What do you think?
Rate this book
Silhouette
Don’t look out your window—because you might not like what you see…SimoneI can’t escape him.
I thought I did. When I slipped off one night, leaving everything in my old life behind, I was ready to sacrifice it all if only to leave him behind, too.
But, like always, my ex chases after me. That’s what he does, after all. Holding to the vows I was too young and naive to understand, William Burke will have me ’til death do us part.
And then, almost immediately, it does—when Will is slaughtered in a back alley.
He haunts my dreams. Stars in my nightmares. I see him everywhere, hear his voice in my head. I look out my window and he’s there. Even dead, I can’t escape him…
And that’s when I look out my window and realize that it isn’t Will watching me from the shadows.
It’s another man. A stranger.
A silhouette.
And a killer.
Because he’s not just watching me. He wants me more than Will did… enough that he’ll kill for me.
Stalk me.
Take me.
And I kind of want him to...
JakeThey say the third time’s the charm—and whoever they are, they better be right.
I lost Casey. Heather… that was a tragedy.
And now I want Simone.
I refuse to give up on Simone.
So she wears another man’s ring. He torments her, and she’s in need of a hero.
I can be that for her—I can be anything for her—but when she doesn’t seem quite that impressed with my gift, I realize I need to get to know my sweet vixen a little better before I make her mine.
And that’s exactly what I do. From infiltrating her life to sneaking into her house, I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere... and she can't escape me.More importantly, by the time I've done everything I can to convince her there's no one better for her than me, she won't want to...
Do you know what's more dangerous than the shadows outside your door?When he gets tired of watching—and let's himself inside...** Silhouette is a standalone dark stalker romance novella that is set in the same universe as the Deal with the Devil series.
I thought I did. When I slipped off one night, leaving everything in my old life behind, I was ready to sacrifice it all if only to leave him behind, too.
But, like always, my ex chases after me. That’s what he does, after all. Holding to the vows I was too young and naive to understand, William Burke will have me ’til death do us part.
And then, almost immediately, it does—when Will is slaughtered in a back alley.
He haunts my dreams. Stars in my nightmares. I see him everywhere, hear his voice in my head. I look out my window and he’s there. Even dead, I can’t escape him…
And that’s when I look out my window and realize that it isn’t Will watching me from the shadows.
It’s another man. A stranger.
A silhouette.
And a killer.
Because he’s not just watching me. He wants me more than Will did… enough that he’ll kill for me.
Stalk me.
Take me.
And I kind of want him to...
JakeThey say the third time’s the charm—and whoever they are, they better be right.
I lost Casey. Heather… that was a tragedy.
And now I want Simone.
I refuse to give up on Simone.
So she wears another man’s ring. He torments her, and she’s in need of a hero.
I can be that for her—I can be anything for her—but when she doesn’t seem quite that impressed with my gift, I realize I need to get to know my sweet vixen a little better before I make her mine.
And that’s exactly what I do. From infiltrating her life to sneaking into her house, I'm here, I'm there, I'm everywhere... and she can't escape me.More importantly, by the time I've done everything I can to convince her there's no one better for her than me, she won't want to...
Do you know what's more dangerous than the shadows outside your door?When he gets tired of watching—and let's himself inside...** Silhouette is a standalone dark stalker romance novella that is set in the same universe as the Deal with the Devil series.
258 pages, Paperback
Published April 23, 2024
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 209 reviews
Read
October 16, 2025Source of book: Free somehow?
Relevant disclaimers: None
Please note: This review may not be reproduced or quoted, in whole or in part, without explicit consent from the author.
And remember: I am not here to judge your drag, I mean your book. Books are art and art is subjective. These are just my personal thoughts. They are not meant to be taken as broader commentary on the general quality of the work. Believe me, I have not enjoyed many an excellent book, and my individual lack of enjoyment has not made any of those books less excellent or (more relevantly) less successful.
***
This billed itself very openly as a stalker romance, which feels like a contradiction in terms to me but, hey, it was free and I’ll try anything once.
It’s basically that Netflix show, ‘You’ except the protagonist doesn’t murder the heroine. I guess that either appeals to you or it doesn’t. To be honest, I’m fairly neutral. While there are definitely things I’m into, and things I am not, I try to keep my personal “moral outrage” meter set to low when it comes to romance. Not because I think we shouldn’t be sincerely accountable for what we write, or that there aren’t things beyond the pale (remember that Nazi romance?) , but in general I prefer to think writers and readers are engaging with mindfully with complex material. I mean, okay. Clearly some people aren’t. But, then, that’s not mandatory either. And, the point is, it’s not my place to judge.
