To clear her name once and for all, Gwen Proctor goes on live television to finally tell her side of the story. Make it known that she was no accomplice to her ex-husband, Melvin Royal, murdering women in their very own garage. But Gwen gets blindsided on stage by Miranda Tidewell, the mother of one of the victims, who believes Gwen is anything but innocent. And even worse, Miranda is working on a documentary to prove just how guilty Gwen is.

Gwen lives with Sam Cade and her two kids, Lanny and Connor, in Stillhouse Lake, the longest place she’s lived since going on the run after her ex-husband was arrested. Gwen and her family continue to be harassed by people who believe her to be guilty, even threatening to kill them. Sam, the brother of Melvin’s last victim, used to believe Gwen was guilty, but now knows otherwise and now they’re a romantic item. But Sam feels remorse for the things he said about Gwen when he believed her to be guilty and he regrets his involvement with Miranda Tidewell, which he fears will come back to bite him in the ass.

Even though Melvin Royal is dead, he is still haunting Gwen and Sam from the grave, sending them letters and memorabilia that is intended to do nothing but haunt them. They’re worried that these letters are only a prelude to something worse that Melvin setup before his death.

Gwen helps women who have been in similar shoes as Gwen. Women whose family members are going to prison for serious crimes, who are also accused of being accomplices. One evening, Gwen gets a suspicious phone call from a woman needed help, but she wouldn’t give Gwen the specifics. She only revealed that she lives in Wolfhunter, Tennessee and that she needs Gwen’s help. So when this woman turns up dead, Gwen feels she needs to investigate in order to uncover the secrets of Wolfhunter.

The story takes off from there in this action-packed suspense novel.

Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine is the third installment in the Stillhouse Lake series. This series keeps getting better and better, each book even more fast-paced than the last. I enjoy the tortured romance between Sam and Gwen and I so desperately want them to workout, as their broken hearts are made for each other. I also like that Lanny is starting to get old enough to have a stronger voice in this story and she played a pivotal role in the plot line. Rachel Caine created a great continuation for this series—4/5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Thomas & Mercer and Rachel Caine for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Book three in the Stillhouse Lake series is as fast moving as the first two, if a bit over the top. I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially since the end set itself up for more possible entries to the series.
Gwen Proctor is back, having recovered from her near death experience at the hands of her serial killer ex-husband. Gwen is still trying to protect herself and those around her from the past, and a phone call from nearby Wolfhunter River proves to bring danger to them once again.
Fast moving, full of all the action and mystery you have come to expect from Rachel Caine’s series. Hard to give too much detail without giving anything away, but rest assured the book lives up to the first two!

The first two books in this series were great psychological thrillers with one sick killer. Gwen lived a nightmare in both books and finally prevailed over evil. Those things were the best parts of those books.

That being said those same things have now became a main reason I didn't enjoy this book. The second book was so stressful with what the author put Gwen through, but at least the ending of that book was satisfying.

For me, this book beat a dead horse for over 300 pages. To keep rehashing the past, never letting a particular subject that has already been fully discussed so many times in the two previous books was more than I could take. Move on. Let Gwen and her kids be able to live a quiet life. I was also not fond of the secret Sam had been keeping. This is something to me that should have been brought up in book 1 not in book 3 when Gwen is finally learning to trust a man again. I mean does the author hate Gwen??

It may not seem like it but I loved first two books. This one just didn't work for me and rubbed me the wrong way right from the start. I thought the last book was the end of the series and as I've stated I was comfortable with that ending but this book throws that completely out of whack so even though I didn't enjoy this one I hope there is one more that gives a HEA cause Gwen and the kids deserve it!!

Another fantastic addition to an amazing series.

There is so much happening in this action packed thriller. There are plenty of unpredictable surprises, great well developed characters and a satisfying conclusion.

I highly recommend this book and the entire series.
Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for a digital ARC, I voluntarily reviewed this novel.

A heart pounding, blood pumping, action packed thrill ride! There is so much happening in this book you will be furiously flipping pages until the satisfying conclusion. Just when you think these characters can't possibly go through anything else think again. The author writes characters you will fall in love with, you will hate, and some you feel both for. This reader wants more Gwen, Sam, Lanny, and Connor! Highly recommend this book and series.

Rachel Caine did it AGAIN! Going into a series I never expect the books to be as good as the first. There is always something about the first that hooks me in and nothing can ever compare. The Stillhouse series is the exception, each book keeps me up at night as I obsess over it and I have to know what happens.
Wolfhunter River was like that. I was so excited to be approved on NetGalley to read it, It was hard to put it down to socialize, since I had company in town, because in my head I was wondering what is going to happen to Gwen next.
I stayed up well into the wee hours of the morning because things were getting good and I had to know how they were going to get through it and what other surprises where headed my way.
These books are definitely getting bought in print and going on my favorites shelf.

She can’t ignore a cry for help. But in this remote hunting town, it’s open season.

Gwen Proctor escaped her serial-killer husband and saved her family. What she can’t seem to outrun is his notoriety. Or the sick internet vigilantes still seeking to avenge his crimes. For Gwen, hiding isn’t an option. Not when her only mission is to create a normal life for her kids.

But now, a threatened woman has reached out…

The third in Caine’s immensely readable and thrilling ‘Stillhouse Lake’ series, Wolfhunter River is nonetheless a departure from the norm. The book feels very much like a bridge that had to be crossed before Caine could continue the series the way she wanted. This isn’t a criticism. Actually, I was worried that Caine wouldn’t be able to move Gwen and Sam away from the malevolent spectre that was Melvin Royal, and I’m very pleased to be wrong. I can imagine – given the narrative thread that Rachel Caine introduces toward the end of this book – a very satisfying series coming from this new direction in Gwen’s life.

