Really enjoyed the setting of this book. I felt I was there as a park ranger in Glacier National Park as the events unfolded. Story has a unique premise. The main character Maggie and her friend Ava are a couple of strong capable women. Very cool book!

I recommend it for people who like mysteries. The book reminded me of criminal minds.

I like this book ok. At times I found it a little difficult following all of the characters. When I found out who the villain was I thought that was written great, if I have a time figuring it out and it keeps me guessing I think it works. Overall it was a good book.

This was a great romantic suspense and had me guessing until the end. I honestly did not expect who the unsub was, but I knew I would either be surprised or thought it was too predictable. I did think the ending was a bit abrupt and had me wondering about decisions and future for Vic and Maggie. Overall, it was a good read.

Brilliant plot, characters and a lot of mystery. At first i did struggle to remember each character as there were so many but got into the suspense of the book straightaway. Really recommend reading, a different murder full of twists and turns.

Katee Robert has been one of my new favorite authors for awhile now. She is brilliant and knows how to tell a good story.

Maggie Gaines used to be an FBI agent until a high-profile case caused her to burn out. She had remade herself as a park ranger at Glacier National Park and is happy with her life. But when a body is discovered, her nice quiet life changes.

Vic Sutherland was Maggie's former partner. He has been hunting the unsub who is killing people in national parks and comes to investigate the crime at Glacier. Maggie had a crush on him when they worked together but he was married. Now he's divorced and seems to be returning Maggie's feelings.

Their relationship will have to be set aside because the serial killer didn't just kill one person and move on. As more bodies are discovered, Vic and Maggie need to work together to find out who is killing a group of school friends in the park.

The viewpoint in this story switches from Vic's to Maggie's and to one of the group of school friends. We also find out more about the relationships between the school friends in flashbacks to five years earlier when they are just graduating from high school and going their separate ways.

This was an engaging mystery that kept me guessing until the very end.

I have to admit I didn't quite love THE HUNTING GROUNDS, Katee Robert’s second foray into romantic suspense (or, rather, romantic thrillers). I found the premise to be somewhat unbelievable (for both the hero/heroine & their romantic relationship and the motivations of the villain), the pace to be quite plodding, and the flashbacks to the hikers’ group high school drama excessive and ineffective at setting the stage for the killer. It's not that it was bad per se, but it definitely fell a bit flat for me.

I really loved Devil's Daughter by Katee Roberts but this book didn't live up to her previous book. Although it kept me interested enough to find out who was doing the killing in the Glacier it just felt a bit slow.

I’ve been intrigued by Katee Robert’s move into the more hardcore romantic suspense/thriller-type reads. Since ‘The Devil’s Daughter’ didn’t seem to be a bad debut, ‘The Hunting Grounds’ looked even more enticing because of a serial killer hunting in national parks and how that brings a second-chance romance into play.

Yet I wasn’t pulled in as I thought I’d be, despite the theories that kept flying and the case of teenagers-turned adults who never quite managed to get their screw-ups resolved. I found that the juggling of two separate groups (loosely put) of characters—the protagonists who are also the romantic pair as well as a group of young adults whose lives are just still unsorted—broke the narrative too often, just as I was about to get into it. Maggie/Vic were more interesting than the potential victims (and perpetrators) and while complicated group dynamics always make for interesting reading, I felt that they were distracting instead, written in a way that drew the story out superfluously as it oddly and awkwardly straddled the New Adult genre at times with teenage-hormone-ridden drama peppering certain scenes.

Flashbacks tended to interrupt Maggie/Vic’s progress with the case, and it was difficult to try to get back on board after those, let alone feel any heat or chemistry between 2 people who actually have so much history together. There were tender moments between them, which I liked and that both Maggie and Vic pretty much ‘adulted’ through it all. With the focus on the suspense and the serial killing however, the developing romance wasn’t a drawn out one, just that Maggie/Vic played no games (perhaps because of the lack of time) and that everything happened fairly quickly in the span of a few days.

I’ll readily admit that authors can and do a difficult time getting that tricky mix of romance and suspense down, especially with readers who often prefer one over another. Having a healthy and equal mix of both is what I prefer though and ‘The Hunting Grounds’ doesn’t quite fulfil that. Coupled with an abrupt end—credits roll as people are bruised and recovering in hospital along with unexpected declarations of love thrown in—the story seemed to have ended on an unfinished note that left me wondering if I’d actually missed several pages.

Glacier National Park has always had animal predators living in its forest but now it has a human one. A particularly cunning one with a gruesome MO for their kills..

Maggie Gaines is the park ranger called to the scene of a murdered woman strung up in the forest of the park. The gruesomeness of the scene is not something she'd ever thought she'd see as park ranger. Eight years ago she walked away from her job with the FBI BSU unit due to not being able to handle the things she saw on the job and here she is again staring at the depravity of a killers hand. If that wasn't bad enough the FBI agent sent to take over the case is her ex partner she hasn't seen since she walked away from the FBI.

Vic Sutherland is the only character (other than his boss) that's from the first book. He was Eden Collins partner and since she took a new job at the end of that book he has a new partner now. He had already been investigating two murders in other national parks, and when a third happens in Glacier National Park the FBI knows they have a serial killer on their hands. He knows when he is sent there that he is going to have to face his past – which is his ex partner Maggie.

Along with trying to find the killer, 5 hikers go missing. Is this tied to the previous killings, are these 5 in danger from the killer?

This was an engaging suspense that kept me riveted till the end..

what an intense story. Good solid plot. Kept me hooked from page 1.

OMG!!!! This is a edge of your seat, "who done it?" story. You think you have it all figured out and then BOOM! You are totally blindsided. Awesome story and characters. Sort of a cliffhanger to me, pertaining to the h/h.

Maggie was an FBI agent a part of the BAU unit. Until a case with kids broke her and she left after a little over a year. Now she is a park ranger in Montana and loves it. Not so much the people but nature. When a body is found with arrows in their back, the FBI is called in.

Vic has been with the bureaus BAU for years. He has two other murders like this in two different parks. His ex partner will be his guide into the park to hunt for the killer. But as more bodies pile up, they can't fight their attraction to each other. First they have a killer to catch before it kills someone else.

This is one book you don't want to miss. It is hard to put down and will leave you wanting more.

* VOLUNTARILY REVIEWED THIS FROM NETGALLEY *

an ok read

The Hunting Grounds is the second romantic suspense book in the Hidden Sins series written by author Katee Robert. Good plot and mystery. Thanks to NetGalley and Montlake Romance for the advance copy.

Full review to be published online in the late July review cycle.

THE HUNTING GROUNDS didn't quite hit the spot for me. Fell pretty flat, actually. I don't think Romantic Suspense is quite Katee Roberts genre. The basic bones of the plotline is decent; but the characters were bland and there was so much cliche and overused tropes. There was far too much descriptive writing and various characters spending time in their own heads.

There were numerous and pointless flashbacks, and the hiking group and their issues were just soap opera drama. <spoiler>It was obvious they were being set up as targets for the killer to pick off; and it was just as obvious who the killer was</spoiler>.The hashing and rehashing of past events (with both the main couple and the hiking group) got tiresome and repetitive. Everything in the story was just too obvious and easy.