Hunter’s Way
By Editor Alexandra Wolfe
Title: HUNTER’S WAY
Author: Gerri Hill
Publisher: Bella Books
ISBN: 1-59493-018-X
Rated: 4 Stars
Genre: Romance/Suspence
Homicide detective Tori Hunter was used to doing things her way. But even after having six different partners in seven years, Tori isn’t prepared when she’s forced to team up with the hot-tempered Samantha Kennedy.
Samantha, on the other hand, is trying to juggle a new job, a demanding boyfriend, and now finds herself with an even greater challenge—being partnered with the most difficult detective in the entire squad.
After a brief terrorist scare disrupts their serial killer investigation, the two women find themselves growing closer. Samantha begins to question the relationship with her longtime boyfriend, and Tori, never one to allow anyone to get close, begins to feel her defenses slipping in Sam’s presence.
A serial killer and drug deals gone bad; the two detectives struggle with their feelings, trying to maintain their professional relationship while keeping their nearly flammable physical relationship in check.
Hunter’s Way, a thoroughly engrossing read, hit all the right notes for me. The quality of writing is above average, as is the mystery/crime plotline, which is handled well giving us enough twists and turns along the way and, happily, the book is populated by a cast of fairly believable characters who don’t hover too close to the usual stereotypes.
If I had to put my finger on the pulse of what makes this one work, for me, I would say it was because the story’s titled protagonists, Hunter, is this wonderfully flawed, all-too human cop with a past that illumines her from within. Add to that mixture, Samantha Kennedy, and her complicated unravelling life, you have two characters that slowly find they have chemistry, giving life to—at times—a deliciously erotic love-story that finally finds fruition in the end.
I’m not usually fond of the straight girl suddenly finds she’s gay scenario, but this one worked. Why? Simply put, author Gerri Hill’s deft handling of material and storyline.
Hunter’s Way is now firmly fixed as one of my favourite reads. Put it on your must read list.
REVIEWED BY ALEXANDRA WOLFE
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