Black Water

Jane Yellowrock #6.3

by Faith Hunter

A Jane Yellowrock story in Blood in Her Veins, featuring nineteen stories set in the Jane Yellowrock universe.

When Jane killed a small pack of marauding werewolves, she had no idea that the female had a brother in Angola prison. John-Roy Wayne swore vengeance, escaped prison, and kidnapped two young women. Jane has no choice but to go after the human, who is far worse than she ever expected.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Vampires, Magic, Short Stories, Werewolves

29 pages, ebook

First published December 10, 2013

About the author

Faith Hunter's Junkyard Cats novella series is available in Audible, eBook, and "ridiculously expensive" (her words) trade paperback books at this time.

Faith's Jane Yellowrock series is a dark urban fantasy. Jane is a full blooded Cherokee skinwalker and hunter of rogue-vampires in a world of weres, witches, vampires, and other supernats. 15 books and several compilations of shorts

The Soulwood series is a dark-urban fantasy / paranormal police procedural /para-thriller series featuring Nell Nicholson Ingram, an earth magic user and Special gent of PsyLED. 6 books

Her Rogue Mage novels—Bloodring, Seraphs, Host, and the RPG Rogue Mage—feature Thorn St. Croix, a stone mage in a post-apocalyptic alternate reality.

Faith is a full time writer who finally hired a housekeeper when the dust bunnies multiplied, She bakes homemade bread and loves to cook.

Faith researches in great detail, and tries most everything her characters do. Research led to her life’s passions – jewelry making, orchids, Japanese maples, bones, travel, white-water kayaking, and writing.

Faith loves orchids. Her favorite time of year is when several are blooming. Pictures can be seen at her FaceBook page. And yes, she collects bones and skulls. She has a fox, cat, dog, cow skull, goat, a boar skull, a deer skull, (that is, unfortunately, falling apart) and the jawbone of an ass. Her prize skull is a mountain lion (legally purchased from a US tannery) hit by a car in the wild.

Her latest love is Japanese maples, and she has managed to collect over thirty.

She and her husband RV, traveling to whitewater rivers to kayak all over the Southeast. Whitewater Kayaking is her very favorite sport, discovered when she was researching her (Gwen Hunter) mystery book, Rapid Descent. She took a lesson and—after a bout of panic attacks from fear of being upside down trapped in a boat—discovered she loved the sport.

Under other pen names, notably, Gwen Hunter, she writes action adventure, mysteries, and thrillers. As Gwen, she is a winner of the WH Smith Literary Award for Fresh Talent in 1995 in the UK, and won a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award in 2008. As Faith, her books have been on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists, been nominated for various awards and won an Audie Award with Khristine Hvam, among other awards. Under all her pen names, she has more than 40 books, anthologies, and complications in print in 30 countries.

For more, including a list of her books, see www.faithhunter.net , www.gwenhunter.com . To keep up with her daily, join her fan pages at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/official.fait... and see her website blog at
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Reviews

[Choko · Rating 4 out of 5]

*** 4 ***

I loved the story, but I need to know what kind of monster is Christabell and what is it with her obsession with human hair? And why didn't Jane kill her and her husband - I would never feel safe leaving those two behind my back, because neither one of them seem either stable or sane... I am not cool with them being free and unchallenged out there in the boonies...

[Jessica ❁ ➳ Silverbow ➳ ❁ · Rating 2 out of 5]

4.0 stars

Feeling responsible for the kidnapping of two women (b/c the kidnapper busted out jail seeking revenge after someone on Jane's team killed his werewolf sister), Jane enlists the help of Sarge (from BENEATH A BLOODY MOON) and his monster dog in a rescue mission.

I want to know 3 things:

1. How is it exactly that Sarge is sane?
2. How are Sarge and Christabel able to communicate with monster dog?
3. WHAT THE BLOODY HECK IS CHRISTABEL??!

[Maria Dimitrova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another actioned filled short from jane Yellowrock's world. In a way it's a sequel to Beneath a Bloody Moon and answers some of the questions left open in it. At the same time it leaves us with other questions. Like what the hell is Christabell and is she a future treat for Jane to deal with? The best thing about this story was Rick's absence that let me enjoy it without wanting to enter the book and strangle him :D

[✨Susan✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a follow up to the last short where Jane left one loose end. Faith Hunters short stories are always great. I am feathering them in between my longer reads, but I can't wait to get back to the next one.

[Amyiw · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novella picks up where Beneath a Bloody Moon leaves off, with Jane going to see if perhaps the lone wolf is the cause of the deaths in the area where they took down the pack. She soon finds out it is the brother of the crazy female of the pack that they killed. This one was so much better for me. Jane isn't on the edge of death and Rick is only on the phone. The story line is much more cohesive and she is more in control. Much better read for me and I enjoyed it through.

[Marianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Jane and Sarge go fugitive-hunting in the alligator infested swamps of Louisiana, not everybody is going to make it out alive, which is probably a good thing...

This is one of Faith's darker novellas, but there's no denying it's a good one.

Oct 10th, 2016: The Jane Yellowrock audible novellas are currently on sale & practically free. Go get them while you can.

