About this book
Reed Sarrons doesn't believe in monsters. She believes in evidence, in the story, in the truth her mentor died chasing. She believes she can walk into the lion's den and walk back out unchanged.
James Derlow knows better. He built his empire on reading people, on knowing what they want before they know it themselves. He doesn't believe in accidents. He believes in acquisition.
Their paths cross in a nightclub bathroom-anonymous, electric, forgotten by morning. At least, Reed forgets. James never does.
When her investigation leads her too close to his world, he intervenes. Calls it protection. Reed recognizes it for what it is: captivity. Touch her and die. But the real threat isn't the locked penthouse doors or the armed guards. It's the slow, devastating realization that the man who stole her freedom might be the only one who sees her completely.
And that she might not want to leave.
A dark mafia romance featuring forced proximity, dubious consent, touch-her-and-die devotion, and a morally grey heroine who falls for her captor, The Don's Obsession contains graphic open-door scenes, violence, and themes of surveillance and control. While it is Book One in the Derlow Crime Family series, each novel features a different couple and can be read as a standalone.