Try free for 30 days
-
Haunting Adeline
- Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $27.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
The Ritual
- By: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.
-
-
Great story
- By Anonymous User on 17-10-2023
-
Credence
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham, Greg Tremblay, Carson Beck, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. She's sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado.
-
-
Terrible and creepy
- By Anonymous User on 10-11-2021
-
Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
-
-
The story is amazing but the narration is not
- By Anonymous User on 07-05-2023
-
Satan's Affair
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Christian Black, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides, and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time. I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls. Once you've been chosen, there's no escaping my henchmen—they cater to my every desire.
-
The Sacrifice
- A Dark Revenge Romance
- By: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Heather Firth, Liam Dicosimo
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would've had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.
-
-
Absolute Smut 😮💨
- By nedell on 13-09-2023
-
Does It Hurt?
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I've only ever walked in stolen shoes.
-
-
Falls a bit flat
- By Joanne B. on 24-03-2023
-
The Ritual
- By: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.
-
-
Great story
- By Anonymous User on 17-10-2023
-
Credence
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Sofia Willingham, Greg Tremblay, Carson Beck, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she? Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of 18. She's sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado.
-
-
Terrible and creepy
- By Anonymous User on 10-11-2021
-
Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
-
-
The story is amazing but the narration is not
- By Anonymous User on 07-05-2023
-
Satan's Affair
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Christian Black, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Every Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides, and the tastiest food. And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time. I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls. Once you've been chosen, there's no escaping my henchmen—they cater to my every desire.
-
The Sacrifice
- A Dark Revenge Romance
- By: Shantel Tessier
- Narrated by: Heather Firth, Liam Dicosimo
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would've had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.
-
-
Absolute Smut 😮💨
- By nedell on 13-09-2023
-
Does It Hurt?
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I've only ever walked in stolen shoes.
-
-
Falls a bit flat
- By Joanne B. on 24-03-2023
-
Den of Vipers
- By: K.A. Knight
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins, Hollie Jackson
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me. They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant.
-
-
unbearable performance
- By Rebecca Skennar on 18-07-2021
-
Twisted Love
- Twisted, Book 1
- By: Ana Huang
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay, Aiden Snow
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest. Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember. But despite her past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world . . . including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.
-
-
Got through it, but not sure why I persisted
- By Anonymous User on 16-05-2023
-
Butcher & Blackbird
- The Ruinous Love Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Brynne Weaver
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Lucy Rivers
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.
-
-
love a dual narration
- By Jemma l. on 08-12-2023
-
King of Wrath
- Kings of Sin, Book 1
- By: Ana Huang
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Jacob Morgan
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant. Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry - until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows: Vivian Lau, jewellery heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal. There's only one problem: now that he has her...he can't bring himself to let her go.
-
-
Intertwined Intensity
- By Anonymous User on 07-12-2023
-
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
- Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 1
- By: Carissa Broadbent
- Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself. But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.
-
-
Loved it
- By Tam on 07-09-2023
-
Icebreaker
- By: Hannah Grace
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise, Tim Paige
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. She has a drive that few can match and, as she enters her third year on the Maple Hills ice skating team, everything is going according to plan. Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the ice hockey team, Nate Hawkins.
-
-
Sweet hockey romance
- By KC Roberts on 05-03-2023
-
God of Malice
- Legacy, Book 1
- By: Rina Kent
- Narrated by: Sebastian York, Josie Minor, Aaron Shedlock, and others
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
I caught the attention of a monster. I didn’t ask for it. Didn’t even see it coming. But the moment I do, it’s too late. Killian Carson is a predator wrapped in sophisticated charm. He’s cold-blooded, manipulative, and savage. The worst part is that no one sees his devil side. I do. And that will cost me everything. I run, but the thing about monsters? They always chase.
-
-
One Click
- By Down Under Reviewer on 06-10-2022
-
Birthday Girl
- By: Penelope Douglas
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Jennifer Mack
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We're not free to give into this. She's 19, and I'm 38. And I'm her boyfriend's father. Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.
-
-
Great Book!
- By Anonymous User on 26-02-2019
-
Praise
- By: Sara Cate
- Narrated by: Jack Calihan, Vivienne LaRue
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Broken down, and wounded by my emotionally neglectful ex, I wanted someone to tell me I was good enough. Then, I stumbled into a new job with a boss who brought me to my knees - literally. He has me do things a real secretary would never do. Emerson Grant tells me I’m more than just good enough. I’m worthy of his praise. There are a million reasons why I should stay away. The owner of the Salacious Players’ Club is not just my new boss - he’s twice my age. And my ex-boyfriend’s father....I’m a good girl, but I’m falling for the wrong man.