Anyway. This novella is … fine? To be honest, it didn’t do much for me, positive or negative. There’s a guy, he’s stalking a chick, they bang. She likes pink, like, a lot? And spending money? And there’s a twist at the end which feels, to be honest, like a last ditch attempt to make the dude’s stalking both morally justifiable and fully consensual. Which, I don’t know? On the other hand, I appreciated this--at least on an intellectual level--because it meant I didn’t have to worry about the future safety of the heroine (well, she’s fictional, so not at all, but you know what I’m getting at, I didn’t close the book with a crushing sense “oh girl no”) and it went a long way to re-balancing the uneven power dynamics that inescapably come as standard with this kind of setup. Buuuut, to some degree it also lets the air out of the balloon. Because I assume if you voluntarily read a something labelled as a stalker romance, you’re in it for that sweet, sweet stalking, am I right? Then again, I guess it kind of mostly remains a stalker romance, just maybe not in the way we think?
In any case, I personally found it something of a cop-out. Like, I understand wanting to make something inherently unsafe safe again, especially because it’s hard to really invest in an HEA which could end with the heroine buried under the patio. Like, that is antithetical to the romance genre in the most fundamental way. But, at the same time, it still felt to me like too much of the edge was lost in the rush to reassure. Or maybe this was just a natural consequence of this being a novella, rather than a novel, so there was less time to develop trust in either character. Or maybe the problem is. It’s probably that one.
All of which said, I am very much burying the lede here in an effort to be fair to this book. I did finish it, because I’m incapable of not, but I did discover a line in the sand that I hitherto was not aware I possessed. Perhaps because it’s never--no pun intended--come up before.
Basically, I’m fine with stalking. I’m fine with murder. I’m fine with gaslighting and manipulation.
I am very much the opposite of fine about the hero spunking off into the heroine’s conditioner. I mean, props to the author for not being afraid to make her hero genuinely repulsive?
BUT HOLY SHIT, MAN. NO. JUST NO.
Incidentally, this book is very convinced that no masc-identifying individual would ever use any personal hygiene products beyond, like, sandpaper and engine grease. But that’s neither here nor there.
The fact is, if someone put their bodily emissions into any of my stuff, my God, there is not a done in this world that covers how comprehensively fucking done that person would be. My reaction would begin with force feeding them the entire bottle of whatever they’d ruined and then burying their chopped up body parts.
I mean, it’s not that I’m grossed out by semen. I produce it. I interact with it perfectly willingly in an intimate context.
But I also buy really nice conditioner and, considering I get mildly narked when my partner uses it without asking, I’m clearly not going to take it well if someone decided to masturbate into it. Also, now I think about it, most of my bathroom products come in rather narrow-necked vessels: I sincerely think to whack off successfully into them you’d need some kind of funnel. And the hero of this book definitely does not bring some kind of funnel. To be fair, he admits he does a piss poor job of the, err, task at hand:
But I maintain, given the average volume and consistency of spunk, and given the average volume and consistency of conditioner, this is a) really inconsiderate and b) really impractical. And while I can overlook stalking and murder, a man simultaneously this inconsiderate and this impractical (like, at this point, I’ve come full circle and I don’t know what’s worse, that he’s spoodging into haircare products or that he’s spoodging into haircare products BADLY: get your act together, dude) is a complete personal dealbreaker.
Relevant disclaimers: None
Please note: This review may not be reproduced or quoted, in whole or in part, without explicit consent from the author.
And remember: I am not here to judge your drag, I mean your book. Books are art and art is subjective. These are just my personal thoughts. They are not meant to be taken as broader commentary on the general quality of the work. Believe me, I have not enjoyed many an excellent book, and my individual lack of enjoyment has not made any of those books less excellent or (more relevantly) less successful.
***
This billed itself very openly as a stalker romance, which feels like a contradiction in terms to me but, hey, it was free and I’ll try anything once.
