Jealous Stalker

by B.J. Mann

She tied a string to her wrist.
I wrapped my whole world around it.

She doesn’t know my name but I know hers.
Ella Mackie.
Nursing student with a sweet tooth.
Sleeps with her wrist tied to a string because she walks in her dreams—
and doesn’t know how close she’s come to danger.

Until me.

I watch her. Protect her. Fix what she forgets.
Tuck her in tighter than the world ever has.
I shouldn’t be in her apartment, shouldn’t be touching her skin while she sleeps.
But I do.
Because I need her.

And when she starts leaving me notes, soft, scared, curious, I know she feels it too.
She’s not mine.
Not yet.
But she will be.
Because I’d lay existence itself to waste
before I let anyone else touch her.

Genres: Stalker, Dark Romance, Dark, Novella, Romance

204 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2025

Reviews

[Mysti]

It really is a sweet stalker fic, not a dark one. I enjoyed the first half of this a lot, but it was a slow burn, and things started getting very frustrating the longer he held out.

“God, you’re so beautiful it’s almost unbearable to keep looking at you. But I’m obsessed so I don’t have much of a choice, do I? I’ll keep looking into the sunlight of your beauty until I’m blinded. Until your image is imprinted on my retinas so it doesn’t even matter if I’m sightless.”

Stalker (mid-thirties, veteran) is casually working out when an angel walks into the gym he’s at. Stalker mode activated, he makes it his mission to learn everything he can about her. When he discovers how naïve his girl is, and that she also sleepwalks, he ups his low-level stalking to maximum strength, doctor prescribed!

Ella Mackie (mid-twenties, virgin) gets the feeling she’s not quite alone. Since our sweet Ella loves to read smut, specifically noncon/dubcon/and somno fics, she decides to leave her stalker a note. Sadly, her Stalker isn’t quite ready to come into her light, and he might never be. Things progress, then things PROGRESS, and when she begs him to let her see his face, he rejects her. She gives an ultimatum and then…..

“Then I accept the wonderful, terrifying truth. Let it suffuse every real and random corner of my being. I’m never touching another woman for the remainder of my life. I’ve found the one, the only, woman I need. I’m ferally, insanely in love with Ella Mackie. And I’m never letting her go.”

SEX: Awwwww. First kiss is at 36% and the popping at 60%. That first time is very delicious! There’s some oral after that, and it’s good. I was only disappointed it took so long to get there. I also think we could have used some more of it.

STALKING: He’s a precious, worshipful stalker. Of course, he does make it painfully clear to a few guys that she’s claimed, but nothing on page. At first, he’s just dedicated to loving her from afar and keeping her safe. When she pushes him, of course he can’t say no. He’d give her anything she wanted.

ULTIMATUM: There’s a reason he doesn’t want her to see him. Our sweet man doesn’t make her wait too long after she makes her demands.

I recommend it.

[Kellyythoralabatalla]

Muy slow burn para mi gusto, además que se conocen al final y no vemos más.

[Molly Bleezarde]

needed more editing, but loved

I love the the story line ! Caleb and Ella are a match made in heaven, but the story gets very lost close to the ending. There are missing words in the first couple chapters, The povs are wrong in the last couple chapter and one chapter is split between both without any distinction.

[cara]

No sex

[Justyna]

3.75

[Dome]

Mi primer libro que leí en inglés 🫶

Y bueno. Que puedo decir, estoy sorprendida de que me haya gustado. Creo que tiene que ver que este libro mostró un deseo muy interno que tenemos como ser humanos de ser vistos. De verdad.
Es mi primer libro de este tipo pero ahora entiendo porque es popular el trope de obsesión. Porque es algo que en el fondo todos queremos (no de forma enfermiza) si no de tener a alguien que te conozca, que se enamore profundamente de todas tus partes, que te ame y no vea el mundo sin ti.

Quizás estoy romantizando mucho un libro regularmente escrito, quiero decir, no fue la gran cosa. Pero me hizo explorar ese sentimiento de querer ser vista.

Btw, el final no me gustó. Construiste una historia bonita y con toda la anticipación que hubo entre los dos. Esperaba un spicy más memorable. Pero resultó decepcionante.
Incluso había capítulos mal editados y cambiados el Pov.