-
-
An absolute banger!
- By Abbyreadssmut on 29-05-2022
-
Bloodshed
- Order of the Unseen
- By: Molly Doyle
- Narrated by: Von Necros, Corvin King, Ken Murdock, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
We like to believe monsters don’t exist, even in the moonlit streets of a place like Salem, Massachusetts. But they’re very real...and very human. There’s danger lurking around every corner. People are vanishing off the street into thin air, never to be seen again.
-
-
Loved every moment
- By Alycia on 12-11-2023
-
A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Feyre kills a wolf, a beastlike creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a magical land Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it....
-
-
Great book, terrible narrator!
- By Emma Dalmazzo on 14-03-2020
-
Until I Get You
- By: Claire Contreras
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Kasha Kensington
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
My reputation at Fairview University preceded me. I was the projected number-one pick in the NHL draft and the fan favorite at the rink. People wanted to be me or be with me. Except for Lyla James Marichal.
-
-
was okay
- By Anonymous User on 16-10-2023
Publisher's Summary
The Manipulator
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.
The Shadow
I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.
While not required, it is highly suggested to listen to the novella Satan's Affair first.
Author's Note: This book ends on a cliff-hanger. For CWs, please check the author's website.
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Haunting Adeline
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Selene
- 12-12-2022
What the ....
what in the rape fetish did I just read...The main male character is the most self important arse I've ever come across and the female lead is an actual idiot.
Won't bother with the rest of the series, this was enough of a struggle.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- RomanceBooktalk
- 24-01-2023
So many conflicted feelings about this book
Yeah, I know. I’m one of the few… but this one just didn’t do it for me.
I really didn’t like the MMC, Zade. He is such a contradiction in the story, both a saviour and the devil, I just couldn’t get my head around him. He’s portrayed as this righteous hero who has dedicated his life fighting against evil and corruption, particularly those dealing in the flesh trade, but in his private life he’s this psycho stalker who is obsessed with the FMC, Addie, and terrifies the poor woman on a weekly basis because he’s decided that she is his new plaything. Hello! Kettle calling the pot black!!!
I thought the plot line that focused around taking down “The Society” was pretty good, and it definitely kept me interested in the storyline. I really wanted to know what happened to the baddies in the book, but the dialogue between Zade and Addie was so cringe worthy at times, and some of the things Zade said to her definitely got an eye roll or two. 🙄
The story ended on a cliffhanger, but I don’t know whether I should to continue or not. I’d like to know what happens to the MMCs and members of The Society, but the question is… Can I endure listening to more of “Crude Corny Zade’s” dialogues and introspection? Mmmmm… that’s the million dollar question. 🤔
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Elizabeth
- 31-08-2023
I couldn't even finish and now a bit traumatised..
I don't even know where to start with this one.. It was soooo hard to listen to.
The characters were infuriating, both in Zade's hypocritical nature of saving women and then wanting to prey, hurt and rape them [Addie] - he is just as bad as those he's killing. Addie's mind and thought processes are so back and forth she does not even begin to make sense.. I just cant. I know there was a warning at the start but jeeeeeze this is not my cup of tea.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Michelle
- 21-08-2023
I have issues with it.
I too made my way here after a spicy TikTok review and I'm just so confused about what this is. Is it how the book justifies abuse? Or how the storyline pits a paedophile ring alongside what is supposed to be a kinky 'love' story?
I gotta say, not only is it wrong, it's just bad. I forced my way to the end only so that I could legitimately write this review.
Clearly the story is intended to be second to the kink but gosh, the fact that the scenario is so blatantly abusive and hinges on a fundamental lack of consent, I just wasn't prepared.
I get that this is fiction and I like when fiction has the ability to take the reader to a different reality but for me, the key point is in the way the book rationalises abuse, lack of consent, brutal violence in a really poor and dangerous way. Like just let it be what it is without trying to justify and rationalise it.
Needless to say, I won't read the second part.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sue
- 25-07-2023
10/10 would read again
Only thing I’m kinda sad about was is the cliffhanger ending but I’m happy there is more
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Brooke
- 20-07-2023
Loved loved loved !
The performance needs 10 stars not just 5 ,
these 2 narrator's need to do more duet books 🙏
I loved the story, and with a cliffhanger 😍
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Denise Young
- 15-07-2023
Excellent Audible Story!
Fantastic book and Narration.
