Ivy Hart has always wanted things most people don’t.
Quiet men. Dark thoughts. The kind of devotion that borders on clinically concerning.
So when the mysterious new guy in Hollow Creek shuts down a creep at a bar, Ivy does what any rational woman would do.
She stalks him.
Sebastian Locke moved to Vermont to disappear.
Instead, he gains a shadow.
He knows Ivy is following him. She doesn’t even pretend she’s not.
He should be alarmed.
Instead… he’s intrigued.
So when Ivy flips the script, Sebastian escalates and starts watching her.
What begins as curiosity turns into a mutual hobby.
But when someone threatens the woman he’s falling for, the game turns dangerous.
And now they’re about to learn what happens when the quiet guy finally chooses violence.
A dark rom-com romance featuring a female stalker, a morally gray man who stalks her back, mutual obsession, open-door spice, and a mischievous cat who refuses to stay out of trouble.
Tropes
- Dark Rom-Com
- Golden Retriever FMC Stalker x Black Cat MMC
- She Stalks Him. He Stalks Her Back
- Masked Stalker
- He Falls Harder (But Pretends He Doesn’t)
- Mutual Obsession & Possessive Energy
- Touch Her and Be Unalived
- Morally Questionable Behavior
- Found Family
- Open door spice
- Afraid-to-Commit, Control-Freak Hero
- A Stray Feline-Turned-House Cat Named Mr. Pickles
- An Unwilling Brother Trapped in an Escalating Feud With the Cat
He thinks their story just began.
She knows it started years ago.
I saw him first.
Before the bar.
Before the biker.
Before he even realized I existed.
Drew thinks this connection between us is new.
This pull drawing him closer.
This feeling that I’m exactly what he needs.
But I’ve been paying attention longer than he knows.
Learning him.
Understanding him.
Waiting.
He thinks he’s ordinary.
Predictable.
Easy to overlook.
He’s wrong.
I saw him when no one else did.
And now I’m here.
A stray kitten curled up in his house.
A home that needs more work than he realizes.
Fixing problems he doesn’t even know exist yet.He thinks I’m helping.
And I am.
Because Drew doesn’t have to do everything alone anymore.
He has me.
And I’m not going anywhere.
Ever.
A stalker rom-com featuring a morally gray heroine who’s been watching him for years, a man who thinks he’s in control (he’s not), a heroine who’s already obsessed while he’s still in denial, open-door spice, accidental kitten parents, and a suspiciously prepared heroine who always has exactly what he needs before he knows he needs it.
Finding a bleeding stranger stumbling out of the woods probably should’ve scared me.
Instead, I kidnapped him.
Technically, I rescued him. Brought him home. Stitched him up with the help of YouTube. And discovered that the grumpy, ridiculously hot man bleeding all over my couch might be a hitman.
Then I slept with him.
And he disappeared.
Unfortunately for Roman, I’ve never been particularly good at letting things go.
So I start searching for him. A few disguises, some questionable surveillance techniques, one suspicious Instagram account, and an accidental dog acquisition later, I’m getting closer.
Roman can tell me to stop following him. He can keep refusing to tell me where he lives. He can insist he doesn’t want me anywhere near his dangerous life.
But I want Roman.
And nothing is going to stop me.
The more he tries to keep me out, the more determined I am to get in.
But stalking a hitman is all fun and games until I follow him straight into a job.
That’s when I finally understand why Roman has been trying so hard to keep me out.
He’s been trying to keep me safe.
And I just threw myself headfirst into danger.
Tropes: Stalker Romance / Morally Gray Hitman / She Stalks Him / Grumpy x Chaotic Sunshine / Age Gap (26/36) / Possessive & Protective Hero / Touch Her & D!e / Rom Com