Review: Love Radiates Off of the Pages
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
I am a long-time reader of romance novels and I love when the author takes the basic formula of a romance novel, and combines it with another genre like suspense, crime, mystery, et cetera. A Hunted Man definitely does that, and I enjoyed every single one of the nearly four hundred pages of the novel!Cameron “Cam” Pierce has just survived ten years in prison, maturing from boy to man. As a condition of his early release, he must live in a halfway house and fulfill various conditions of his parole like random drug testing and getting and keeping a job. Through his new job, Cam meets an Assistant State Attorney named Hunter Donovan, and sparks fly. Intertwined with the building romance between the two men are secrets that can destroy both men and their new relationship.I devoured this book in big, greedy bites, staying up way too late to finish it one night. The sex scenes are hot, but the love between the men is so palpable it radiates off the page. I especially love how accepting Hunter’s father is over the fact that Hunter is gay and the playful banter between father and son over the son’s love life, or lack thereof, towards the beginning of the book. As I read the book, I ran the gamut of emotions. I was happy for Hunter and Cam as they found each other. I was worried for Cam when the truth of his incarceration came out. I was relieved when Cam and Hunter got their happily ever after, even if it is a rather unconventional one.This is a novel about gay relationships, so anyone who is offended by that should not read the book. However, if you are not offended by gay relationships, but love a good romance novel, give this one a shot! I know I want to go back and read the first Men of Halfway House novel now!