Couldn’t put the story down will definitely look for more Audible books by HD Carlton!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- bel
- 12-07-2023
Perfect narration
Teddy and Michelle really bring Addy and Zane to life, while the story is amazing, Teddy has the perfect voice for Zade
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 04-07-2023
Hot, intriguing, beautiful story!
Hot, spicy, dominant story mixed with a bit of mystery. Good speed to listen, great voices, excellent performance. This story has got under my skin.
Recommend this book 100%
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anonymous User
- 26-11-2023
Teddy, thank you
Teddy MADE this book.
Best thing I have 'read' in a long time! Cannot fault it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kel
- 05-09-2022
Seriously, check those TWs. Not for the faint of ❤
Okay so this book is definitely for mature adults... 21+. And the trigger warnings need to be taken seriously. This is a full on dark stalker romance with some murder mystery elements. A lot of darker themes are tackled here and as a reader you need to be smart about knowing what you're walking into. I disagree with the sheer number of poor reviews on this book strictly due to the fact that the readers were unprepared for the disturbing and dark content.
I am rating this book 4 stars because the plot and story are very intriguing. Not to mention the cliffhanger at the end which had me beside myself. Some of the sexual content in this book was tough for me to read, I just don't think stalkers are sexy but Zade did grow on me as the book progressed but I still found the romance tough to swallow. The murder of her great grandmother was such a cool addition to the plot. I found her little journal entries to be riveting and the fact that Adaline had more going on than just her stalker made the character feel more rounded.
This is not a book I'd recommend you read at night. It gets spooky and eerie at points which could give you some effed up dreams. Don't say I didn't warn you!
Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Smut 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Audio 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 (Teddy Hamilton ❤️)
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
119 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-2022
okay, listen.
I've read the book series twice. (if you like super dark and kinky stuff thatll make you question your mental well being, this is for you!)
-but let me tell you!!!! the MOMENT I heard my man Teddy's voice being the narrator, it didn't matter if I've read the series or not. I HAD to buy the audiobook. I need this man to narrate my life.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
60 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- I pray to god my family never sees my amazon history
- 27-02-2023
A Q anon wet dream
I’m a fan of dark romance but this is beyond me. The guy and his organization and goals just reek of q anon propaganda. His code name is literally Z while taking down the government. Also he’s just a massive self contradiction, fighting against human trafficking and sex crimes while actively stalking a woman and assaulting her. The book does acknowledge this but it remains a paradox.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
30 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Gab
- 01-11-2022
Very “Twilight”-esque Plot with romanticized stalking
the book can be split up into three parts: 1, crazy stalker; 2, learning more about crazy stalker, 3, falling in love with crazy stalker. The author tries to make you like the stalker even though everything he does is very similar if not the same to the exact people he’s supposed to be stopping... by the time Adeline started falling in love with Z, he had already done so much messed up stuff to her while thinking what he was doing, was justifiable, but at the same time, Z was disgusted by, and actively working to thwart pedophile, human traffickers, and rapists. He stalks her, rapes her, sexually assaults her, manipulates her and more. By the time she started falling in love with him, I already hated him, and saw no justification for the way he treated her. His character is irredeemable.
Separately, I had an issue with the way the male voice actor said “pussy“. It always sounds like he saying poo-sea lmao
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
29 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Chelsea
- 01-11-2022
yes, Yes, YES!!! New favorite book!!!
I'll preface my review by saying that I may be just a touch biased because I've been looking for this exact book (not literally, but figuratively), for MONTHS, and I cannot understand some of the reviews I've read. Yes, there's triggers, we get it, but everyone can make their own decision on whether to read it or not and people seem extremely focused on that for a book that's been pretty open about the fact that this is not one for the faint of heart.
The reviews saying that this book contains actual rape... the line is blurry but I've listened to books that had such content and it did not feel like it did listening to this book. It wasn't triggering to me, but that's just me. She's not running for the hills or calling the cops anymore after he reveals himself and it feels more like a game between them. Adeline certainly feels obligated to respond the way she SHOULD, but it's important to note that she WANTS to respond to him positively rather than negatively, regardless of what society expects her to feel in such a situation. That's my take on it, and I've read a lot of books with dubious consent in addition to none at all; compared to those, this one didn't make me feel uncomfortable about consent as those did.
