Gerri Hill

FBI agents CJ Johnston and Paige Riley travel to rural East Texas to investigate a series of disappearances at an all-girls school, and they soon begin to suspect the odd behavior of the townspeople may be connected.

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Renee

Love it. Love it. Love it. This is the second book I've read by Hill, and she is now among one of my favourite authors. This story has it all, mystery, drama, humor, romance, crime, etc. I highly recommend reading this one.

Tess

I love paranormal books. Magic, beasts, supernatural and the likes. And i love lesfic and romance novels. When i find a rare one that blends the two, i almost always love it. This book is one of those. It's very much like Hunter's Way, as far as two women detectives (fbi in this case), hot on the trail of a serial murder mystery. The sexual tension is full force, both trying to pretend they could care less about the other until thrown together. (expect another hot dance club scene reminiscent of hunter's way) In this one though, there is far more flirting and enjoyable banter. And you get to spend a fair portion of the book with the women together as a couple, in one form or another. It doesn't segregate the book into thriller chapters and romance chapters; rather it all is blended together throughout the whole book. This made it enjoyable from start to end, as there was something of every enjoyable topic on each page.

I loved the plot. The mystery of the strange town they are investigating, was very well done. Described in such detail that you get spooky chills just reading it. What is really going on with these strange people, is it just a weird cult, or something supernatural going on? It's a very engaging storyline. And the constant impossible to ignore chemistry between Paige and CJ is fun as hell, and humorous at times. I've read three books by this author, and really should read more. Each one i was impressed with the characters she creates and their interaction and banter. I'd say, if you read and liked Hunter's Way, you'll probably like this one. just expect a bit more spooky mystery and fun, and less gruesome mass slaughter. Also, if you liked the Garoul Series by Gill McKnight, you'll appreciate some of the paranormal mystery aspects.

I especially liked how she ended this book. There was ample time for case wrap-up and seeing the two agents when it was all said and done. But it left ample room for what could be a sequel, to go over what was left behind, what was yet to come, and exactly how much is Paige's latest visitor going to freak out. Of course, if there isn't a sequel, i'll be eternally bugged by some questions that didn't get answered... But overall, I loved this book!

Writing/editing: 5 stars
Character creation: 5 stars
Hot and steamy: 4.5 stars
Ending that doesn't suck: 4.5 stars

Carol Bailey

I’ve read most, if not all of Gerri Hill’s books and I have to say from the very beginning this is NOT a typical “fluffy” Gerri Hill story. It feels grittier, edgier, and it’s definitely creepy. My usual modus operandi is to read a Gerri Hill in one or two sittings. In part because they tend to be light, easy, enjoyable reads. This one took me a few days, not because it was less enjoyable but because it required more active participation on my part to track the story; which means I had to think while reading. I do think that Gerri Hill managed to keep enough "romance" in the story to keep the die hard romance readers happy and it was intermingled in nicely with the weirdness going on in Hoganville.

If you are going to get hung up on the weirdness of the things that happen in the story and whether they could be real or not, maybe this isn’t the story for you… BUT if you like a creepy mystery with creepy people, which I do, then this is definitely a nice change of pace. 

I actually hope we see some more of Paige and CJ.

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