4 .. Maybe 4.5 stars. 4.25 stars? :D

When I first became an avid reader I read primarily psychological thriller type novels; that’s almost all I read. So when I heard about this one, it not only sounded good, but I realized I had yet to read a single psychological thriller this year I decided to dive into this one right away. My eventual love for this novel was a combination of the long time spent away from the genre and the fact that the novel was truly riveting and I couldn’t stop turning pages More...

An incredible debut. Kept me wanting to turn the pages. I see Jennifer Hillier ranking among such authors as: Lee child and Chelsea Cain. I foresee greater writing abilities with experience. An author to watch!

It seems like most the books I'm reading recently share one thing in common: I really like some parts and I really dislike other parts. Creep was certainly no different, though there wasn't anything I was wildly crazy about. Morris was a fairly likable character, obviously genuinely in love with Shelia and definitely my favorite from the book, along with Jerry. Ethan rang true for me, as well, with Hillier making his derangement palpable.

The first half of the book definitely kept my interest and More...

CREEP by Jennifer Hiller

THE FOLLOWING THRILLER WAS READ IN A 24 SPAN OF TIME!

Okay, true story. Last week I was waiting for my mother’s prescriptions to be filled at a drugstore, so I had to browse the paperbacks. I picked and purchased a paperback that caught my eye. It was CREEP by Jennifer Hiller.
Staying overnight at my mom’s due to her being under the weather and my son securely cared for by his wonderful father I had the evening to read.
Starting off, with a name like CREEP you know I was i More...

‘Creep' tells the story of Dr Sheila Tao, a university professor of psychology, who enters into a casual, but intense, affair with one of her graduate students, Ethan Wolfe. When she becomes engaged to her rich financier boyfriend she moves to end the relationship with her lover, but Wolfe has other ideas.

So enraged is he by her dismissal of him, that he hatches a plan to destroy her and the life she has created - just your average Jilted John story then. It could have been but it’s so much more More...

A quick read. More like "thriller-lite" than an actual nail-biting, chills down the back of my neck, afraid to turn off the lights sort of thriller. It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but it was entertaining nevertheless.

I'm not a reader of mysteries or thrillers typically. I'm more of the Law and Order: SVU / Criminal Minds TV-watching variety. You might want to consider that when you are reading this review, because maybe people who are fans of this genre will greatly enjoy this.

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Dr. Sheila Tao is a respected and loved professor of psychology who loves her job. When she catches her husband of ten years having an affair with his scrub nurse, she decides to start fresh. But her emotions are too raw and her life spirals out of control. She becomes addicted to sex, with anyone, anywhere. When she wakes up after blacking out one morning, she realizes she has a problem and goes for help. It's a long process, but she's doing better, especially with the help of her therapist.

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Newly engaged professor Sheila Tao is looking to end the three-month long affair she has been having with her student/assistant, Ethan Wolfe. Problem is… Ethan has grown more attached to his professor than she realizes, and he starts stalking her. Ethan goes out of his way to learn as much as he can about Sheila’s fiancé, Morris, in order to find out what she truly sees in him, and also digs into some of Sheila’s deepest secrets, ones she has even kept from Morris. With the information he colle More...

I don't normally read genre books or thrillers, so it was really nice to read something different. This book was the debut novel of a Canadian who is living in the US. The main characters in this book are terribly flawed; one is a sex addict, the other an alcoholic. The sex addict is having an affair with one of her grad students, who is not all he appears to be. There are threads of sexual deviance and murder and mayhem...

The author takes you on a psychological thrill ride, and you want to figu More...

Meh.

This book is billed as a psychological thriller. Honestly, the pace never got to a point that anyone could honestly call this book thrilling and though there was a twist at the end and it was about a woman who teaches psychology, I didn't feel especially challenged in any mental capacity. It's pulp genre fiction. At no point was I on the edge of my seat. This wasn't a page turner by any means. You turn the pages because that's what you do, not because you can't wait to find out what happens More...

If I could have rated this book higher, I would have. Jennifer Hillier went above and beyond in her debut thriller, Creep. I read this book in a weekend, not because it was short, but because it was so interesting and gripping, I couldn't put it down. Jennifer's writing style has "best seller" all over it, from her flowing narratives, dialogue, even down to minute descriptions that involve you completely in the story. For instance, not only did the waitress deliver a fresh diet Coke to the table More...

“Creep” by Jennifer Hillier, published by Gallery Books.

Category – Mystery/Thriller

Hold on to your seats, this is a good one. I literally could not put it down and finished it in one sitting.

If you want a really good psychological thriller in the same vein as Chelsea Cain this book is for you. If you want it even creepier go to You Tube and listen to Radiohead’s song “Creep”.

Dr. Sheilah Tao is a psychology professor and has a dark secret. Her problem is compounded when she has a 3 month illicit More...

Dr. Sheila Tao is a recovering sex addict, but after the death of her father she suffered a relapse and had a torrid affair with her teaching assistant/ student Ethan Wolfe, but decides to break it off because she is getting married in a few weeks to the love of her life Morris Gardener, but Ethan doesn't handle the breakup well, and threatens to share a sex video of the couple together. Sheila realizes that Ethan could cost her everything if that video gets out but soon tires of Ethan's taunts More...

