The conclusion to the love affair between Nina and Ewan continues to take twists and turns.  This book is not a standalone, it is best to read the books in the order published.  Nina is constantly struggling with her memory and possible threat of her termination.  I loathe to state this, but perhaps this should not have been a trilogy and instead should have been combined into 1 novel and the repetitive scenes could have been cut.  

The conflict in each book is a new person who wants to get rid of Nina or use her tech.  And that new person seems to be all connected to the same person.  What is painful is watching Nina trying to figure out what is going on.  For someone who used to be able to make split decisions in battle, to constantly wonder if she's already done something before, met someone before is unnerving.  It does demoralize a person and make her questions her sanity.  I didn't like this part.  And with Ewan trying to take care of everything, basically making Nina a victim all over again puts me ill at ease.  He means well, but basically leaves Nina powerless instead of empowering her.   

He takes advantage of her memory loss to do a "do-over".  This comes across as dishonest to me.  Maybe more disingenuine because once again he comes from a position of power and knowledge whilst Nina is in the dark.  This is not something I like.  Nina and Ewan does not seem to ever come together on equal footing.  Ewan always has the upper hand.  This final book brings a nice closure to the romance.

After receiving the other two books in an ARC and loved the story, I was quite ready to read the last one and ended sorely disappointed. It felt rushed and not put together well, like the other simply didn't know how to end it.

I've been a fan of Megan Hart for a while and will gladly read anything she writes. It amazes me how she can switch from one genre to another and still got hooked with them. This series is no different. It started real strong and though the second book kinda dipped, I was hoping for a strong finish with Ewan and Nina's story. Only, I was slightly disappointed. It took a really long time picking up and by that time, I just want it to be over. The ending was also a bit lacking for me. I was expecting for a bit more. It was an okay read, nothing special.

Ewan is responsible for the program that made soldiers enhanced so when Nina was assigned to guard him they fell in love, then out of love then in love when something happened. Nina was injured pretty severely both physically and mentally so Ewan takes her to his safe house to help her heal. Part of her healing it not to tell her about her memories just to let them come to her for risking her hurting herself again. Nina and Ewan have a very complicated relationship and how Nina will come back to Ewan remains to be seen. The story is set in the future and having not read the prior books I found this easy to get involved in.

I felt similarly about Forbidden Stranger as I did the second book. The first book was unique and interesting, but the drama overall here has been very irritating. I'm disappointed for not loving it more.

A great end to a terrific series and while it was not my favorite it was still a fantastic read. This book picks up where the last one left off so they really need to be read in order. It was another great read and I really enjoyed it

This one was definitely better than the second in the series,  but it still felt a little stale. I would’ve loved more developement on some of the other characters instead of all the repetitive sex scenes. You could probably combine the first with this one and call it a day. I don’t know if the story warranted three parts other than to make people pay more money.

Over the course of two books, Dangerous Promise and Wicked Attraction, Nina Bronson and Ewan Donahue's love story has been full of ups and downs. In both of those parts of the series their relationship was strained at the beginning, after a while it would improve and they'd be a happy couple, and then something major would happen to drive them apart. The same could be said about Forbidden Stranger, with the difference that at the end of the book Nina and Ewan got their HEA. After three novels, all I can say is: Finally!

Nina and Ewan's situation at the end of book two was, to put it delicately, awful. It reminded me of something I read on one of the author's pages. Creator of worlds. Destroyer of worlds. — I believe that's what it said. The happy love bubble Nina and Ewan were living in was destroyed. Nina was in a bad shape, mentally and physically, and Ewan was desperate to make her better. In that desperation, he took Nina to his private island, where she would be taken care of, and be away from anyone who could try to harm her. The majority, and I mean great majority, of this installment is Nina's recovery, and while I understand that regaining her strength and recovering her memories was a slow process, I wish it didn't take up so much of the book. I found myself losing interest in the story, and that is something that doesn't happen to me when I'm reading Megan Hart's books. She writes beautifully, and Forbidden Stranger is beautifully written. However, I didn't enjoy reading this part of the trilogy as much as the previous two. One reason would be that Nina's memory recovery took up about two thirds of the book, if I remember correctly. The other, and the main reason, was that this was the third time Nina and Ewan were going through the stages of their relationship I've mentioned in the beginning, and when it got to "something major would happen to drive them apart", I was frustrated. I was frustrated because it was the third time they were separated, and even more frustrated because this time around Nina's reasoning for cutting Ewan out of her life after everything he did to keep her alive and safe was... ah, I want to say stupid, but I won't. I'll say it was weak, in my opinion. Can Nina forgive Ewan for not telling her the truth about why she lost so much of her memories, or are they doomed to never be together again? The question was even in the blurb, and on behalf of Ewan who was advised/ordered not to tell the truth to Nina by her doctor and anyone in charge of her care, I was insulted. Yes, I was insulted on Ewan's behalf!