It’s basically that Netflix show, ‘You’ except the protagonist doesn’t murder the heroine. I guess that either appeals to you or it doesn’t. To be honest, I’m fairly neutral. While there are definitely things I’m into, and things I am not, I try to keep my personal “moral outrage” meter set to low when it comes to romance. Not because I think we shouldn’t be sincerely accountable for what we write, or that there aren’t things beyond the pale (remember that Nazi romance?) , but in general I prefer to think writers and readers are engaging with mindfully with complex material. I mean, okay. Clearly some people aren’t. But, then, that’s not mandatory either. And, the point is, it’s not my place to judge.
Anyway. This novella is … fine? To be honest, it didn’t do much for me, positive or negative. There’s a guy, he’s stalking a chick, they bang. She likes pink, like, a lot? And spending money? And there’s a twist at the end which feels, to be honest, like a last ditch attempt to make the dude’s stalking both morally justifiable and fully consensual. Which, I don’t know? On the other hand, I appreciated this--at least on an intellectual level--because it meant I didn’t have to worry about the future safety of the heroine (well, she’s fictional, so not at all, but you know what I’m getting at, I didn’t close the book with a crushing sense “oh girl no”) and it went a long way to re-balancing the uneven power dynamics that inescapably come as standard with this kind of setup. Buuuut, to some degree it also lets the air out of the balloon. Because I assume if you voluntarily read a something labelled as a stalker romance, you’re in it for that sweet, sweet stalking, am I right? Then again, I guess it kind of mostly remains a stalker romance, just maybe not in the way we think?
In any case, I personally found it something of a cop-out. Like, I understand wanting to make something inherently unsafe safe again, especially because it’s hard to really invest in an HEA which could end with the heroine buried under the patio. Like, that is antithetical to the romance genre in the most fundamental way. But, at the same time, it still felt to me like too much of the edge was lost in the rush to reassure. Or maybe this was just a natural consequence of this being a novella, rather than a novel, so there was less time to develop trust in either character. Or maybe the problem is. It’s probably that one.
All of which said, I am very much burying the lede here in an effort to be fair to this book. I did finish it, because I’m incapable of not, but I did discover a line in the sand that I hitherto was not aware I possessed. Perhaps because it’s never--no pun intended--come up before.
Basically, I’m fine with stalking. I’m fine with murder. I’m fine with gaslighting and manipulation.
I am very much the opposite of fine about the hero spunking off into the heroine’s conditioner. I mean, props to the author for not being afraid to make her hero genuinely repulsive?
BUT HOLY SHIT, MAN. NO. JUST NO.
Incidentally, this book is very convinced that no masc-identifying individual would ever use any personal hygiene products beyond, like, sandpaper and engine grease. But that’s neither here nor there.
The fact is, if someone put their bodily emissions into any of my stuff, my God, there is not a done in this world that covers how comprehensively fucking done that person would be. My reaction would begin with force feeding them the entire bottle of whatever they’d ruined and then burying their chopped up body parts.
I mean, it’s not that I’m grossed out by semen. I produce it. I interact with it perfectly willingly in an intimate context.
But I also buy really nice conditioner and, considering I get mildly narked when my partner uses it without asking, I’m clearly not going to take it well if someone decided to masturbate into it. Also, now I think about it, most of my bathroom products come in rather narrow-necked vessels: I sincerely think to whack off successfully into them you’d need some kind of funnel. And the hero of this book definitely does not bring some kind of funnel. To be fair, he admits he does a piss poor job of the, err, task at hand:
I spill fucking everywhere. My hand, the sides of the plastic bottle, around the rim, on her rug… I’m not pissed about that, though she might be if she had any idea. Way I see it, that’s just another way to mark my territory, and I’m feeling a sense of pride as I use my finger to scoop up whatever I can before dabbing it inside the conditioner bottle.
But I maintain, given the average volume and consistency of spunk, and given the average volume and consistency of conditioner, this is a) really inconsiderate and b) really impractical. And while I can overlook stalking and murder, a man simultaneously this inconsiderate and this impractical (like, at this point, I’ve come full circle and I don’t know what’s worse, that he’s spoodging into haircare products or that he’s spoodging into haircare products BADLY: get your act together, dude) is a complete personal dealbreaker.
July 13, 2024
DNF approx 50%.
Respectfully, I think you have to have a real kind of talent to be able to make a stalker romance boring.
Respectfully, I think you have to have a real kind of talent to be able to make a stalker romance boring.
