A.J. Bennett

A.J. Bennett writes paranormal romance that combines mythic conflict with fast-moving relationship drama. Hired Gun opens the Hired Gun series and introduces Thorne, a Sicarii warrior whose assignment draws personal loyalties into a dangerous supernatural struggle. Goodreads records the novella’s 2014 publication and its position as the first installment, while an independent Romance 4 the Beach review discusses the connected Sicarii material and the serial structure later gathered for readers. Bennett uses the compact form to establish a hidden order, its rules, and stakes produced by crossing them without losing sight of the central characters. Hired Gun is therefore both an introduction to a larger fictional world and a complete encounter shaped by duty and attraction. Readers who enjoy paranormal series will recognize familiar elements, but Bennett’s emphasis falls on the friction between an operative’s assigned role and an increasingly personal stake. That tension supplies the story’s momentum and prepares the ground for the books that follow.