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Possessing Her #1
Once You're Mine
Murder brought us together.
Only death can keep us apart.
The
Calista belongs to me... she just doesn’t know it.
The first time we met, I wanted her.
The next time, I was obsessed.
I watched her.
I followed her.
It only deepened my need to possess her.
Once she's mine, I'm never letting her go.
The
Hayden Bennett is a monster, in and out of the courtroom.
Unfortunately, I need his help.
What was supposed to be a simple transaction turns into something else.
Something intense.
He’s always there when I need him,
but I don't know if trusting him is a good idea...
Once You're Mine is Book 1 in the Possessing Her Duet that ends on a cliffhanger. It contains a morally gray hero that's OTT/JP, a stalker who falls first, has Touch Her & Die energy, and is willing to do whatever it takes to have her.
(A complete list of the TWs can be found on the author's website)
286 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2023
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December 5, 2023
girlie who else could possibly be your stalker other than the man that shows up everywhere you are and has assaulted numerous men in front of you???? use ur lil brain
October 17, 2023
*This book is part of a series and ends on a cliffhanger*
I'm not going to read the second book, I'll start by saying that. I just have no desire to know where the story goes as it's already so incredibly ridiculous. Our MMC is assaulting people in public .... in front of crowds - and just walking away from it without repercussion. Our FMC has a head full of rocks - honestly .... she can't figure out who is stalking her? Never mind that the MMC shows up everywhere she is ... never mind that the MMC assaults others who touch her and tells her over and over he'll kill anyone that does because she is his. (Spoiler alert, he does kill men who are interested in her) Never mind the FMC concluding she has a stalker and her only evidence is that he's leaving a pearl from her necklace on her bed side table each night. So....then that means she's sleeping just fine .... every night ... knowing someone is breaking into her home to leave said pearl? We live in an age of wireless camera's .... come on now, she isn't even trying to figure it out? She's to the point of fearing for others, yet she hasn't gone to the police? It makes ZERO sense. She is so unbearably dense that it was unbelievable to see her as a capable adult in any capacity. I just started skimming pages until I finished - and the only reason it's a two star is because I did, in fact, finish it.
Don't waste your time with this one - if you want a good stalker romance; try The Pucking Wrong Number or The Pucking Wrong Guy by CR Jane. Haunting Adeline if you want a dark stalker romance. Everything for Her if you want a billionaire stalking romance. I could go on and on - there are so many better options for stalker romance....
I'm not going to read the second book, I'll start by saying that. I just have no desire to know where the story goes as it's already so incredibly ridiculous. Our MMC is assaulting people in public .... in front of crowds - and just walking away from it without repercussion. Our FMC has a head full of rocks - honestly .... she can't figure out who is stalking her? Never mind that the MMC shows up everywhere she is ... never mind that the MMC assaults others who touch her and tells her over and over he'll kill anyone that does because she is his. (Spoiler alert, he does kill men who are interested in her) Never mind the FMC concluding she has a stalker and her only evidence is that he's leaving a pearl from her necklace on her bed side table each night. So....then that means she's sleeping just fine .... every night ... knowing someone is breaking into her home to leave said pearl? We live in an age of wireless camera's .... come on now, she isn't even trying to figure it out? She's to the point of fearing for others, yet she hasn't gone to the police? It makes ZERO sense. She is so unbearably dense that it was unbelievable to see her as a capable adult in any capacity. I just started skimming pages until I finished - and the only reason it's a two star is because I did, in fact, finish it.
Don't waste your time with this one - if you want a good stalker romance; try The Pucking Wrong Number or The Pucking Wrong Guy by CR Jane. Haunting Adeline if you want a dark stalker romance. Everything for Her if you want a billionaire stalking romance. I could go on and on - there are so many better options for stalker romance....
October 26, 2023
This was dumb and I couldn't finish it.
December 3, 2023
I feel like I'm being harsh but I love my psychopathic stalkers with a bit more subtlety? A bit more of an ability to not use brute force when manipulation is the way to go. Hayden, bless his heart, he was just a big dumb-dumb. He rolled up his sleeves and used his knuckles at every corner, stop sign and road marker. My guy was punching people in the middle of breakfast at the local diner? I'm blind when it comes to plot holes but come on now.
November 13, 2023
Hayden Bennett is a vigilante lawyer meting out justice to those who escape punishment through the courts.
When the death of a senator puts Calista Green in his sights, he becomes obsessed with knowing everything about her by any means necessary.
Yessir! This is what a morally grey hero looks like!! I can’t wait for the conclusion
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😢🫣🫠🥵😳
Ending: 🧗🏻♀️ {Cliffy}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Dark Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Insta-Obsession, Manipulation, OTT Jealous/Possessive, Rich AF, Rich Boy/Poor Girl, Stalker, Touch-Her-and-💀, Tracking/Spying
💋 Kinks: n/a
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: Unalìvíng, Vîolençė, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Once You’re Mine is the first book in the Possessing Her duet and ends on a cliffhanger.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
When the death of a senator puts Calista Green in his sights, he becomes obsessed with knowing everything about her by any means necessary.
Yessir! This is what a morally grey hero looks like!! I can’t wait for the conclusion
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😢🫣🫠🥵😳
Ending: 🧗🏻♀️ {Cliffy}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}
🗂 Genre: Dark Romance
✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Insta-Obsession, Manipulation, OTT Jealous/Possessive, Rich AF, Rich Boy/Poor Girl, Stalker, Touch-Her-and-💀, Tracking/Spying
💋 Kinks: n/a
⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!
🚩 Safety Squad: Unalìvíng, Vîolençė, and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!
📣 Type: Once You’re Mine is the first book in the Possessing Her duet and ends on a cliffhanger.
🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
October 30, 2023
Bruh, this was like insulting to women and men.
The plot was just okay. The cliffhanger made me upset bc this shouldn’t be a two part series lol
The MFC was embarrassing to women lol she was written like she was an air head and had no critical thinking skills.
The MMC was over-masculine and it was like a play on stigma of how tough men act. He was no Zade Meadows - he was certifiable and assaulting multiple people in public with witnesses.
I can’t believe I finished this - but it was only 290 pages.
Yikes - I do not recommend.
The plot was just okay. The cliffhanger made me upset bc this shouldn’t be a two part series lol
The MFC was embarrassing to women lol she was written like she was an air head and had no critical thinking skills.
The MMC was over-masculine and it was like a play on stigma of how tough men act. He was no Zade Meadows - he was certifiable and assaulting multiple people in public with witnesses.
I can’t believe I finished this - but it was only 290 pages.
Yikes - I do not recommend.
November 24, 2023
harper is my spirit animal
December 31, 2023
1.5⭐️
The fuck was that 🤠
This book was wrong on so many levels.
I mean, I knew I was getting myself into some sort of stalker-ish romance, but what was THAT???
She literally fell in love with this dude after talking with him for what- two weeks? She even admitted that she was “falling for him” right after they had s for the first time… uhmmmm chile anyways sooooo
On top of that, how was miss girl able to sleep peacefully knowing that a f*cking STALKER comes into her house at night? And why doesn’t she own a phone? Girl, we are living in the 21st century if you haven’t figured that out yet. Oh, and just in case you forgot: there is also something called ✨police station✨ where you can go to in case of an emergency like STALKING…
Maybe I am going to read the rest, just to see how Mr. Bennet is going to excuse his weird- ass bevahior. Didn’t he also kill her dad??? How will she forgive him for that?!?!?
But this book was really a pain in the ass, so idkkkk.
The fuck was that 🤠
This book was wrong on so many levels.
I mean, I knew I was getting myself into some sort of stalker-ish romance, but what was THAT???
She literally fell in love with this dude after talking with him for what- two weeks? She even admitted that she was “falling for him” right after they had s for the first time… uhmmmm chile anyways sooooo
On top of that, how was miss girl able to sleep peacefully knowing that a f*cking STALKER comes into her house at night? And why doesn’t she own a phone? Girl, we are living in the 21st century if you haven’t figured that out yet. Oh, and just in case you forgot: there is also something called ✨police station✨ where you can go to in case of an emergency like STALKING…
Maybe I am going to read the rest, just to see how Mr. Bennet is going to excuse his weird- ass bevahior. Didn’t he also kill her dad??? How will she forgive him for that?!?!?
