Instead, it turns out to be the hunting ground for something wicked.When Olive Hearney flees from her past, Barton Manor seems like the perfect sanctuary—an isolated estate on the edge of a small town. But the moment she steps through the grand doors, she feels it - a presence lurking in the shadows, watching her.
Olive dismisses the eerie aura of the manor…until she sees him.
A masked man haunts her every move, his gaze burning through her from behind the skeletal mask. He never reveals his face - but he's always there, just out of reach, watching. As Olive’s past comes knocking and the masked man comes ever closer, she’s drawn into a dangerous dance between fear and desire. Is this mysterious stalker a restless spirit tied to the manor's dark secrets—or something far more real, far more terrifying?
Trapped between the madness of her past and the seductive danger of the present, Olive must Will she escape Barton Manor...or surrender to the darkness that calls her name?
Barton Manor has always been haunted, but now, so is she.
This book could have really been something if it weren’t for all the errors and being insanely over descriptive about every tiny thing. The plot itself was a great idea. The only reason I didn’t DNF it was because I liked the plot. The characters had great potential if written better. The delivery was just lacking unfortunately. I got the feeling like it was written in another language and transferred into English via AI if that makes sense.
I loved this book, but then again anything with masked stalker romance is likely going to get 4-5 stars from me. If you're into dark romance, the hunt, submission, and a good ending this is for you. The ending, I suspected the first part but never the second at the very end. Love it.