[Carolyn F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in the anthology Black Water

Man, most of these short stories are gruesome. Not in the descriptions but in what is not said. It has a happy ending (for me).

[Samaira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing story by Faith Hunter!

[Louisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a bit of a two-parter with Beneath a Bloody Moon, and I loved that, and I wouldn't mind spending more time with these characters!

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one was pretty dark and concise. I liked it a lot.

[Ben Truong · Rating 4 out of 5]

Black Water is an audio short story from the Jane Yellowrock series written by Faith Hunter and read by Khristine Hvam. It takes after the events in the sixth novel, Blood Trade, and centers on Jane Yellowrock and her search for two missing women. She recruits Sarge and his monstrous dog to help her. It was first written and collected in Black Water anthology.

Black Water centers on Jane Yellowrock as she forms a search party looking for two missing women who were kidnapped. She particularly feels responsible, because previously Jane Yellowrock killed a small pack of marauding werewolves, but she had no idea that one of the werewolves she killed had a brother in Angola Prison, who escaped and kidnapped the aforementioned women.

Black Water is written and narrated rather well. It is a story that introduced two characters that I have not read about, but they are both incredibly quirky people. One wonders about the sanity of Sarge and the creepiness of Christabel.

All in all, Black Water is a well written, but more importantly, it expanded the wonderful world that is the Jane Yellowrock universe.

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an exciting short story and sort of a sequel to "Beneath a Bloody Moon". It goes along as one would expect a Jane Yellowrock story to go, but this time the targets are sex slave traders. The only problem I see is that the character development for the perpetrator they are hunting down was not well done. This story needed to be longer with the perpetrator's character being more than just a name and a tattoo.

[Anniken Haga · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story is a direct sequel to Beneath a Bloody Moon, but it doesn't actually answer any of the questions I was left with.
That said, Black Water is a good story onto itself, covering some rather gnarly real world facts/situations that are too easily brushed under the rug. It's well written and I found myself pulled into it more than I was with Bloody Moon. Maybe because of the ''unique'' hunt.

[Barb Shuler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good, quick little short. It’s a follow up to “Beneath a Bloody Moon”. It’s action packed, full of Jane being Jane and running off to help the people in a small town. She’s already there for her own investigation when Rick calls, making it another favor her big cat owes her.

We have a little action, a little blood and a good book to read. I loved it.

[Jewlsbookblog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jane teams back up with Sarge and her partners Alex and Eli to rescue a coupe of kidnapped women. I am loving the familial dynamics with Alex, Eli, and Jane, and I really want to know what on earth Sarge’s wife Christabel is..she’s way scarier than Beast on a rampage.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this short story. This tied in to the previous short story and we got more insight into Sarge but also more questions where his wife is concerned. I feel fairly sure we'll visit this group again someday.

[Jessica Reads It · Rating 3 out of 5]

IT was a short short but packed with typical Jane action, werewolves and really big doggies.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice tie in to an earlier minor character.

[Laurla2]

published in the anthology Black Water
published in the anthology Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

35 Happily a suitable stop-gap until I get my hands on the next Jane Yellowrock.

[Thenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Judy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Escaped convicts on a murderous rampage are targeted by Jane's organization.

[Pam Marcola Duff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate Jane blames herself for everything dit love this series and this world favorite story’s

[Brenda Rezk]

I love this series! I just read the short stories in Black Water. In a way, the three stories in this book are all about women being attacked and, in two cases, kidnapped and abused. In the shortest story, Snafu, Jane herself is attacked when she reports for her first internship as a PI. In the other two, Jane sets out to rescue the kidnapped women. We meet Nell in one of the stories. I understand that she will be the main character in the new series set in Jane's world. She is an intriguing character with lots of room to grow as she gets involved with Rick's team of supernatural investigators. I eagerly await that book, as well as Broken Soul. I'm eager for Jane and Bruiser to FINALLY get together. :-)

[Lila]

Read as part of Black Water anthology

This shortie is direct continuation of Beneath a Bloody Moon: A Jane Yellowrock Story, so it should be read after that one. Both stories cover the time between book #6 and book #7.

Considering how much this story leans on Beneath a Bloody Moon, I can't say it stands good on its own. To put it mildly, you would be able to enjoy it more if you read the story where Jane meets Sarge first.
Sarge's wife is a blast, though.

[Daffodil]

Read September 2015 in Black Water
Read April 2016 in Blood in Her Veins: Nineteen Stories from the World of Jane Yellowrock

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

See my full review here:

https://riverareads.blogspot.com/2016...

This book was okay. There isn't a whole lot happening. While Sarge's wife is an interesting conundrum, there isn't really any explanation or further info given. And, as with most of the short stories in this series, I found it a bit lacking and I really wanted something more.

[Michele bookloverforever · Rating 3 out of 5]

2 short stories and 2 preview chapters of the authors next Yellowrock book. all good. but the 2 nd short story introduces a new character who will get her own novel in 2015. her name is Nell, and she's very interesting.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've never read anything by Faith Hunter before but I liked this, maybe because it was a fast read. I did not read it even close to in order but still could figure out what was going on with the characters and what it was about. The Jane Yellowrock series is one I will add to my TBR.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of the companion guide. Good short story