ANYWAY, this is an excellent dark romance with a stalker and his prey, kinky play, and the undiluted adrenaline rush that comes from being both terrified by a man and also being turned on by him simultaneously. I love these kinds of books, and this one is probably one of the best ones I've ever read/listened to. Everything about it had me on the edge of my seat! I swear, it's like the author created a book just for me, using my own personality as Adeline. She and I are so similar, it's crazy, and I love it. She's a sassy, non-nonsense kind of woman that knows her worth and isn't ashamed of who she is in the slightest, and I love that about her. The last 3 books I've read have all had overly submissive, nearly braindead females as the MC and I am so sick of it; they would take entire books or a whole series to grow themselves a backbone and it was purely credited to the man in their lives, so this was such a breath of fresh air!
Not only that, but the writing lately in many dark romance books.... it's been awful, in my opinion. The cringe-worthy lines I've been hearing have actually caused me to literally roll my eyes and stop listening to books because they were just that stupid and even uncomfortable. This one is not like any of those, in my opinion, with writing that had me enraptured. The sexy scenes make you flush just listening to them and by no means feel cringy in any way. I may be putting it on a pedestal, but I can't find it in myself to care. I'm just so glad to have found this book, it was just what I wanted and was looking for but unable to find until now.
Lastly, I talked about Adeline, but I have to mention that "Shadow" is also an excellent character; well fleshed-out, with just the right mix of darkness and light, not quite a jerk but not nice either, I love it all! The narration too.... Teddy Hamilton has always been excellent but gosh, he's stellar in this book, as is Michelle Sparks. You can't get better narrators than these two, truly.
I'm moving on to the second book ASAP. so basically, if you like your dark romances with just a touch of taboo and understand the allure of a man being utterly obsessed with you, then this one may be for you. That said, has quite a few possible triggers, so be warned of that. But wow, was this one ever worth the credit I spent on it. Okay, I'll stop gushing now, but really, what are you waiting for? Get this book!!!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
17 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- RKoll
- 13-03-2023
Creepy, glorified rape with no hope of a story
Truly awful. There’s no story just a lazily written ‘mystery’ plot peppered with assault scenes. I imagine the author was trying to spin the assault as kink but both the writing and the author’s understanding of kink are just the worst. The male lead is given such wholly creepy dialogue that he borders on incel territory - female lead shows a personality? Call her “a bad little girl” and cum in her face. Honestly, he might as well be narrating himself in that gross m’lady dialogue. I gave up on the book half way in and only made it that far because I couldn’t return it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
14 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kindle Customer
- 09-09-2022
Incredible, but mind the TWs.
Mind those TWS! they're not for show.
Absolutely fantastic book, I cannot wait for the next installment. I think I might just buy the actual book so I'll get to know what's gonna happen, I don't know of I can wait. S tier performance by Teddy Hamilton and Michelle Sparks as per usual. It was as terrifying as it was tantalizing and I may never recover. I usually HATE books ending on a cliffhanger, but this feels earned somehow.
Overall incredible. Just, be sure you're not getting in to something you'll feel bad about, some of this stuff is pretty gnarly.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
13 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-2022
2 stories in 1. And they don’t mesh!
Really really wanted to love this book!
And I did. Except I loved one of the stories. The one with the dark anti hero stalking and getting closer to his victim. The haunting, the mystery. I loved the Dubious Consent thing.
BUT!
There’s a parallel story where our dark knight is also a hero chasing pedophiles, witch, u know, is a good thing!
The problem is that these seem like 2 stories and the author couldn’t choose.
The hero fighting trafficking of kids and women just doesn’t mesh with the anti hero.
This should have been 2 separate books!
Also, unfortunately, the parts about pedophiles flaunts the false craziness that basically every rich person or person in government are pedophiles, except of course the extremely rich hero trying to crush the pegophile rings…
Pedophelia is one of the worst crimes out there but… The books idea about how pedofile rings work are just weird and wrong in so many ways. (Look, I’ve worked with these issues!!!)
And by doing so it actually hinders us from seeing real pedofiles, the people living next door that we like and so on, the teacher, the friendly guy in church, the one who doesn’t look like a predator.
So, had it been the haunting, the dark anti hero and the roses this book would have been a 5!!!!
Unfortunately the author didn’t have a good publisher who could have made this 2 different books (and helped sort out the “the entire government are pedofiles” thing)
I wish someone could just sort the book out!
I would have loved to love it!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
11 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Michelle M
- 11-03-2023
Horrible don’t waste your credit!
This story is horribly written and tries way too hard. I tried to force myself to finish listening to it because I didn’t want to waste my credit, but couldn’t.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Rachael
- 09-09-2022
Some interesting elements but fairly juvenile
This author could develop into a real talent but this reads a bit like fan fiction. She does write great angry sec scenes and their attraction was intriguing. Plot elements were were pretty cliche and very Qanon. That could be ok if better executed.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
10 people found this helpful