July 23, 2026
Red Roses, Red Flags, and a Man Who Won’t Look Away
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💛💚
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😋🙂😁
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration
Character Backgrounds and Plot Summary
Simone Burke opens this book already running. She left her husband William Burke behind, a man she married too young to understand what she was agreeing to, and just when she thinks she is finally free of him, he turns up dead in a back alley. You would think that’s the end of her nightmare, but it isn’t. Will still haunts her dreams, and then one night she looks out her window and realizes the shape watching her from the shadows isn’t a memory of Will at all.
It’s someone new. That’s Jake McIntyre, and he tells us straight up that Simone isn’t his first obsession. He lost a woman named Casey, and Heather ended in what he only calls a tragedy, so by the time he sets his sights on Simone he’s decided the third time has to work. He doesn’t just admire her from a distance either. He inserts himself into her actual life, learns her favorite color, leaves her roses in that exact shade, and works his way from stranger to fixture without her fully clocking what’s happening until it’s too late to just walk away.
Highlights and Limitations
What stuck with me most was how much Jake pays attention. The rose detail got me, honestly, because it’s such a small thing but it tells you everything about how closely he’s been watching her before she ever knew his name. There’s also a scene where Simone practically dares him, saying something like he hasn’t even proposed to her yet, and he drops to one knee like he’s been waiting for the invitation the entire time. It’s unsettling and a little thrilling at once, which is exactly the tightrope a good stalker romance needs to walk.
I also have to give credit for the twist. I did not see it coming, and I actually paused the audiobook for a second to process it because it recontextualizes some of what came before it in a way that made me like the pairing more, not less.
Where I wished the book had done more was with Will. His murder kicks off the entire plot, and Simone spends a good chunk of the story still processing what he did to her during their marriage, but I wanted a little more time sitting with that grief and fear before Jake fully took over the narrative. It felt like the story was so eager to get Jake on the page that Simone’s own reckoning with her past got a bit rushed. I also would have liked a scene or two more from Simone’s perspective in the back half, since Jake’s chapters started to dominate once he moved from watching her to actively being in her life.
Narration
This is where the audiobook really splits for me. Alexa Borys voices Simone and does a solid job overall, though there were a few stretches where her delivery flattened out and I wanted more emotional urgency, especially in moments where Simone should have sounded more rattled by what’s happening to her.
Cole Eubanks as Jake is the bigger issue. His pacing is choppy in a way that doesn’t read as intentional menace so much as it reads as hesitant, with odd pauses breaking up lines that should flow. I wanted Jake to sound smooth and controlled, since that’s what makes an obsessive character genuinely creepy, and instead some of his scenes came across stilted rather than sinister. It pulled me out of moments that should have hit harder, particularly early on before I’d adjusted to his rhythm.
Final Opinion
I still enjoyed this one, twist and all, and I think Jake earns his spot among the more memorable obsessive love interests in this genre thanks to how deliberate his courtship of Simone is. The rose gesture alone tells you this isn’t a man who improvises, and that kind of calculated devotion is what makes dark romance work when it’s done well.
My honest reaction is that I wanted the audio performance to match the intensity of the writing, and it didn’t always get there for me, particularly on Jake’s side. If you can push through some of the narration’s rougher patches, the story itself delivers a satisfying HEA and a twist that genuinely surprised me. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes their romance a little dangerous, just maybe read this one in text if narration consistency matters a lot to you.
Blog|Goodreads|Facebook|Instagram|Pinterest|BookBub
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💛💚
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😋🙂😁
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration
Character Backgrounds and Plot Summary
Simone Burke opens this book already running. She left her husband William Burke behind, a man she married too young to understand what she was agreeing to, and just when she thinks she is finally free of him, he turns up dead in a back alley. You would think that’s the end of her nightmare, but it isn’t. Will still haunts her dreams, and then one night she looks out her window and realizes the shape watching her from the shadows isn’t a memory of Will at all.
It’s someone new. That’s Jake McIntyre, and he tells us straight up that Simone isn’t his first obsession. He lost a woman named Casey, and Heather ended in what he only calls a tragedy, so by the time he sets his sights on Simone he’s decided the third time has to work. He doesn’t just admire her from a distance either. He inserts himself into her actual life, learns her favorite color, leaves her roses in that exact shade, and works his way from stranger to fixture without her fully clocking what’s happening until it’s too late to just walk away.