But this book was really a pain in the ass, so idkkkk.
February 7, 2025
pre-review
okay so slumped for a month came back and finished this WHY THE HECK DID IT END ON A CLIFF HANGER???
okay so slumped for a month came back and finished this WHY THE HECK DID IT END ON A CLIFF HANGER???
December 28, 2023
Maybe don't read a book solely based off of a TikTok quote lol😭
September 28, 2024
This was the Wish version of Haunting Adeline.
I don’t even know where to start with this. So I’ll start with the only good thing about it - this was a very MILD dark romance. & there was consent before they had sex, which was a nice change of pace compared to other very intense dark romances.
Other than someone looking for a super mild version of this genre, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.
Like I said in the first line, the author obviously took all inspiration from Haunting Adeline when she wrote this book. The stalking, the ‘I’ll kill anyone who touches you’ vibe, the leaving pearls at her bedside (like roses), the side character being the “only guy he trusts” that he can call for help when he needs it (like Jay), her having only 1 girl best friend (like Daya) and lastly the line where it LITERALLY mentions cat & mouse and MMC changes it to her being “little bird” instead... Lol I MEAN COME ON.
I don’t get how a lawyer has all these skills to back up him killing people and getting away with it. The plot was so lazily written. This is by far the worst writing I have ever read in a book. The first 50 pages felt like it was trying to be poetry?? and then after that it was just like she was trying way too hard to sound smart… it truly felt like a middle schooler / early high schooler wrote this. There was no depth to anything. It was so rushed through. I didn’t connect with any characters. It ended on a cliff hanger (also like haunting Adeline lol) but I won’t be reading the second in the series or anything else from this author. 👎
I don’t even know where to start with this. So I’ll start with the only good thing about it - this was a very MILD dark romance. & there was consent before they had sex, which was a nice change of pace compared to other very intense dark romances.
Other than someone looking for a super mild version of this genre, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.
Like I said in the first line, the author obviously took all inspiration from Haunting Adeline when she wrote this book. The stalking, the ‘I’ll kill anyone who touches you’ vibe, the leaving pearls at her bedside (like roses), the side character being the “only guy he trusts” that he can call for help when he needs it (like Jay), her having only 1 girl best friend (like Daya) and lastly the line where it LITERALLY mentions cat & mouse and MMC changes it to her being “little bird” instead... Lol I MEAN COME ON.
I don’t get how a lawyer has all these skills to back up him killing people and getting away with it. The plot was so lazily written. This is by far the worst writing I have ever read in a book. The first 50 pages felt like it was trying to be poetry?? and then after that it was just like she was trying way too hard to sound smart… it truly felt like a middle schooler / early high schooler wrote this. There was no depth to anything. It was so rushed through. I didn’t connect with any characters. It ended on a cliff hanger (also like haunting Adeline lol) but I won’t be reading the second in the series or anything else from this author. 👎
October 22, 2023
Dark romance here we go💕💁 I love reading dark romance but not too dark and too fvcked up if you know what i mean guys😂😂😉👀👀 Like a medium dark or a small dark romance🤣 Not more than that😭😄😄 Anyway, this author omg last time i read her books is from years ago. Like a long time ago… So when I saw this i was like is this for real? But I’m glad the author did write this book after years later and it such a great book for me❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE STALKER romance!!! especially the safe ones! Not the fvcked up ones🤣 When i was reading this i was like “don’t want it to be over” 🥺🥺🥺
IN THE BEGINNING IT START WITH THE HERO’S POV AND HIS POV IS KIND OF DARK THOUGHTS SO PREPARE YOURSELF 🤭 But even though it’s a dark thoughts, it’s actually kind of hot in my opinion….
“You’ve been a mystery to me from the moment I first saw you. I’ve spent weeks trying to understand why you’re different than the rest and why you matter when I don’t give a fuck about anyone else.”
❤️
It start with the hero is looking at the heroine in a funeral. In the beginning the hero admits that he killed someone who currently he was attending the funeral of, who he thought at that time was a very bad guy, who is actually the heroine’s dad… Later we found out that the hero met the heroine during the trial against her dad and the hero is a lawyer. He was soon captivated by the heroine… The heroine didn’t flirt with him or do any those stuff, the heroine was being herself. SO THE HERO FALL FIRST AND HE FALL SO HARD FOR HER YOU HAVE NO IDEA… Okay back to the funeral. Later the hero after the funeral, he begins to stalk the heroine almost every single day. At first he was doing it to make her safe but deep down he knows he was doing it because HE WAS SO OBSESSED WITH HER🥵❤️ SHE WAS CONSUMING HIS THOUGHTS every single day and he can’t stop thinking about her…. he tried to be busy at work but his mind always running towards the heroine… Every guy the heroine talked to, every place the heroine goes to work, the hero always follows her and asked the guys what are you talking about with the heroine🥺🥺 And if the guys didn’t say anything or not being honest with him, he hurt them so bad🤣🤣 After a week of stalking her, he finally showed himself to the heroine at her work place. On first day he showed up, he defended the heroine immediately when someone tries to be rude… And after a week later, he installed cameras to the heroine’s apartment and goes at night to her apartment to watched her… And since the day he showed up at her work, she also can’t stop thinking about him and they begin something… YES IT’S A SLOW BURN BUT TRUST ME THE SLOW BURN IT’S NOT ANNOYING AND NOT BAD….
“She draws my gaze with her simple movements, each one sensual and enticing.”
“The justice system isn’t always just, which is why I don’t feel the need to operate within it. My motivations are my own. Just like my code of ethics. These maintain my sanity, provide stability, and give me purpose. They’re also a warning, an echo of my past. The events of my childhood sliced into me like a knife, cutting away weakness with every stabbing of the blade and every drop of blood spilled. Even so, my need to right the wrongs of society doesn’t drive me, doesn’t ignite me the way Calista does with a mere glance. And when she smiles? Fuck. Me. I would do anything to have her look at me that way. ANYTHING.”
🥺❤️
‼️‼️‼️SAFE ALL THE WAY. I REPEAT. SAFE ROMANTIC HOT DARK ROMANCE STALKER LOVE STORY. Not too dark though in my opinion…
SLOW BURN but not annoying and not too slow/long…
‼️��️‼️NO VIRGINS.
But both are clean. They always use a condom before.
‼️‼️‼️THE PLOT TWIST is so freakin cool!!!! It made me so curious and also kept me going.
‼️‼️‼️TRIGGERS: R*pe, drugs, death, killing, high on violence, PTSD, assassin, dark thoughts but not too dark, mystery and deception.
The hero likes to be violent about the mens who talks to the heroine and likes the heroine. And even killed them. So it’s like that tho. Again, prepare yourself. If the book it’s too dark for you and too much, do not proceed… If you read the book from kylie kent “Certifiable Attraction” the hero there is very much like that too in this book.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 🔥
‼️‼️‼️LOVE IN FIRST SIGHT.
The hero fall first then he fall so harder than anything. The hero thought she was just a temporary thing but he then quickly realized that she is everything to him. She is what he needs in his life. She is everything🥺 I love it when the hero immediately fall so hard for the heroine and ONLY HER IN THE BEGINNING. NO ONE ELSE IN THE PICTURE!!!! I LOVE IT WHEN THE STALKER LOVE ONLY THE HEROINE AND NOT ANYONE ELSE. A safe stalker love story! (Cause some of the romance whose the hero is the stalker, is not safe guys. I read it in the past couple of times it was annoying af. So thankfully this book is so safe from the start!)
“The fragrance of the bloom fills my nostrils, along with the scent of the woman who now invades my thoughts.”
“Initially, I made sure Miss Green was safe because I was curious about her. Since then, I’ve done more than that, things I wouldn’t do for anyone. I keep telling myself I’m doing it so she remains alive long enough for me to solve the puzzle that is Calista, that each new day offers me another piece, another clue as to why she’s different. And why I actually give a shit. Except my morbid fascination is growing into something I can’t identify. Something that’s slipping from my control. This is what concerns me the most.”
