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The Specialist

By: Melanie Moreland
Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, John Lane
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Because love bleeds into the darkest hearts

From New York Times best-selling author, Melanie Moreland comes the final installment of edge-of-your-seat romance series.

Egan Vulpe

Trained explosives expert. Gun for hire. Loner.

Until the day he falls in love.

He leaves the dangerous world he knows behind. He paints, owns a gym, and co-runs Elite Security. In the past, he has worked with his friends at Hidden Justice, always staying behind the scenes. But not far enough behind.

When the woman he loves is taken, his only recourse is to step back into a world of crime—this time on the wrong side of the law. He knows he has only one choice.

Save her. Or die trying.

©2022 Moreland Books Inc (P)2023 Moreland Books Inc

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Absolutely captivating

The Specialist is the fifth and final book in Men of Hidden Justice series and what a way to end this series. I was hooked to the story when I read it but audio book takes the story to the next level .. I have said it before and will reiterate again . Melanie and the two narrators are the match made in heaven. John and Maxine take the story to a notch up with their brilliant narration and bring Egan and Sofia’s characters to life. I absolutely loved these two and the chemistry between them. Highly recommended this book.

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LOVED THE ENTIRE SERIES 😍

I am now a huge fan of John Lane. He and Maxine Mitchell were perfect for all the characters. Each story had me in tears, laughter and on the edge of my seat at times. ❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏

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Love this story so much

My favorite in the series!!! Love the extra epilogues to the other characters to at the end

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Great story and great narration

The Specialist is the last book in the Men of Hidden Justice and honestly I think and Moreland left the best for last. This is Egan Vulpe and Dr Sofia DeSalvo’s friends to lovers journey but it wouldn’t be part of this series if it didn’t have the twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat.
Egan and Sofia have been friends for years but he has always wanted more than she was prepared to give, he was determined to look to a future with the woman he loves but when she finally gives him a chance his past comes back to haunt him. He know needs the help of his friends from Hidden Justice to fight the evil that threatens him and Sofia. So can he protect the woman he loves…….
This may be the end for the men of Hidden Justice but Ms Moreland has given us a look into the life’s they all now have on the island of dreams.
Maxine Mitchell and John Lane did a wonderful, hon bringing this book to life. Their voices were easy on the ear and they took me off into the world these men have made for their families on the island of dreams.
A wonderful conclusion to a fantastic series.

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Egan and Sophia

"𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, the fifth and final book in the Men of Hidden Justice series by Melanie Moreland is Egan and Sophia's story.

Egan has loved Sophia since the moment he laid eyes on her but she has always kept him in the friend zone. After an incident at the hospital Sophia works, she admits to Egan her feelings. Happiness only lasts for so long when Egan's past catches up to him.

I enjoyed Egan and Sophia's story and their journey to their happily ever after. I found this book to be a little slower and less suspenseful than the other Men of Hidden Justice books. I did love the final glimpse at the end that gave an update into everyone's lives and wrapped up the series.

John Lane and Maxine Mitchell did another amazing job with this book and were the perfect voices for this series.

Get ready for... mf, secret society, protector, found family, and dual first-person point of view.

Content Warning... murder, kidnapping

4 Maple Leafs and 2 Flames

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Wow! This book was amazing.

Wow! This book was amazing. Wow!!! January 2023 is going to be a great month, book related lol.

Egan Vulpe is pretty swooning and easy loving, including his caveman attitude (we all love that, I know). He’s a man with many talents but loving Sofia is his main reason in life. Sofia is really a stubborn and strong woman, everything Egan want. He cracks and demolished all her walls until an “US” is part of then, he’s very persistent. The relationship between them is so romantic and sweet and perfect and steamy it’s amazing. She’s his “Iubirea mea” and he’s her “mio guerriero” (I love always learning new words with Melanie’s books). All the suspense and twist and turns brings more perfection to the story. Men of Hidden Justice is definitely one if the most amazing series. I don’t want it to end!!!

The epilogue was so good and the second epilogue was mouth watering don’t forget to read it. They have space for me in the island???

As always John Lane and Maxine did an amazing performance! Excellent. I love them so much. Thank You for always transfer all the emotions from the characters, the story, everything.

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John Lane as Egan made my toes curl

Holy good gravy! I have already said I would the beginning of chapter 3 as a ringtone. It made my toes curl!! No lie!!!

This is a must. John Lane and Maxine Mitchell bring these characters to life. There is so much passion in Egan and John Lane nails it and then some.

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Unadulterated Ecstasy

Going into this audiobook had me all sorts of excited. I knew I loved this story and characters but I am in awe with how much this audio entranced me. It was a pure eargasmic experience and the pleasure was definitely all mine. I was team John Lane as Damien in The Watcher, but John Lane performing as Egan in The Specialist blew me away. Melanie seems to have taken every quality I love from each of the Men of Hidden Justice heroes and created the masterpiece that is Egan. I adore all the characters in this standalone series but Egan Vulpe definitely lives rent-free in my head. Sorry not sorry. John has taken this character and made him even more loveable and swoony than I thought possible. His deep, rich, baritone voice, the accent, ‘iubirea mea’ had me feeling all sorts of emotions but most of all unadulterated ecstasy. Maxine Mitchell’s performance as Sofia is spot on. You can feel the emotions through the cadence and inflection of her voice. Maxine narrating Eagan’s part in Sofia’s chapter can’t not be mentioned. She was phenomenal with the accent as well!! Bravo! Outstanding job by this duo as usual. I expected nothing short of perfection from them. This audiobook would be equivalent to a restaurant rating of a chef’s kiss, Michelin star performance. Now pair that rating along with Melanie Moreland’s words… unlimited stars from me all around.

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A great story and a amazing audio quality

The Specialist is the last book in the Men of Hidden Justice and Melanie Moreland takes it out with a bang
Egan is a man of many talents
A great cook, painter of art that sell in galleries, assists in a perfume company, gym owner and a person who can implode a building. He’s also deeply in love with Sofia who has put him in the friend zone
Sofia an emergency room doctor who has lost twice in love and doesn’t want to take a chance with Egan even though she knows he’s everything
When Sofia gives in all Eagan’s dreams come true especially one Egan he wishes didn’t
Eagan’s past resurfaces and danger is real
I couldn’t put it down and fell in love with Egan
When you finish make sure you click the link to get the special epilogue where you get to visit all the guys
The audio is amazing by John Lane and Maxine Mitchell love their voices

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Amazing series!

Egan and Sophia's story was the perfect way to end the Men of Hidden Justice series, it simply had great and strong characters, and they matched in a very deep and emotional way with each other. Their story wasn't easy, Sophia's walls were as up as they could go, and Egan never gave up. I was very intrigued by Egan, so quiet yet his story was fantastic. I'm going to miss them all. The audiobook narrated by Maxin Mitchell and John Lane was very well done, it had good pacing and their voices matched the characters. I suggest you hear the audiobook for a very different experience.

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