Includes the first three books of the Hunted Series, a stand-alone set in the same world, and an exclusive short story about Penny and James’ first Christmas together!TEMPTATION (The Hunted Series Book 1)When Penny Taylor runs into a handsome stranger in a coffee shop, she believes her luck has finally changed. After having her confidence unwound by her ex, she falls hard for a true gentleman. … true gentleman. But once she realizes that her crush is her communications professor, her world is turned upside down.
Haunted by dreams of the alluring Professor Hunter, Penny can’t seem to dismiss her fantasies and the temptation to have him grows deeper. Will the excitement, danger, and mystery surrounding Professor Hunter bring her to her knees?
ADDICTION (The Hunted Series Book 2)
Discover the addiction…find out what happens next in the sequel to The Hunted – Temptation by Ivy Smoak.
Temptation has quickly turned into addiction. Penny Taylor fell hard for the sexy, mysterious, exciting, and dangerous Professor Hunter. But scandalous affairs are meant to go down in flames. Now that he’s not speaking to her, she feels numb. And what hurts the most is that he appears to be completely fine. As she struggles to accept that their relationship is really over, her best friend’s crude advice is in the back of her mind- the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.
Will she be able to move on, or is her addiction to her alluring professor only just beginning?
JAMES THE GRINCH (Exclusive Short Story)
Penny and James are newly engaged. In a new city. With new friends. For Penny, all this change doesn’t put a damper on the excitement she’s had for Christmas ever since she was a child. And she’s thrilled to combine her childhood traditions with James’ for their first Christmas together. The only problem is that she’s just learned that her new fiancé is a total Grinch.
The stockings are hung, the lights are aglow, and the mistletoe is ready for kisses to be stolen beneath it. The only problem is that none of those decorations are in their apartment. For years, James has been celebrating an anti-Christmas with his friends. He’s lost the Christmas spirit that he had when he was a child. And he doesn’t seem to want to thaw his frozen heart.
Penny decides that it’s her new mission to make him believe again. And with extra love and a little sprinkle of Christmas magic, it might just be possible.
CITY OF SIN (The Hunted Series Book 2.5)
Nothing seems to be going Bee’s way. She’s been knocked down by her ex, her job, and the city in general. Could a blind date really be the start to the much needed change she’s been hoping for?
When Bee is already running late, a sexy stranger steals her cab. And once she finally arrives at the restaurant and finds out that he’s her date, the night takes an unexpected turn. Maybe this sexy stranger is exactly what she’s needed this whole time…
Except Mason Caldwell is not a good man. A renowned playboy, heir to his family’s fortune, and willing to do whatever it takes to make his dreams come true, he’s not looking for a change. He’s looking for vengeance. And a woman he barely knows is definitely not going to get in his way. But he can’t stop thinking about her.
Sometimes you don’t know what you really want until it’s right in front of you.
ERUPTION (The Hunted Series Book 3)
Two and a half years later, Penny and James are living happily in New York City. Their love is stronger than ever. Penny is graduating from NYCU, James is growing his new business, and the two are getting married at the end of the month.
But graduation, starting an internship, and planning a wedding is a lot for Penny to tackle. Especially when mysteries from James’ past are clawing at the surface and his scheming ex and unsupportive parents threaten to destroy the happy couple.
Will their own insecurities make them question everything and sway them from the altar?
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I love every single one of them, have me laughing, swooning, crying and fighting all the way. Totally recommend them.
Read the whole series so far….. can’t wait for the next book once you read volume your hooked
The Hunted series is one of my all time favorites. It’s the whole forbidden professor/student trope done right. Penny and James make for a sexy, sweet, angsty, but very substantive couple.
Temptation is the first part of Penny and James’ story. She’s a student at a small college when she first runs into a hot guy at a coffee shop. He lends her his sweater to wear over the shirt he just spilled her coffee onto and it’s love (and lust) at first sight. She thinks of her hot rescuer a lot, but when she walks into her class and the hottie is standing at the front of the class writing on the board, what will she do? Especially when they start flirting, and more, and are soon indulging in a hot, very forbidden relationship.
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Addiction is the second part of Penny and James’ continuing relationship. It starts off with the two of them no longer together, no longer even speaking to each other. Well, with James no longer speaking to Penny, to be accurate. A lot of things happen, a lot of things are revealed and the two go through even more than they did in Temptation. Penny has to make hard choices here in Addiction, and she just may find that one of her new friendships has the potential to become more than just friendship.
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James the Grinch is a sweet, sexy story of Penny and James’s first Christmas together. Penny realizes that James (and Rob, and Matt and Mason) hate Christmas, thanks to their families, and she’s determined to make them all believe in the beautiful part of Christmas, so they make their own traditions together. There are sexy times to be had, thanks to Penny’s naughty Mrs. Claus outfit, and it helps James and Penny’s relationship to solidify even more.
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City of Sin is Mason and Bee’s story. In the start of City of Sin, Mason isn’t a very nice guy. He’s a shallow prick and Bee takes him as such. Soon enough, though, Mason starts to show his true colors and Bee just can’t get enough of the real Mason. I absolutely love Bee – she’s the real star of City of Sin, and her and Mason’s story is a great one that develops organically and naturally. It’s sexy and sweet, and both Bee and Mason grow into their own and into their relationship. If you are a fan of them, don’t worry, they’re in most of the Hunted series and become very important to both Penny and James.
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Eruption is the third part of Penny and James’ story and has a huge cliffhanger. No spoilers, but I will say my heart broke for Penny and James at the end.
At the beginning of Eruption, Penny and James are planning for their wedding and enjoying the happy life they have finally carved out for themselves. Penny is interning at James’s company, she’s friends with Bee and Mason, and has her best friends Tyler and Melissa. But obstacles soon present themselves in all her relationships, and they are not easily solved. Things are weird with her fellow interns, Melissa and Tyler seem to both be upset about something, and James’ parents and his ex are causing problems because they aren’t happy that James and Penny are in love and about to be married. Penny is starting to wonder if James truly loves her, or if he’s simply addicted to her, and she’s starting to doubt she and James will truly get the HEA they deserve.
If you love Penny and James as much as I do, The Hunted bundle is a must. It gives you the first 3 parts of their story, an exclusive Christmas story, and the story of two of their best friends. 1-click today!