[Alex]

Me encanto. Ame demasiado la devoción que Caleb tenía hacia Ella, fue tremendo leer y a pesar de ser un libro corto, tiene profundidad en la historia de ambos protagonistas, de la soledad de ambos y me lo devoré leyendo, no quería parar de leer como prácticamente Caleb besaba el piso por donde pasaba su mujer y a pesar de estar modo Stalker, él nunca abuso de ella en ningún sentido, ni siquiera cuando ella se lo "pidió".

Pero, me hubiese gustado que la escena donde por fin tienen sexo haya sido más larga o con más detalles, quería leer como él se volvía loco por poder por fin tocarla y como ella perdía la cabeza por su hombre. También me hubiese gustado leer más sobre su relación después de oficializar la misma y quizás leer si tuvieron algún hijo y así, pero se entiende que al ser un libro corto no se obtienen esos detalles.

En fin, lo ame, lo volvería a leer 100%.

[Ellie Banana]

This book makes slow look fast.

For transparency sake I have to say I'm not a huge slow burn fan. That being said this book crawls beneath the threshold of what can be considered motion. 92%. 92% is when we find out the MMC's name and his story. I started "skimming" around 60% because the book moved at such a glacial pace. I thought I could pick it up again when the story started moving but alas that never happened. It was only 202 pages so I'm surprised by the pace.

The blurb made it seem like the FMC's sleepwalking was a "thing". It was not a thing. It was completely irrelevant and had no effect on the story at all. There is no somnophilia, nothing salacious happens while she sleeps. The MMC was OTT at the start of the book but that dissipated just as quickly as the sleepwalking did.

[Amanda French]

This book was not half bad. Although I will say, it didn’t really give me the whole warm fuzzy vibe I was hoping for. It was a quick read for me, but the plot really wasn’t enough for me to give it three stars for an average rating. I guess I had just wanted more. More interactions, more warmth and intrigue. I loved the notes the characters wrote to each other, and I liked that the MMC payed close attention to his girl. I also liked the fact that the FMC wasn’t totally put off at having a stalker. I did think it was a little strange that she just jumped into it head first instead of going the normal, ‘why is this happening to me and how do I make it stop’ route. It wasn’t a dark romance in the way some of the other stalker dark romances I read were.
I guess, that’s my main complaint. It was too easy.
I did like how the MMC truly valued the FMC and pined for her a lot.
I hope you enjoy the book if you read it.

[With a W Kerr]

I love this darkly delicious read that was also surprisingly heartwarming. It did need another round of editing.

Examples: Ella’s shampoo smell went from herbal, to lavender, to vanilla, to blueberry. At 35% he says he’s touching her for the first time when he grabs her wrist in the hall, but a few chapters before he caught her from falling and carried her to bed. He mentions photos hanging in his apartment, then he says he lives in a cabin. The mask should have been explained as a top half mask instead of just a half mask, bc I assumed it was his lower face hidden and was super confused how he was kissing her until I figured it out.

I also wish we’d have gotten more of the reaction of Jules to her staying with Caleb and hopefully being told her boyfriend Carl is a creep,

[Lucy]

I think this might have been more enjoyable if the prose didn't feel like a constant staccato. 90% of the sentences within this were single line paragraphs. It's fine enough depending on your tastes, but for me, it was just too much.

There's not really much to this as far as plot or relationship building. The characters don't really have much depth. I like what we were given as far as the characters. The Stalker (unnamed until the end) and Ella certainly had chemistry, more sexual than romantic if only because there wasn't much relationship building on page.

There's a lot of continuity errors in this and maybe if I was enjoying the story more, I wouldn't have noticed or cared, but alas, I did notice and care. It was fine for brainless erotica but not a great romance.

[Barbara Atkinson]

The stalker first sees Ella at the gym and becomes obsessed with her. He begins following her around, he discovers she has a habit of sleepwalking. He starts to protect her from any threats.
Ella is sweet, young and innocent. She has a secret desire to be taken by a masked man.
When her stalker breaks into her home, she falls in love with him but he refuses to reveal himself to her.
This is an interesting short read. Little is revealed about the stalker until the end of the story. He is vulnerable and feels unworthy of someone as sweet as Ella.
I love Ella’s character she seems like she is weak but she is strong and forces the stalker out of his comfort zone.

[ashlee]

✨BOOK REVIEW✨

Title: Jealous Stalker
Author: B. J. Mann
Genre: Stalker Romance
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Main Characters: Caleb + Ella
Book Type: Stand-alone

I fell in love with Caleb & Ella from the start. Our stalker finds his obsession and never stops. The letters were a cute addition to their story along with them starting a little book club with each other.

