EVERY SMALL TOWN HAS A SECRET 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 … the world: This is just the beginning.
AND THIS ONE
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 neighbor, 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.
IS WORTH KILLING FOR
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.
Praise for Pretend You’re Safe
“Alexandra Ivy gives readers a nice balance of romance and suspense in her fast-paced,
well-plotted novel.”
—Kat Martin, New York Times bestselling author
“A satisfying mystery . . . Ivy’s clever foreshadowing keeps the tension high throughout this
fast-moving tale, and the romance sizzles.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A pulse-raising romantic thriller.”
—BookPage
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The Agency #3, Each book in this series is a stand alone. More suspense than romance but both equally balanced throughout the story. A story of a small town lawyer, Ellie Guthrie, and former FBI agent, Nate Marcel, working together to unravel the dirty secrets of their town Curry, Oklahoma. Ellie went against her parents wishes and settled in the small town she spent part of her childhood in; Nate after leaving the FBI got in his truck and just started to drive he ended up in Curry started ranching and woodwork. Nate was already living in Curry when Ellie moved back to her old home; Ellie was attracted to Nate from the get go but something about him told her he was an all or nothing kind of guy, and not wanting to settle down with anything other than work she tried her best to ignore her sexy neighbor. That is until weird stuff started to happen.
It started with a weird feeling and then slashed tires and escalated to dead animals outside her work. She wasn’t the only target another woman in town, Mandy, was the victim of what seemed like normal vandalizm. But the first dead body shows up a supposed drug overdose and then Mandy ends up the same way not even a full day later. Ellie and Nate both know something else is happening but the local sheriff is lazy and easily accepts that it’s a drug overdose. Things start to go sideways when the dead body of a known dealer is found in a building that Nate just bought. Now the narrow minded sheriff thinks Nate is behind it all. Good thing Nate has a good lawyer. Despite it all it doesn’t slow Ellie down trying to figure out what’s happening and why she’s being targeted along with her father and other prominent figures in town.
Overall, it was a really good read. I loved the ending it was a nice twist. The suspense kept me guessing the whole way the pacing was good it had a nice flow one event to another with enough down time for Nate and Ellie to fallin love. I liked Nate and Ellie together. I love it when the guy is already halfway in love with the woman and she just needs to be shown how much and that it’s okay to fall in love back. For Ellie the attraction and the feelings are there she just never had a good example of a happy couple and Nate is fully prepared to show her what one looks like and his entire family embraces her into their fold.
The third book in The Agency series, You Will Suffer is a well written romantic thriller. Ellie a local attorney and Nate retired FBI agent are well suited characters to take on an investigate into a spate of disappearances and murder. Deception, lies, betrayal and power, You Will Suffer had me engaged throughout and I highly recommend you pick up this amazing romantic suspense.
You Will Suffer by Alexandra Ivy is book Three in The Agency. This is the story of Ellie Guthrie and Nate Marcel. I haven’t yet read the previous books, so for me this was a standalone book.
Ellie is opening up her own Law Firm and working to make roots but something else is going on in this town. Nate is a retired FBI agent who steps forward to help protect Ellie and work to find out what is going on. Although Ellie and Nate are working towards their growing feelings, this book is surrounded by suspense and mystery. Really enjoyed this book and Ms. Ivy’s writing.
It’s been quite some time since I read this author and I’m so glad I discovered this book. This town had secrets from over two decades ago. The author slowly wove this tale keeping the reader guessing all the way. Just when I had an inkling…well I didn’t see THAT coming! In the background putting in some light away from the darkness of death is the romance between the two main characters.
I loved the plot and the characters, brilliantly written. I highly recommend this story.
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