Hunting Eve

May 27, 2013
Johansen’s scattered 16th novel featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan, the middle part of a trilogy, picks up where its predecessor, Taking Eve, left off. Eve has escaped from her kidnapper, madman Jim Doane, at least temporarily. While Doane hunts for her in the rough wilderness of Colorado’s Rio Grande Forest, others are seeking her whereabouts and planning her rescue and/or Doane’s capture. Characters with special talents include Kendra Michaels, whose vision is particularly acute; Seth Caleb, who can manipulate the flow of other people’s blood; Margaret Douglas, who can read animals’ thoughts; and assassin Lee Zander, who may or may not be Eve’s father. Eventually, Eve’s lover, Atlanta police officer Joe Quinn; wounded friend Jane MacGuire; and CIA agent Venable converge on Doane’s remote hideaway for a cliffhanger ending. Fans of paranormal romantic suspense will eagerly look forward to the conclusion, Silencing Eve. First printing of 300,000. Agent: Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency.

July 1, 2013
After escaping Jim Doane, Eve Duncan navigates the Colorado wilderness to gain her freedom, while the people she loves scramble to find and rescue her. Jim Doane is a father determined to avenge his son's murder, and to that end, he has kidnapped Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor, to reconstruct Kevin's skull. But there are other reasons he wants Eve under his power, secrets in Eve's past, of which she's not even aware, that will place her in grave danger. After learning some of Doane's intentions, as well as the shocking truth that compelled him to make Eve a pawn in his deadly plan, Eve has escaped him and must keep out of his reach in dense forest far removed from civilization. Doane is a lifelong hunter, but Eve has great instincts, along with some tricks she's picked up from her lover, Joe, an ex-SEAL, and she manages to hold her own. Meanwhile, Joe, their adoptive daughter, Jane, and a small posse of new and old friends and allies are using every weapon at their disposal to find Eve. The quest will force Jane and two possible love interests to work together; demand that Joe partner with the mysterious Zander and his enigmatic assistant, Stang; and forge an alliance between Margaret, a complex psychic, and Dr. Kendra Michaels, an investigator with finely honed powers of deduction and observation. Working in different corners of the country, the three teams will ultimately wind up in the same forest where Eve is fighting for her life, but a couple of surprising turns will make her Doane's hostage again. In an explosive final scene, all seems lost until Margaret opens the door to hope--and another cliffhanger ending leading to Book 3. Johansen's second in a planned trilogy revolving around Eve's kidnapping and (readers can only expect) rescue will keep readers engaged in Eve's fate and intrigued by the many characters who are working together to bring her to safety. A layered, thrilling read that will likely motivate fans to read the final book, too.

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June 1, 2013
Taking place mere minutes after the cliff-hanger ending of Taking Eve (2013)the first in prolific and best-selling Johansen's new trilogy featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncanthe second opens with Eve on the run from her diabolical captor, Jim Doane, in the wilds of the isolated Colorado Rockies. As wolves howl and frigid night temperatures descend, Eve's struggle to survive pits her against nature's deadliest elements while Doane constructs an elaborate trap to ensnare both Eve and Zander, a lethal assassin with a surprising interest in Eve's welfare. Her plight has rallied a coterie of both old friends and new allies, who join Eve's lover, Detective Joe Quinn, and their daughter, Jane, to marshal forces both supernatural and mortal to come to Eve's rescue. Building to a shocking conclusion, Johansen's paranormal suspense thriller will have fans of Eve's exploits clamoring for the trilogy's final installment, Silencing Eve (due out in October 2013), to learn of Eve's ultimate fate. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: So avid are Johansen's fans, a 300,000 print run is planned, backed by a national tour and an all-out, diversified advertising campaign on television, various websites, and social media.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)