‼️‼️‼️NO CHEATING
‼️‼️‼️NO SEPARATION
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE LAWYER BILLIONAIRE ALPHA MALE.
I repeat. Over the top possessive!!!! Which i love very much🥺🥺 FROM DAY ONE HE IS LIKE THAT WHICH IS THE BEST PART 😍😍
The hero claimed to be with many woman but he only said that to himself like only once. And people around him doesn’t even talked about it. So I can’t quite say he is a manwhor3 😂 The hero never ever stalk anyone before and never have a serious relationship before with anyone. The heroine is the first woman he ever love so much!
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO WANTS THE HEROINE SOOO BADLY… I love it when the hero is sooo in love with the heroine and wants her so bad more than her 🤣 The hero is definitely the main pursue! THE HERO IS A STALKER to the heroine and the heroine is the first woman he ever stalk ❤️❤️❤️ Not a crazy stalker though, if i can rate him from 1 - 10 then he would be 7. The hero even likes to shower the heroine, make her food, in he’s busy schedule he will make sure to stalk the heroine and have time with her and for her. Secretly and publicly! He stole her panties a lot of times🤣 He have cameras on her apartment… The heroine is the first woman he ever kissed ❤️
“My lips thin at this. After weeks of study, I thought I’d understand her by now. While I do have copious amounts of information about her, it’s not the same thing. I want, no, I need to comprehend why this woman draws me to her like no other. Why I’m protecting her at all costs.”
“I will always chase you.”
“My need for sexual relief only increases with each passing moment I’m around Calista. No, that’s not true. It continues to grow even when I’m not around her because she’s always in my thoughts, taunting me, tempting me with her beauty. I want her more than I’ve wanted any other woman. I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t recognize there’s more to it than that. My life would certainly be less complicated right now if all I wanted was to fuck her. I could do that and move on. But with Calista, I’m not sure I can ever let go. Not with how my curiosity has deepened into a full-blown obsession. She’s not only gotten under my skin but inside my blood. A person can’t survive without it, without that life force.
She is mine.
My reason for feeling alive.
My reason for feeling enraged.
My reason for feeling anything at all.”
Oh my🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
When the heroine went to the hero’s office, one of his workers was kind of rude to her and the hero immediately said this: “She is a person of great interest to me and should be shown the ultimate respect at all times. Whenever she requests to speak to me, you will contact me immediately and put all of my other plans on hold. There’s nothing and no one more important than her. Understood?” 🥺😄 And this is before things were serious about them! And the hero defended her like that oh my🥺😍 I LOVE THAT!!!!
The hero always says to the heroine you are mine. Mine. Mine. All the time to anyone and to himself and to her!!! I lost count on his words for the heroine🥺❤️ MANY SWEET AND HOT WORDS!!!!
“You belong to me, Callie. You have since the first time I saw you. I knew it then, and I’m telling you now, you’re mine.”
🥺❤️
‼️‼️‼️BOTH ARE SINGLE WHEN THEY MEET.
‼️‼️‼️NO EX FVCK BUDDY OR EX GIRLFRIEND EVER SHOWS UP FROM THE HERO. Only one time from the heroine side which is her fiancé who came to the place she worked at, only one time.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS DRAMA BUT MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY DRAMA AND THE ENEMY AND THE PAST. Drama with om but only once! And it was before they were dating. NO DRAMA WITH OW 😍
‼️‼️‼️When the hero first saw the heroine and start to pursue her even when they weren’t serious at the time, he haven’t so much as looked at another woman. Only her!
‼️‼️‼️The heroine if I’m not mistaken, she is twenty three years old or twenty two. And the hero is 28-29 years old. Like that! They are not in their 30’s…
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE IS a very sweet loving woman but she have been through a lot… A lot of bad things happened to her but she is so humbled! She wants to love the hero but she also scared to get hurt…
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS PUSHING AWAY from the heroine but not too much and not too annoying… The hero never ever push the heroine away. Never.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS MANY MANYYY JEALOUS SCENES FROM THE HERO… Only little scenes from the heroine… I love it when the hero have so many jealous scenes 🥺❤️
“My heel broke. Of course it would break today of all days.”
“Why is that?”
“My ex-fiancé bought me these shoes and I saw him today. It’s the universe trying to tell me something.”
“Take them off. Take them off and throw them away.”
“I’m sure they can be repaired. They’re the only pair I own. I can’t just get rid of them.”
“I’ll replace them ten times over. Throw those shoes away before I lose what little patience I have left. If I would’ve known another man bought them for you, I would’ve burned them long before now.”
😂😄😄
“I’m fine with that as long as none of it involves another man,” he says. “Unless you want me to threaten his life. I might not have claimed your body, but I’ll be fucked before I let someone else touch you.”
“If you say another man’s name while wearing my cum on your skin, I’ll kill him,” I say. I might anyway since he had the privilege of your body before I did. “One thing’s for certain, I’ll be the last person to fuck you.”
“I’m sorry, okay? She’s so fucking hot I couldn’t help myself.” My simmering anger boils over, barely restrained. The need to kill this motherfucker has my muscles vibrating with the desire to move. To mete out justice, yes. But more than that, I want him to suffer. Greatly. (it was very bad idea when the guy said that to the hero so casually) 🤣
“I warned you,” I say. “I gave you a chance to walk away and you didn’t take it. Instead, you thought you could touch what’s mine. Fuck what’s mine. For that, there’s no devil in hell or god in heaven who can save you. Burn, motherfucker.”
‼️‼️‼️VERY HOT SMUT SCENES…. The hero loves the heroine’s body so much 😍😍 And also the hero likes to touch the heroine all the freakin time and always imagining her body yesss!!!! But i think we can get more into the s3x scenes in the second book which is a few days later! 🔥🔥🔥
‼️‼️‼️The chemistry between them yesss you can feel it! It’s very much there and very romantic 😍😍😍😍 With the hero always thinks about the heroine being his and everything, it just made the chemistry so much better 🤭
‼️‼️‼️I played Daniel Di Angelo songs when i read this book. It just make it more hotter 🔥🔥
Well at least for me it is 😄
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE TALKED ONCE ABOUT HER PAST relationship to the hero. The hero only once too but it was not detailed cause he was focusing on more to the heroine.
‼️‼️‼️IT ENDS WITH A CLIFFHANGER.
THE SECOND BOOK WILL BE IN A FEW DAYS AND OF COURSE I WILL GET YOU POSTED ON THAT ONE!
