This is the 1st book in a trilogy. The suspenseful storyline gets your attention from the very beginning and the romance is sizzling! The main characters in each of the books were all roommates at the FBI academy. Rowan(The Prey), Miranda(The Hunt)and Olivia(The Kill). In The Prey, Rowan, who is now a former FBI agent and currently authoring books, helps to find a killer that is "copycatting" her novels with real-life victims.

Terrific beginning to a new series/trilogy. Reminded me of some earlier Tami Hoag books. It was a bit gruesome, but definitely believable. Rowan, the protagonist, carries survivor's guilt like a second skin and John, her hero, saves her though he has plenty of his own demons to battle.

The only thing that could have made this book a little bit better, was if it had a little humor in it to soften some of the blows. All-in-all...a great, fast-paced read. Heading on to book #2 now...."The Hunt" with secondary characters from this book taking the lead.

I am an instant fan. If you enjoy Kay Hooper and Mariah Stewart, you will love Allison Brennan. This is a stay up late, edge of your seat, can't put it down book. Fast paced and well written with characters that are fleshed out and believable. This is the 1st of the series, and is well worth every penny spent to buy it.

A very good book filled with suspense and a little bit of romance. This is the first book I have read by this author, but I intend to read her other books.

Loved this book! It caught my attention from the first page, I can't wait to read the second one in the series!

Pretty good for a debut novel. A little predictable, but a good read.

Good scary story but a little more romance than I care for.

First, she imagined it. Then a killer made it real.

Rowan Smith is living in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her bestselling novel is made into a Hollywood movie. A former FBI agent with a haunted past, Rowan thinks she has outrun her demons. But fiction and reality collide when a dismembered body is found in Colorado: the real-life victim had the same name, occupation, and looks as a character in Rowan's novel. By the time the FBI, the LAPD, and her own private bodyguard gather around her, another person is killed - again, the murder ripped from the pages of Rowan's book.

In the company of a former Delta Force officer with secrets of his own, Rowan faces an excruciating dilemma: the only way to chase down the tormenting killer is by revisiting the darkness of her past - and by praying for some way out again.

First in a series. Good suspense.

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Excellent book.

Rowan Smith had a not so perfect childhood, grew up to become an FBI agent and then quit it all to write crime novels where the good guy always wins. Still she can not escape her past. I found this book to be exciting, steamy and a nail bitter. If you like a little blood and guts with your romance I highly recommend this book.

Good intense, suspense story.

Four stars

Rowan Smith is a murder mystery writer. Her third movie is in production and her fifth book is due out in two weeks. Her world is about to be drastically changed forever.

Someone is taking murders from her books, one from each, and making them reality. Except for with each killing, it becomes more personal. The killer starts sending tokens. Tokens that bring Rowan's bloody past glaringly into her present. A past she has desperatly tried to keep buried.

John Flynn is a former Delta officer who now runs his own security operation with his brother Michael, and his sister Tess. John was in the South American jungles chasing his own demon when Michael received the job of protecting Rowan Smith from the killer. John quickly takes over the job when he comes back to California because he is afraid Michael's objectivity is being compromised. Michael has a thing for damsels in distress.

John must fight a past that Rowan won't talk about and keep her safe. Protecting their hearts becomes difficult as they come closer together to try and catch her tormentor.

Neither of them know just how close Rowan's past is........

This is a very suspenseful book that I almost finished in one sitting. It was a fantastic book and I am glad that I have the next two readily available.

Rowan Smith, former FBI agent and crime writer is living in LA while one of her books is made into a movie. Suddenly fictional crimes that she has written about are occuring in real life. Rowan is desperate to find out who is committing these crimes and her studio hires a bodyguard to watch over her. John Flyn , her bodyguard's brother soon becomes involved both with Rowan and with catching a diabolical criminal. Brennan really paints a picture of people who go through hell and come out the other side. There was romance, but it definitely secondary to the insanity and criminality that has Rowan and John racing against the clock.

I enjoyed this book a lot. I wouldn't call it overly suspenseful though, as it becomes apparent pretty early on who the villain is. Nevertheless, I just went to the library today to borrow the other 2 titles in this trilogy.

Exciting, fast-paced, suspenseful!

This is a real page turner - hard to stop at night and wait to see what happens next!

Excellent, can't wait to read The Hunt.

First she imagomed it, then a killer made it real.
An author, former FBI agent, writes books and the book's victims become real life victims of a killer.

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