In the remainder of the story an old villain reappeared to wreak more havoc than the first time, and endanger the lives of the main characters. This part was fairly short. It kind of just flew by. The ending came. Nina and Ewan get back together. On the last page. How very Megan Hart.

Even though I can't say I liked Forbidden Stranger as much as the previous books, all in all, The Protector series was an enjoyable read. This book, however, made me think it would have worked better as a duology.

Book 3 of the Protector Series.  The continued story of Nina and Ewan.  Ewan will do anything for Nina even if it means taking her to an island in the middle of no where for 8 months to make sure that she is safe, considering during this entire time she has no memory of him or their love.  Also, she has a self destructive code in her head that can and has already been activated once and can be activated again at anytime and he can do nothing to stop it, but keep her under complete watch 24/7.  Her memory slowly returns and so does her fellings for Ewan and once they leave the island the trouble begins again.

Full disclosure, I love Megan Hart. I've read many of her books & love how diverse her range is. This book is no exception to that diversity. 
This is the third & final novel in this series. I really enjoyed the series & the relationship between Nina & Ewan. I did find Nina's recovery a little frustrating, but no doubt, so did Nina! But the second half of the book moved at a more enjoyable pace. This book had me on the edge of my seat wanting to read more. It was a shiny fine book that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Forbidden Stranger is the third and final installment in The Protector series by author Megan Hart. This book is a continuation of the previous books, and picks up a few months after the ending of the second book. With secrets, lies, betrayals, intense situations, danger, and intriguing twists and turns, this emotional roller-coaster of a story will pull you in, and you won't be able to put it down until the end. It was a great ending to this terrific series. 

The situation between Ewan and Nina has drastically changed, but the one thing that hasn't changed is that the secrets and lies continue. After going through months of numerous types of therapies, Nina still hasn't regained her memories, and continues having difficulties with remembering things, as well as day to day stuff. She believes that her injuries are a result of an accident, that Ewan is her boss, but knows nothing about their previous relationship. 

It's an emotional challenge for both of them, but the doctors advise that telling her about her former self could do more harm than good. Ewan has his teams working frantically to find out how to fix the issues with the Tech that came to light after Nina's abduction, but so far they can't find the answers they need. When things start heating up again, there's an unknown threat that they won't see coming until it's too late. Will Ewan be able to keep Nina safe this time? Will Nina ever regain her memories, and her former self? Or will the unknown threat make sure that neither of them have a chance to make things right? Will they ever be able to get past all of the secrets and lies, and will their love be enough? Will they get the HEA that they both want and deserve? You'll have to read this to find out, but you won't be disappointed.   

This is a series that must be read from the beginning, and in the order written, in order to understand the full concept of the entire story. They can not be read as stand alone books. If you haven't read the previous books, I strongly suggest that you start from the beginning. This is a great series, and I believe that anyone can easily enjoy it.
I would recommend this book, series, and great author. 

I have voluntarily reviewed this arc provided by the publisher via NetGalley.

