction element this is a suspense romance with class differences as the main trope. Nina Bronson is bodyguard to Ewan Donahue which throws them in constant contact. The plot includes dangers, political involvement, female ex-military hero, billionaire, and two people who over time learn to understand, appreciate and maybe love each other.

Nina is a soldier who literally gave it all to her country. Now she's enhanced with tech and only allowed to work privately. When her job is to protect the man who is behind the laws forbidding upgrades to the tech. Things are gonna heat up. They b it have secrets but when death threats lead them away and the attraction heats up will they survive or burn?

3 1/2 Star Review....

Dangerous Promise was a book I was sure I would like, but it wasn’t quite what I expected with its ultra dominant female lead and a male character much less alpha. For me personally, I like my characters to be somewhat on an even keel, and have an equal need for emotional and physical support.

I also felt the story was overly long, and the back and forth tended to be a little annoying. There was also a point in the story where I found myself going back as there appeared to be something missing. That said, I would still read book two, to see what it entails.

i hadn't read a megan hart book in a while, but i'm so glad i picked up the protector series. set in a not so distant future where a team of soldiers have been artificially enhanced and their status is politicized, dangerous promise, brings together one of the super soldiers and the man who ensured that there would be no further enhancements.

nina didn't ask to be experimented on, but she'd signed away the rights to her dead body when she'd joined the army. she just never expected them to use it in a manner that had her come back to life. and she doesn't hate her life as one of the enhanced. she just wishes that the law wouldn't forbid the upgrades her body needs in order to survive. because the truth of the matter is that she's running on borrowed time.

ewan may be the chief proponent of legislation against enhancements, but he's also the man who came up with the technology. it's just that he didn't realize the ethical problems until too late. now he's being targeted and after losing two security teams finds himself turning to one of the enhanced soldiers he's condemned to death.

but all too soon ewan finds himself wishing that things could be different. he wishes he could admit everything he knows about the enhancements to nina. but he knows that he'd lose her. and the closer they get, the more he doesn't want to lose her. when they are forced to retreat to a secluded mountain cabin to hide out from the threats, they give in to their feelings. ewan finds nina's strength and her ability to dominate arousing. and it's an interesting power exchange to witness.

when everything falls apart, their security, their safe haven, their relationship, it's in part because ewan has kept one too many secrets from nina. but the story isn't over, it can't end where it does, because clearly there is more destined for ewan and nina.

**dangerous promise will publish on january 2, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/st. martin's press (swerve) in exchange for my honest review.

ARC - I voluntarily offered to review this book with no obligations and my opinions are honest!
This is the first book from this author for me.
Nina is trying to survive in a world where her robotics upgrade will soon be absolute.
Soon enough, she will die if she does not get the upgrade that she needs.
Ewan is trying to abolish the enhancement procedures for injured soldiers.
( The same enhancements that Nina received )
When Ewan is receiving threats, he is assigned a bodyguard, Nina.
The attraction is there, but is it enough ?
Will Ewan change is mind + save Nina + the other soldiers?
Loved the storytelling + the characters!

Intrigue, kickass action, and romance with a bit of kink? I'm in. I enjoyed this near future tale. Well developed characters, solid plot, and enough of a hook I'm ready for the next book in the series. If you like near future settings, strong female lead characters, and romance with a side of suspense you can't go wrong with this strong start to the series.

Dangerous Promise is a science fiction (I think) romance set in the near future written by Megan Hart. I read it because Megan Hart wrote it — it's as simple as that. I didn't even have to read the full summary to know I would be reading it. All I needed to know was that one of my favorite authors wrote it.

Science fiction and futuristic stories don't find themselves on my reading list often, probably because authors tend to set their books in a future time that's far from something to look forward to, but I wouldn't let that deter me here. The disturbingly near future Megan Hart created in this series is bleak: a lot of species are extinct, synthetic food seems to be on the main menu for most people, while real food is something only the rich can afford, humans have messed around with the Moon, and caused damage on Earth, and the United States now called the North American United States have been in, surprise, surprise, yet another war.

Nina Bronson was a soldier who got severely injured in that war and died, but she didn't stay dead. Enhancement technology was implanted in her body, and she survived and became stronger, faster, she became a super soldier. However, that technology had become illegal, making necessary upgrades impossible, so the tech which had saved her life would end it an a matter of few years.

Being enhanced meant Nina had to leave the army and work in the private sector. She worked as a protector, and her newest job was being a bodyguard of Ewan Donahue, the man most responsible for making the enhancement tech illegal. Ewan was less than pleased to have Nina as his bodyguard, but the threats on his life called for having someone extremely capable to protect him, and Nina was the best. Neither of them was satisfied with their arrangement, but they were determined to push through: Nina was a necessity for Ewan, and Ewan was a job for Nina.

Like the time the story takes place, the relationship between Nina and Ewan was cold in the beginning. It was nothing surprising given their backgrounds. What was also nothing surprising is that that changed because of all the time they spent together which really was all the time. They would have friendly talks, other times they would argue. With each attack on Ewan that Nina stopped, they became closer. Despite himself, Ewan was becoming more and more attracted to Nina, and that attraction wasn't one-sided. They danced around it a lot. It wasn't until the plan to find out who was after Ewan led them to Ewan's secret property away from anyone that they finally acted on it. That's when it got complicated and more emotional.

Complicated and emotional love stories is one of the main reasons I love Megan Hart's books, and Nina and Ewan's is apparently so complicated it needed a series to be told. Having read this book and about a third of the second installment, I can see why that is. Staying together won't be easy for them. That was clear from the beginning. The story is told from both Nina's and Ewan's perspective. What we find out about Ewan and what Nina wasn't aware of is Ewan's involvement in the development of the enhancement tech, and his reasons for lobbying to make it illegal. That was why his attraction to Nina was unwelcome, and once he developed feelings why he was afraid of Nina finding out about it. For the first time he was with a woman who made him think about forever. Sadly, he was having a hard time figuring out how to make it happen. It was the same with Nina. They were in love. Away from the world and their regular lives, everything was perfect in their little bubble. But the bubble burst. Reality and hidden truths came crashing in leaving them with heartache.

In the end I'll say this was another Megan Hart book I really liked reading. Dangerous Promise did what any first book in a series should do, and that is to make me want to read the sequel. I not only want to continue reading, I am anxious to find out what happens with Nina and Ewan. Wicked Attraction, here I come!