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The Mighty Hunter (Lords of the Abyss Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Michelle M. Pillow (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 511 ratings
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The merman may have rescued her from death, but who will rescue her from him?

Welcome to the underwater world of Atlantes! A paranormal merman (mermaid) romance series by NYT and USAT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow

Caderyn is the sexiest - and perhaps craziest - man Bridget has ever laid eyes on. He may have rescued her from death, but who’s going to rescue her from him? With all the right moves, the man is a walking seduction that’s too hard to resist.

Sparks fly. Desires heat. But there’s one small problem. He claims to be a merman shapeshifter and says they’re trapped in the lost city of Atlantes, living on a cursed island deep within the ocean.

For readers who like Damsel in Distress, rescue romances featuring lonely Merman cursed by the gods and not-so-nice Mermaids with their own agendas. The little mermaid in reverse!

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"4.5 Fairies! I absolutely loved this story! Not only is the premises unique the author describes everything in such intricate detail that I could easily picture the underground island... I can't wait to see what happens to the other girls who were pulled from the surface." JBP Reviews, December 2012

"5 ANGELS! Michelle M. Pillow has created a wonderful beginning to what is sure to be another tremendous series...This is definitely a series you will want to grab. Lords of the Abyss: The Mighty Hunter instantly grabs the reader's attention and does not let go until the last page is told. What an experience: one truly worth reading with an ending that will leave readers overwhelmed with a sensational feeling. 5 Angels!" Shayley, FAR

"The Mighty Hunter is an interesting novel (that) should appeal to readers interested in mythology, and merfolk. The merpeople are well-characterized, and this impelled a deeper interest in the story. They're not simply one-dimensional story props." Annie, Joyfully Reviewed

"Michelle M. Pillow writes an intriguing and enjoyable tale with THE MIGHTY HUNTER. The lead protagonists are engaging and the sexual encounters heated, making this a pleasing way to spend an evening." Sinclair Reid, Romance Reviews Today

"4 STARS! When reading The Mighty Hunter, you will fall into the magical world .. This story brings a new and exciting twist to the myth that is Atlantis, and I was quite pleased to read it." Stacey, JERR, May 2006

"4 CUPS! extremely satisfying" Jenn, Coffeetime, May 2006

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Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003VIWOTS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Raven Books; 2nd edition (December 18, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 18, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4629 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 370 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1625012055
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 511 ratings

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Michelle M. Pillow is a prolific NY Times & USA TODAY bestselling author with millions of books sold. Though she writes in many genres, she is best known for Sci-Fi & Paranormal Romance, Mystery, and Paranormal Women's Fiction (PWF). Her rich world-building creates portals for the imagination. She is a winner of the RT Reviewers' Choice Award. Fan favorites include the Qurilixen World (a multi-series collection) and Warlocks MacGregor series.

Over the course of her career, Michelle has worked with several publishers, including Random House, Virgin Books, Adams Media, Pocket Books, several small presses, and as an Indie.

Though she writes intricate plots, she can never seem to remember where she left her coffee cup (if you find it please return).

She loves to interact with readers. Visit her at ➜ MichellePillow.com.

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★ FAN FAVES: Dragon Lords (dragon-shifters), Lords of the Var® (cat-shifters), Warlocks MacGregor® (contemporary Scottish magic), Order of Magic (paranormal women's fiction), And so many more...

She is a member of The Author's Guild and ALLi.

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​Michelle M. Pillow®, Warlocks MacGregor®, and Lords of the Var® are registered trademarks of The Raven Books LLC​®

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farmacy
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
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Bridget is a researcher on a ship off the coast of Florida. She has loved the sea since she was a child! Their boat gets attacked by a sea monster and torn to shreds. She is rescued by a Merman and taken to their underwater city of Ataran. Caderyn takes Bridget to their healer to help her recover from her near drowning. When she wakes up Caderyn is given guardianship of her, since he rescued her. It is his duty to see to her needs and safety until she decides who she wants to marry. Being a scientist, Bridget has a little trouble believing all of this is real. She is constantly questioning everything and everyone. Caderyn may have been a little vague on what his responsibility is with her. She loses her temper one night in the dining hall and they accidentally become married! This is a wonderful tale of Caderyn and Bridgets journey through her acceptance of her new reality. There is lots of humor and twists and turns. A must read!