Highlights and Limitations
What stuck with me most was how much Jake pays attention. The rose detail got me, honestly, because it’s such a small thing but it tells you everything about how closely he’s been watching her before she ever knew his name. There’s also a scene where Simone practically dares him, saying something like he hasn’t even proposed to her yet, and he drops to one knee like he’s been waiting for the invitation the entire time. It’s unsettling and a little thrilling at once, which is exactly the tightrope a good stalker romance needs to walk.
I also have to give credit for the twist. I did not see it coming, and I actually paused the audiobook for a second to process it because it recontextualizes some of what came before it in a way that made me like the pairing more, not less.
Where I wished the book had done more was with Will. His murder kicks off the entire plot, and Simone spends a good chunk of the story still processing what he did to her during their marriage, but I wanted a little more time sitting with that grief and fear before Jake fully took over the narrative. It felt like the story was so eager to get Jake on the page that Simone’s own reckoning with her past got a bit rushed. I also would have liked a scene or two more from Simone’s perspective in the back half, since Jake’s chapters started to dominate once he moved from watching her to actively being in her life.
Narration
This is where the audiobook really splits for me. Alexa Borys voices Simone and does a solid job overall, though there were a few stretches where her delivery flattened out and I wanted more emotional urgency, especially in moments where Simone should have sounded more rattled by what’s happening to her.
Cole Eubanks as Jake is the bigger issue. His pacing is choppy in a way that doesn’t read as intentional menace so much as it reads as hesitant, with odd pauses breaking up lines that should flow. I wanted Jake to sound smooth and controlled, since that’s what makes an obsessive character genuinely creepy, and instead some of his scenes came across stilted rather than sinister. It pulled me out of moments that should have hit harder, particularly early on before I’d adjusted to his rhythm.
Final Opinion
I still enjoyed this one, twist and all, and I think Jake earns his spot among the more memorable obsessive love interests in this genre thanks to how deliberate his courtship of Simone is. The rose gesture alone tells you this isn’t a man who improvises, and that kind of calculated devotion is what makes dark romance work when it’s done well.
My honest reaction is that I wanted the audio performance to match the intensity of the writing, and it didn’t always get there for me, particularly on Jake’s side. If you can push through some of the narration’s rougher patches, the story itself delivers a satisfying HEA and a twist that genuinely surprised me. I’d recommend it to anyone who likes their romance a little dangerous, just maybe read this one in text if narration consistency matters a lot to you.
Blog|Goodreads|Facebook|Instagram|Pinterest|BookBub
August 18, 2024
I wouldn’t call this dark, dark unless you account for him stalking her at night 🤭 he does unalive her husband but that’s at the beginning of the book. The story does lead you to them getting together but there is a twist to this, maybe you predicted it or maybe not 😈🥷🏻💐
January 5, 2025
If she knew who Jake was the whole time, then why did she need to break things off to protect him from the Watcher?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2025
when he kills your husband just because he wants to be with you and leaves a little gift in your shampoo and conditioner 😳
this is a dark stalker romance, part of a series, reminiscing about past loves, on the run, abuse (not between main characters), psycho mmc + drained fmc, mental health, duo pov, and plot twist 🖤
i can’t really say much without ruining the plot twist but all i wanna say is 👀 shampoo and conditioner scene DID IT FOR ME !!! i definitely want to read this when i reread the series !! i feel like it’ll have such a bigger impact. but i absolutely love carin’s books and this book world with all the other characters is one of my faves 🥹
🌶️🌶️
this is a dark stalker romance, part of a series, reminiscing about past loves, on the run, abuse (not between main characters), psycho mmc + drained fmc, mental health, duo pov, and plot twist 🖤
i can’t really say much without ruining the plot twist but all i wanna say is 👀 shampoo and conditioner scene DID IT FOR ME !!! i definitely want to read this when i reread the series !! i feel like it’ll have such a bigger impact. but i absolutely love carin’s books and this book world with all the other characters is one of my faves 🥹
🌶️🌶️
October 2, 2024
This was incredibly boring to me and I almost DNF. The twist at the end, granted you never saw it coming, was never even a thought in my mind and it seemed like the author just threw it in there just because they could have. There was no build up to it, no warning signs, just BAM. It does not fit in with the story in my opinion.
May 29, 2024
4⭐| 2🌶️
Fantastic stalker romance with a TWIST that I honestly did not see coming.
Fantastic stalker romance with a TWIST that I honestly did not see coming.
