Thursday, December 17, 2009

Eternal Hunter-Cynthia Eden

Eternal Hunter
Cynthia Eden
Kensington Brava, Jan 2010, $14.00
ISBN: 9780758234285

In Louisiana, ADA Erin Jerome conceals that she is an Other from her human compatriots in the District Attorney’s office. What makes it difficult to conceal her nature is someone seems to know what she is. That person stalks her by torturing and then killing anyone who even slightly upsets Erin.

Fearful as she knows broken corpses are not a good way for an ADA to live especially to go out on a date, Erin hires shapeshifting bounty hunter Jude Donovan to stop her killer from giving her anymore courting presents. He recognizes immediately what she is and who she is to him. Jude will keep his soulmate safe even if it means searching the Bayou inch by inch to find her Other “mate”. However, although Erin sensse who Jude is to her, she hides her maternal roots from him fearing he will leave.

The key to this exhilarating bayou romantic fantasy is the variety of Other species are developed enough to feel genuine. That critical element makes the suspense seem real as Erin and readers know how dangerous the serial killing stalker is. Jude is terrific as an Alpha Male when it comes to his mate’s safety and understands the clever psychopath he hunts is an amoral Alpha. Sub-genre fans will appreciate Cynthia Eden’s strong paranormal “triangle”.

Harriet Klausner

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