Aggie was the cook and housekeeper. The knife Aggie gave Nina to help peel the root vegetables just didn’t feel right but why would Aggie lie to Nina. Aggie had scars and didn’t like it when Nina mentioned them. Nina had a problem with retaining information since waking up from  the accident she also couldn’t remember. Nina had a voice in her head that didn’t sound like hers yet it had the feeling of familiarity. As if she were hearing herself through a recording. Nina wasn’t sure she’d ever get used to it. In the first few days after she had woken up here, every part of her was in agony and nothing but a blank void where her memories should have been, she’d heard the voice a lot. Nina had fought it along with everything and everyone else. The doctors who came to help her. Even Aggie. Nina was ashamed to remember. She couldn’t remember fighting with Ewan who was her boss but she was certain she had. It had taken a while but it was easier now dealing with not being able to remember anything about her life before the island. Nina eventually put the knife down and was going for a walk to get out of Aggie.s domaine. Nina’s parents had died and so had her single sister - she couldn’t recall their names or faces but she did remember they had existed. Nina was always tripping. Bumping into things, and dropping things. Nina worked hard to gain back the strength and coordination she knew bone deep she once had. It was getting easier to keep her balance but out of nowhere she could discover herself spinning out of control , her feet betraying her by refusing to keep their place firmly on the ground.  There was less pain as time went on but there was still times when Nina feared she would never be right. Nina was centered in the world- she knew about pop culture, and how money works, and what words meant and what places looked like that were not on the island. But she couldn’t remember herself taking any part of it. The ocean called to Nina. Ewan was the man who saved Nina’s life and she remembered that but not the details. Nina always felt safe, protected, and rescued when Ewan was around her. Nina even had fantasies about Ewan. Ewan had made the island a safe place for himself originally form the groups determined to hunt him  down. He had always meant for the island to be a safe house like his family's mountain cabin where he and Nina had gone to escape the death threats.It had been where Ewan and Nina had fallen in love the first time and where he had discovered who was behind the threats against him. The island was the perfect place to take Nina  a place away from anyone who might try to harm Nina again. There was nothing on the island to accidently trigger her memory of what happened to her while she had been held hostage by the league of Humanity who worked for Ewan’s former partner Wanda. They had tried to rip the upgrade out of Nina’s brain where Crosson had implanted it during the attack in the mountain cabin. They hadn’t succeeded but they had done a lot of serious damage to Nina’s mind. The original tech ewan had designed had been meant to help people. But the government had taken it over and used it to create enhanced “ super” soldiers . It had been the total opposite of what Ewan had intended the tech to do. Public outcry forced the soldiers out of the Army and further use of the tech  Nina had barely survived the surgery to implant the upgrades for the existing tech. Ewan ahd activated the self destruct in Nina’s brain after he first rescued her and she had thrown herself off the cliff.  There had been no way to safely delete the self - termination function. Ewan ahd to keep Nina safe from trying to destroy herself. If Nina was not the same woman he’d first met who had no problem putting him in his place and keeping him on his toes she was still the woman he loved more than anything in this world.  
I enjoyed reading this book. Although I did feel it dragged some for me but not enough to give up finishing the book. I enjoyed the plot.  A lot. I loved how ewan cared for Nina and still loved her even knowing she may never remember being in love with him. Also she may hate him for all the lies he told her to protect her if her memory comes back. I advise you to read the previous books of this novel to have a smooth transition to this book. I didn’t like that ewan couldn’t be honest with Nina but i understand why he did as he did. I felt the ending was a little rushed. I loved Aggie and how she cared for Nina it wasn’t just a job for her. I loved the characters and the ins and outs and I recommend.

Nina lost her memory and the only thing she knows right now is that Ewan is her boss and she feels safe when she’s by his side.
So, the thing about this book is how the story is told. I didn’t like it because for the most part of the time I couldn’t connect the dots so I was reading the book but I was completely lost. Something big happened that made Nina lost her memory but you don’t know what that big thing is right away! I understand that this is the main story of this book but so many secrets turned the book into an empty thing! 
The couple hasn’t changed much! Ewan is still the sweetest with only eyes for Nina and always worried sick that something might happen to her. Nina is not quite the same anymore: because she lost her memories she’s not even aware of her enhanced abilities!
Overall the book is more of the same when compared to the previous books but it was a lot more confusing and unfulfilling for me.

nina and ewan's story concludes in forbidden stranger and after all the angst and shocking twists it's totally well worth the wait. this time they must get to know each other again, since nina's mind has been reset one time too many. her fragile condition makes it difficult for ewan. he cannot be fully honest with nina, because her mind is not ready to process their tangled past. but keeping secrets is part of the reason they are in the predicament they are in.

together they must find a way forward and see if they can recapture the love and intensity that inevitably builds between them. ewan still loves nina deeply, fiercely, and everything he does is for her. and when she understands that, she does appreciate it. but she also can't help feeling betrayed. especially when she realizes that part of ewan's way of protecting her has been by tracking her every move and setting her up with watchdogs. 

so much of the resolution depends on nina working through her anger and resentment of how she ended up where she is. luckily the attraction between these two is undeniable. and this time, there's no cliffhanger.

