The Hunted

Monsters and Mayhem

By: Nicole Banks

Narrated by: Ryan Pierson, Violet Strong

Alone.

That’s the way FBI Agent Santino Alvarez prefers to live his life.

To serve, and protect.

The oath Santino took the day he was sworn in and one that he fully intends to keep.

Playing pretend and blending in.

It’s all part of his plan.

Being the hunter.

Is the only way he can make sure that justice is served.

Until he becomes…the hunted.

When he finds his next target already dead with a message from the k!ller, just for him.

Nothing is as it seems.

Especially when he collides with Silva Hunt and sparks begin to fly.

Romance was never supposed to be in the cards. But Silva awakens something in Santino that he hasn’t felt before.

As things heat up between the two of them, so does the chase between Santino and The Reaper.

It’s a hunt that only one of them will survive.

Get ready for this slow-burn, edge of your seat, dark romance from author Nicole Banks. The Hunted is guaranteed to take on a wild ride of twists and turns that will have you questioning everything.

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Santino and Silva

The Hunted is a dark romantic suspense/thriller that will captivate you and keep you fully engaged until the very end. Santino is a FBI agent who moonlights as a serial killer. He doesn’t have a love life-until he meets Silva. He becomes obsessed with her. She brings him to life. But, he’s being hunted. He is actually afraid for her. What will happen between Santino and Silva? Who is the reaper? Who else is hunting? Sit back, relax and get ready for a wild ride.
The dual narration by Violet Strong and Ryan Pierson was phenomenal. Violet Strong was brilliant as sweet, sassy, slightly unhinged Silva. All of her complex emotions were clearly evident in her voice. Ryan Pierson was delightful as alpha, obsessive, possessive, definitely unhinged Santino. The sexy, sultry tone he used with Silva was positively swoon worthy. I highly recommend listening to this audiobook.
Thanks to the author and Pink Flamingo Productions for this ALC.
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Story 5 stars Narration 5 stars

Excellent Suspense!

Wow! Sooo Suspenseful! I loved every second of this one! Definitely kept me glued to my earbuds! I liked how Santino is a self aware man. He knows how to handle the hunger but also understands he has limits as well. The author does a great job giving us multiple characters who could be the Reaper making it more difficult to figure out. Just when we think we know whats going on…surprise the author changes it up! This one is crazy good and I look forward to more in this series and from this author. The narration in here is top notch as they both do an outstanding job portraying these characters.

Good listen

Dark romance
FBI serial Unaliver agent
Slow burn
Feisty FMC
3rd person POV

Dual narration - Ryan Pierson & Violet Strong

This was good. Dark and captivating. My first book by this author. I’m not a huge fan of 3rd person POV but I was able to listen to this one. The writing style is a good flow and easy to follow. I loved all the tension and angst. Overall, a good listen.

Slow burn police procedural x romance...

Written in third-person POV, alternating.
Past tense.


It’s very slow-paced and the main character, whose POV this is mostly in, isn’t likable—(which doesn’t deter me from a book like this). I think it’s supposed to be suspense-y maybe? But it isn’t. It’s more police-procedural + romance … the romance side is slow-burn.

It’s very slow-paced, I’d say the entire thing is ‘slow-burn’ as a whole.


Stalking.
Mind games.
Deceit.
‘Dexter’ vibes… ish.
Slow-burn.
Serial k!ll3rs.
He’s also a cop.
Police-procedural.

Overall:
It’s always fun to discover a new-to-me author, and I enjoyed the way this one sorta analyzed different mind types. It was a bit slow for me, but not bad by any means.

3.5 stars.

🎙️ Audiobook:
This was good - high quality all-around, smooth overall sound quality, decent voice-acting. 4 stars.

Good one

Ooh I loved this one! There was a lot of twists and turns that had me highly invested! And I absolutely love the serial unaliver working for the fbi books! Would definitely recommend this one