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I’m writing my disclaimer again here cause many negative people still don't get it or still be stupid enough not to understand my POV when I already write it so many times before. So here I am writing it again to you beautifuls human being😁😁 WHEN YOU READ MY LONG OR SHORT REVIEW, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT A STORY AND CHARACTERS RIGHT... IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEN HERE IT IS: I LIKE A BOOK WITH VERY POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE ALPHA MALE, NO CHEATING, AND PLEASE NO MANWHOR3, NO MANY PUSHING AWAY, NO DOORMAT HEROINES, NO MANY OW DRAMA, NO S3X SCENE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. AND SAFE ALL THE WAY AND A HAPPY ENDING. Something that I don't like it very much if the hero or heroine have a crazy fvcked up personality and likes. Example: killing someone and let the heroine watch it all and push the heroine to lick all the blood of his victim and made her have to eat the meat of humans. and fvcks many woman in front of the heroine while telling her he loves her. I DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF SH*T AT ALL. That's just who I am, that's what I like and I don't like on a book. Maybe you love that, but I don't. We humans are different, we think very differently from one another. You have your likes and I have mine, you have your opinions and I have mine of my own. You think it's stupid of me to love such a book or to not love a book or to hate it whatever lol, I think it's bad you think that way cause I respect people's opinions cause I know for a fact we have our differences. YOU AND ME ARE DIFFERENT FOR PETE'S SAKE. I even have my own friends or people I follow here that shows how much they don't like the book I like, I never even give them a long comment or short Comment. Cause I respect their opinions. I don't like to give people I hard time here cause life itself is already hard enough. I do respect your opinion if you say my review is bad or whatever negative things about it, but in the end of the day I will not changed my mind about what book I dislike and how my thoughts about it. You can't tell me what to do. You can give me advice but it's me who decided to know what's right for me, this is my life and not yours. Read that again. Don’t assume things about me that is not even real, just don’t. cause when you do you’re more small minded for sure. You're thinking why I'm telling you all of this when you already know? Is because you still hating on my opinions and don't understand my POV and don't respect my POV. You think i like writing this disclaimer when obviously you're an adult already? no i personally think this is unnecessary... but because there are people out there who still don't get it *rolling my eyes*. Hopefully they or the people who read this disclaimer can use a beautiful thing called a brain:) AND WHEN YOU READ MY REVIEW, READ IT VERY CLEARLY TO SEE IF I FINISHED THE BOOK OR NOT. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND YES ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WRITING, THEN IT MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH. I DO NOT TOLERATE BULLYING, NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND MEAN WORDS. PLEASE USE A WISE WORDS SO WE DON'T ATTACK EACH OTHER. SIMPLY, I DON’T LIKE TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH STRANGERS LIKE YOU CAUSE I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO😚 BUT IF YOU STILL WANT TO BE AMBER HEARD KARENS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND MY DISCLAIMER AFTER I JUST WRITE IT DOWN, THEN GO ENJOY YOUR DAY AND GO AWAY. IT'S VERY EASY FOR A HUMAN COULD DO YA KNOW. IF YOU STILL HERE HATING ME OR ANNOYED WITH ME, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. NOT ME PROBLEM. HASHTAGS BURN😂😂 DON'T TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY ON ONLINE CAUSE WE ALL A STRANGERS, WE NEVER EVER MEET. WE'RE ADULTS HERE SO LETS BE WISER. LAST, I BLOCK NEGATIVE PEOPLE! SO GET WELL SOON TO THE HATERS. HOPEFULLY YOUR HEART AND MIND WILL BE MORE POSITIVE 🙏🙏🙏 AND THIS DISCLAIMER MAY SEEMS LIKE TOO HARSH ON YOU BUT HEY I DON'T LIKE TO SUGAR COATED THINGS. I LIKE TO SAY TO THE POINT WITH MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OWN THOUGHTS, CAUSE THAT'S HOW HUMANS ARE. WE ARE DIFFERENT REMEMBER👍 HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
IN THE BEGINNING IT START WITH THE HERO’S POV AND HIS POV IS KIND OF DARK THOUGHTS SO PREPARE YOURSELF 🤭 But even though it’s a dark thoughts, it’s actually kind of hot in my opinion….
“You’ve been a mystery to me from the moment I first saw you. I’ve spent weeks trying to understand why you’re different than the rest and why you matter when I don’t give a fuck about anyone else.”
❤️
It start with the hero is looking at the heroine in a funeral. In the beginning the hero admits that he killed someone who currently he was attending the funeral of, who he thought at that time was a very bad guy, who is actually the heroine’s dad… Later we found out that the hero met the heroine during the trial against her dad and the hero is a lawyer. He was soon captivated by the heroine… The heroine didn’t flirt with him or do any those stuff, the heroine was being herself. SO THE HERO FALL FIRST AND HE FALL SO HARD FOR HER YOU HAVE NO IDEA… Okay back to the funeral. Later the hero after the funeral, he begins to stalk the heroine almost every single day. At first he was doing it to make her safe but deep down he knows he was doing it because HE WAS SO OBSESSED WITH HER🥵❤️ SHE WAS CONSUMING HIS THOUGHTS every single day and he can’t stop thinking about her…. he tried to be busy at work but his mind always running towards the heroine… Every guy the heroine talked to, every place the heroine goes to work, the hero always follows her and asked the guys what are you talking about with the heroine🥺🥺 And if the guys didn’t say anything or not being honest with him, he hurt them so bad🤣🤣 After a week of stalking her, he finally showed himself to the heroine at her work place. On first day he showed up, he defended the heroine immediately when someone tries to be rude… And after a week later, he installed cameras to the heroine’s apartment and goes at night to her apartment to watched her… And since the day he showed up at her work, she also can’t stop thinking about him and they begin something… YES IT’S A SLOW BURN BUT TRUST ME THE SLOW BURN IT’S NOT ANNOYING AND NOT BAD….
“She draws my gaze with her simple movements, each one sensual and enticing.”
“The justice system isn’t always just, which is why I don’t feel the need to operate within it. My motivations are my own. Just like my code of ethics. These maintain my sanity, provide stability, and give me purpose. They’re also a warning, an echo of my past. The events of my childhood sliced into me like a knife, cutting away weakness with every stabbing of the blade and every drop of blood spilled. Even so, my need to right the wrongs of society doesn’t drive me, doesn’t ignite me the way Calista does with a mere glance. And when she smiles? Fuck. Me. I would do anything to have her look at me that way. ANYTHING.”
🥺❤️
‼️‼️‼️SAFE ALL THE WAY. I REPEAT. SAFE ROMANTIC HOT DARK ROMANCE STALKER LOVE STORY. Not too dark though in my opinion…
SLOW BURN but not annoying and not too slow/long…
‼️��️‼️NO VIRGINS.
But both are clean. They always use a condom before.
‼️‼️‼️THE PLOT TWIST is so freakin cool!!!! It made me so curious and also kept me going.
‼️‼️‼️TRIGGERS: R*pe, drugs, death, killing, high on violence, PTSD, assassin, dark thoughts but not too dark, mystery and deception.
The hero likes to be violent about the mens who talks to the heroine and likes the heroine. And even killed them. So it’s like that tho. Again, prepare yourself. If the book it’s too dark for you and too much, do not proceed… If you read the book from kylie kent “Certifiable Attraction” the hero there is very much like that too in this book.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 🔥
‼️‼️‼️LOVE IN FIRST SIGHT.
The hero fall first then he fall so harder than anything. The hero thought she was just a temporary thing but he then quickly realized that she is everything to him. She is what he needs in his life. She is everything🥺 I love it when the hero immediately fall so hard for the heroine and ONLY HER IN THE BEGINNING. NO ONE ELSE IN THE PICTURE!!!! I LOVE IT WHEN THE STALKER LOVE ONLY THE HEROINE AND NOT ANYONE ELSE. A safe stalker love story! (Cause some of the romance whose the hero is the stalker, is not safe guys. I read it in the past couple of times it was annoying af. So thankfully this book is so safe from the start!)
“The fragrance of the bloom fills my nostrils, along with the scent of the woman who now invades my thoughts.”
“Initially, I made sure Miss Green was safe because I was curious about her. Since then, I’ve done more than that, things I wouldn’t do for anyone. I keep telling myself I’m doing it so she remains alive long enough for me to solve the puzzle that is Calista, that each new day offers me another piece, another clue as to why she’s different. And why I actually give a shit. Except my morbid fascination is growing into something I can’t identify. Something that’s slipping from my control. This is what concerns me the most.”
‼️‼️‼️NO CHEATING
‼️‼️‼️NO SEPARATION
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE LAWYER BILLIONAIRE ALPHA MALE.
I repeat. Over the top possessive!!!! Which i love very much🥺🥺 FROM DAY ONE HE IS LIKE THAT WHICH IS THE BEST PART 😍😍
The hero claimed to be with many woman but he only said that to himself like only once. And people around him doesn’t even talked about it. So I can’t quite say he is a manwhor3 😂 The hero never ever stalk anyone before and never have a serious relationship before with anyone. The heroine is the first woman he ever love so much!
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO WANTS THE HEROINE SOOO BADLY… I love it when the hero is sooo in love with the heroine and wants her so bad more than her 🤣 The hero is definitely the main pursue! THE HERO IS A STALKER to the heroine and the heroine is the first woman he ever stalk ❤️❤️❤️ Not a crazy stalker though, if i can rate him from 1 - 10 then he would be 7. The hero even likes to shower the heroine, make her food, in he’s busy schedule he will make sure to stalk the heroine and have time with her and for her. Secretly and publicly! He stole her panties a lot of times🤣 He have cameras on her apartment… The heroine is the first woman he ever kissed ❤️
“My lips thin at this. After weeks of study, I thought I’d understand her by now. While I do have copious amounts of information about her, it’s not the same thing. I want, no, I need to comprehend why this woman draws me to her like no other. Why I’m protecting her at all costs.”