**forbidden stranger will publish on march 6, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/st. martin's press (swerve) in exchange for my honest review.

The Protector Series #3, Megan Hart's sci-fi-ish series takes place in a futuristic place that puts me in mind of Philip K. Dick, where at first appearances it's very Utopia like but under the surface lies a dark side that threatens to unravel it all. If you are going to read this one I really recommend reading the first two books in the series first because the events in those books rely heavily on what happened previously. My main issue with this book is that after two books with the back and forth I love you/I'm angry at you and never want to see you again between Nina and Ewan got old. The events in this book felt paltry compared to the other books and the external conflict was so short and underwhelming. Keeping with the theme of the other two books the first half of the book was Nina and Ewan falling in love all over again. I kind of wish it was switched that the romance part was much shorter and the external conflict with Jordan and the other enhanced lasted longer. 

Due to the events of the the previous book Nina has no memory, it's been several months since Ewan and Al found Nina and since then they discovered not only did they take her memory they activated a self destruct type switch in her programing. (For those of you who don't know, Nina was a soldier who died in battle and was brought back using nanotech now she is enhanced. She's stronger, faster, an all around better soldier but when the world found out about it they ostracized her and the fourteen like her and they weren't allowed to be soldiers anymore so they went into private detail which is how Nina met Ewan.) The bad guys activated that switch so when ever Nina tries to remember what happened when she was kidnapped the self destruct coding gets activated and she tries to kill herself. She has already failed at such attempts, she was lucky Ewan was there with his team of doctors to save her. Now she's on an isolated island protected from the world while she tries to figure things out on her own without killing herself. 

As much as it kills Ewan to not tell her he loves her for fear of everything that can happen he tries to keep Nina at a distance. Although Nina might not be able to remember she still loves Ewan, she just thinks it is wrong to lust after your boss that way. Nina works up the courage to make a move and Ewan isn't strong enough to turn her away. While they maybe enjoying their island paradise Ewan keeps getting reports the one by one the other enhanced are commiting suicide. Ewan has his people working on it as fast as they can but he's not the only one a former friend and now bitter enemy is working to figure out the coding too. 

Overall, I did enjoy it the story fell a little flat for me especially the ending.

I really had trouble getting into the book initially and getting caught up in the emotions of the characters.  The storyline was good, but it just didn’t stand out in my mind amongst other books in the genre.  The blurb was great, but overall the book just fell flat for me.

ARC - I voluntarily offered to review this book with no obligations and my opinions are honest
Nina lost her memories. She doesn't really "remember" Ewan.
Ewan is still super protective of Nina.
I loved the storytelling + the characters
The storytelling + the character's build were awesome!

I will happily read just about anything Megan Hart writes and have been a massive fan of her stories for as far back as I can remember. Her Protector trilogy is quite a bit different than many of her more well known books, but was quite enjoyable if you like futuristic romances.

In a world where people have enhances abilities and you can be reset as often as people will the ability to do so choose, can you find any sense of self or something as elusive as love?

Nina has been through a lot in this trilogy and when book three opens, she thinks Ewan is her true love and one of the few people she can trust. Sadly, Ewan is keeping a lot of secrets from her and if she finds out, any hope he has of a future with her will be destroyed. Add in the suspense of Ewan and his tech team trying to come up with the code to save Nina and other enhanced humans like her and there is a lot to sink your teeth into. I really enjoyed Ewan and Nina's relationship and the premise of this trilogy was unique and interesting. My only complaint is that I thought the three books were a bit longer than they maybe needed to be. The length took away a bit from my enjoyment, but I still recommend this to anyone looking for an interesting futuristic/scifi read.

Strong ending to a near future romance. Would work as as stand alone but do yourself a favor and read the other two. Nina remains the kick-ass heroine, and I really liked how she saved herself, and Ewan. Props for letting a strong woman stay strong and not have to rely on her lover to save her.

This series and genre is not something I would normally go for, but I am glad I gave it a chance. Forbidden Stranger is the third book in the series, bringing about the conclusion to Ewan and Nina's story. The story line was imaginative and creative and I liked the characters. I did think the story was a little hard to follow at times and probably could have been shorter in length. It was on okay read for me.