Part of me just wants Gwen to catch a break. What else can she possibly endure without going crazy? But the other part finds these books way too exciting to let go. In Wolfhunter River, Gwen answers the call of a panicked woman named Marlene Crockett, who is desperate for help to escape a looming threat. She won’t explain what – or who – she’s terrified of, but it’s evident that there’s something rotten in Wolfhunter. After sick Internet vigilantes come after Gwen and her family once again, and she receives another disturbing call – this time from Marlene’s daughter, she heads to Wolfhunter, feeling called to help, any way she can.

The second half of the book is packed with action, but Caine doesn’t sacrifice character and relationship development in the process. Gwen and Sam are struggling both with their romance, and with their pasts. Gwen sees camera eyes in every corner and Melvin in every patch of dark, and Sam is rocked to the core by the re-emergence of Miranda Tidewell in his life – a particularly repellent character that is hellbent on misery and revenge.

There’s also the very real threat from online sources and ghosts from Melvin’s past. He’s made sure that even in death, he’s a part of his family’s life, and like a spider, he keeps tightening the web – until someone is bound to choke. He’s a black stain on their lives, and it only continues to get worse, not better.

By the end, Caine has set up Gwen for a new beginning, but crucially, a beginning that is shaped irrevocably by the blood and horror of her past. I’m very, very happy that we haven’t seen the last of Gwen and her family, and hopefully, we’ll get more glimpses of Melvin (what a name hiding such a monster!)

My favourite part of these books – the beating heart that runs through them like a golden cord of steel – is Gwen’s love for her children, and YES – her love for herSELF. She SURVIVED. *She* did that. And she’s not giving up – not for anyone. It’s such a gorgeous portrayal of what it means to be a survivor, and what it means to be a woman in this world – this world of rape culture and #MeToo and Internet dog-piling and incessant, damaging vitriol. A world where your husband was a serial killer, and somehow it’s your fault for not controlling him, pleasing him, stopping him. It’s still, somehow, all on the woman.

I love Rachel Caine for this honest, unflinching depiction of a woman who has gone through the fire – and come through scarred, but alive, kicking and ready.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I appreciate the chance, as always.

I'm not a series reader but I loved this series! Rachel Caine is one of the best thriller writers out there and this one does not disappoint!

Oh how it troubles me to rate Wolfhunter River, the third in the Stillhouse Lake series a 3. BUT, I only liked it. I didn't love it. Which is the opposite of the other two novels. I'm not sure what it was really..action packed?? Ehhh...not as much as I had hoped for. I felt like the last 3/4 of the book was the best. There were ALOT of characters in this book and two stories that collided to make it what it was. Which at times became somewhat confusing because I found myself questioning who was who. With that being said, I did still enjoy the novel.

Although this is part of a series, I do think someone could pick this book up without reading the first two and still understand what was happening. But, for the sake of characters backgrounds, I suggest reading the first two novels before this one.

The only thing that makes me unhappy about reading Wolfhunter River is that I now have to wait a year for the next in the series. Rachel Caine has given us an astounding woman in Gwen Proctor. Her kids and Sam and supporting cast of characters are unlike anything being written today. This third in the series does not miss a beat. What a horrifying world it can be, and Gwen can kick its bootie, one day at a time. Five Stars!

I devoured the first two books in this series – “Stillhouse Lake” and “Killman Creek”, so I was so excited when this third one was available. Rachel Caine has not missed a beat at all with “Wolfhunter River” --book #3 in the series. Although this could be read as a standalone, I highly recommend reading the first two to give you all the backstory for these characters, it makes this one a much richer read.

Gwen and Sam play key roles in this one again as do Gwen’s children. Gwen is still stalked (online and in person) by various victim families and other sickos who are not convinced that she’s innocent. Now other women are reaching out to Gwen for advice and help and trouble just seems to follow this family. It’s a good thing Gwen is such a strong woman, she must be for this nightmare her ex-husband has left.

One such plea for help leads Gwen to leave the stable life she was trying to create for her family in Stillhouse Lake. They head to the spooky backwater town of Wolfhunter, next to the Daniel Boone National Forest. This town is filled with sinister characters and everyone is suspect. There seems to be danger everywhere and Sam is hiding some big secrets.

With a powerhouse ending that I’ve come to expect from Rachel Caine, this was a quick read that kept me up well past by bedtime, because I just HAD to know how it was going to end. Speaking of the ending, I think there is a great future for Gwen and I can’t wait for future installments. I hope that Gwen, Sam, Lanny, and Connor can find some contentment and happiness (but that would be boring and I don’t think that’s how this will go for them . . . )

*My GoodReads review will be updated in mid-April, nearer to publication date.

Really excellent. I think this was the best one yet.

Gwen, Sam, and Gwen’s children Connor and Lannie are still being harassed by the internet trolls who believe that Gwen was a willing participant in her serial killer ex-husband’s torture and murder of several young women.

Gwen has agreed to go on a talk television show, having been convinced that she would at least be allowed to tell her side of the story, but she has been lied to, and she ends up running from the studio.

Once home, she receives a call from a stranger, a woman asking her for help and advice, saying she got her contact information on a chat board from someone she had helped in the past.

Things move in a breakneck speed from here. The book was great, and makes me hope for subsequent ones. The ending seems to portend that.

I'm so sorry. I didn't realize this was third in a trilogy. It sounds interesting, but I simply don't have time to devote to reading the first two before this one at the moment. Thank you for the "Read Now" option!