“I will always chase you.”
“My need for sexual relief only increases with each passing moment I’m around Calista. No, that’s not true. It continues to grow even when I’m not around her because she’s always in my thoughts, taunting me, tempting me with her beauty. I want her more than I’ve wanted any other woman. I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t recognize there’s more to it than that. My life would certainly be less complicated right now if all I wanted was to fuck her. I could do that and move on. But with Calista, I’m not sure I can ever let go. Not with how my curiosity has deepened into a full-blown obsession. She’s not only gotten under my skin but inside my blood. A person can’t survive without it, without that life force.
She is mine.
My reason for feeling alive.
My reason for feeling enraged.
My reason for feeling anything at all.”
Oh my🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
When the heroine went to the hero’s office, one of his workers was kind of rude to her and the hero immediately said this: “She is a person of great interest to me and should be shown the ultimate respect at all times. Whenever she requests to speak to me, you will contact me immediately and put all of my other plans on hold. There’s nothing and no one more important than her. Understood?” 🥺😄 And this is before things were serious about them! And the hero defended her like that oh my🥺😍 I LOVE THAT!!!!
The hero always says to the heroine you are mine. Mine. Mine. All the time to anyone and to himself and to her!!! I lost count on his words for the heroine🥺❤️ MANY SWEET AND HOT WORDS!!!!
“You belong to me, Callie. You have since the first time I saw you. I knew it then, and I’m telling you now, you’re mine.”
🥺❤️
‼️‼️‼️BOTH ARE SINGLE WHEN THEY MEET.
‼️‼️‼️NO EX FVCK BUDDY OR EX GIRLFRIEND EVER SHOWS UP FROM THE HERO. Only one time from the heroine side which is her fiancé who came to the place she worked at, only one time.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS DRAMA BUT MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY DRAMA AND THE ENEMY AND THE PAST. Drama with om but only once! And it was before they were dating. NO DRAMA WITH OW 😍
‼️‼️‼️When the hero first saw the heroine and start to pursue her even when they weren’t serious at the time, he haven’t so much as looked at another woman. Only her!
‼️‼️‼️The heroine if I’m not mistaken, she is twenty three years old or twenty two. And the hero is 28-29 years old. Like that! They are not in their 30’s…
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE IS a very sweet loving woman but she have been through a lot… A lot of bad things happened to her but she is so humbled! She wants to love the hero but she also scared to get hurt…
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS PUSHING AWAY from the heroine but not too much and not too annoying… The hero never ever push the heroine away. Never.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS MANY MANYYY JEALOUS SCENES FROM THE HERO… Only little scenes from the heroine… I love it when the hero have so many jealous scenes 🥺❤️
“My heel broke. Of course it would break today of all days.”
“Why is that?”
“My ex-fiancé bought me these shoes and I saw him today. It’s the universe trying to tell me something.”
“Take them off. Take them off and throw them away.”
“I’m sure they can be repaired. They’re the only pair I own. I can’t just get rid of them.”
“I’ll replace them ten times over. Throw those shoes away before I lose what little patience I have left. If I would’ve known another man bought them for you, I would’ve burned them long before now.”
😂😄😄
“I’m fine with that as long as none of it involves another man,” he says. “Unless you want me to threaten his life. I might not have claimed your body, but I’ll be fucked before I let someone else touch you.”
“If you say another man’s name while wearing my cum on your skin, I’ll kill him,” I say. I might anyway since he had the privilege of your body before I did. “One thing’s for certain, I’ll be the last person to fuck you.”
“I’m sorry, okay? She’s so fucking hot I couldn’t help myself.” My simmering anger boils over, barely restrained. The need to kill this motherfucker has my muscles vibrating with the desire to move. To mete out justice, yes. But more than that, I want him to suffer. Greatly. (it was very bad idea when the guy said that to the hero so casually) 🤣
“I warned you,” I say. “I gave you a chance to walk away and you didn’t take it. Instead, you thought you could touch what’s mine. Fuck what’s mine. For that, there’s no devil in hell or god in heaven who can save you. Burn, motherfucker.”
‼️‼️‼️VERY HOT SMUT SCENES…. The hero loves the heroine’s body so much 😍😍 And also the hero likes to touch the heroine all the freakin time and always imagining her body yesss!!!! But i think we can get more into the s3x scenes in the second book which is a few days later! 🔥🔥🔥
‼️‼️‼️The chemistry between them yesss you can feel it! It’s very much there and very romantic 😍😍😍😍 With the hero always thinks about the heroine being his and everything, it just made the chemistry so much better 🤭
‼️‼️‼️I played Daniel Di Angelo songs when i read this book. It just make it more hotter 🔥🔥
Well at least for me it is 😄
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE TALKED ONCE ABOUT HER PAST relationship to the hero. The hero only once too but it was not detailed cause he was focusing on more to the heroine.
‼️‼️‼️IT ENDS WITH A CLIFFHANGER.
THE SECOND BOOK WILL BE IN A FEW DAYS AND OF COURSE I WILL GET YOU POSTED ON THAT ONE!
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I’m writing my disclaimer again here cause many negative people still don't get it or still be stupid enough not to understand my POV when I already write it so many times before. So here I am writing it again to you beautifuls human being😁😁 WHEN YOU READ MY LONG OR SHORT REVIEW, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT A STORY AND CHARACTERS RIGHT... IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEN HERE IT IS: I LIKE A BOOK WITH VERY POSSESSIVE PROTECTIVE ALPHA MALE, NO CHEATING, AND PLEASE NO MANWHOR3, NO MANY PUSHING AWAY, NO DOORMAT HEROINES, NO MANY OW DRAMA, NO S3X SCENE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. AND SAFE ALL THE WAY AND A HAPPY ENDING. Something that I don't like it very much if the hero or heroine have a crazy fvcked up personality and likes. Example: killing someone and let the heroine watch it all and push the heroine to lick all the blood of his victim and made her have to eat the meat of humans. and fvcks many woman in front of the heroine while telling her he loves her. I DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF SH*T AT ALL. That's just who I am, that's what I like and I don't like on a book. Maybe you love that, but I don't. We humans are different, we think very differently from one another. You have your likes and I have mine, you have your opinions and I have mine of my own. You think it's stupid of me to love such a book or to not love a book or to hate it whatever lol, I think it's bad you think that way cause I respect people's opinions cause I know for a fact we have our differences. YOU AND ME ARE DIFFERENT FOR PETE'S SAKE. I even have my own friends or people I follow here that shows how much they don't like the book I like, I never even give them a long comment or short Comment. Cause I respect their opinions. I don't like to give people I hard time here cause life itself is already hard enough. I do respect your opinion if you say my review is bad or whatever negative things about it, but in the end of the day I will not changed my mind about what book I dislike and how my thoughts about it. You can't tell me what to do. You can give me advice but it's me who decided to know what's right for me, this is my life and not yours. Read that again. Don’t assume things about me that is not even real, just don’t. cause when you do you’re more small minded for sure. You're thinking why I'm telling you all of this when you already know? Is because you still hating on my opinions and don't understand my POV and don't respect my POV. You think i like writing this disclaimer when obviously you're an adult already? no i personally think this is unnecessary... but because there are people out there who still don't get it *rolling my eyes*. Hopefully they or the people who read this disclaimer can use a beautiful thing called a brain:) AND WHEN YOU READ MY REVIEW, READ IT VERY CLEARLY TO SEE IF I FINISHED THE BOOK OR NOT. KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. AND YES ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. BUT IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M WRITING, THEN IT MEANS YOU UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH. I DO NOT TOLERATE BULLYING, NEGATIVE COMMENTS AND MEAN WORDS. PLEASE USE A WISE WORDS SO WE DON'T ATTACK EACH OTHER. SIMPLY, I DON’T LIKE TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH STRANGERS LIKE YOU CAUSE I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO😚 BUT IF YOU STILL WANT TO BE AMBER HEARD KARENS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND MY DISCLAIMER AFTER I JUST WRITE IT DOWN, THEN GO ENJOY YOUR DAY AND GO AWAY. IT'S VERY EASY FOR A HUMAN COULD DO YA KNOW. IF YOU STILL HERE HATING ME OR ANNOYED WITH ME, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM. NOT ME PROBLEM. HASHTAGS BURN😂😂 DON'T TAKE THINGS TOO PERSONALLY ON ONLINE CAUSE WE ALL A STRANGERS, WE NEVER EVER MEET. WE'RE ADULTS HERE SO LETS BE WISER. LAST, I BLOCK NEGATIVE PEOPLE! SO GET WELL SOON TO THE HATERS. HOPEFULLY YOUR HEART AND MIND WILL BE MORE POSITIVE 🙏🙏🙏 AND THIS DISCLAIMER MAY SEEMS LIKE TOO HARSH ON YOU BUT HEY I DON'T LIKE TO SUGAR COATED THINGS. I LIKE TO SAY TO THE POINT WITH MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY OWN THOUGHTS, CAUSE THAT'S HOW HUMANS ARE. WE ARE DIFFERENT REMEMBER👍 HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!
