HUNTER'S EDGE – Shiloh Walker
A Hunter's World Novel
Samhain – www.samhainpublishing.com
ISBN: 978-1-60504-029-5
May - 2008
Erotic Paranormal Romance
Rating: Red Hot!

Memphis, Tennessee – Present Day

Kelvin Saunders and Angelica Pierson have known each other since they were eight years old. They have an incredible bond that grows stronger with each year. Kel has wonderful parents, while Angel's mother barely notices her daughter, especially after her father dies in a car accident. Kel is there to help her pick up the pieces, and by the time they are both nineteen, they are boyfriend and girlfriend. Kelvin would love nothing more than to marry Angel because she is his whole life, and Angel feels the same way about Kelvin. Angel wants to give Kel her virginity, but Kel wants to wait till the time is perfect. Things couldn't be better between the two until one night everything changes.

Angel is babysitting her stepbrother and stepsister when she feels something bad is coming her way. Before Kel can come and protect her, the evil menace she has felt is at her door and invades her house. He knocks out all the electricity and uses his powers to make sure the children are asleep while he has fun with Angel. This monster has glowing eyes, long sharp teeth, and speaks in her head. He wants to gorge himself on her blood and perhaps use her body for his pleasure. Angel can hardly fight him as he decides he wants her to drink his blood in order to change her into what he is. Angel almost gives in, but Kel comes to her rescue. Kel is able to save Angel, but sacrifices himself as the monster carries him off, makes him drink his blood, and leaves him for dead. All hope is lost for Kel as he starts to change into a vampire. Rafe and his wife Sheila, two vampires who are known as hunters, find him. They fight the evil vampires known as ferals who prey on innocent humans. A feral was the one to attack Angel and Kel, and now Rafe and Shelia will try to save Kel and make him a hunter like themselves.

Twelve Years Later…

All Kel thinks about is Angel, the woman he left behind because of what he has become. He is barely surviving because he refuses to drink from any human or any other supernatural being that is willing to bare his or her neck for him. He knows all hope is lost and has constant dreams of Angel and her pain. Their bond is stronger than ever, and because of that, when Kel suffers, Angel does also. She assumes she is going crazy because she knows Kel is dead, but she sees hallucinations showing blood and death. Kel would love nothing more than to change her into a vampire, but it is too dangerous, so he denies himself their love and even the most essential of needs. When he meets Phoebe, a werewolf, the blood lust is too much for Kel to deny. Soon he goes to Phoebe for blood and rough sex even though Angel is always in the back of his mind.

The same feral who almost killed Angel and made Kel into a vampire is back on the loose and is again killing till he can get to Angel and finish what he started twelve years ago. Kel, with the help of another hunter named Toronto, will watch over Angel and wait till they can kill the feral. Kel can hardly stay away from Angel as it is, and to watch over her and not touch her is too painful to bear. Angel's heart continues to long for Kel, and when the feral vampire reaches her, Kel has no choice but to try to save her, even if it means coming out of the dark and showing her he is still walking the Earth. He still wants her more than his very soul.

Shiloh Walker can sure write fabulous romances, and HUNTER'S EDGE is no exception. The love between Angel and Kel is so rich and moving. I especially liked the build-up to the present and how we see their relationship transform from friends to soul mates. When Kel is taken from Angel, it is gut wrenching. Shiloh's words tell so much, and I felt both Angel's and Kel's pain immensely.

Kel's unhealthy relationship with Phoebe, the shape-shifting bartender, is an interesting subplot. Their relationship is a total opposite from the one Kel had with Angel. When Kel decides things with Phoebe are wrong and too dangerous, some interesting fireworks happen between the two, and not the good kind. The vampire hunter, Toronto, is the voice of reason for Kel and one character I hope gets his own story in the future. The feral vampire is so insane with an unholy lust that when he strikes against Angel for a second time, the fight scene is one that may bring you to your feet cheering as Kel and Toronto take care of business.

HUNTER'S EDGE is a worthy paranormal romance with a great love between two people who experience the harshest of circumstances. Angel and Kel have such an unbelievable love and passion for one another that only an author like Shiloh Walker can deliver. Don't pass up this stellar paranormal romance!

Kate Garrabrant