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Amazon.com: Haunting Adeline: Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): H. D. Carlton, Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks, H. D. Carlton: Books
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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.
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Amazon.com: Haunting Adeline: Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): H. D. Carlton, Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks, H. D. Carlton: Books
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$4.99
readwithevelane –
There’s a reason I don’t read incomplete duets or series because then I’m sad when I can’t read the next book. I went against my better judgment with this book and I have no regrets (okay I have some because I hated waiting for book two) because I loved this story. The great news is the second book is out now, so you don’t have to wait if you’re reading this review!
I’ve never read anything remotely similar to this book and I don’t know that I ever will. This was my first time reading something truly as dark as this. I’ve read other books with heavy triggers, but this book was different. I read Satan’s Affair beforehand (highly recommend reading that first) and I wasn’t entirely sure what this book was going to be about. I knew a past murder, stalking, and love were involved, but that was it. If you had told me one of my top reads from 2021 would’ve been a stalker romance, I would’ve laughed in your face. Not only is the romance good, and the spice is off the charts hot, but the overarching story is just so good.
Adeline is an author who moves into her grandmother’s old home after she passes away. Adeline was close to her grandmother and felt a pull to come back to the home that always fascinated her. While living in the house, she discovers family secrets that have been buried for a long time, secrets involving her great grandmother. Her great grandmother was stalked, but here’s the kicker? Her great grandmother had a spicy affair with her stalker! Adeline’s great grandmother was murdered and she works with her best friend to figure out who did it. While trying to solve this mystery, Adeline finds herself in the same place as her great grandmother did with a hot stalker.
Zade is a leader of a vigilante group that’s only mission is to bring down trafficking rings and the horrible people that run them. And not just any type of trafficking rings. Rings that are linked to very powerful people in the country and the world. Zade is determined to get as many women and children to safety as he can. He puts himself in the line of fire to save the lives of the innocent people taken by these rings. He sounds like an ideal guy right? Well, did I mention he’s also Adeline’s stalker? Zade stumbles across Adeline by accident and it’s a wrap for him. He wants to make her his and there’s nothing that’s going to stop him. Now I’m not saying he’s still not an ideal guy (I do love him), but let’s just say these are two VERY opposite qualities. On one hand, you have this man trying to save women and child, but on the other hand he’s stalking a woman. Many would argue he can’t be both a good and terrible guy at the same time, but I think this book begs to differ.
I personally loved Adeline and thought she was a dynamic heroine. She was sassy, fun, and radiated fierceness. She does stand up for herself throughout the book, even to Zade, although standing up to him doesn’t do much. I liked that we get her inner thoughts on Zade as their relationship plays out. I like watching her slowly open up to him and trust that he’ll protect her, which seems like the opposite thing a stalker would do. One of my favorite things was when Adeline told her friend about one of her spicy encounters with Zade and that he “took her soul”. I couldn’t be more jealous of her, trust me. Based on the cliffhanger, book two isn’t going to be an easy ride for Adeline, but I know she’s going to be okay. Someone as fierce as her work her way through any situation, even if it takes some time.
I cannot explain how much I love Zade. I know, I know, he’s a stalker. Here’s the thing: I just don’t care. He really had me contemplating if getting stalked is that bad (it is, but let’s ignore that). I loved how he was written to be so multilayered. H.D. Carlton knew what she was doing when she wrote him this way. He’s meant to challenge everything you know and make you wonder if he’s really all that bad. His qualities are so opposite of each other that he left me spinning so much throughout this book. I would take pauses while reading and say out loud, “Am I actually into this man?” or “I’m in love with this unhinged man. Am I good?” I laughed way too many times when doing this because I just know how people would react in my life if I told them how much I love Zade. The mouth on Zade is UNMATCHED. God, that man says the wildest stuff, but it’s so unbelievably hot. And the things he does with his hands to Adeline? Where do I sign up??? I love his love for Adeline and I can’t wait to see what he does in book two knowing how this book ended.
The writing in this book is beautiful and so good. H.D. Carlton is talented and it shows in this book. I enjoyed the different storylines taking place and how they all connected to one another. I thought it was interesting to see Adeline live a similar life to her great grandmother. I think getting to read her great grandmother’s thoughts on her own personal stalked helped Adeline in her own way. This book is just so so so good! I cannot recommend it enough. I do STRONGLY encourage everyone consider the triggers before reading. I look forward to book two!
Yazmin stone –
I adored this book so much it was my first dark romance book and it didnt disappoint im not going to say much because i dont want to spoil it but the plot was on point and the spice was really really good the enemies to lovers was beautiful this whole book really had me hooked.
Natasha –
Very spicy book deft check your triggers as it does handle alot of sex trade kind of stuff. Also very dark and has dominating activities which I myself am personally a fan of if you like that sort of thing. Very interesting storey line and cant wait to read the rest of the series as I just need to know what happens!!
