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I never wanted to be obsessed with anyone.

But Hawk Rivers isn’t just anyone.

He’s the devil in a tailored suit, a man who can bring empires to their knees with a single phone call.

He’s willing to kill without remorse for what he considers his.

And he’s decided that I belong to him.

What he doesn’t know is, he’s already mine.

If his obsession runs deep, mine is toxic.

They say you should be careful what you wish for.

They never said anything about falling in love with it.

This isn’t your typical love story.

It’s a twisted dance of dominance that threatens to consume us both.

170 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 11, 2024

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Milly Taiden

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Milly Taiden (also writes as April Angel) was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean (to her) known as the Dominican Republic. Currently, she resides in New York City with her husband, bossy young son and their little dog Speedy.

When she’s not working full-time, texting with her best friend Heidi in England, chastising her son for pulling the dog’s ears, shopping with her sister Jewel or watching scary movies with her husband, she can be found writing on her laptop.

She’s addicted to shoes, chocolate, Dunkin Donuts coffee and JIMMY THOMAS covers!!!

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529 reviews164 followers
July 1, 2025
it’s stalker versus stalker

literally what more do i need to say 😩 this was a super quick read. the plot was a bit boring tbh but i absolutely loved the characters !!!

devin and hawke’s obsession with each other was so captivating. they truly are each others equals in every way 🥰 one night all those years ago and they just can’t let each other go. their obsession grew more and more each day. i love them 🥹

if you’re in the mood for a fast palette cleanser, dark stalker romance, unhealthy obsession, toxic relationship, secrets, revenge, duo pov, and a standalone … immediately add this to your tbr 🖤

i wish this story was dragged out !! i just wanted more of them so bad
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76 reviews170 followers
January 27, 2025
this book was boring as hell and all over the place with the timeline, pace, plot, and the characters. the subplot felt hardly necessary, and the cat and mouse game between the mcs felt incredibly stupid (especially after finding out the twist in the later chapters). the characters were very two-dimensional, and despite having somewhat likable personalities, i could not bring myself to care about them at all.

however, the only silver lining in this book is their dynamic. as promised in the blurb and the title, the mmc (hawk rivers) and fmc (devin west) are both obsessed with each other to the point of unhealthy obsession and violent possessiveness (not towards each other ofc). however, since i knew what i was getting into, i was okay with this aspect. but what i truly liked about devin and hawk is that they didn't have any unbalanced power dynamic. they truly were each other's equal and partner in every domain. hawk always treated her and saw her as his equal — which was slightly refreshing for me, considering he falls under the alpha-possessive-male category. on the other hand, devin gave back as much as she got because she was just as obsessed with hawk as he was with her, if not more.

in addition to these, despite their toxicity, hawk and devin also treated each other with genuine warmth, affection, and gentleness — making their relationship more humane and portraying the perfect picture of their twisted love that fits their dynamic.

anyways, it was a boring but a quick read.
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20 reviews1 follower
October 13, 2024
Once you start reading this book you don’t want to drop it until you have finished it. Since the first chapter you will see the dominance, the love attraction of the characters, Devin and Hawk. Hawk will be the type of guy that is overprotective and his love is intoxicating to the point of dominance (but in a good way) he would do whatever to protect what is his. Devin is the girl that may be overlooked by others but will do whatever to prove herself. Both of the characters are playing a game of fire, who will be the one to get burned? You need to read to find out. I have to say that I fell in love with their connection and how they understood each other. But Devin is holding a secret, will Hawk be able to discover? I encourage to add this book to must read on this year. If a spicy book with spies and obsessive love is it what you are looking for then this is your book.

Quotes that I loved from this book are

“Perhaps we crossed paths in another life. One where we were… intimately aquatinted”

“To peel away every layer of mystery surrounding you. To uncover every secret, every hidden desire. To make you come apart under my hands and mouth until you forget every name but mine”

“I never thought I’d find someone who could match me. Someone who could understand the darkness inside me, the need for control, for power”

“Let me go, let me become who I need to be. And if our love is as strong as you say, it’ll survive the separation. I don’t want you calling me and texting me and trying to control me from a distance. You have to truly let me go. I want to learn and grow and become my own person.”

“I’m not asking you to share,” I retort, surprised by my own boldness. “I’m asking you to wait. To let me prove that I’m worthy of standing by your side. That I can be the woman you need.”
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1,468 reviews419 followers
October 27, 2024
𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏. 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒇--𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑩𝒚 𝒎𝒆.

I'm obsessed with Devin West and Hawk Rivers!! It's not every day you find a book where they are both unhinged, obsessed stalkers for each other.

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒚 💦 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚. Okay, Daddy Hawk, anything you want!! 😈

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚. 𝑴𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃!𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

All the filthy f--king stars for this book!! 🖤🔥 I highlighted so much of this book it was so good!

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 🍆.

I go FERAL when the MMC says Crawl to me 🫠 𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕

𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 💦, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆.
𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑. 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇--𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆.

Toxic is a quick, hot, fun read. I really hope Milly writes more books like this, because I devoured it.
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934 reviews1 follower
relecture-pour-nouvel-avis
April 20, 2025
🛑 DNF chap 5 /24 Ce n#est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais. Pas le mood, Reprise prochainement.

