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Length: 40,000 words approx.
Cover Design: Natasha Snow
Blurb
All Remy Harker wants is a fresh start.
Well, maybe that’s what he tells himself as he rolls up to his nice new house, in the nice little neighborhood, in a town where nobody knows his name.
He’s surrounded by friendly neighbors and a white picket fence. The ugly pink carpet might drive him to insanity, and he can’t stop wondering where the old lady who lived there before him died—but it’s nice.
And if he puts his mind to it, he can be anything—or anyone—he wants to be. He can be nice too.
At least, he thinks he can until he lays eyes on his next-door neighbor.
Luke Boucher is nice.
And quiet.
And perfect.
It doesn’t take long for Remy to insinuate himself into Luke’s life. A camera here, a break-in there.
– It’s not really stalking if you love someone, is it? –
But when Remy’s plan to make a good impression goes to hell, he ends up over his head in more ways than one. Then things aren’t quite so nice anymore.
– It’s not really murder if you love someone, is it? –
Loving your neighbor isn’t so easy when you’re the devil next door.
*****
This book is part of CRIMINAL DELIGHTS. Each novel can be read as a standalone and contains a dark M/M romance.
Warning: These books are for adult readers who enjoy stories where lines between right and wrong get blurry. High heat, twisted and tantalizing, these are not for the fainthearted.
Trigger warnings/enticements - http://alexjane.info/love-but-darker/
Criminal Delights Collection info - http://criminaldelights.com/
Wow.... this story was quite unexpected.
Remy made me a bit nervous, or maybe stalking makes me nervous. Either way, holy sweaty palms. When people do a little B&E or something they shouldn't be, I feel like I'm an accomplice lol
Going into the story, we have no idea who Remy is (or was) or anythign about why he's moved or about his therapist. You can't really tell either if he's talking past tense about said therapist because he has moved or if thy're "gone". You're kind of learning it all as you go, so there,s a mystery in itself.
What I wasn't expecting was that turn of events with Remy's "wrong move" and what it brings out in the rest of the story.
Alex wrote, basically a thriller/horror story, but I will say it wasn't gory. Or, not as gory as it could have been. There was surprisingly a lack of detail in the process of death here. I honestly don't know if I am grateful or not lol! On one hand...eew.. but on the other hand, it can really add another dimension to the story, a thrill, a wrongness. Some people just have a strange fascination with death and serial killers and how they did it. You'll only get some of that here, no major details on the hows, just that it happened.
With all that said... stalking, killing, I actually LIKED these characters. I was rooting for them and their relationship. I thought Remy was kind of sweet and he and Luke were sweet together. Here we go again, another Criminal Delights story where the couple is strangely sweet (*cough* K.A. Merikan Wrong Turn *cough*) :)
Remy made me a bit nervous, or maybe stalking makes me nervous. Either way, holy sweaty palms. When people do a little B&E or something they shouldn't be, I feel like I'm an accomplice lol
Going into the story, we have no idea who Remy is (or was) or anythign about why he's moved or about his therapist. You can't really tell either if he's talking past tense about said therapist because he has moved or if thy're "gone". You're kind of learning it all as you go, so there,s a mystery in itself.
What I wasn't expecting was that turn of events with Remy's "wrong move" and what it brings out in the rest of the story.
Alex wrote, basically a thriller/horror story, but I will say it wasn't gory. Or, not as gory as it could have been. There was surprisingly a lack of detail in the process of death here. I honestly don't know if I am grateful or not lol! On one hand...eew.. but on the other hand, it can really add another dimension to the story, a thrill, a wrongness. Some people just have a strange fascination with death and serial killers and how they did it. You'll only get some of that here, no major details on the hows, just that it happened.
With all that said... stalking, killing, I actually LIKED these characters. I was rooting for them and their relationship. I thought Remy was kind of sweet and he and Luke were sweet together. Here we go again, another Criminal Delights story where the couple is strangely sweet (*cough* K.A. Merikan Wrong Turn *cough*) :)
4 stalkerish stars****
After spending far too long creating stories in her head, Alex finally plucked up the courage to write them down and realized it was quite fun seeing them on the page after all.
Free from aspirations of literary greatness, Alex simply hopes to entertain by spinning a good yarn of love and life, wrapped up with a happy ending. Although, if her characters have to go through Hell to get there, she’s a-okay with that.
With only a dysfunctional taste in music and a one-eyed dog to otherwise fill her days, Alex writes and walks on the South Coast of England—even when her heart and spellcheck are in New York.
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