March 19, 2025
3.5⭐️
Omg I loved this way more than I thought I would! This ticks so many boxes for a dark romance!
Hayden Bennett is a top attorney who was the prosecutor on Callie’s Dads case. He also murdered Callie’s father unbeknownst to her, but he now thinks her father could’ve been innocent. Through being connected to the case he becomes obsessed with Callie and that then develops into feelings for her. He’s extremely morally grey, posssive and complete touch her and 💀 vibes. He literally pinned a man’s hand to a bar and set fire to him & the building for wanting to sleep with Callie 😭😭😭 he’s unhinged and I ATE IT UP 🤣
I mean Hayden is such a red flag with lots trauma, and Calista is completely trauma bonding and needs someone after loosing her dad and having no one so bother of their decisions are extremely questionable, but hey… it’s a dark romance 🤷🏽♀️😂
There’s also an ongoing mystery surrounding Callie and what happened to her too which I’m intrigued to see how this all fits in to what we’ve discovered so far. I’ve really enjoyed this, going straight onto book 2!
Omg I loved this way more than I thought I would! This ticks so many boxes for a dark romance!
Hayden Bennett is a top attorney who was the prosecutor on Callie’s Dads case. He also murdered Callie’s father unbeknownst to her, but he now thinks her father could’ve been innocent. Through being connected to the case he becomes obsessed with Callie and that then develops into feelings for her. He’s extremely morally grey, posssive and complete touch her and 💀 vibes. He literally pinned a man’s hand to a bar and set fire to him & the building for wanting to sleep with Callie 😭😭😭 he’s unhinged and I ATE IT UP 🤣
I mean Hayden is such a red flag with lots trauma, and Calista is completely trauma bonding and needs someone after loosing her dad and having no one so bother of their decisions are extremely questionable, but hey… it’s a dark romance 🤷🏽♀️😂
There’s also an ongoing mystery surrounding Callie and what happened to her too which I’m intrigued to see how this all fits in to what we’ve discovered so far. I’ve really enjoyed this, going straight onto book 2!
June 30, 2025
This duology started off decent, classic stalker romance with a lot of tension and seemingly interesting backstory plot.
However, it turned into me being the third party in a highly dysfunctional relationship who treats sex as the solution to all their issues, when their actual issues lies in trust and communication.
They run hotter and colder than katy perry in the most annoying way you can imagine.
I know I’ve said I do like my obsessed psychopaths(in fiction only), but seems Hayden Bennett is the exception to the rule.
I hate them both actually
(review for both books bc I cannot be arsed)
However, it turned into me being the third party in a highly dysfunctional relationship who treats sex as the solution to all their issues, when their actual issues lies in trust and communication.
They run hotter and colder than katy perry in the most annoying way you can imagine.
I know I’ve said I do like my obsessed psychopaths(in fiction only), but seems Hayden Bennett is the exception to the rule.
I hate them both actually
(review for both books bc I cannot be arsed)
June 28, 2024
“If I give myself to you, you’ll break me into pieces so small I won’t be able to put myself back together or make myself whole.”
“I’ll fuse your broken pieces with mine. Together, we’ll be whole, Callie.”
“I’ll fuse your broken pieces with mine. Together, we’ll be whole, Callie.”
March 3, 2024
I‘m sorry. I tried to read it but this book didn‘t pull me in AT ALL.
It felt so juvenile, so teenager-Wattpad-fanfiction. I honestly expected Bennett to look like [insert ex One Direction/any K-Pop group member].
My biggest issue though was with the reality check. I‘m sorry but the daughter of a high-profile politician is not very likely to need to be working a shitty job because she can‘t get her cents together. Like what?! Who the hell thought that was realistic in ANY multiverse??
A senator‘s daughter WILL have the necessary kind of daddy‘s money to not be needing to do that. She WILL have the kind of connections to snatch up a high class job. But beeing so poor - bordering on homelessness - that you need to work a shitty barkeeper job at the next best Hooters for Sons of Anarchy gangsters? Nah, not very fucking believable.
And where the hell is her mom at? Because I think I missed the memo of what happened to her mom.
So yeah … I really AM digging dark romance novels and I will overlook some extent of absent logic (hi, H.D. Carlton) but this one just didn‘t do it for me.
It felt so juvenile, so teenager-Wattpad-fanfiction. I honestly expected Bennett to look like [insert ex One Direction/any K-Pop group member].
My biggest issue though was with the reality check. I‘m sorry but the daughter of a high-profile politician is not very likely to need to be working a shitty job because she can‘t get her cents together. Like what?! Who the hell thought that was realistic in ANY multiverse??
A senator‘s daughter WILL have the necessary kind of daddy‘s money to not be needing to do that. She WILL have the kind of connections to snatch up a high class job. But beeing so poor - bordering on homelessness - that you need to work a shitty barkeeper job at the next best Hooters for Sons of Anarchy gangsters? Nah, not very fucking believable.
And where the hell is her mom at? Because I think I missed the memo of what happened to her mom.
So yeah … I really AM digging dark romance novels and I will overlook some extent of absent logic (hi, H.D. Carlton) but this one just didn‘t do it for me.
November 16, 2023
Excuse me while I binge the next book. I literally could not and can not get enough. Haunting Adeline meets the Mind f series. Amazing
December 15, 2023
Honestly, I tried. I got to page 267/297 but this is not worth the brain cells lost.
February 29, 2024
It's not good, but entertaining enough to get through like a bad TV show
July 11, 2025
DNF @ 56%
I can do with the cringey territorial comments from a serial killing stalker but I draw the line at his mommy issues
Weirdo
I can do with the cringey territorial comments from a serial killing stalker but I draw the line at his mommy issues
Weirdo
November 16, 2023
It didn’t really give “stalker”. Like he took her necklace and left pieces for her but that’s it. I feel like that’s just creepy, but she claims he tormented her…? Daddy Zade would wipe the floor with Hayden let me tell you. Anyways I’m a big fan of how psychotic Hayden is. It’s so funny. He’s so intense and for what? There is also a lot of overlap in this book. He was the prosecuting attorney on her father’s case, then proceeded to murder him (even tho he may be innocent?) and now there’s a tie with the FMC, his dead mom, and HER dead dad’s dead sexretary (not a typo: she was pregnant with his baby lol). Hopefully this review confused you
xoxo
I bet he drives a black out Audi R8
xoxo
I bet he drives a black out Audi R8
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2023
This book is for rats.
I'm rats 😭
I'm rats 😭
July 8, 2025
rating: 3.5 ⭐
review to come!
