Thrill of the Chase (Hunters & Heartbreakers I)

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Summary

Langdon Wilkes is a reluctant – and somewhat bumbling – hunter. But as the son of the Institute for Paranormal Study and Prevention's headmaster, London's premier institution for hunting supernatural creatures of all kinds, it's his future and his family's legacy. That is, until a near-death experience with a vampire puts him on a collision course with Wells Hudson and his sister, Naomi, and the course of his life changes entirely. Wells Hudson is a hunter of creatures by circumstance, not choice. He is simultaneously keeping the family business afloat, protecting his younger sister, and shielding their father – driven mad by ghost possession – from scrutiny. Running into the likes of Langdon Wilkes doesn't help, either. It's hunters like Wilkes that put hunters like Wells out of business, after all. Especially when it means constantly getting Wilkes out of nasty scrapes. But they must band together when Langdon's best friend is captured and turned by vampires, Wells discovers a plot by Wilkes's father to bind and control creatures through a strange and outlawed blood magic, and both boys realise they can no longer hide their growing feelings for one another. It's kill or be killed, and the thrill of a chase like no other.