Name: The Prey
ISBN: 9780345480231

Allison Brennan

Staying in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her best-selling novel is made into a Hollywood film, Rowan Smith, a former FBI agent haunted by her past, finds her life becoming a nightmare when a dismembered body is found in Colorado, a victim who bears an all too striking resemblance to a character in her novel. Original.

The Prey

Definitely more “romantic suspense” which is FINE but it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting. The “spicy” scenes felt very forced/ like someone who didn’t want them to be there wrote them. 
The mystery/ suspense was great! Did still feel like I had missed a first book or something, there were character backgrounds they referenced (and SOMETIMES explained) but I didn’t get all of it. Not sure. 
Will be continuing all her books!