Chapter 34:
Play "I bet on losing dogs".. MY POOR CALLIE 😭😭
(also I'm becoming addicted like what-)
Chapter 23:
"Here's your order. I hope you get ran over by a bus on your way home." LMAO THAT'S SO ME 😭😭
Chapter 20:
BRO SINCE WHEN DOES SHE HAVE ANY FEELINGS FOR HIM!!?!?!?!? IT LITERALLY JUMPED FROM "I FUCKING HATE YOU MOTHERFUCKER 😡" TO "I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU ❤️🥺" IN A SMALL PARAGRAPH. like tf-
Chapter 9:
“She’s mine.” 🧍♀️
Yep dude for sure; you ruined her life by killing her father who might not have done the crimes you took him to court for and because of you the poor girls fiance left her, she had to sold her house, lives at a obviously not safe apartment, has no money nor anyone there for her, works two jobs, left collage, HAS A STALKER (but it's you so no problem babygirl we all have our demons, am I right 🩷) and so much more. But yeah, she's definitely yours.
PRE-READ:
Let's keep it short because I want to start reading, shall we?
Do I think I will like this book?- absolutely not
Do other people like this book?- none of my friends did nor is the overall rating very good.
Am I reading this because I'm bored and just want to clear my mind of everything going on?- Fucking yes.
Do I believe that there is a small chance I actually end up liking this?- Maybe... let's leave it at that.
review to come!
Chapter 34:
Play "I bet on losing dogs".. MY POOR CALLIE 😭😭
(also I'm becoming addicted like what-)
Chapter 23:
"Here's your order. I hope you get ran over by a bus on your way home." LMAO THAT'S SO ME 😭😭
Chapter 20:
BRO SINCE WHEN DOES SHE HAVE ANY FEELINGS FOR HIM!!?!?!?!? IT LITERALLY JUMPED FROM "I FUCKING HATE YOU MOTHERFUCKER 😡" TO "I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU ❤️🥺" IN A SMALL PARAGRAPH. like tf-
Chapter 9:
“She’s mine.” 🧍♀️
Yep dude for sure; you ruined her life by killing her father who might not have done the crimes you took him to court for and because of you the poor girls fiance left her, she had to sold her house, lives at a obviously not safe apartment, has no money nor anyone there for her, works two jobs, left collage, HAS A STALKER (but it's you so no problem babygirl we all have our demons, am I right 🩷) and so much more. But yeah, she's definitely yours.
PRE-READ:
Let's keep it short because I want to start reading, shall we?
Do I think I will like this book?- absolutely not
Do other people like this book?- none of my friends did nor is the overall rating very good.
Am I reading this because I'm bored and just want to clear my mind of everything going on?- Fucking yes.
Do I believe that there is a small chance I actually end up liking this?- Maybe... let's leave it at that.
November 18, 2025
**Audiobook**
"I still want you... even though you have been raped/assaulted."
What the fuck, Author?
This was so close to being a 2.5 or 3-star rating for me, because the stalker trope is one of my weaknesses...
I was even willing to overlook the annoying best friend of the FMC, who is a total caricature btw. Her life literally revolves around the FMC's sex life for some reason, and every word out of her mouth is a try-hard sexual innuendo...
Like, this is not funny or quirky. Her character just comes off as unnatural at best and annoying at worst, and my eyes are constantly rolling to the back of my head whenever she's in a scene...
But the final straw was that scene with the FMC and MMC.
The MMC finds out the FMC may have been assaulted...
Then the FMC, for some reason, questions her desirability to the MMC...?
The MMC then reassures the FMC that she is desirable to him...
Um... okay...
I don’t think authors know how to write romance anymore.
What the fuck was that?
We need a makeover in the romance book community! ASAP
"I still want you... even though you have been raped/assaulted."
What the fuck, Author?
This was so close to being a 2.5 or 3-star rating for me, because the stalker trope is one of my weaknesses...
I was even willing to overlook the annoying best friend of the FMC, who is a total caricature btw. Her life literally revolves around the FMC's sex life for some reason, and every word out of her mouth is a try-hard sexual innuendo...
Like, this is not funny or quirky. Her character just comes off as unnatural at best and annoying at worst, and my eyes are constantly rolling to the back of my head whenever she's in a scene...
But the final straw was that scene with the FMC and MMC.
The MMC finds out the FMC may have been assaulted...
Then the FMC, for some reason, questions her desirability to the MMC...?
The MMC then reassures the FMC that she is desirable to him...
Um... okay...
I don’t think authors know how to write romance anymore.
What the fuck was that?
We need a makeover in the romance book community! ASAP
May 18, 2024
Save this for when you’re looking for a very bingeable, stalker romance that’s a bit dumb and ridiculous and you’re ok with absolutely terrible writing.
Was it really bad? Yeah.
But was I entertained? Also yes.
Kind of like junk food for your brain.
I’d blink and realize a hundred pages went by.
Was it really bad? Yeah.
But was I entertained? Also yes.
Kind of like junk food for your brain.
I’d blink and realize a hundred pages went by.
September 4, 2024
જ⁀➴ Adds to DNF pile
I’ve honestly been sitting on this review. First off it was a. I made it 160 pages out of 300 so I felt like I could at least give an opinion.
1. If you are going to sell this as a stalker romance there needs to be STALKING. We got the bare minimum of stalking and it was subpar at best.
2. The romance progression of this book DID NOT make sense. She maybe had 3 encounters with this guy and the first time he’s vulnerable which was (their third time) meeting she says “ I didn’t think he was capable of such emotions” like girl bffr, you DONT KNOW HIM LOL so you’re googly eyes for someone you’ve barely met isn’t making sense.
3. the stalking that does happen, the FMC is acting clueless like she has no idea but it’s painfully obvious.
I feel like i’ve seen this book get super positive reviews and I just didn’t get the hype.
Anyways there was a lot of issues with this book.
I’ve honestly been sitting on this review. First off it was a. I made it 160 pages out of 300 so I felt like I could at least give an opinion.
1. If you are going to sell this as a stalker romance there needs to be STALKING. We got the bare minimum of stalking and it was subpar at best.
2. The romance progression of this book DID NOT make sense. She maybe had 3 encounters with this guy and the first time he’s vulnerable which was (their third time) meeting she says “ I didn’t think he was capable of such emotions” like girl bffr, you DONT KNOW HIM LOL so you’re googly eyes for someone you’ve barely met isn’t making sense.
3. the stalking that does happen, the FMC is acting clueless like she has no idea but it’s painfully obvious.
I feel like i’ve seen this book get super positive reviews and I just didn’t get the hype.
Anyways there was a lot of issues with this book.
May 21, 2025
Stalker Romance. His & Her POVs. I would say this is a wholesome dark romance. Broody possessive MMC. The FMC is lovable & smart. The banter was so good! I liked this one a lot! It was a total vibe! I would say mildly spicy!
January 15, 2024
2.5 Stars
The writing on this was pretty good, but the characters and the plot…oof. I made a remark not long ago that often in dark romances the FMCs are somehow so dumb. Callie is no exception to this. All of the evidence was staring her straight in the face and she was somehow still unsure who was stalking her. Like girl be so for real. Hayden was just…meh. There was really no build up to his obsession which is unfortunate, because I enjoy watching the MMC’s slowly become more and more unhinged.
I’m going to read the second one, and I hope that it’s paced better. Maybe Callie will actually grow a backbone. Idk. Also, if her dad was a wealthy senator how does she have absolutely no money?? It never got explained how she went from living in a home with workers and all kinds of money, and now she’s working at a coffee shop scraping pennies. There’s no backstory or buildup. Why didn’t things start at the trial and progress from there? I have so many questions. Anyway…yea. Let me see what book two is about I guess.
The writing on this was pretty good, but the characters and the plot…oof. I made a remark not long ago that often in dark romances the FMCs are somehow so dumb. Callie is no exception to this. All of the evidence was staring her straight in the face and she was somehow still unsure who was stalking her. Like girl be so for real. Hayden was just…meh. There was really no build up to his obsession which is unfortunate, because I enjoy watching the MMC’s slowly become more and more unhinged.
