Once You're Mine: A Dark Stalker Romance (Possessing Her)

The stalking element added such a chilling layer to the story, making everything feel more intense and unpredictable. And the pearl necklace? That detail stuck with me the whole time—it was such a haunting, symbolic touch that kept me intrigued and questioning what it all meant as the story unfolded. Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

I didn't want to like this book and I'm ashamed I do. I'm ashamed that I flew through it in 3 days of reading, when that's never happened to me with any other book. Their relationship is obviously unhealthy. Stalkers are rarely ever hot, rich men and if a man did ANY of the shit he did irl, it would not bode well. Beating the shit out of someone in a bar and police not being called, literally killing a man and setting the place on fire and absolutely no investigation taking place? Definitely unrealistic, but it is fiction after all and I guess that's the point of dark romance. Their entire relationship is unhealthy, obviously. But at least the fmc Calista isn't a complete idiot like in many other dark romance novels. Although, if you know you have a stalker and there just so happens to be the same guy constantly coming out of nowhere randomly wherever you are, I would think the math would be mathing. But I digress. It has a quick pace with very little fluff, which I appreciate. Kept me engaged, hence why I zipped through it so quickly and ends on a cliffhanger. So I guess I'll be binging the sequel now. 😪 Hopefully I won't be up til 5am for a second night in a row. 🥴 Their relationship (if you want to call it that) goes 0 to 100 REAL quick. Touch her and you die is definitely an understatement. The intense drama of their sexual tension almost made me laugh, but not necessarily in a bad way. I did like that even though he's unhealthily enraged with any man that comes within 5ft of her, he's still gentle and caring with her and makes it clear from the jump that he wouldn't hurt her. Well, physically at least being that stalking mentally and emotionally causes harm. But anyways.. The fact that he does become so enraged once he finds out her trauma was a big green flag for me (as ironic as that may be) and in that case I am totally okay with him unleashing his fury onto whomever caused it and will read through that scene with glee in the future if it's described in the second novel. 😈 Absolutely LOVED her BFF Harper! She's funny and probably the most normal thing about this whole book. 😂 My two qualms: The phrase "worried my bottom/lower lip" is used pretty consistently and ground my gears. But that's just my personal issue. Given the cover, I was expecting more of a paranormal stalker romance, so I expected him to be like a ghost or incubus or something. But it's contemporary, so I was kind of disappointed in that. I'm definitely interested in a paranormal stalker romance, so if you've read this far and know of some, please comment below. 😁😁

This would be a much better book if it wasn't so repetitive. It would have been better at 200 pages. I did enjoy the story enough to get the 2nd book. It is definitely a vibes read.

A very good read! Would recommend it! I read it a twice before i made a review because it was that good! This author kept my attention and not everyone can do that.

Dark romance with great spice. The plot is fantastic, granted the ending is a cliff hanger which upset me, but I've been there before and already bought the second book before I started reading this one. One thing I will say, the first and second book, definitely could have been one bigger book. However, focusing on the development of their relationship in this book as the main plot and not the mystery aspects is an understandable reason why they are separated.

Love this book!!! for all my smut girlies, this is a great one especially for ones starting to read this genre!

Just finished and I love Hayden soooo much. Yah hes a wee bit of a creep but 😍🤤. And Callie, sweet Callie.... cant wait to see what the next book has in store for the two of them! Its definitely a slow burn, touch her and die, open door dark romance but the intensity can be felt from the beginning and its so captivating! All I know is I'd love to see my man handle anyone like Hayden does for Callie🤣

Had a lot of potential but with enough small issues what I could only give it 3.5 stars. First of all, the book was amazing until 50% then it kind of started to go off the rails. Calistas character felt inconsistent. At times she was a timid, shy, socially awkward and inexperienced young girl. Other times she was a witty and snarky adult woman with a good up bringing and a Senator for a father. It was like she had two different personalities and they didn’t mesh. Then this girl - who’s so timid she can’t even talk to a somewhat pushy coffee store customer - gets a job as a half-naked bartender in a B-rate Hooters-esque bar? No, just no. The stalking never got intense or angsty or… thrilling. Her reaction was “meh… I think I have a stalker”. Okayyyy. At no point was she scared for her life or did I feel a sense of uneasiness about the events happening. The writer could have made it so much more interesting. The interactions between Hayden and Calista started out great, but quickly delved into insta love territory, and the worst part was her self-depreciating inner turmoil about not being good enough. Towards the end the inner monologues got tedious. I just would rather action and dialogue drive the plot more than thoughts. The whole “I own you now” situation - while I typically love it, there is nothing better than a growly, dominant MMC - it just felt off. I was rolling my eyes over some of the interactions. On top of it all, for a stalker romance it was only mildly spicy. Granted I just got done reading a bunch of Penelope Douglas - aka the Queen of morally grey MMCs - so that has undoubtedly colored my opinion. I could only give it 2🌶️. The book had a lot of potential but it kind of fell flat. I’m debating if I want to read the second book just to see how the cliffhanger resolved.

The condition of the book came pristine throughout (spine, edges flawless). Theres no annoying stickers whatsoever on the book cover itself (inside or out) (i plastic wrapped mine for longevity).

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The book's quality is great, with good pages and an engaging story. It's a well-rounded package. If you're a fan of dark romance and thrillers, don't hesitate - give it a try

Even as a German, this book is good to read and easy to understand (if you know English). However, it was quite difficult (for me personally) to get into the book and establish a connection with the characters. The processes went very fast and some things came super suddenly. But when I got used to the writing style and the characters, I couldn't put the book down.