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Scarlette
4.0 out of 5 stars Move over Ariel, there's a new kind of Mer in town.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2011
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No need for me to summarize the book, its been done plenty, so lets get into the nitty gritty of it.

Pros
-The Mer. I fell the book right off the bat for the simple reason that this was different amongst the paranormal romance genre. I like a good vampire story, I favorite the the shifters (particularly wolves) but the fact that this has MERMEN? I was sold. You dont get many mer people stories, and I peaked my interest really quick

-World building. Im sucker for world building, I love being transported into a new culture, a new time, a new place, so on and so forth. Pillow does an amazing job taking you some place entirely new, and introducing you to a new kind of people and culture. I liked learning about the history of the Mer, their curse/punishment, and how their relationships and society works. I liked learning about the neat perks and unique abilities of the mer race. The Lords of the Abyss series is strong when it comes to world building, nothing cookie cutter here. All fun and original!

-Character development. I love the characters Pillow has written, I was smitten with the mermen Caderyn, but the secondary cast was developed enough and tanalizing enough in this story for me to want to read about the other Hunters, Warriors and so forth. I liked Caderyn and how he comes to understanding of his feelings for Birdget, and good portion of the story I liked Bridget. I liked Caderyn's alpha-ness, but his jealousy streak was also fun to watch. I liked Bridget's whit and smarts, but it was also a downfall for her through out the story. Despite the character issues I had with Bridget, she managed to grow out of them was quite likeable for me by the end of the story.

-Love, love, love and more love. Yeah, I admit it freely: the steamy love scenes were a total bonus for me. No harm, no foul here. They were tasteful in their own right, nothing too raunchy or over played, just enough of everything to make it all work.

Cons

-The only thing I disliked about this book, and probably the reason it held this book back from a five star review, was Bridget's attitude. I get it, youre a scientist, you want fact and reason, and proof for everything Caderyn is telling you. But when you think Bridget has enough proof and fact, and she even admits at some point she simply believes Caderyn, she turns right around and goes back to disbelieving and wanting more proof. It was an up and down, and constant roller coaster of acceptance and disbelief throughout the story that I began to grow tired of it. When we FINALLY see Bridget accept the belief of the mer existence and exile, then Bridget has several other things she wants to worry about: How can she still be a scientist, why does she have to be (caution, possible spoiler) turned into a mermaid, ect, ect. Bridget literally was fighting everything about the mer, and her acceptance about, at every turn, she couldnt just let something be and move onto her new life. Bridget wanted to cling, and desperately, to whatever was her past. Its a normal human reaction, I understand, but Bridget kind of took it over board. There are also several instances where Bridget's reactions were WAY to dramatic. (Again, possible SPOILER) Really, you just STABBED yourself out of pure anger and rage? Some of Bridget's reactions had me groaning at her stupidity. Again, I understand that some of these dramatic reactions were used to move the plot, or her relationship with Caderyn, forward but that doesnt mean I cant think she was a drama queen a good portion of the time.

All in all, its a fantastic story and I enjoyed every bit of it! It comes highly recomended to those who like romance, paranormal, mermaid/mermen, even fairy tale retellings.
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Liz
5.0 out of 5 stars The Mighty Hunter
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
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Bridget is a scientist on a ship off the coast of Florida. Their boat is attacked and destroyed. She is rescued by Caderyn and taken to their underwater city of Ataran. Bridget has a little trouble believing all of this is real, being a scientist she questions everything and it gets a bit annoying at times. This is a wonderful romantic story and of acceptance to a fantastic new world. A definite must read!
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Casey
3.0 out of 5 stars she will do whatever it takes in order to accomplish her dream of studying the great abyss. When her boat is suddenly attacked f
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016
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Bridget Dutton is a scientist working who’s dream involves staying and unmasking all the hidden secrets of the ocean. Though her dream is not taking chemical samples of the oceans water, she will do whatever it takes in order to accomplish her dream of studying the great abyss. When her boat is suddenly attacked from below, quickly destroying and sinking the ship she knows the end is near, when a mysterious stranger rescues her from within the water and takes her to his home.