From the first few pages, Creep by Jennifer Hillier launched me into an unrelenting, anxiety-ridden ride. The novel begins with Sheila telling her young lover/teaching assistant Ethan that their affair is over because of her engagement to nice cuckold, Morris. Ethan, however, won't let Sheila off that easily for beneath his gorgeous looks, Ethan is a deranged psychopath. Little by little, Ethan destroys the perfect facade of a life Sheila has presented to the outside world and to her fiance. Des More...

Dr. Shelia Tao was having an affair with her teaching assistant, Ethan. When Shelia’s boyfriend proposed to her, Shelia decided to put the brakes on her and Ethan’s affair and call it quits. Unfortunately, Ethan did not take the news so well. Ethan is not someone to be used and than thrown away, when ever Shelia likes. Ethan will show Shelia that if he cannot have her that no one will not even her fiancé.

This book did not make me sit on the edge of my seat but it did keep most of my interest. T More...

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Dr. Sheila Tao has a problem. She’s to be married soon to a wonderful man, yet she’s been having a steamy affair with her sexy teaching assistant, Ethan Wolfe. When she attempts to break off the affair, Ethan becomes extremely agitated, threatening her with footage of a supposed sex video of the two of them. Sheila has no idea of the depth of Ethan’s depravity and watches as her world starts to fall apart around her, and f More...

I was so lucky to get my hands on this advanced reading copy. And I absolutely LOVED this book.

This psychological thriller is about a professor, Sheila Tao, who is a sex addict, and she has an affair with one of her HOT students right before her boyfriend pops the question. When she tries to dump the student, things turn ugly—because he isn’t who she thought she was. He is…well, the bad guy (as in crazy bad). I don’t want to give more away, but I thought it was bright and hooking and awesome.

It More...

[Never heard the song in question, not sure if I was going to like the book-didn't even take one page for me to discover I REALLY like it! Sociopathy, mystery, stalking, murder, deviant psychology-Anonymous groups of various stripes (such as AA and SAA)-excellent debut novel!] Finished-what a twister! Review will follow.


Review of Creep by Jennifer Hillier
This review is rated 18+

There is an age-old question: does Life imitate Art? Or does Art imitate Life? Sometimes Art imitates Art, it seems-on More...

It's definitely written as a. Page turned ill give you that. Very quick read. As a fan of an occasional thriller, I would say this is a fairly noteworthy debut. Jennifer hillier is not yet in the same league as Chelsea Cain, but she could be.

I was not particularly invested in my characters. They felt flat, uninteresting, and boring. Sheila that main protagonist seemed shallow. I wasn't thrilled with the sex addict spin on her much. Morris, the fiancé was such a cliche in every way. Since I am n More...

Goodreads description- 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 More...

An incredibly exciting read. The first few pages will draw the reader into the novel and create the atmosphere that is perfect for a horror novel. Sheila and Ethan were lovers that should never have been. Sheila attempts to break off the affair, setting Ethan into an obsessive spiral where he just can't seem to let go. Sheila works to keep her fiance in the dark about her affair and Ethan's obsession. The reader will enjoy the dynamics between this awkward threesome; emotions run high, the fear More...

(This review also appears on Amazon.co.uk)

Psychologist and professor Sheila Tao has been through some hard times of late, but when she gets engaged to the loveable Morris, it seems as if life for her is finally on the up. The only problem is, her engagement means she will finally have to break off her three-month affair with her teaching assistant Ethan. Though Ethan seems affable enough about the relationship ending at first, it soon becomes clear that he has a dark side- if Ethan can't have Sh More...

Dr. Sheila Tao, is beautiful, intelligent and successful in her chosen field of behavioral Psychology. She's a tenured professor, on the verge of getting engaged to her successful investment banker boyfriend, Morris Gardner. On the outside, everything in her life appears perfect. But we quickly begin to see all the flaws under the surface.

Even though she's been in therapy and attends Sex Addicts Annonymous meetings every week, she is still struggling with her addiction. After the death of her fa More...

Not what I expected. As much as I enjoyed this book, I was conflicted by it. I had problems with Sheila. Part of me wanted to feel bad for her. I could be symptomatic to her addiction, because she was working hard to overcome it and granted she made mistake. Yet these things helped to flesh her out and make her more real, which is why part of me felt well you reap what you sow. In other words she was deceptive and should've just come clean to Morris and her job. Then things wouldn't have been so More...

I didn't really have any expectations from this book, I (shamefully) just picked it up at the library based on the cover and some of the comments on the back from other authors etc.

I can't really explain how I felt about it, I wouldn't say that I was thrilled by it or that I massively enjoyed it, but I had to finish it, which by itself kind of insinuates that I liked it at least a little. It wasn't really challenging or complex at all and the ending, though a 'twist' which was somewhat unpredic More...

I had been craving a well-written juicy thriller from one of my tried, tested and true authors for a few weeks now. My Lil Sis told me I HAD to read this one. Jennifer Hillier was not one of my beloved authors, but Rhonda is not usually wrong when it comes to books. I'm so glad I listened to my sis and snatched this one up! It had everything I love in my thrillers: a really sick and twisted bad guy, a victim who isn't a whiny crybaby (and may be a touch sick and twisted herself, a few really goo More...

Dr. Sheila Tao, professor of psychology, has to end her affair with her teaching assistant, Ethan Wolfe. Her fiancée, Morris, is a sweet man who would move the world for her. The one thing between them is Tao’s secret, she’s a sex addict. She relapses and that is how her affair started but now she wants to move forward with her life and come clean to Morris. Ethan is not alright with this. No woman EVER rejects him. He attempts to blackmail Tao and when that doesn’t work he decides to kidnap her More...