Review: You Will Suffer (The Agency #3)

You Will Suffer (The Agency #3)

by Alexandra Ivy

Blurb:

Every small town has a secret...and this one is worth killing for. The rolling fields outside Curry, Oklahoma, are a beautiful spot to ramble on an early spring day...and a lonely place to die. Among the prairie grass and wildflowers, a killer kneels beside a curled-up figure, plunging a syringe beneath skin to deliver the fatal dose. And as the victim's last breath mingles with the air, it sends a warning out to the world: this is just the beginning. Rejecting her judge father's prestigious connections, Ellie Guthrie opened her own law firm in Curry. But something strange is going on. Ellie's tires are slashed. Dead rats are dumped on her patio. Her neighbour, former FBI agent Nate Marcel, insists on watching out for her. And then bodies begin turning up - supposed overdoses that Nate suspects are something much more sinister. There's a killer in town, toying with her, drawing both Ellie and Nate into a web of murder and vengeance. To find answers, she'll have to unearth this small community's dark and twisted past...before it's her turn to die. Look for more page-turning suspense from Alexandra Ivy with Pretend You're Safe and What Are You Afraid Of?, out now.

Themes: Contemporary

Rating:  4 stars

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Review:

Small towns have secrets just like any big city and Alexandra Ivy has the skill to draw them out and show readers that danger can lurk around any corner if you aren’t watching your step.  I loved reading this story and enjoyed very much seeing another couple working together to overcome the evil that is so easily hidden in humans, evil that people just don’t think about because we don’t want to imagine it those we know and sometimes love.  Ellie has moved to the small town where she began her life, opening a law firm again the wishes of her big-city ambitious parents, and deciding to live a simple life.  She has caught the attention of her neighbor, retired FBI agent Nate, but she has to this point managed to evade his every advance, until one day she has no choice but to accept his assistance when her care is rendered unusable.  Nate has wanted Ellie from the first moment he saw her and when he finally gets her alone the chemistry between them is amazing, but soon he sees that there is danger around the sexy lawyer that he will put them both in the crosshairs of a dangerous killer if her pursues her.  Working together they have to find a way to stop a madman that is killing people and working to end Nate and Ellie’s chance at a future together.  Ellie is strong woman, one that has taken her life and choices into her own hands, despite her overbearing parents’ demands give up her small-town dreams.  She is determined to forge her own path and find a way to make her mark on her hometown while truly making a home for herself, and Nate is not someone she imagined crashing into her life.  Nate is a kick-ass protector and will give his all for the woman he loves, but he also has a calm and sweet side that has led him to want a simpler life, just like Ellie and he is working to make his mark on Curry in his own way as well. The heat between them is off the charts and when they are no longer able to resist it, we watch as they burn one another up in only the best of ways.  I truly enjoyed seeing Nate and Ellie find a way to overcome the danger and drama around them as well as coming to terms with their feelings for one another and forging a life together.  I am looking forward to whatever comes next in this series or whatever series is next for Alexandra Ivy.

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