Body Obsession

I hated the gangs that ruled my city. After my friend was killed and my father vanished, I had no choice but to infiltrate one to figure out why. Entering their infamous club quickly showed me I was in over my head. Then the most feared gang leader took an interest in me. Arran was corrupt, deadly, and his searing gaze both terrified and tempted me. In my search for answers, I stumbled into his dark and dangerous game. The result? I belonged to him, with no chance of escape. In a heartbeat, I became Arran’s obsession. And in a terrible twist, I think he’s becoming mine.

I rejected my fated mate, and didn’t regret it for a second. Until now. Shipped off to Ravenscroft University, a graduate school for the supernatural elite, I have a lot to live up to. As heir to America’s most powerful pack, I was locked away. Not to be protected, but because I was born broken. A disappointment. A wolf who couldn’t shift. This is supposed to be my fresh start, but my past won’t leave me alone. Not when he’s here. 

Trauma surgeon Justin Wellington is accustomed to handling gunshot wounds… just not over his Cobb salad. When a lunch date with his best friend, the woman with whom he’s quietly and desperately in love – homicide detective Kathleen Murphy – becomes the scene of a drive-by shooting, Justin’s surgical skills are called upon to save the life of a young waitress. His heroism that day sets into motion a chain of events that brings him to the attention of a dangerous and disturbed individual, threatening his career, his own life and the lives of those he holds dear. Obsession: Because ...

Someone is watching me. He knows my running route. My coffee order. The crack in my bathroom tile. He's been counting my smiles through windows I thought were safe. The police can't help. So I walk into a security firm run by bikers and meet Shane — a man built from silence, discipline, and shadows under his eyes that tell me he hasn't slept in years. He moves into my apartment. He installs cameras, reinforces locks, and sits outside my door at two a.m. without being asked. He's infuriating. Immovable. And the safest thing I've ever known. I'm not supposed to want my bodyguard. He's not ...

He was hired to protect me. He decided to possess me instead. Roman Kade is ex-military, ex-secret service, and completely unimpressed by my fame. He watches me with cold eyes and follows me like a shadow. I should feel safe. Instead, I feel seen. He notices everything: the stalker fan who gets too close, the panic attacks I hide from the cameras, the fact that I haven't slept in weeks. He's supposed to maintain professional distance. Then why is he in my apartment at 2 AM, watching me sleep? Why does he know my coffee order, my fears, my secrets? Why does he look at me like I'm the only ...

Ich hasste die Gangs, die meine Stadt beherrschten. Nachdem meine Freundin ermordet worden und mein Vater verschwunden war, hatte ich jedoch keine andere Wahl, als mich in eine einzuschleusen, um eine Erklärung zu finden. Doch auf einmal interessierte sich der gefürchtetste Gangboss für mich. Arran war korrupt, tödlich, und sein stechender Blick machte mir Angst und verführte mich zugleich. Auf meiner Suche nach Antworten stolperte ich in sein dunkles und gefährliches Spiel.

Obsessed bodyguard · stalker · snowed in at his lake house · OTT instalove · HEA For eleven months, the scariest man on Vesper Avenue has bought a bouquet from me almost every day. He barely says a word. He always pays with a hundred, and he never takes the change. Then the gifts start. A teddy bear on my step. A locket with a photo of me inside, taken from above. I storm across the street to accuse Rhys Kerrigan, and he tells me he’d never leave me a teddy bear. He’d leave me a deed. Now a stranger has a key to my shop, a blizzard is coming, and Rhys is taking me to his lake house,...

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Tiffany is trapped in a life she never wanted for herself. The man she fell in love with turned out to be a lazy, good-for-nothing womanizer. Night after night Tiffany comes home to Blake’s physical, mental, and verbal abuse. She’s tried leaving it in the past, but somehow he always finds her. Each time, she comes back and convinces herself things will get better. Then one day Blake beats her for the last time. Tiffany decides death is the only way out - and she’s not the one being buried. Her life takes a drastic turn as she attempts to live the life she’s always wanted.  

She was supposed to be just another high-paying account. But the moment I saw her face, my mission became an absolute, lawless obsession. Nikolai I am a weapon forged in the shadows, an ex-military operative who rules a tactical security empire. My pulse is mechanical. My heart is dead. I view the elite automotive and finance clients of this city as mere tactical puzzles to solve. Until I saw her photograph. Elena Sterling. Ethereal, beautiful, and hunted by a faceless predator. The exact second my fingers touched her file, my cold logic mutated into a primal, terrifying wave of absolute ...

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