Hunter

A serial killer murder mystery with a supernatural twist and an easy to love main character. Luis was closed off and snarky but very easy to relate to. I had a bit harder of a time with Donovan who seemed a bit... naive or possibly just very dense at times but then very perceptive at others. I really hope there are more books in this series!

Mysteries, reconciliations, misconceptions and ghosts! I loved this story. J.V. did a wonderful job of mixing so many different concepts and coming up with a story that made me want more. A serial killer, an FBI agent with a shaky and still poignant past with a local cop. There was so much...bigotry, blame, unresolved issues and all the while, trying to catch a killer and experiencing the supernatural.. It made for an intriguing story and you still managed to get some love throughout.

Glad I decided to read this, kept my mind occupied and not wanting to put it down. Giving this four stars.

I really liked this. I didn’t expect the sudden PNR, but that’s okay. I also seriously didn’t expect the ghost to be who it was, and it was weird but eh I liked it.

I still think Rourke should grovel a lot even tho his apology was good. And Donovan needs to make sure his mother is really and truly okay with the fact that he’s gay or be done with it.

But that’s what sequels are for.

I got this arc from netgalley etc.

Luis has spent his career chasing the darker side of life. First a vice cop, then an FBI profiler, now he lands in the Boston field office, and not by choice. He expects his case load to have a much lighter tone than he’s used to.

He wasn’t counting on New England’s dark history, or their pride in it. He didn’t understand how close-knit the old towns could be, or how protective they were of their own. He soon finds he’s going to have to count on every skill he ever used in his time at headquarters, and a few skills he didn’t know he had, if he wants to keep body and soul together.

Complicating matters is a new case Luis has just been handed, working with the Mass. State Police. Luis has history there, and ugly history too. Detective Donovan Carey is the guy who broke Luis’ heart over a decade ago. He wasn’t willing to even peek his head outside the closet, certainly not for someone like Luis. Can they put their history aside to deal with a mystery centuries in the making?

While I liked the the story , I didn't like some of characters in fact I couldn't stand Donvovan at all, and I'm not sure I ever will, it was like though out the book he kept pushing Luis and how it was always his plain to go back home after collage, he didn't even understand why Luis had the right to be angry or why he seemed to have changed ,Luis on the other hand made me feel sorry for him, the way he kept think he wasn't good enough to be loved and didn't deserve a happy every , and the stuff he put up with from his fellow officers.As for the story it self I liked how the author used history of New England , and how there was a tough of the paranormal , and how the setting seemed to give the story a dark and gloomy feel to it ,which bought the story to life . With that said I want to thank Netgalley for letting me read and review it exchange for my honest opinion .

Luis is a profiler for the FBI, very good at his job, lousy with people. He has a issues with people seeing him as a not “white” man (he is Brazilian). His life has been about not being quite good enough.

Donovan is a cop. Years ago they were college lovers. Donovan left Luis and went back home to Boston, to be the good son of an Irish family and take his place in another generation of cops. He can’t do that being gay.

When they are forced to work a serial case together, neither man wants to let the past affect the present but both fail miserably. More bodies piling up means more stress. It’s not until their lives are on the line do the men face what they mean to each other (some really good drugs helped too).

I loved Luis. Something about a really damaged man just speaks to me. Donovan was a pain in the butt. He did get better as a human and a man still in love after ten years of separation.

This had all the elements I look for in a detective type book. Engaging characters (even the bigoted ones). Little bit of mystery, little bit of paranormal, and a little bit of sexy times. I’m hoping the next book expands on all these things.