Lure: Jesse & Hawk
About this audiobook
"When life and death collide with nature, magic can and does happen. Readers get a front row seat to experience the pain and loss that quilts its way through every unforgettable character. The Native American ties with nature and spirit is beautifully portrayed. Multiple layers of mystique and suspense. An absolutely beautiful tragedy. The twists and turns will keep pages flipping wildly."—Viola Robbins, InD’tale Magazine, April 2022
"A reverence for Indigenous culture"—Gail M. Murray, Blank Spaces
"Haunting, thoughtful, and passionate . . . a must-read romantic thriller" —Anthony Avina
Reluctant lovers scarred by guilt—
A grieving hero immersed in Native American spirituality
A feisty heroine mourning a loss
The fragile bones of a missing Indigenous girl—
A corrupt cowboy sheriff and a pair of no-good trappers
Lost on the Chippewa reservation
Wolves. Cougars. Bears.
Injured. Stalked. Abducted.
How will their love survive?
Hawk is a wounded doctor bent on losing himself on the Chippewa reservation in Minnesota. Jesse’s a vegan nature photographer trying to find herself on that same wild land.
When Hawk shoots the deer that Jesse’s photographing, passions flare. Then Jesse hears that Hawk’s friend is dying and sets off alone on horseback to warn him. He deserves the chance to say goodbye she never had. But danger lurks everywhere near the small Midwestern town of Lure River.
Jesse’s just discovered the twenty-year-old bones of a missing Indigenous girl in her shed and drawn the unwanted attention of two local men.
Ruby Little Bear's tragic tale weaves through the narrative, reminding us that one moment can change everything.
Romantic Suspense—Small Town Grit.
About the author
W. L. Hawkin is an award-winning author from the West Coast of Canada. Because she’s a genre-blender, you might find crime, mystery, poetry, romantic suspense, fantasy, adventure, and even time-travel interwoven in her stories. Her books have been described as “heart-pounding, cinematic, enchanting and sensual, LGBTQ mysteries and thrillers.”
Her Hollystone Mysteries series features a coven of West Coast witches who solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. The books—To Charm a Killer, To Sleep with Stones, To Render a Raven, and To Kill a King—follow Estrada, a flawed magician and coven high priest as he endeavors to save his family and friends while sorting through his own personal issues. Her latest, Lure: Jesse & Hawk, is small-town romantic suspense set on a Chippewa reservation in the American Midwest.
Wendy graduated from Trent University with a B.A. in Indigenous Studies. She went on to study English literature at S.F.U. in British Columbia, and then teach high school. Wendy is now an author/publisher at Blue Haven Press and regular reviewer for the Ottawa Review of Books.
As an intuitive writer, Wendy captures on the page what she sees and hears, allowing her muses to guide her through the creative process. She needs to feel the energy of the land, so although she’s an introvert, in each book her characters go on a journey where she’s traveled herself. If you don’t find her at Blue Haven Press, she’s out wandering the woods or beaches of Vancouver Island with her beautiful yellow dog.
