Creep by Jennifer Hillier

 

Synopsis

Pulsing with the dark obsession of Radiohead’s song “Creep,” this taut thriller—Jennifer Hillier’s superb debut—rockets from its seductive opening to a heartpounding climax not easily forgotten.

If he can’t have her . . .

Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology. An expert in human behavior. And when she began an affair with sexy, charming graduate student Ethan Wolfe, she knew she was playing with fire. Consumed by lust when they were together, riddled with guilt when they weren’t, she knows the three-month fling with her teaching assistant has to end. After all, she’s finally engaged to a kind and loving investment banker who adores her, and she’s taking control of her life. But when she attempts to end the affair, Ethan Wolfe won’t let her walk away.

. . . no one else can.

Ethan has plans for Sheila, plans that involve posting a sex video that would surely get her fired and destroy her prestigious career. Plans to make her pay for rejecting him. And as she attempts to counter his every threatening move without her colleagues or her fiancé discovering her most intimate secrets, a shattering crime rocks Puget Sound State University: a female student, a star athlete, is found stabbed to death. Someone is raising the stakes of violence, sex, and blackmail . . . and before she knows it, Sheila is caught in a terrifying cat-and-mouse game with the lover she couldn’t resist—who is now the monster who won’t let her go.

REVIEW

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Shelia Tao has an affair with her TA, Ethan, who is 23. Is it illegal? No. But is it wrong? Most definitely. A moment of weakness, you might say, but this affair has been going on for 3 months.
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But Sheila relapsed. She has an addiction. A sex addition. Now, she needs to get her life back in order because her boyfriend Morris has proposed.
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She’s getting married. This affair can not continue. But nobody, I mean NOBODY rejects Ethan…..
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Ethan starts stalking her to intimidate her. “They can still each other” he says. NO, absolutely not. But here’s a kicker. Ethan also has a girlfriend. Why is he so obsessed with Shelia ?
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Then one day, Sheila doesn’t meet Morris at the wedding planner. She’s not answering her phone or any text messages. Where is Shelia?
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I have read Jennifer Hillier before and my love for this book is no different than any other book I’ve read. What impresses me is that Creep is her debut novel. It was so detailed and riveting. I absolutely loved the twists and turns of this book. Cliffhanger so I can’t wait to read the next book in this mini series! If you like psychological thrillers, this is definitely one I think you should check out!

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