Hawk Rivers et Devin West
créateur d'un virus informatique "Mydoom"

Olivia (soeur de Hawk et meilleure amie de Devin)
John et Thomas (oncle et cousin de Hawk)
Regina Black (cousine de Devin, fille méchante)
Brittany et Tasha (amie de Regina, deux pestes)

📖
Je n'ai jamais voulu être obsédée par qui que ce soit.
Mais Hawk Rivers n'est pas n'importe qui.
C'est le diable en costume sur mesure, un homme capable de mettre des empires à genoux d'un simple coup de fil.
Il est prêt à tuer sans remords pour ce qu'il considère comme sien.
Et il a décidé que je lui appartiens.
Ce qu'il ignore, c'est qu'il est déjà à moi.

Si son obsession est profonde, la mienne est toxique.
On dit qu'il faut faire attention à ce qu'on souhaite.
Ils n'ont jamais parlé d'en tomber amoureux.
Ce n'est pas une histoire d'amour classique.
C'est une danse de domination tordue qui menace de nous consumer tous les deux.
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3,146 reviews
October 13, 2024
This was a very entertaining read, great characters and storyline that was simply riveting
This is a very different read but I have to say that the writing was great and the characters Devin and Hawk had been was so well written that it was simply impossible to put down until I reached the end and discovered the outcome.
The two characters are both dark characters she is a hacker and a genius within her field and he is a very evasive character keeping exactly what he is involved with as aa secret of sorts and this does actually add mystery to the read.
The story itself is very a complex and has a good deal of surprises and also keeps you guessing right to the end of the book.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and look forward to reading any future publications; keep up all the wonderful writing.
1,707 reviews12 followers
October 11, 2024
Devin a young woman turning 18 her parents throw a party where she meets up with her best friends brother Hawk who gives her the best gift she could ever receive. What Hawk doesn’t know is she has been stalking him for 6 years. But she isn’t exactly aware he was doing the same. But when they finally get together they are awesome in this story. Devin is a heroine, and very talented CEO in her own right but she knows that she and Hawke are just perfect for each other. They both have dark tendencies. Romance suspense thriller. Iread copy without obligation. I volunteered an honest review.
3,423 reviews20 followers
October 13, 2024
Toxic by Milly Taiden pub 10/11/24 4 stars
Hawk & Devan

The author warns readers this is not her usual style. I did like it, however, it is different, and as some reviewers suggested it be a bit longer and more involved. This is a dark romance and not a PRN. I enjoy some shorter books due to the reading time involved.

Dark romance, mystery, dark heat, and more. I enjoyed it and recommend readers open their minds for a different Milly Taiden story.

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241 reviews1 follower
October 26, 2024
Toxic♥🔥❤Amazing!! Omg!😍

😘Hawk and Devin💓 two amazing characters!! Omg! Devin being the most amazing hacker Sphinx . I was omg! At the surprise towards the end it so brilliant!! Loved it❤!I love the spice 🌶 ❤🔥 between the characters great chemistry. The story was incredible and super amazing!!! I love all your books Author Milly Taiden📖💓
I have your books in my Kindle collection.
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1,642 reviews
October 13, 2024
While this wasn't her best story ever, MT did a great job brining this story to life. I would have liked it more if it had been longer to draw out the suspense and give the readers a chance to really get invested in the characters, but it was still very enjoyable. I look forward to seeing what the author writes next.
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747 reviews10 followers
October 11, 2024
I absolutely loved the idea of this book. The characters were great. The thing that didn't go was this book should not have been a novella or only 200 pages. This was way too fast-paced. With all the mystery and hidden agendas, it needed to be more drawn out. This could have been a 5-star read for me but it felt like the author just sat down and quickly rushed to write something. I am disappointed.
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22 reviews13 followers
October 27, 2024
WOW!!

This story was everything!! Loved the POV from both leads. The story was compelling! I love a strong female lead and she gave me all I needed!! Male lead appropriately hot!! Definitely keeping this for future reread!!
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149 reviews
November 6, 2024
I loved how original this story was, how both the hero and the heroine were the hunter and the prey, how intense the chemistry between them was. My issue was I wanted more depth and more emotional connection between them.
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41 reviews
February 12, 2025
Like literally what the hell did i just read?! I have freaking whiplash from this plot. My brain cannot compute. The plot jumped around so much it was hella hard to follow and the FMCs action literally made no sense the whole book.
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2,192 reviews2 followers
October 12, 2024
Halverwege gestopt. Was een beetje saai. Leek ook niet echt een plot te hebben. En het stalken viel heel erg mee
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293 reviews1 follower
October 13, 2024
Great

This is definitely a must for all billionaire or techno romance lovers out there.
I did receive this book as an ARC, but this is my honest review.
829 reviews
October 27, 2024
Good

I liked this a lot, was not too dark but was not sweet either. Written well even if the plot was a little predictable still very much worth the read .
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21 reviews
February 14, 2025
WOW

Hat's off, this was one wild read! Please say there's going to be more books like this. Can't wait until you get another one ready!
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63 reviews2 followers
April 15, 2025
DNF - it felt like a bad fever dream. There’s no really good through line.
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3,727 reviews
October 15, 2024
Very different from other books I've read by this author. This one is dark. No lighthearted romance with aliens or supernaturals here. Devin and Hawk are both dark, mysterious, and stalkerish. She is a computer hacker genius and he is... well, we can only assume that the mafia vibe is real as we get no clear indication of what his actual business really is.

Lots of surprises in this story. The last one may shock you, not because it is bad - just unexpected. I greatly enjoyed watching these two dance around each other. I was given an advanced copy of this book by the author. My review is voluntary.
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