He wrote the contract. I didn’t read the fine print.
I didn’t come here to make peace. I came to take what’s mine.
June Calloway has always been a problem. The girl across the bay. The competitor. The distraction I could never shake.
Now her family’s resort is failing— And I’m the one with the power to save it.
But my offer comes with terms.
She stays on during the transition. She works under me. She plays by my rules.
She doesn’t trust me. She shouldn’t.
Because I didn’t come for the beachfront property.
I came for her.
The girl who ran barefoot through my memories is a woman now— Fierce, proud, and still so easy to unravel. She may have been raised to inherit this place.
But she was made to belong to me.
Read on A scorching enemies-to-lovers tale where their childhood rivalry evolves into dangerous desire. Expect sun-drenched tension, a Greek tycoon who'll stop at nothing to get what he wants, and a woman who discovers that surrendering might be her most powerful move yet. Their battle for control is about to ignite under the Miami sun—and there’s only one way to be victorious. By falling in love.
But she hated his guts. June didn't understand that the aggravating Theros Konstantinou was a young kid who did not understand his feelings for June. He'd loved her since he first laid eyes on her twenty years ago as an eight-year-old boy. He couldn't wait every summer to visit her family's resort just to aggravate her some more.
When Theros realized his father's plans, he did everything he could to protect June's family resort. He knew that place was everything to her. His father had done some unscrupulous real estate deals, and he swore he'd never let Solare Resort fall victim to Astrid Holdings. Communication is the key to a good relationship, but Theros came to that understanding too late. June did not understand the lengths Theros would go through to protect her until the bomb of his plans was made public. He'd finally gotten her to lower her walls, and she succumbed to the love torch she'd been carrying for him, too.
They were just meant to have a love-hate relationship that would bring them to this final moment when everything Theros planned came to fruition. Life without June was not worth living to him. Now they can plan their HEA.
Theros is a man who gets what he wants and when June's family resort buisness is in trouble he swoops in for the save, but the fine print is where June becomes unstuck and oh she becomes his! Well written engaging steamy, obsessive, desires, enemies to lovers vibes and more!
I truly enjoyed this story. There’s something hauntingly beautiful about a man who loves a woman so completely, he’ll stop at nothing to protect her,to want her with every part of his soul. And that’s exactly what Obsession Clause delivers.
As I read, I found myself increasingly drawn to Theros’ point of view. His devotion, his quiet power, his intensity its enchanting. There’s a deep satisfaction in witnessing a man unravel over a woman in a way that’s all-consuming but rooted in care, not control. June, while central to the story, felt more like a reflection of Theros’ passion than a fully formed emotional anchor for me. She’s there, but it’s his love that breathes life into the pages.
Books like this remind me that the love stories authors create, especially the kind that borders on obsessive devotion are a beautiful illusion. A whimsical fallacy. And maybe that’s what makes them so captivating: the fact that they’re too perfect, too intense, too unreal to exist anywhere but fiction.
I wanted to give this book a full five stars. But just like the love it portrays, it’s hard to quantify something that walks the line between fantasy and raw emotion. Is it real? No. But do I recommend it? Absolutely.
I really liked this story (and I loved the names: Theros in Greek means summer (among other things) and June). Theros and June meet as children. And in the eyes of June, he becomes her childhood nightmare. Every summer he visits the resort her parents own. And every summer in her eyes he finds ways to make her suffer. Years pass. Theros and June have grown into two strong individuals. When her family resort finds itself close to bankruptcy, she wants to try to revive it, but her parents consider selling it a better option. Which brings her face to face with Theros again. Theros plays the long game. His goal always was June. His endgame. So, a rollercoaster of events occur and things are not always what they seem to be. Will Theros succeed in capturing June’s heart? And what will June do when she finds out that the things regarding the resort – her legacy – are more complicated that she originally thought regarding Theros’ involvement? A great book, with strong main MCs, an engaging plot and enough drama to keep me invested. 4 stars.
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This was an emotional story. Summer and Theros are no strangers to each other. Theros made her life miserable in their youth. Now years later when they are adults she knocks on his door because she wants to help her parents who had to close their resort because they went bankrupt, and she wants to open it again. He decides to help her and agrees to her terms. Will they be able to save the resort and is this Theros' chance to make up for everything he did to her in their youth and thus a chance to get the woman he wants and thus get a hea?
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I had a little trouble reading this story even though it was good. The female character, June was a bit immature and judgmental. She also kept thinking about Theros behavior or what "she" perceived as him manipulating her since they were children. Theros grew up but she seemed a bit childish and behaved like a spoiled brat (IMHO). I had a feeling that her parents (especially her Mom) knew that Theros has feelings for June. Throughout the story, her thoughts on Theros were a bit irritating and he was truly in love with her. Anyway, it was an overall good story.
They were childhood nemeses. Every summer Theros made Summer's life miserable. Now they are adults and Summer's parents have gone bankrupt and has closed the resort. She wants to save it and goes to the one man that has always brought her misery Theros to save it. He agrees with conditions. He has a long game in mind that leads to Summer. Will he get his woman in the end. This heartfelt story had me glued to the pages.
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Obsession Clause, is one of those books that if you like stubbornness and extreme and dramatic characters, then this book is for you.
However, what really saved this book is the chemistry of the characters in the end of the story. And I really enjoyed reading it.
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This story was cute! I was more drawn to Theros' POV than June's. After I learned about Theros' true intentions, I had to see how this couple would come together and what their ending would be. Certain parts of the book felt repetitive, especially the dialogue between Theros and June in the beginning. Overall, I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy stories about childhood rivalries or enemies-to-lovers.
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This was a read. June and Theros have a tumultuous relationship at best. Seemingly enemies since they were children they are back in each others lives because of the resort her family owns. This was definitely a slow burn. June frustrated me to no end! She was combative just because with Theros but she did have good reason or at least she thought she did. This was my first time reading this author and I could say I did enjoy this book.
Not taking anything away from this author's art. But it's a lot of repetitive inner dialog, sometimes I have to fast forward a little to get to the next point. But overall I love the enemies to lovers romance.
This is a BWWM book and I just didn’t enjoy the writing style. It was very repetitive for one thing. I mean, how many times do we need to talk about his scent in one scene?