I’m going to read the second one, and I hope that it’s paced better. Maybe Callie will actually grow a backbone. Idk. Also, if her dad was a wealthy senator how does she have absolutely no money?? It never got explained how she went from living in a home with workers and all kinds of money, and now she’s working at a coffee shop scraping pennies. There’s no backstory or buildup. Why didn’t things start at the trial and progress from there? I have so many questions. Anyway…yea. Let me see what book two is about I guess.
October 31, 2023
MCs:
- Hayden
- Calista/Callie
Book info:
- Violence
- Kidnapping
- Stalking
- Death of a loved one
- Addiction
- Breeding kink
- Non-virgin MCs
- Morally gray MMC
- No cheating
- OMD (mild)
- Age gap (almost a decade older than h)
- Third act breakup
- HEA
This will be the review for the duet.
“𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆, 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆.”
Overview:
Hayden is a full-time lawyer and part-time criminal. When he can't put people behind bars using the legal system, he takes it upon himself to kill them. You see, they met in her dad's trial, and since then Hayden has been interested in Callie. She didn't pay him any attention because he's on the opposing side.
Her father is a senator; and was accused of killing his pregnant secretary, but he was found not guilty. Hayden can't believe that justice failed him again, so he killed Callie's dad. The interest he had in her never waned; instead, it only got worse as time passed. Up to the point where he started stalking her and invading her privacy.
I honestly enjoyed the first book, and I almost gave it a 5 ⭐. In the first book, Callie had a backbone and always stood her ground around Hayden. She never let him bulldoze his way into her life. I really expected her to remain like this all throughout this duet, but disappointingly, she didn't. In the second book, she became this weak heroine who let Hayden control and dictate her life. The 180 of her character gave me a whiplash. I mean, where was the strong girl from book 1? The one who didn't take shit from anyone? The body-betraying crap prevails, and she completely loses her common sense. Like her best friend said, “You’re going to take one look at his baby blues, or his dick, and become a puddle on the ground.”. I was so frustrated that she became a different person in the second book, because her strong personality is one of the things I truly loved about her.
As for Hayden, I liked his OTT obsessive and possessive nature when it comes to Callie. Like he's all "mine, mine, mine" all the time, and he's 100% certifiable for her. His behavior was still likeable to me in the first book. I enjoyed him getting territorial over her and being unhinged when any man tries to flirt with Callie. He literally embodies the "touch her and you die" vibe, he has no qualms killing these guys. But in the second book, he became so maddening. He took away her freedom and choices; it has become all about what he wants, and Callie has to follow everything he says. He never gave a crap about her feelings; it's his way or the highway, and he always gets what he wants. He went from likeable to detestable in a flash, at least to me.
Things he did that didn't fly with me:
— He killed Callie's father, and the man was innocent.
— He stalked her.
— He breaks into her apartment every night, giving her anxiety and removing her sense of security.
— He manipulated everything so that she'd move in with him.
— He instructed the OBGYN not to give Callie a depo shot, even though she was adamant about being in birth control. He purposely impregnates her to tie her to him.
— He tattooed his surname on her hip when she was unconscious.
— He became a dictator in the second book, and I'm not having any of it.
Lying is one of the things I hate in romance fiction, and Hayden did this for the majority of the story. He knew Callie would be hurt if he told her the truth, so he decided not to tell her anything. But secrets won't stay buried forever, and when he was forced to tell her all the things he did, he was not even sorry or remorseful about them. Maybe if he did show some guilt, I could let it pass, but he didn't, and that annoyed me more than ever.
There's a two-month breakup in book 2, when Callie runs away after finding out that Hayden is her dad's killer. But she loves him and is willing to get over that fact. She eventually talked to him, and they got back together. The ending is HFN (engaged and pregnant), and there's an extended epilogue two years later.
Overall, I didn't know how to feel about the story. I liked the first part of this duet, but the second was a letdown. But if readers want an unhinged, obsessed, and possessive MMC they should go read this. Hayden's craziness knows no bounds, and I'm sure some will love and swoon over him and the things he did for Callie.
PS. Harper's the one bright side in this story. She's the best friend worth having. I love her character more than the MCs. 😂
- Hayden
- Calista/Callie
Book info:
- Violence
- Kidnapping
- Stalking
- Death of a loved one
- Addiction
- Breeding kink
- Non-virgin MCs
- Morally gray MMC
- No cheating
- OMD (mild)
- Age gap (almost a decade older than h)
- Third act breakup
- HEA
This will be the review for the duet.
“𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆, 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆.”
Overview:
Hayden is a full-time lawyer and part-time criminal. When he can't put people behind bars using the legal system, he takes it upon himself to kill them. You see, they met in her dad's trial, and since then Hayden has been interested in Callie. She didn't pay him any attention because he's on the opposing side.
Her father is a senator; and was accused of killing his pregnant secretary, but he was found not guilty. Hayden can't believe that justice failed him again, so he killed Callie's dad. The interest he had in her never waned; instead, it only got worse as time passed. Up to the point where he started stalking her and invading her privacy.
I honestly enjoyed the first book, and I almost gave it a 5 ⭐. In the first book, Callie had a backbone and always stood her ground around Hayden. She never let him bulldoze his way into her life. I really expected her to remain like this all throughout this duet, but disappointingly, she didn't. In the second book, she became this weak heroine who let Hayden control and dictate her life. The 180 of her character gave me a whiplash. I mean, where was the strong girl from book 1? The one who didn't take shit from anyone? The body-betraying crap prevails, and she completely loses her common sense. Like her best friend said, “You’re going to take one look at his baby blues, or his dick, and become a puddle on the ground.”. I was so frustrated that she became a different person in the second book, because her strong personality is one of the things I truly loved about her.
As for Hayden, I liked his OTT obsessive and possessive nature when it comes to Callie. Like he's all "mine, mine, mine" all the time, and he's 100% certifiable for her. His behavior was still likeable to me in the first book. I enjoyed him getting territorial over her and being unhinged when any man tries to flirt with Callie. He literally embodies the "touch her and you die" vibe, he has no qualms killing these guys. But in the second book, he became so maddening. He took away her freedom and choices; it has become all about what he wants, and Callie has to follow everything he says. He never gave a crap about her feelings; it's his way or the highway, and he always gets what he wants. He went from likeable to detestable in a flash, at least to me.
Things he did that didn't fly with me:
— He killed Callie's father, and the man was innocent.
— He stalked her.
— He breaks into her apartment every night, giving her anxiety and removing her sense of security.
— He manipulated everything so that she'd move in with him.
— He instructed the OBGYN not to give Callie a depo shot, even though she was adamant about being in birth control. He purposely impregnates her to tie her to him.
— He tattooed his surname on her hip when she was unconscious.
— He became a dictator in the second book, and I'm not having any of it.
Lying is one of the things I hate in romance fiction, and Hayden did this for the majority of the story. He knew Callie would be hurt if he told her the truth, so he decided not to tell her anything. But secrets won't stay buried forever, and when he was forced to tell her all the things he did, he was not even sorry or remorseful about them. Maybe if he did show some guilt, I could let it pass, but he didn't, and that annoyed me more than ever.
There's a two-month breakup in book 2, when Callie runs away after finding out that Hayden is her dad's killer. But she loves him and is willing to get over that fact. She eventually talked to him, and they got back together. The ending is HFN (engaged and pregnant), and there's an extended epilogue two years later.
Overall, I didn't know how to feel about the story. I liked the first part of this duet, but the second was a letdown. But if readers want an unhinged, obsessed, and possessive MMC they should go read this. Hayden's craziness knows no bounds, and I'm sure some will love and swoon over him and the things he did for Callie.
PS. Harper's the one bright side in this story. She's the best friend worth having. I love her character more than the MCs. 😂
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 16, 2025
overall, the book was alright
i just WISH we could have fmc's who actually take the TIME to think?! like, it really wasn't that hard to put two and two together who the stalker was etc.
idk but someone out there must be able to write a 5 star stalker book
i just WISH we could have fmc's who actually take the TIME to think?! like, it really wasn't that hard to put two and two together who the stalker was etc.
idk but someone out there must be able to write a 5 star stalker book
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