Dedication:

For anyone who thinks getting stalked by a fictional character is sexy, this is for you.

Quotes:

My co-worker rolls her eyes. "I love you too, but no. Why can't a man simply ask, 'Do you want me to come over and eat your ~~pussy~~ till you come on my face?'" (Chapter 2)
Bennett crouches, bringing his face close to Grady's and whispers, "Apologize to Miss Green for putting your filthy hands on her. Then apologize to me for touching what's mine." (Chapter 10)
"You need me. Not this ~~fucking~~ job or anything else," he says. "Now, get in the car before I carry you." (Chapter 10)
"Don't try to run," he says, staring into my eyes. "I can see you want to, but don't." "Why?" "I will always chase you." (Chapter 10)
"I refuse to be alone in my obsession," I grit out between clenched teeth. "You will suffer like me. I'll accept nothing less. Then, maybe we can ease the desperation in one another as I ~~fuck~~ you until there's nothing left of me, until I've lost myself in so you completely that I no longer recognize myself." (Chapter 13)
"You belong to me, Callie. You have since the first time I saw you. I knew it then, and I'm telling you now, you're mine." (Chapter 28)
"You belong with me. To me." He brings his face so close to mine that the tips of our noses brush one another. "You can fight it all you want, but we both know it's pointless. What's happening between us is inevitable, and I'll do everything within my power to get you to accept it." (Chapter 30)
"Do you hear me, Callie? I'll never leave you. Not in this life or whatever comes after. You are mine. And I will burn this world to ~~fucking~~ ashes before I let anything take you from me. Or me from you." (Chapter 32)
"I can't let you go now that you're here. If I did, it'd be like removing my lungs. I wouldn't ~~fucking~~ survive it." (Chapter 35)
"I'll make them suffer in ways no one has ever suffered. Before I ~~fucking~~ kill them." (Chapter 36)
I'll worship her body and give her the world until she gives me her surrender. And her heart. (Chapter 37)
Not only my lover, but my salvation. (Chapter 37)
"I haven't even so much as looked at another woman since I met you." (Chapter 38)
"If you do that again, I'll pull this car over so I can have a taste." (Chapter 38)
When he glances at me as if I'm his reason for breathing... (Chapter 38)
"I won't leave you alone until I know you're protected." (Chapter 38)
"This is how I like seeing you," he says. "All ~~fucked~~ up from my hands and mouth on your body. Keep your eyes on me. I want to watch your face as I ~~fuck~~ you." (Chapter 39)
If you only knew the things I've done... and will do for you. (Chapter 40)
"Yes, I did. I take care of what belongs to me." "Including me?" "Especially you," (Chapter 40)

Bennett's names from Harper:

Mr. Tall-dark-and-dangerous-dick-size Bennett
Mr. Finger-me-like-a-god Bennett
Mr. Choke-me-big-daddy Bennett

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3.75

Content Warnings: sexual content, stalking, murder, torture, violence, blood, grief, loss of body autonomy, and gore.
Mention of: being roofied, drug addiction, loss of a parent, and rape.

I saw some snippets of this book on Booktok and was intrigued.

There are definitely elements that you need to not look to closely at or you'll be rolling your eyes. Like how she never once suspects he's her stalker...even though he always knows where she is...like really? When you met him you didn't have a cell phone or social media...so how does he know exactly where you are? And really you aren't extremely concerned about the level of public violence he commits in your name?

Now if you don't look too closely at those aspects you'll be just fine 😅

This man is a walking red flag with neon flashing lights...and yet...I still swooned at the way he talks about her...

Example 1:
"She’s not only gotten under my skin but inside my blood. A person can’t survive without it, without that life force. She is mine. My reason for feeling alive. My reason for feeling enraged. My reason for feeling anything at all."

Example 2:
"you're in my blood, Callie. Underneath my skin. No matter how hard I try, I can't cut you out without killing myself in the process.”

Example 3:
"I’ll never leave you. Not in this life or whatever comes after. You are mine. And I will burn this world to fucking ashes before I let anything take you from me. Or me from you.”

Look is he a killer? Yes. Has he stalked her? Yes. Is he hiding secrets that can/will tear them apart? Also, yes. And yet...this book still had me swooning over his feelings for her 🤭

This book does end on a cliffhanger that requires you to immediately pick up book two. I can't wait to dive in and see what happens next and just how their relationship can become an HEA.

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