June 12, 2026
I was pretty into things at the beginning, but then it got weird. #1 - Jake like to leave his sperm in her hair conditioner so that she was wearing him during the day (gross me out). Maybe some people think that is sexy. I think that is mortifying. #2 - We find out that Simone is actually Cassandra who disappeared from Jake's life because he was too stalkerish and wanted to marry her. Which is like okay cool, but she like purposefully seeks Jake out because she doesn't want to divorce her husband and wants Jake to take care of him. #3 - That would be all well and good, but it's not executed very well. Like I can see the Cassandra thing, but then Simone keeps saying "if Jake knew" blah blah, but doesn't give the reader enough hints in my opinion to see how she was actually manipulating Jake and knew he was there all along.
I don't know - it was fine, but wasn't quite what I imagined when it said Stalker romance.
I don't know - it was fine, but wasn't quite what I imagined when it said Stalker romance.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 24, 2024
Carin is amazing author. I loved “No One Has To Know” but I loved this one even more! This is actually the only book I have ever preordered because I was so excited for it after reading the blurb. I loved it even more knowing she was an indie author. Was there typos? Sure, but that’s in EVERY single book, so if you fault this book on a typo because she’s “indie” then please fault John Green for his typos too when he has the best of the best on editors.
Indies work twice as hard, and this was easily one of the best books I’ve read all year. I read so many books that they all become the same storyline, but I’ve never had an issue with her books. They’re all original and different. No third act break up (thank you). The ebook was absolutely gorgeous I can’t even imagine what the physical book looks like. I can’t wait to get my hand on a copy!
Indies work twice as hard, and this was easily one of the best books I’ve read all year. I read so many books that they all become the same storyline, but I’ve never had an issue with her books. They’re all original and different. No third act break up (thank you). The ebook was absolutely gorgeous I can’t even imagine what the physical book looks like. I can’t wait to get my hand on a copy!
September 7, 2024
Everything was fine until the last 25%. The plot twist literally made no sense whatsoever.
June 22, 2024
Carin Hart’s version of a shmalker in “Silhouette” appears to have the persona of the “boy next door” but is, in fact, an obsessed masked man who will do anything to have the woman he loves, including unalives her husband.
Jake has an MH history and reflects on his past girlfriends, but he brushes that off once he hones his attention to Simone.
Simone, who escapes from her husband to start a new life, receives a note that he is no longer a worry since “The Watcher” has taken care of it. “The Watcher” proceeds to do a whole host of creepy things, but to Simone’s surprise, it does not frighten her. I don’t think I’ll ever look at hair conditioner the same way again.
When Jake pops in, though, and starts wooing Simone, things take another turn. The spice is high in “Silhouette,” I loved the twists and how everything tied together. It was a great story!
Jake has an MH history and reflects on his past girlfriends, but he brushes that off once he hones his attention to Simone.
Simone, who escapes from her husband to start a new life, receives a note that he is no longer a worry since “The Watcher” has taken care of it. “The Watcher” proceeds to do a whole host of creepy things, but to Simone’s surprise, it does not frighten her. I don’t think I’ll ever look at hair conditioner the same way again.
When Jake pops in, though, and starts wooing Simone, things take another turn. The spice is high in “Silhouette,” I loved the twists and how everything tied together. It was a great story!
October 13, 2024
boring. as. all. hell.
I didn't read any of the series that this was based off of since it was able to read as a stand-alone. And now I'm so glad I didn't. It was incredibly boring. Normally stalker romances have a thrill or some kind of pull that makes you want to keep reading to see what kinda shit pops off... not this one. I got half way through before I said screw it and read the last two chapters. Really disappointed because along with Hart's other book, No One Has To Know, there was potential for a great plot but she missed the mark yet again.
I didn't read any of the series that this was based off of since it was able to read as a stand-alone. And now I'm so glad I didn't. It was incredibly boring. Normally stalker romances have a thrill or some kind of pull that makes you want to keep reading to see what kinda shit pops off... not this one. I got half way through before I said screw it and read the last two chapters. Really disappointed because along with Hart's other book, No One Has To Know, there was potential for a great plot but she missed the mark yet again.
June 1, 2024
Wtf, bro lol
June 21, 2024
bad writing. bad story. bad grammar and errors. just bad
May 22, 2025
Twisted game
Although thus was a short read, it took me awhile to get through it, as I didn't have my reading head on. I started out really enjoying Jake and how he was learning from his mistakes with his previous girls. To get simone for himself, he had to plan and work through every outcome yo get his girl. There is a twist, which is thrown in at the very end and you see simone in a new light. He was gentle with her in my view, but justified his acts towards others because she was his and he would do anything for her and to get her.
