As an infant, Jonathan Crane was abandoned by his selfish mother and forced to live his childhood with his religiously fanatic great-grandmother, Marion Keeny. As a young boy, he is tormented by his classmates and peers. This story follows the events, relationships, and bonds he forms as he grows, eventually forming and molding him into the terrifying villian who strikes fear into the hearts of Gothamites, The Scarecrow.

Philophobia: the abnormal, persistent and unwarranted fear of falling in love or emotional attachment. The risk is usually when a person has confronted any emotional turmoil relating to love in the past. Jonathan Crane walked out of Cassandra Jackson's life just as their love was beginning. She was left to pick up the remaining broken pieces of herself. Now a year later Cassandra is a different person. Who still loves the same man. But can she save him from his demons and not become one herself? "You are just a little boy afraid of his own shadow. That's your problem Crane. You fear everything." -Cassandra Jackson to Jonathan Crane Second Book: Of "Fearing Love Series." Reading the first book is not required. Second Book Of: "The Men Of Gotham" *mature themes, graphic violence and long chapters await you should you choose to accept this mission*