The Hunted Series

The Hunted #1-4

by Ivy Smoak

Includes the entire four book series about Penny and Professor Hunter!


Temptation (Book 1)


Only once in my life have I lost my words at the sight of perfection – on a rainy autumn morning when I first met James Hunter. Or rather, when I literally ran into him. I had never seen anyone so handsome in my entire life. The stubble along his jaw line. The way he caught me in his strong arms. The way he stared at me so intently with his dark brown eyes that swirled with secrets.


I felt it in a rush. That I wanted him. That I needed him in my life. I’m not naïve. I could tell in two seconds that he was out of my league. And not just because it looked like he had stepped out of the pages of a magazine. Well, that and the fact that he’s my professor.


Trust me, I know I need to forget about him. But how could I possibly when every time I see him in class it feels like he’s daring me to cross the line?


I don’t know how much longer I can resist the temptation.


Addiction(Book 2)


I fell hard for my mysterious professor, but our scandalous affair went down in flames.


Now I can’t get my best friend's advice out of my mind - the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else.


I want to be able to move on. I need to be able to move on. But what if Professor Hunter has no intention of letting me do that?


Eruption (Book 3)


New York was supposed to be our fresh start. Our happily ever after. But James is hiding something from me.


Secrets from James' past, his scheming ex, and unsupportive parents make it hard to breathe in this city that barely feels like my home.


I thought I wanted to marry him. I thought he was the man of my dreams. I thought we'd be happy as soon as we got away from all the rumors. But now? I don't think I ever really knew Professor Hunter. And I can't walk down the aisle until I know the truth.


Devotion (Book 4)


One day before the wedding of my dreams, and I'm stuck in a city that is no longer my home. Alone. Heartbroken. Lost.


Could the past few years really mean so little to James? I'd do anything to protect him. He's my whole future. My whole life. I don't know if there's a me without him.


But there's only 24 hours until our wedding. There's no time to repair the damage. And even if we could, Isabella is still out there plotting. The world is still against us.


I was just a student. And he was my professor. We were never meant to be forever. I thought it was everlasting love, but it was doomed from the very start.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance

2253 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 6, 2018

About the author

Ivy Smoak is the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Amazon #1 bestselling author of The Hunted Series. Her books have sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

When she's not writing, you can find Ivy binge watching too many TV shows, taking long walks, playing outside, and generally refusing to act like an adult. She lives with her husband in Delaware.

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Empire High


The Hunted & Light to My Darkness



Made of Steel

Reviews

[Tiffany Copple · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars for the Hunted Series by Ivy Smoak. This book contains the books Temptation, Addiction, Eruption, and Devotion. I read this whole series in one day. I could not put it down. I had to know what happened between James and Penny. This is a forbidden student/teacher romance. I was drawn in by the blurb for Temptation and it just never let me go. “Professor Hunter had an air of danger around him. He was intriguing because he terrified me.” Penny is a college sophomore and meets James Hunter at a coffee shop. They have instant chemistry. Too bad they find out he is her professor. Hunter is an alpha man, who has a filthy mouth and a dominate in the sheets. I LOVE HIM !!!!!!!! The whole series was filled with many ups and downs. It also has a lot of suspense. Sometimes I wanted to throat punch James but he did make up for it in the end. Penny is sometimes to trusting but she loves him and would do anything for him. I do know there is another series that contains these characters, but I am not sure I want to read it. I loved this ending so much, I’m afraid of what happens in the next books.

[Jackie Ramone · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well the thought of a hot professor and student is hot lol, I read all 4 books and I liked it from time to time but there was just too much going on that just didn’t seem real, it was over exaggerated with events. And like the character Brandon on Brenden he came out a bit but there was no reason for him lol I mean if you want to read just for the smut then this book is for you.

[Frankie McKenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

****Loads of spoilers alert****


Okay, so I started The Hunted Series two days ago...

Now I am addicted to The Made of Steel series so honestly I had been putting off reading this series but I decided to give it a go with Ivy’s personal recommendation after i asked her what I should try next.

Well all I can say is that I cannot believe I didn’t read it straight after I finished the made of steel series!
James and Penny’s story was so nail biting, fast paced, exciting, sad, emotional, romantic! Such a page turner!!

