No Control by Annie Wild
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read her words. I felt her soul. I knew she was destined to be mine.
No Control
She’s the light in the darkness, the epiphany of my redemption. I’ll do whatever it takes to get my hands on her—though I’d rather her believe it was her own idea. So, I set the bait, luring her into making a deal with the devil. But surprisingly, she doesn’t take it. And now, I’m left to force her hand. Because without her, I’m afraid I’ll be devoured by the monster inside of me.
**No Control: A Dark Romance contains heavy themes such as stalking and detailed violence, but it does not include cheating or SA. It is a standalone with an HEA.
Stalkerific!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: 🙂🥰😎😄😋
The Hero: Henry – he is a contract killer who has always wanted to fall in love but never has been able to. He also believes that nobody could love a man like him. His sister turned him on to a series of dark romantic suspense books he has taken a liking to, and he wants to hire the writer to write a thriller book for him.
The heroine: Lydia – she is a writer who has written a series of books under a pen name, though she hasn’t quite made enough money to live off. She also takes on other writing jobs. She is engaged to a guy named Mason, who was very sweet to her when they started dating six years ago but has gradually gotten meaner as the years go by. He also has trouble holding down a job and she ends up paying most of the bills for both of them. Lydia tends to hide herself away from the world like she doesn’t want any attention or doesn’t want to be found.
The Story: Henry has started to become a bit obsessed with Lydia, which is why he wants her to ghost write a book for him. It is basically just a made-up reason for him to get to know her on a personal level. He gives her a contract for a great deal of money to write the book and since it is to be set in L.A., he would require her to move into his house in Los Angeles until she finishes a draft of the book.
“Lydia Waters is the answer to the question I’ve been asking myself since I survived the night my parents were murdered. After reading her books, I wanted to solve the mystery of who she was, feeling like she wrote the same man in every single book. He might take a different dark twist, kink, or scenario, but regardless, I see myself on the page—and I want to know why.
I mean, is the woman manifesting me? Could someone actually want me?”
When Lydia turns Henry down, he is determined to get her to change her mind, so he stalks her and scares her into thinking her ex-boyfriend is harassing her. She eventually agrees to work with Henry just to get away from her ex. I love stalker romance, and this was a good one. Henry was definitely more than a bit crazy, but I really liked him. He just didn’t care how crazy he was, and I liked the fact that he had a partner, Jude, that kept telling him how crazy he was, but he just kind of laughed it off. I also liked the fact that he tends to kill bad guys who deserve it, like the wife-beating guy he goes after when he gets back to California. I also liked how obsessed he was with Lydia.
“Now that the woman is in my house, and the high of stalking her is gone, I’m a ticking time bomb. And it’s only a matter of time before I explode.”
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