Authors: Allison Brennan

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Praise for
Love Me to Death

“A world-class nail-biter … Brennan is in the groove with this one.”

—New York Times
bestselling author L
EE
C
HILD

“This pulse-ratcheting romantic suspense from Brennan delivers intense action, multifaceted characters, and a truly creepy bad guy.… [A] fast-paced, engrossing read.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Twists and turns in this dark drama make it creepy and compelling in the extreme!”

—
RT Book Reviews
(starred)

Praise for
Original Sin

“Brennan shows a deft command of all things both normal and otherworldly in crafting one of the best tales of its kind since Dean Koontz and Stephen King were still writing about monsters. There is no shortage of those here and the result is a new genre classic.”

—The Providence Journal

Praise for
Fatal Secrets

“A master of suspense, Brennan does another outstanding job uniting horrifying action, procedural drama and the birth of a romance—a prime example of why she’s tops in the genre.”

—Top Pick,
RT Book Reviews

“A fast-paced, action-packed romantic suspense.”

—Romance Junkies

Praise for
Sudden Death

“Brennan knows how to deliver.”

—New York Times
bestselling author L
ISA
G
ARDNER

“This very satisfying read presents loads of action that keeps the pages flying—and makes one wonder how much is pure fiction and how much of it could really happen.”

—BookLoons

Praise for
Tempting Evil

“
Tempting Evil
is an old-fashioned potboiler in all the right ways, chock-f of tried and true hallmarks of the genre.”

—The Providence Journal

B
Y
A
LLISON
B
RENNAN

Kiss Me, Kill Me
Love Me to Death

Original Sin
Carnal Sin

Sudden Death
Fatal Secrets
Cutting Edge
Killing Fear
Tempting Evil
Playing Dead
Speak No Evil
See No Evil
Fear No Evil
The Prey
The Hunt
The Kill

Kiss Me, Kill Me
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A Ballantine Books Mass Market Original

Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

B
ALLANTINE
and colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc.

This book contains an excerpt from
If I Should Die
by Allison Brennan. This excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final content of the forthcoming edition.

eISBN: 978-0-345-52547-5

www.ballantinebooks.com

Cover design: Scott Biel
Cover photo: Andreas Kuehn/Stone/Getty Images

v3.1

For Toni McGee Causey

Thank you for your unconditional love,
support, and friendship,
above and beyond the call of duty

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Writers write in a vacuum, spending hundreds of hours writing (and rewriting) that we sometimes forget that after the book is done, there are many people involved in making that book the best it can be. Editors, the art department, sales team, marketing team, copy department, production, and more. I particularly want to thank, as always, my editorial team—Charlotte Herscher and Dana Isaacson. I am so blessed to have you both.

Other amazing people at Random House: Kate Collins, Scott Shannon, Gina Wachtel, Kelli Fillingim, and the production team. And Linda Marrow, who bought my first book for Ballantine. Without her continuing support, this sixteenth novel wouldn’t exist today.

My agent, Dan Conaway, who must have been a diplomat in a previous life, deserves much credit for his support and advice.

One of the best things about being a writer, other than the love of writing, is talking to experts across the country about their passion while learning in the process. I particularly want to thank Nathan Kensinger, photographer and journalist, for his
amazing
online photojournal. I spent many hours reading artic