The Hunt: A Steamy Dark Redwood Academy Novella

Emilia Rose

Nov 2025 · Emilia Rose LLC

About this ebook

Daphne Laurel has always played by the Redwood Academy rules: keep your head down and grades up to stay out of the drama. But all of that shatters the moment Apollo DeLuca sets his sights on her.

Billionaire heir. Campus king. And utterly obsessed.

Apollo doesn’t believe in boundaries. He doesn’t take no for an answer. Daphne was his the moment he laid his eyes on her, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make her see it—even if he has to hunt her down and tear her world apart piece by piece to have her.

In a school where money rules and secrets can destroy, their battle of wills ignites a fire that neither of them can control. He’s the hunter. She’s the hunted. But in the end, only one of them can come out unscathed.

The Hunt is a fast-paced, steamy dark romance where obsession turns to passion, innocence is a game, and the line between love and destruction blurs. This novella is a standalone in the Bad Boys of Redwood Academy series.

Ratings and reviews

In this short and spicy novella we are introduced to sweet, but not so innocent Daphne who is a lover of reading smut. Apollo shows up and decides from the moment he sees her that she's his. Daphne gets caught by Apollo reading said smut and that's where our dirty fun begins. After their first encounter Daphne doesn't make it easy for Apollo. She makes him work for her love and affection. They will have their challenges and ups and downs before they get their HEA. Amazing story!!!

Another spicey, delicious, heart-stoping story from the world of Redwood Academy!! I have been in love with this world from the moment I read step brother and was a forever fan of Emilia Rose. The Hunt is another masterpiece by this talented woman. I love how she is able to make me feel the love, the pain, the spice, the push and pull between the characters. I can't wait for the next book she blesses us with!!

Can they get out of their own way? Daphne and Apollo have a chance meeting that could possibly change the rest of their lives. Not just for themselves but for one another. What happens when a cursed girl meets someone new to the area the has “bad boy” written all over him?

About the author

Emilia Rose is a bestselling author of steamy romance.

Highly inspired by her study abroad trip to Greece in 2019, Emilia loves to include Greek and Roman mythology in her writing. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology and a minor in creative writing in 2020 and now writes novels as her day-job.

With over 70 million combined story views online and a growing presence on reading apps, she hopes to inspire other young novelists with her story of growth and imagination, so that they go on to write the stories that need to be told.