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Book Blurb

After surviving ten years in prison, Cameron Pierce is attempting to put the past behind him. He tries to adjust to his newfound freedom with a place at the halfway house and a job. But one lesson he learned in prison keeps him guarded: hope is a dangerous thing.

Hunter Donovan, Assistant State Attorney, is a man of justice who loves a challenge. After a lifetime of putting his career first, a milestone brings him to a harsh realization—he's lonely.

Hunter's world changes when he meets Cam. The wary young man intrigues him and awakens a desire unlike anything he's ever experienced. When Cam's past resurfaces and threatens to rip them apart, their budding relationship is challenged and Cam's hope for a future begins to dim.

These outside forces hunting Cam will stop at nothing to send him back to prison. But they'll have to get past Hunter first.

 

Book Review

Much like the first volume, this second ‘Men of Halfway House’ book is a very sweet romance starring two great men who have more than a few issues to work through before they get what they want. Different from the first book, there is also a simmering mystery, several external hurdles, and more than one villain who conspire against first one, then both heroes. It is a great story about Cameron, an ex-convict who more than deserves a second chance after the shitty hand he’s been dealt, and Hunter, the very aptly named assistant state attorney who not only falls for him, but has the motive and opportunity to not only stop Cam’s enemies from sending him back to prison, but to potentially exonerate him while he’s at it. What a challenge!

Cameron had my sympathy from the first page. Yes, he is in prison, or rather, just about to leave after ten years of pure hell, but there is something so obviously wrong about that, it made me sit up and pay notice. There were lots of little hints all along telling me he isn’t the criminal everyone makes him out to be. Even though he himself believes he is a murderer, the author very cleverly placed more than enough evidence all along to keep me doubting that was the whole truth. The scenes after Cameron is first released are very touching, and kept me glued to the pages. To experience freedom, something I take for granted, so intensely was an eye-opener as to how precious it really is. And as he gradually adjusts, with the help of Matt and Julian (from book one) who run the halfway house Cameron is placed at, he still refuses to believe he is truly free to start a new life. It made me want to punch everyone who had put him down.

Hunter is something else. He sounds like a prince straight from a fairy tale. Physically and mentally strong, an ex-Marine who knows what is right and how to fight for it, he is honorable to the core and takes no sh*t from anyone. There is only one problem. He is now forty years old and still hasn’t found the man to share his life with. He is lonely, but only when he meets Cam does he realize HOW lonely he’s been and exactly what he has missed out on. In typical Hunter fashion, he will not let anything or anyone stop him from getting what he wants—to share his life with Cameron.

The suspense in this novel kept me turning the pages. The character’s emotional ups and downs made me laugh and cry with them, and their deepening feelings had me rooting for them all the way. The unfolding mystery as to who is behind Cameron’s conviction kept me guessing, and each villain, as they were revealed made me yell in anger. If you like deeply emotional stories with lots of tension and a very sweet, yet hot romance, then you should definitely read this second book in the ‘Men of Halfway House’. It kept me entertained, and I am now eagerly awaiting book three.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 379 pages/111200 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	27-April-2014
Price	$4.99 ebook, $14.99 paperback
Buy Link	http://www.amazon.com/Hunted-Man-Halfway-House-Book-ebook/dp/B00JZO5CFK