They are these two completely different people from different worlds (and age groups) that find everything they’ve ever dreamed of in each other! When James’ parents, James’ addiction, Tyler, Isabella and the whole professor and student thing are pushed into their lives, they prove that love conquers all by sticking by each other and being a true team! They jumped every hurdle together!! Their story was truly as beautiful as Summer & Miles’!

The fourth book was by far the book that played with my emotions the most!

•Penny and James nearly splitting up because of •Isabella trying sabotaging them - I cried like a baby
•The wedding - I cried like a baby
James being shot (3 times might I add!!!) - cried like a baby
•Penny finding out she was pregnant - cried like a baby!
• James nearly dying for a second time!!! - cried like a baby!
•Penny & Rob nearly dying - cried like a baby!
•Penny being drugged and having a gun to her head whilst James has been drugged and is trying to save them from Isabella! - cried my damn eyes out!
And soooooo much more!!!

Ivy you’ve done it again!! This was so good that I couldn’t put it down!! I’ll definitely be reading the next three books for James and Penny’s story!
Scratch that, I’ll be reading every book for every character that is within the Made of Steel and The Hunted series! I recommend this series to everyone!!

Hands down my favourite author!!!!
And might I add, I loved the first dance song... you and your husband chose an awesome song!❤️

[Lo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started this series after I read the first 3 book of the Empire High series, but before Matchmaker. And I am severely disappointed.

Temptation and Addiction lack the diverse secondary characters that were present in Empire High. Melissa and Tyler were okay. Melissa was a bit too abrasive, for me. She seemed like a good friend, but even so I thought she was a bit much. Then again, her edges could have been softened if we saw her interact with any of the characters besides her intense interrogations of James and Penny. Tyler started off with a big fat strike in my book from the get go and he kinda redeemed himself by book 2, but I still found him lacking. Things started to pick up when Rob entered the scene, which unfortunately was near the end of Book 2.

Now, let's get to the main characters. Penny is annoyingly relatable. So many hot guys, so many poor life choices to make in college years. Did I find her mature and alluring? Not at all. Confused, insecure and ALL OVER THE BOARD? Absolutely. I mean, I get it. Who hasn't been there before. All of a sudden sweet naive late-blossoming Penny has found herself the interest of 3-4 hot guys, all in varying stages of assholedness. Why wouldn't she know who to chose right away. Which brings me to the following point: how I am really suppose to believe this instalove between Penny and James. Instalust? You bet. But love? Really? Does Penny really trust James with all her heart? Because I read a whole lotta doubt and suspicion the minute she was out of his presence and someone said a negative word about him. Does James really trust Penny? Because he's obviously holding back a lot of baggage. Even so, who dumps all their baggage on their new love interest? It just annoyed me that every time a new secret was revealed, everyone acted like the person was being purposely deceitful. You've know each other for weeks, for God's sake.

Am I really supposed to believe that Penny loves James with her whole being? They've been quasi dating for like a month and managed to "break up" (if you can call it that) like 2-3 times over the stupidest shit. Did Penny lie about her age? Technically, he assumed she was a senior and she just never corrected him, until it was super awkward. As a professor in her major's department, he could have probably just looked at the class roster and determined that she was a sophomore. I mean he found out her parents' address, for crying out loud. I think the fact that James was married, despite being separated during a divorce should have been disclosed on date #1. That's a big no-no.

Taboo scandal aside, there were so many red flags in their month long relationship. I hate it when an author forces an engagement/marriage just to speed up a plot line. It's okay to date, it's more believable. And you have like 5 more books coming along anyway.

So, Penny was highly annoying and James was bleh. Don't get me wrong, he had his moments, but I felt he was more developed as a secondary character in the Empire High books, than he was in his own series. By Addiction, we're still fairly in the dark about Isabella's craziness and James' past addiction. Had I not already had that prior knowledge, I wouldn't have been sold on any of it.

I MAY return to this series after Matchmaker, but I swear to God, if I have endure more Penny's internal wishy-washiness, without so much the benefit of James' POV to balance it out, I'm going to start rooting for Isabella.

