THE HUNT

This debut fantasy stars a former FBI agent who’s drawn into the erotic and dangerous world of Jinns.

Sheba Blair lives in a cabin in the Whistler Mountains in British Columbia. A former FBI agent, she’s hiding from the world after supposedly dying in the Silent Falls plane bombing last year, which killed numerous Saudi business elites. Sheba’s sky diving skills saved her life, and now she’s a therapist to those partially blind or going blind, like her client Al Saks. Revenge has come for her, however, in the form of Prince Damien, whose wife and son were lost in the bombing. Luckily, Sheba is a Seer, with the blood of Jinns in her veins. Jinns are powerful creatures of wind and fire, and one named Prince Suliman has been hiding from his nemesis, Prince Rashid, on Whistler Mountain. One morning Sheba finds her friend Olav on the ground by the stables. She rushes to his aid, and before dying, he tells her that a shape-shifting stranger has decided to protect her. She also learns that her recently purchased antique typewriter is capable of delivering warnings regarding violent activity. When Prince Suliman finally contacts Sheba, he explains that he’s been battling the murderous Red Wolf clan, which has sown violence in the area. And despite his ghostly presence and otherworldly blue skin, Sheba finds the prince deeply attractive. In this erotic fantasy thriller, Wolf strives to titillate her audience. She’s explicit early on when describing a “bondage den” where chilly, entitled women “longed to feel something, even if it were only pain.” Though Prince Suliman creates plenty of steam with Sheba and, later, a male commando named Umar, he feeds his lover’s soul with wisdom such as, “A person’s true destiny can be revealed only by their faith in who they are.” The novel’s first half is dense and jumbled, and the reader must extract plot points from cluttered prose. In the second, an emphasis on dialogue and a few remarkable twists—including other-dimensional invaders—reveal an authorial voice still evolving. Wolf’s fearless imagination, however, should serve her well in the fantasy genre.

Entertaining supernatural erotica that needs streamlining.