The Prey

By Allison Brennan

Subjects: Serial murderers, Stalking victims, Suspense, Large type books, Romance, Violence against, Authors, fiction, Women novelists, Children, Fiction, romance, suspense, United States, Fiction, Bodyguards, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Serial murders, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Murder victims

Description: 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.After the prey is chosen, the hunt is on and the kill is certain.From the Paperback edition.