Gerri Hill

When homicide detective Tori Hunter teams up with a new partner, Samantha Kennedy, to solve the cases of a serial killer and drug deals gone bad, the two women struggle to maintain a professional relationship while trying desperately to keep their nearly flammable physical relationship in check.

Hunter's Way

Renee

Hill definitely keeps me on the edge of my seat with her mystery/crime stories. The “I love you’s” from Sam were a little too soon, but I did not feel as if her feelings were unbelievable. I was not expecting an emotional trigger that occurred in the story, so be warned. Overall, this was an enjoyable read. Oh, and I agree with other reviewers, the ex-boyfriend was both irritating and a bit creepy. I wonder if he will show up in the other books.

Megan Cooper

I'm pretty sure that I've read this one before. Or maybe it's just I've read alot of dark, damaged, broody,lesbian, hard-ass, break-all-the-rules police detectives who team up with a hot straight (at least for right now) partner and solve serial killer cases books. 

Tori Hunter is the broody homicide cop that doesn't play nicely with others (seven partners in six years - of whom several were killed on the job, on disability or quit) but always closes her cases. As a last ditch effort, her Lt assigns a newly transfered detective to be her partner. Samanatha Kennedy is Tori's polar opposite and of course the sparks fly. I liked the interaction/banter between the two and develops nicely into a friendship and then more. 

The plot revolves around a series of murders that ends up racking up quite a lot of bodies in a relatively short time frame. There's some side plots involving drug busts/turf wars, domestic terrorism and Samantha's rather boring boyfriend but the serial killings (and developing romance) are the focus of the book. 

From a non-stop action standpoint, I enjoyed the book - not sure that homicide cops would get involved in drug busts and domestic terrorism, but it threw the unlikely partners together in some high adrenaline situations that got the romance brewing. 

Hill writes a good story with engaging characters and the romance takes enough time to develop to make it believable. (view spoiler)[ My only reservation is Sam's reaction to the assault by Sanchez Gomez's men (make that two reservations ... the name Sanchez Gomez ...really?) (hide spoiler)]

Hunter's Way

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