Caderyn the Hunter has longed to find a wife to live out the loneliness of his life. An ancient curse set long ago, Caderyn and his people are forced to remain in the abyss in the submerged city. They are Merr people and though they live forever, they wish to share their forever with someone they love.The Merr people live within the abyss and suffer from one key issue: loneliness. Forced to live within the ocean, they do not have the capability of meeting new men and women who may want to be their wives. As the hunters patrol the waters for threats, they are ordered to try and save any women who is close to drowning and bring them to the city to live. Caderyn has finally found and saved a women from certain death but how can he convince his hard headed scientist that they are in fact underwater.

This was a fun and interesting read. I enjoyed the fact that we had Merr people as I have yet to read a book involving mermaids. It was great fun and made me, of course, think of The Little Mermaid. It was easy to relate to Bridget as she could not possibly believe all of what Caderyn told her especially given the scientific nature of her thinking. I found her intriguing and albeit a little annoying at times, but it worked with her character.

Caderyn was an interesting character and while he was described as eye candy, I really had no feel for him as a character. He seemed like a statue with little to no feelings or emotions. In the end, it was easier to see how he did have some emotions but they were poorly executed in my opinion, as I never quite felt he wanted a wife as much as he claimed too in the beginning.

It was also very confusing how the whole “you are now my wife” thing came up when Bridget denounced Caderyn as her guardian. I still don’t quite understand what that was all about and it could really use some more explanations. Furthermore, though they touched on the whole children concept, not much was revealed and it really bothered me because I was curious as to what was wrong that did not allow them to really reproduce. Especially given how the book ended.

Nevertheless, it was still an interesting read which I enjoyed and enjoyed enough that I still picked up the second book because I want to see what will happen to our other hunters!
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Fantasy Fan
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Under the Sea
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2021
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I’ve read a couple of the later Lords of the Abyss books which I loved but it was great to finally read the first in the series! A great storyline with characters that you can warm too. Bridget was so stubborn in the beginning, that I wanted to scream at her but in contrast, Caderyn was so very patient and so in love. I want a Caderyn! Lovely to see how their relationship develops. Plenty of action and steamy romance and if you like a HEA…you’ve also got that! I flicked between the ebook and audio which was great as I enjoy Rebecca Cook’s narration. If you’re looking for something a little different, entertaining and light, try this series. You won’t regret it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2017
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Great story a little too short though. The female character was kinda emotional which is understandable but to go running off alone not a smart girl for a scientist
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NoDayWithoutRomance
2.0 out of 5 stars Zum Glück habe ich das Buch für 0,00 EUR gekauft
Reviewed in Germany on May 16, 2018
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...sonst hätte ich mich richtig geärgert.
Die Inhaltsangabe hatte mich richtig angesprochen und ich liebe Shifter. Also hab ich mich voller Begeisterung in die Geschichte gestürzt und zunächst war alles super. Die Protagonisten machten einen ordentlichen Eindruck und das Worldbuilding schien stimmig. Nach etwa 25% begann aber das regelmäßige Kopfschütteln. Die Charaktere wirkten unglaubhaft und trafen dumme Entscheidungen. Ich will nichts spoilern, aber so viel kann ich sagen, es war zum Haare raufen!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Underwater world.
Reviewed in Australia on December 2, 2018
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I found the story interesting the main characters easy to relate to and want toknow better
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4.0 out of 5 stars The mighty hunter
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2020
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Interesting take on the Atlantis story. The Merr are an interesting take on mermaids and it is fascinating that they rescue mostly young beautiful women.
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