Caleb It’s been five years since she branded herself into my blood like a sin I could never erase, then carried on with her perfect little life like nothing happened. She thought I’d forget. She thought distance could cure obsession. She was wrong. I’ve been watching. Waiting. Planning. Now she’s mine again. No matter how hard she resists, no matter what name she calls me…stepbrother, monster, stalker…it doesn’t change the truth. I’ve come to claim her. Body, soul, and every dark, forbidden desire she awakened in me. She was mine then. She’s mine now. And I’ll never let her go.
Laney I knew someone was watching me. I just never expected it to be him. The stepbrother I once kissed in a reckless blur of champagne and Christmas lights. The man who’s come back colder, harder, and far more dangerous. He says I’m not safe. That he’s the only one who can protect me. I tell myself it’s wrong. That I should run. But my body betrays me every time he looks at me like I’m already his. But what terrifies me most is how badly I still want him. How much I crave the very thing I should fear. Some desires can’t be denied… and Caleb won’t stop until I belong to him.
Sinful Stepbrother is the second story in the Dark Obsessions series—where love is forbidden, protection turns to possession, and happily-ever-afters come wrapped in the shadows.
Laney was 8 when her mom married Calebs dad, he was 18. He went into the military, escaping the home where their parents fought loudly and often. Laney kisses him under the mistletoe when she is 19. He leaves and immediately tries to forget her with another woman. For 5 years he stays away from her and sleeps with women who don’t have her hair color. Laney’s past lovers aren’t mentioned. Laney has a second stalker, Caleb steps in before he can take or hurt her. Caleb see’s Laney when he goes to LA with his business partner. Caleb takes Laney to his home in Alaska. He wants them to be together, he tells her of the danger he saved her from being trafficked.
The story pulled me into their world. I enjoyed the book and read it all at once. Read to find out what they go through before a HEA.
Things I didn’t like: him going to another woman after rejecting her kiss. It’s almost like he blames her for how he reacted. The brother sister name calling seemed to be a dirty kink they both enjoyed.