Travis Hunter verfasst Erzählungen, die sich mit den Komplexitäten menschlicher Beziehungen, insbesondere romantischer und familiärer Bindungen, auseinandersetzen. Sein Schreiben entspringt einer tiefen Neugier darauf, was bestimmte Beziehungen gedeihen lässt, während andere scheitern. Er beobachtet und hört den Menschen zu, deckt ihre Wünsche und Kommunikationslücken auf und übersetzt diese Erkenntnisse in fesselnde Geschichten. Hunter möchte den Lesern helfen, Männer und ihre Motivationen besser zu verstehen und betont, dass wahre Männlichkeit mehr ist als nur das Erreichen eines bestimmten Alters.
When poor babies wind up missing, no one seems to care. A Dark Place is a chilling story about the untold struggles of the disenfranchised that inspiringly illustrates how one man cannot turn his back on the problems of his former community—even though he so desperately wants to leave that troubled place in his past forever.
Essence® bestselling author Travis Hunter tells the story of a young woman who takes control of her own destiny after lifelong abuse. Zola Zaire has not had an easy life. She was raped at thirteen by her mother’s boyfriend—with her mother’s permission. Her mother and the man went to prison for the crime, and Zola, damaged from the experience, spent years running wild. Abuse was all she’d known, and she got comfortable as a bottom dweller. Even after she gave birth to a son, she couldn’t get herself together, and her son was sent to a foster home. Now Zola is living with Andre, a wealthy man who has given her a more stable and luxurious life. Things are far from perfect, however, because Andre has started to use Zola as his punching bag. One night, as she races out of the house to escape from another beating, she is rescued by Ian DeMarco, a stranger who is driving by the scene. Ian and Zola’s chance encounter sets off a chain of events that neither of them could have foreseen. Ian finds himself needing help from the father he rejected long ago, and an unexpected murder leaves Zola fearing that she will be framed for the crime. An unlikely ally helps uncover the shocking truth about a deadly game of revenge that has left them both in danger.