Marx.author –
Just a little disclaimer: these are my personal thoughts of reading this book. Other’s have different reading experiences and triggers, which is okay and normal. We should be allowed to enjoy/love reading the book or not. It’s our opinion! These are fictional books that should stay in fiction, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love them.
I bought a lot of dark romance books in August 2023 (last year). The first book I’ve ever read was actually Satan’s Affair, not the Cat and Mouse Duet. I definitely suggest to read that book first before reading the duet, it’ll give you a better understanding of a character you’ll meet in the duet later on and it spoils the ending of Satan’s Affair…
My ratings:
Book plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spicy: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
It did take me until the end of the year to finish the book (not because of the dark contents in the book, but only because I’m just a really slow reader). I personally find this book to be a worthy read, only if you are into DARK romance and can handle the trigger warnings included (always make sure with trigger warnings before reading).
Haunting Adeline, the first part, was dark but not as extreme as the second part of the duet. The first part gives a thriller, mystery vibe that I really enjoyed. There is an unexplained murder case with Adeline’s grandmother, Gigi, that gets touched upon many times throughout and eventually gets answered. The only reason it gets brought up is when Adeline ends up owning Gigi’s mansion older and is now living there where the ghost of Gigi is trying to tell her story. We also get an introduction of the infamous stalker: Zade Meadows. We see when, how, and why he meets Adeline. Things take a darker turn when Zade cause a bit more issues with a group that eventually targets Adeline, which brings me to the ending….the ending of this book was upsetting, but not surprising. It was a consequential situation and Adeline was unfortunately stuck in the crossfire.
Hunting Adeline is the second part of the duet. This one is more extreme, darker, and triggering/traumatic. Unfortunately in the world, sex trafficking does actually happen and it’s very disturbing of what goes on when someone is in that situation. I think you know where I’m going with this….Adeline sadly gets into this situation due to series of events that transpired from the first part and it continues of the torture she’ll endure.
Overall, I think the plot connected and my emotions went wild. It felt like I was on a rollercoaster with my emotions with this book. This book is definitely not meant for everyone and it’s not for the ones who are in the process or is healing. I personally didn’t mind this book and would recommend to those who can (again) handle the trigger warnings and love dark romance books. Do not read this book blind!
Senna Baas –
Dit boek is in mijn mening in een goede schrijfstijl geschreven. Ondanks de heftige onderwerpen vond ik het een erg goed boek.
:/ not so good –
It came perfectly fine
Shawna –
I recommend reading Satan’s Affair before beginning this book, as it explains a whole different point of view into a scene in Haunting Adeline.
This book was hard to put down, it put a smile on my face, and there were laugh out loud parts. The spice was hot, the story was well thought out, and I loved the intricate details of the different parts of the story.
I will say that I was able to figure out what the ending of this book was likely to be about 70% of the way through (and I was right) but that doesn’t take away from it since there is a 2nd book that I assume rectifies the situation the first book left off with.
I was honestly in the middle of reading this book and already wanting to re-read Satan’s Affair and this book to really get the full picture in my head of what was happening. I feel like this is a definite re-read, and I don’t generally like to read a book more than once….not to mention wanting to re-read it before I’ve even yet to read it once.
This book has a deliciously dark story and I honestly can’t wait to read Hunting Adeline.
Diana P. –
Madre mía, ¿cómo comenzar? Definitivamente no es un libro que sea para todo público por *obvias* razones. Debes de leer el TW sí o sí.
Yo que no soy una lectora habitual y teniendo en cuenta que es mi primer Dark Romance, no me pude separar del libro; es adictivo, muy intenso y debes estar curad@ de espanto para lo que se trata. Me gustó como se desenvolvió la relación de los protagonistas aunque me hubiera gustado más interacción con los demás personajes, o por lo menos un acercamiento más profundo de la relación de los protas con ellos; fuera de eso, es un libro que recomendaría a todos aquellos que les gusta este género y no tienen miedo de descubrir más el lado oscuro de nuestro mundo.
Temas que trata:
• Trata de personas
• Acoso
• Asesin*to
• GunPlay
• Contenido S*xual explicito
• CnC medio raro (porque no es explícito)
• Pedof… ajá
Wolfwalker93 –
Honestly I loved the plot and the murder. The spice was great but beginning was tough. By the end it was too much for me I ended up skipping alot just to find out about the Society and Gigi murder. Definitely reading 2nd one just go find what happens next. Left on a cliff hanger. I want to also point out I never read things like this so not only was this hard for me to digest at parts but also intriguing enough to continue Zade is literally my favorite. My favorite thing is what he does for a living not what he does to Addie. I know strange but it was just so nice to hear the kids and women getting saved. Especially since it doesn’t happen very often in reality. Overall 4 stars honestly surprised I liked it