[The kindle Kween · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars for the Hunted Series by Ivy Smoak, the collection contains the books Temptation, Addiction, Eruption, and Devotion. I gobble up the whole series, one after another and read as fast as I could because I could not put it down. I had to know what happened between James and Penny. And, you’ve heard me say this before, I HATE CLIFFHANGERS, they are just mean.
This is a forbidden student/teacher romance. Penny is a college sophomore and literally runs into James Hunter at a coffee shop. They have instant chemistry but then she discovers he is her professor. Hunter is a billionaire, alpha man, who has a filthy mouth and pushes all of Penny’s innocent buttons. Penny and James each have some hang-ups thus the series is filled with many difficulties as their relationship progresses. It also has a lot of suspense.
James and Penny’s story was a nail biting, fast paced, exciting, sad, emotional, romantic epic!

Ms. Smoak, you’ve done it again!! This was so good that I couldn’t put it down!! However, please STOP with the cliffhangers, my heart cannot take it.

[Shelton Skinner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished Devotion, the final book in the Hunted series. I think I cried my eyes out each book. Both happy and sad tears and that's not easy to do. At lesst to me.Sometimes I even laughed out loud! Could not put down each book . Each one just kept pulling me along through their ups and downs We got to meet many great freinds and couples too. Penny and James story has come to a happy end or has it?!
Check out Light to My Darkness ! Penny and James story continues on a 3book series! Theresa S.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I liked the series. I was really quick to read through and I like the two main characters the majority of the time.
My biggest irritation with it was the fact that the female lead, Penny, continues to call her boyfriend, her professor, Professor Hunter even when they are alone/being intimate/etc. I don't know why it annoyed me so badly, but it did.
I also found the constant drama and ups and downs frustrating at times. It seemed there was never a chapter without some type of fight.

[Margie Negron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful

The Series was beautiful and intense... It did have me at the edge of my feet... Wondering who... Lol... The first Series I've read from you and glad I did.. Characters and plots did not disappoint at all.... Great read... Highly recommended to anyone looking to read a sexy hot suspenseful Series....

[Rachel Trundle · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my FAVORITE contemporary romance series. The character development is spot on and you get completely invested in the characters from page one. You then add some steam and it’s the perfect guilty pleasure read. I’ve read this series twice and it’s still just as good the second time. Not a lot of series can promise that.

[Emmy Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first spicy series and it did not disappoint! I’ll never go back.

I love Penny and James. The trials they go through made me want to scream and cry and rip my hair out because they did not deserve all that. In the end, they make it through stronger than ever and the whole journey was so worth it!

[Kala Sypert-Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series it is so good. I can honestly say this is the only series I have ever been able to read more than once. The writing is awesome the storyline is excellent and I recommend it to all my reading friends.

[Jessica Goodlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED this series... literally I could not put it down. There were points that I wanted to scream, literally laughed out loud, and wanted to cry for these characters. This is one series I will definitely read more than once 😊

[Cherie Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series was awesome loved it. It was so intense and it was so amazing. It was hot and sexy and it had so much excitement that I loved. I just love to read this Author. Great love story 💜. ⭐🔥💜⭐💜🔥⭐💜🔥⭐💜🔥⭐💜🔥⭐💜🔥⭐💜🔥📚💜⭐💜

[Laura H · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are thinking about reading this series, DO ITTTT! Do not wait another second! Ivy is one of the best authors I have come across and I couldn’t stop reading any of her books! I have already read through this series twice now!

[Mai · Rating 2 out of 5]

The dialogue was too cringey for me and a lot of parts in the story were too unlikely and just not relatable. Even the smut got repetitive and boring. I don’t know how I finished it, I guess I just kept thinking it might get better.

[Beth Raymer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy fun read, except the final book. Book number four was more emotional.

[Brittany Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun read. Its like 50 shades without the whips. Fun love story and great twists. I recommend!

[Veron Gonzales · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series ivy you are one of my favourite authors.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

could not put it down!!!!

[Deanna Cotton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wouldn't read it again if you paid me!

[Wendy Hale]

The story is captivating and the chemistry between Penny and James is almost addictive. I'm really enjoying each book and savoring each one until the end.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Smoldering! Could NOT put it down. Professor and student. If you read the Untouchables after so so very much more makes sense. Hot!

[Alysha Lefler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fell in love with this series' storyline and the characters!

[Judi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this series!

[Nina]

#TeamTyler

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite series to read.

[Lissa Smith Reads'~A Bookaholics Bookshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

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