He’s gentle with her most of the time but knows when to show his possessive side when needed. The only bad thing I could say…is that it ended too soon 😭

✨Tropes + Triggers✨
Stalking
Hidden Identity
Cyber Stalking
Rope Play
Sleep Walking
Virgin FMC
Obsession

[Luna]

This book is so slow its almost glacier. While I usually have absolutely no problem with slow burn books, this one was just terrible. I actually fell asleep half way through the book, woke back up, finished the book, then immediately fell asleep again because of how slow it was. It needs so much editing that my brain actually started stuttering at one point because words were missing. Many inconsistencies throughout the book. It's books like these that make everybody feel like they can be an author.

[Samma]

2⭐️

Idk what happened. The previous books were better than this one. This one is full of grammatical errors and extra words and wrong words.

Outside of that, I cringed. A lot.

The mask thing went on far too long.
And Ella? Ugh she’s a filthy book reader.
I hate that trope.

It takes the entire book to learn his name.
I didn’t vibe with the story once living book fantasies started but the errors is what killed it for me.

[Rachel Hager]

Decent if you like stalker romances. Lots of dubcon - just be warned. Also, I’m getting pretty tired of romance/erotica having a “we read romance novels and spice up our sex lives using inspiration from what we read.” I feel like that’s pretty overdone by now and it makes me feel the same way reading a book with references to TikTok does. This was very spicy, but that’s about it. Not a lot of substance.

[Kierra Hayes]

Great Stalker Book

Jealous Stalker was a good stalker romance that kept my attention from start to finish. The pacing was solid, and the tension between the characters worked well for the story. On top of that, the sex scenes were great and added heat to the plot. Overall, it was a quick, enjoyable read.

[Jana]

Awesome stalking story!

If you enjoy insta-love, a dark hero with a side of stalking, this is a book for you. He falls first and becomes obsessed. BJ Mann does an awesome job taking two flawed characters with scarred pasts and making them perfect for each other. The spice is high and the plot is good. Can't wait to read her other books.

[Danes_booksta]

this was so good 4.5✨

I LOVED this. I love a good stalker romance and i loved how this one played out. The push and pull between him wanting her so much to trying to keep his distance. Their connection, passion, and the way they understood each other. It was done so dang well! Loved

[Ash Summers]

I Loved It But…

Okay, the editing issues and grammar issues in this book is…really bad. Like, it drove me nuts. BUT, the story was so good it kind of made up for it? But, I can’t give it five stars with such bad editing errors. But it’s a good story, just not executed perfectly.

[Dia]

Favorite of the series (so far)

Their two person book club idea really sold this book for me. This book was still unrealistic but I didn’t mind because it was so sweet. Well done, a fun, quick, and spicy book to read!

[Jane Taylor]

sweet stalker love story

This was a really sweet read. Loved how much Caleb was obsessed with Elle but he was so afraid due to his scars. When he finally came to her in the light was fantastic- teared up a little at that. Highly recommended

[Ameesa]

This is a YES book!

Very good story. Loved that it wasn't predictable. The ending wasn't rushed. The characters where perfect. The spice was 6/5!
I'll be reading again from this author.

[Kathyjacks]

So intense

This author has risen to the top of my favorites list with her intense MMCs and some of the best spice I’ve ever read. Her fmcs are sweet and not annoying like some I’ve read. I really enjoy all of her books.

[Kye | Dark Books]

I need to remind myself it’s okay to DNF.

Who knew pinkie cuddles could make a dude cum in his pants…

This had the potential I guess, but unfortunately it just felt cringey and ridiculous more often than not.

[Ally]

This book is truly a romantic light Stalker book where Caleb watches out for Ella. It is a slow slow burn with spice but at times feels a little to slowww. I hated how Caleb dragged out his unwillingness to unmask for Ella but im glad that it ended with a HEA.

[ABookishVet]

Full steam ahead

Hot. All the chili peppers. Morally grey hero meets very naive girl and is obsessed on first look. They are both broken but find healing in each other. So good I read it in 1 sitting, much to my bedtime’s dismay! I’m excited to read the rest in the series!

[Goodsmutreads]

NOT ONE SEX SCENE, THE FUCK WAS THE POINT
The rating is for the fun premise

[Julie]

4.25 stars

[Rubie Hopper]

Loved

I loved this book , I don't wish they had a little more depth into some of it, but these too are perfect n I like how dark romance becomes their game