Hunter’s Dawn: Laying the Ghosts

Hunter’s Dawn: Laying the Ghosts
Meg Leigh
Torquere Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1-60370-709-3
Fiction, Gay Erotic Romance, Paranormal
Reviewed by Shannon Frost

Despite being a professor of Parapsychology, Jack Stevens doesn’t put much stock into the existence of the paranormal. He’s devoted his life to proving that ghosts aren’t real, traveling around the country to debunk hauntings using science and rational. He embarks to Wisconsin for another case, thinking it’ll be just as cut and dry as all the situations he’s faced in the past. As he interviews the elderly woman who’s hired him, another investigator arrives to assist, young, attractive Casey Lambeth, who claims to be a psychic. Jack and Casey clash instantly, Jack believing all psychics are con artists, Casey feeling Jack is arrogant. When a vengeful spirit attacks Jack and decides she wants Casey for herself, the two men must put aside their differences to solve the case that forces them to face their own personal fears and feelings toward each other.

For anyone who enjoys paranormal reality shows, such as the Sci Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters, author Meg Leigh’s Hunter’s Dawn is sure to please. The first chapters give readers a look into a paranormal investigation and some of the equipment used, then the supernatural action begins. All the paranormal aspects of the novel are solidly written. As individual characters, Jack and Casey are both well rounded, each having powerful emotions and history behind them that give them depth. Together, their relationship is a rocky one with both men having difficulty trusting, but this gives the story an element of reality, their emotions feeling true after all that they’ve both faced in their lives. The story is fairly light on erotic content, which makes it a good pick for readers looking for a little intimate interaction to spice up a read, but not wanting it to fill every chapter. It’s very much a plot driven novel, and with the interesting plotline that it has, Hunter’s Dawn is an all around enjoyable read.