Best Gerri Hill Books
Gerri Hill has carved out a distinct lane in lesbian fiction by pairing crime procedurals with slow-burn romance — and doing both better than most authors who attempt either. Her detective duos drive the best of her work: the Hunter series and the Ross & Sullivan books follow partners whose professional tension and personal chemistry develop across multiple entries with uncommon patience. Hill's prose is clean and propulsive, built around plot momentum rather than atmosphere, but she knows when to slow down for the character beats that make readers care. Behind the Pine Curtain and Keepers of the Cave show her thriller instincts at their sharpest — isolated settings, rising dread, stakes that feel personal. If you want genre fiction with LGBTQ+ relationships treated as central rather than incidental, and you have a weakness for partners-to-lovers tension stretched across a series, Hill delivers every time.
Where to Start with Gerri Hill
- Best entry point → The Secret Pond
- Best standalone → The Apple Diary
- Start the Ross & Sullivan series → Devil's Rock
- What readers keep coming back to → Hunter's Way
- Highest rated by readers → Hunter's Revenge (Hunter #5)
Best Gerri Hill Books
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Hunter's Way
Hunter • Book 1
by Gerri Hill
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Homicide detective Tori Hunter has driven away six partners in seven years, but hot-tempered Samantha Kennedy might be the one colleague who won't back down.
★ 4.21 Goodreads (4.6K ratings) - 2
Hunter's Revenge
Hunter • Book 5
by Gerri Hill
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Tori Hunter finds herself targeted when a murder victim's home contains hundreds of her photos and the gun that killed her family. Police procedural with deeply personal stakes.
★ 4.46 Goodreads (531 ratings) - 3
The Secret Pond
by Gerri Hill
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Survivor's guilt drives Lindsey to her grandparents' Texas Hill Country refuge, where solitary walks and childhood memories help her process devastating loss. Hill captures grief's weight and the tentative hope of new connections.
★ 4.27 Goodreads (1.4K ratings) - 4
Devil's Rock
Ross & Sullivan • Book 1
by Gerri Hill
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Two female detectives investigate murder in a small town where everyone has secrets worth killing for—Hill crafts authentic police procedural with compelling character development.
★ 4.22 Goodreads (2.1K ratings) - 5
The Great Charade
by Gerri Hill
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A desperate fake relationship for the holidays becomes complicated when Abby and stranger Nic discover their Red River charade feels surprisingly authentic.
★ 4.25 Goodreads (935 ratings) - 6
The Apple Diary
by Gerri Hill
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Madilyn finds her great-grandmother Isabel's hidden diary from 1933, revealing a forbidden love affair that mirrors her own journey toward self-acceptance. Hill weaves past and present together as family secrets illuminate possibilities for the future.
★ 4.27 Goodreads (721 ratings) - 7
Red Tide at Heron Bay
by Gerri Hill
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Three years after fleeing a painful breakup in San Diego, Lauren runs her grandmother's Texas coastal resort in peaceful isolation until vandalism and cryptic blood messages shatter her quiet life. Hill pairs mystery with romance as Lauren confronts both danger and unexpected love.
★ 4.23 Goodreads (837 ratings) - 8
Timber Falls
by Gerri Hill
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College river rat Haley Martin returns to Timber Falls seven years later, now owning the local bar in a village that swells with tourists chasing Class V rapids.
★ 4.17 Goodreads (793 ratings) - 9
Lyon's Den
by Gerri Hill
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Journalist Joni despises everything outdoors but must spend thirty days covering a women's retreat in the Colorado mountains, expecting to write a hit piece until the experience surprises her.
★ 4.26 Goodreads (370 ratings) - 10
Angel Fire
Hunter • Book 4
by Gerri Hill
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Hill combines vacation-gone-wrong thriller with police procedural as Dallas detectives accidentally intersect with FBI agents tracking a rogue Special Operations soldier. The New Mexico wilderness setting adds isolation and danger to the manhunt.
★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.1K ratings) - 11
In the Name of the Father
Hunter • Book 2
by Gerri Hill
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When a Catholic priest turns up murdered in compromising circumstances, the investigation exposes the dark corners of faith and corruption. Hill crafts a taut police thriller that doesn't shy away from controversial territory.
★ 4.07 Goodreads (2.2K ratings) - 12
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The Midnight Moon
by Gerri Hill
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Holiday passion between strangers becomes messy when Peyton and Logan's separate worlds collide again, forcing choices between safety and desire.
★ 4.07 Goodreads (953 ratings) - 14
Jones
by Gerri Hill
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Six friends, one annual getaway, and a lifelong friend found dead—Nina Evans and Detective Quinn Stewart uncover secrets that shatter everything they thought they knew.
★ 4.04 Goodreads (670 ratings) - 15
Paradox Valley
by Gerri Hill
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A weekend getaway to Colorado's Paradox Valley becomes a fight for survival when all technology fails and the outside world seemingly ceases to exist.
★ 4.01 Goodreads (646 ratings)