Review: The Hunter - Tara Crescent

Review: The Hunter - Book #5 Venice Mafia Series - Tara Crescent - January 2025

I wasn't sure what to expect with this series but I had wanted to read it first as OMG the cover is to die for. It also reminded me of the Paper Princess-style covers by Erin Watt. As I started reading this series, we had a tale similar to Rogue Assassin where the wife has faked her death, but there is a twist - the husband also faked his death and here they are both killing and grieving for one another - damn miscommunication trope of assassins. Eight years have passed and a lot has changed, that they don't know if they can trust one another as of course the first rule of assassin school is to never trust anyone as they are just another person that could get you killed. Stefani is close to completing her hit list with only three names left but she has hit a wall as turns out that her husband Jose's boss happens to be one of the names on her list. Is her intel correct and is he a villain or is something deeper going on? Also what happens when they discover their past lives aren't quite hidden as people who are supposed to be dead and buried turn out to be alive and kicking and the ones who are supposed to be alive and kicking are dead? This book was so good and I highly recommend it to all even better was the fact that even though it is Book #5 in the series, it can be read as a standalone assassin romance.

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