KISS ME, KILL ME by Allison Brennan is the second book in the Lucy Kincaid mystery / romantic suspense series. Lucy Kincaid has real life experience with criminal predators and wants to make a career at the FBI as a profiler. While she is waiting on the process, her boyfriend, Sean Rogan asks for help. He is a security expert and a private detective. They are trying to find a missing seventeen year old girl. When their case overlaps with a criminal case in New York, the pace and complexity accelerates.

Lucy and Sean are compelling main characters. They definitely have distinct voices and their own flaws and virtues. Their goals and motivations are clear and believable and the emotions are appropriate for their individual personalities. The secondary character of Suzanne Madeaux is also well-rounded and enhanced the story. The relationships between the characters seemed believable and not contrived.

The prose was well-written and absorbing. The plot was interesting, engrossing and steady-paced. The ending was dramatic. However, I was not surprised by the identity of the criminal in this case. The novel includes themes of violence, illegal parties, drugs, family relationships and dynamics, murder, runaway teens, career choices, romantic relationships, the side effects of tragedies and those of divorces and much more. There are several steamy scenes in the book as well.

Overall, this was an excellent second book in the series. I have a couple of other books in the series that I am looking forward to reading. If this sounds like something you would enjoy, then I recommend that you read the series in order to better understand the characters, their growth, and their backgrounds.