Although thus was a short read, it took me awhile to get through it, as I didn't have my reading head on. I started out really enjoying Jake and how he was learning from his mistakes with his previous girls. To get simone for himself, he had to plan and work through every outcome yo get his girl. There is a twist, which is thrown in at the very end and you see simone in a new light. He was gentle with her in my view, but justified his acts towards others because she was his and he would do anything for her and to get her.
June 27, 2024
A decent darkish stalker romance with interesting twists and turns along the way. Characters were nice and just so darn in love with one another despite the stalking and ladynapping and tracking and cum in her conditioner 😍😊
July 7, 2024
damm
Really enjoyed the little twist in the end didn’t expect that. I haven’t read a stalker romance book in a while loved it
Really enjoyed the little twist in the end didn’t expect that. I haven’t read a stalker romance book in a while loved it
April 26, 2025
Cute stalker romance with a plot twist I didn’t see coming.
Read
September 6, 2025DNF @ 71%. What a slog. Also, I don't think Jake is for me, he's so boring.
February 10, 2026
✧ 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 ✧
𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 — 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨. 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐢'𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.
𝐢 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭.
𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 — 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨. 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐢'𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.
𝐢 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭.
April 17, 2026
Average but not the worst thing in the whole world - close tho
July 11, 2024
This was an amazing stalker romance with a plot twist I didn’t expect at all!!
September 2, 2025
This was a first for me, where I wasn’t sure who was more unhinged. The FMC or the MMC?
The shampoo and conditioner scene will haunt me for a while.
• Masked stalker
• Would kill for her
• Mild Spice - explicit 🌶️
• Obsessed at first sight
• Dual POV
• Twist at the end
• HEA
The shampoo and conditioner scene will haunt me for a while.
• Masked stalker
• Would kill for her
• Mild Spice - explicit 🌶️
• Obsessed at first sight
• Dual POV
• Twist at the end
• HEA
May 15, 2026
I should have stayed curious because this is so bad I'd give it to my ex roomate to torture her (not that it would be enough but yeah)
July 9, 2024
nigdy więcej nie chce czytać o tym jak typ spuszcza się do odżywki do włosów bohaterki❤️
February 19, 2026
ten years and a nose job i feel like i would personally recognize the love of my life at least a LITTLE (3.5)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 1, 2025
He did what in her shampoo and conditioner bottle?🤨☹️🤢.
February 8, 2025
The twist was a great take on the classic stalker trope, and the book was well executed. 5/5 stars, definitely going on my reread and romance reread shelves!
⚠️ Reader Note: Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before diving into this one!
My Reactions & Emotions
A Brilliant Subversion: I absolutely loved how this story handled its central mystery. The twist was a phenomenal, fresh take on the classic stalker trope that completely subverted my expectations and kept me guessing.
Flawless Execution: From the pacing to the dark, tense atmosphere, the book was incredibly well-executed. It maintains a tight, gripping hold on you from start to finish without ever losing its momentum.
What I Loved
The Dark Romance Vibe: The tension is perfectly balanced with the darker elements of the plot, making it a deeply satisfying read for anyone who loves an intense, edge-of-your-seat romance.
High Re-read Value: The execution and the cleverness of the twist make this an instant favorite that I am already planning to revisit.
⚠️ Reader Note: Please make sure to check the trigger warnings before diving into this one!
My Reactions & Emotions
A Brilliant Subversion: I absolutely loved how this story handled its central mystery. The twist was a phenomenal, fresh take on the classic stalker trope that completely subverted my expectations and kept me guessing.
Flawless Execution: From the pacing to the dark, tense atmosphere, the book was incredibly well-executed. It maintains a tight, gripping hold on you from start to finish without ever losing its momentum.
What I Loved
The Dark Romance Vibe: The tension is perfectly balanced with the darker elements of the plot, making it a deeply satisfying read for anyone who loves an intense, edge-of-your-seat romance.
High Re-read Value: The execution and the cleverness of the twist make this an instant favorite that I am already planning to revisit.
May 9, 2024
both these mfs are crazy. Meant for one another
Displaying 1 - 30 of 209 reviews