Stalker by A.M. McCoy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
My pretty little Puppet dreamed of monsters and things that go bump in the night. She ached to forget about responsibilities and expectations long enough to let a faceless predator chase her through the woods.
Stalker
So I gave Peyton Everett everything she ever dreamed of. Once I hired her as my housekeeper, I brought her to the middle of nowhere to maintain my estate, and then I anonymously contacted her through the website she only visited when she was alone.
I brought her monster to life and got her hooked on my special type of high. I showed her both sides of myself, as Lincoln Bryce, the recluse businessman, and as Dane, the dark and depraved monster she ran from in the dark and gave her body to in defeat.
She just didn’t know we were the same person.
Would she ever be okay with both sides of me if she learned the truth? And would I let her go if she wasn’t?
Kinky, sexy, stalker!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚💜💙❤️
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😒😀🙂🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration
The heroine: Peyton – she got a new job working for a reclusive billionaire. She hadn’t met him yet on her first day and assumed he was an old man. She was told that Mr. Bryce had worked hard for all his money, by Mrs. Strait, the current housekeeper who was taking a long vacation for three months. Peyton was to be the temporary housekeeper for those three months, long enough to hide from her life which had taken some bad turns recently. Her relationship with her liv-in boyfriend Tyson wasn’t going well, and he thought three months apart was great for their relationship. The three-hundred-acre property was also a good place to hide from her life.
The Hero: Lincoln Bryce (a.k.a. Dane) – he scheduled a trip to one of his companies away from his property when Mrs. Strait left because he didn’t like goodbye’s. This was the first time he had left his home in nearly a year. Lincoln is a tech genius and a great hacker. He owned an extraordinarily successful tech company. He had a very obsessive personality and was intrigued by Peyton when he first saw her picture in with her application. He found out everything about her even though he thought it might be dangerous for her to be around him because he saw himself as a monster. Though when he found out about her kink about being chased in the woods, he immediately offered her the job.
The Story: Peyton has dark, sensual dreams of a masked man in the woods who hunted her through the darkness. This happened almost every time she fell asleep, and she liked the dreams. She never walked out into the light meadow and safety, she always walked into the darkness to her monster, her biggest fear and also her biggest admirer. She evaded her monster at first before he caught up to her and they ended up on the ground, where he ravished her while she told him to stop, even knowing that she wanted the opposite.
“Be ready for me when you wake up. Because you’ve always been mine, and I’m done sharing you.”
“Are you on this site looking for your hunter?”
“You’re going to forget your own fucking name by the time I’m done with you.”
“You should be more careful Poppet. If you say my name too many times, I appear like Beetlejuice.”
Peyton kind of bothered me at first, the way she went out to the jacuzzi when she knew Mr. Bryce was probably home and pleasured herself thinking that he wouldn’t see her. She was too stupid and naïve. Needless to say, that was where she found out that he wasn’t an old man. She was surprised to find out that he was a tall, handsome, muscular thirty-something year old man. He caught her naked, in his hot tub getting off using the jets. Though I must say, I loved the way he handled the situation. It wasn’t at all what I had expected.
The book was good, though it was definitely a lot more steam than story. You definitely have to be in the mood for kinky smut when you read this one or you will not enjoy it. The most significant plot device was the revelation that Mr. Bryce was actually Dane, and he was manipulating Peyton by portraying both characters. He was meticulously ensuring that she desired both personas so that when he eventually disclosed his true identity, she wouldn’t despise him.
Later, we discover that he is indeed a psychopath, and he doesn’t limit the use of his dual personas to just her; he employs them in his double life as well. I appreciated the dual personalities. Lincoln Bryce was brooding and grumpy, yet a respectable and upright individual, while Dane was the wild, unrestrained spirit who acted on his whims without regard for the consequences. As the story progresses, we learn more about him and develop empathy for him despite his severe nature.
This audiobook was narrated from multiple perspectives, with dual narration by John Hartley and Laura Horowitz. Laura has a pleasant and expressive voice, making it seem as though she isn’t reading. John Hartley, with his deep, gravelly voice, was enjoyable to listen to, even though he isn’t one of my top male narrators. His voice exudes danger and allure, making him perfect for the roles of Lincoln Bryce and Dane.
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