What Are You Afraid Of? (The Agency #2)
by Alexandra Ivy
Blurb:
They
aren’t the kind of women anyone misses. Truck-stop hookers, runaways . . . no
one would even notice they’d disappeared if the killer didn’t photograph their
lifeless bodies, posed in the back of a semi-trailer. Exactly like the infamous
Trucker murders. But this isn’t just a copycat. It’s a vendetta.
NOW
HE’LL TEACH HER
Carmen
Jacobs interviewed the world’s most terrifying serial killers for her
bestselling book, The Heart of a Predator. The police might not believe her,
but she knows there’s a monster out there, paying homage to other murderers.
The only person who can predict where he’ll strike next is Griffin Archer—a
reclusive software millionaire with ample reason not to help her.
HOW
TO DIE . . .
Carmen
has charmed her way past Griffin’s defenses before. He didn’t intend to let it
happen again. But with a psycho sending her trophies of his kills, he has no
choice but to get involved. The clues point to a killer obsessed with
Carmen—someone who knows her work, her past, her secrets. Someone who won’t be
satisfied until he has made all her deepest fears come true . . .
Themes: Contemporary, Suspense
Rating: 3.75 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
While
I continue to say that my preferred genre of Ms. Ivy’s work is paranormal,
there is no discounting that she has a skill for making her killers terrifying
and more than a little nightmare-worthy. This series revolves around a woman that stumbled
into her work finding that sometimes life can mimic fiction if the author isn’t
careful and in this case it puts her life in serious jeopardy. Alexandra has a way with making her
characters both interesting and relatable, making you want to keep reading to
see what they get themselves into next and if they can get out of it too. Carmen
never intended to become a best-selling author of a book about serial killers, but now with more
people turning up dead around her, Carmen is determined that she will be the
one to put a stop to it. Unfortunately,
she has alienated the only man that can truly help her and she needs to find a
way to get back into his good graces.
Griffin is just as determined that the woman that he thought he had a
connection with, who really was just after a connection to his work for her own
ends, never gets another chance to hurt him.
However once it becomes obvious that Carmen is really in mortal danger,
Griffin knows he would never forgive himself if something happens to her, so
together they set out to stop a killer, never realizing they might be playing
right into his hands and giving him more ammunition. Griffin and Carmen have a
complicated if brief past, but overcoming it they show us that together they
can do just about anything, even thwart a serial killer and bring him to
justice. I enjoyed this story very much, despite the couple of sleepless nights
I had afterward, and loved watching Carmen and Griffin find their way to
love. Carmen is the kind of woman that quickly
endears herself to you, making you love her and root for in equal
measures. She is willing to risk life
and limb to protect innocents and bring a killer to justice out of the feeling
that she is responsible, even if she isn’t.
Her spunk and sass are sweet and seeing her challenge Griffin at every
turn and bring out the best in him was amazing.
Griffin was a bit of an asshole in the beginning, but as the story
progresses we see it was just him hiding behind his hurts and once he gets over
himself he becomes the hero we all expected him to be. I loved his character and he truly was the perfect
match for Carmen and the best foil for the villain in this story. Even though I continue to believe I prefer Ivy’s
paranormal novels, I know I will always jump at anything she writes, simply
because her skill at writing and bringing the darkest of human truths to light in
whatever form, is beyond reproach and always worth the time to read.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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