Hailey: He owns the coffee shop, so I need to stop fantasizing that he comes here to see me. In fact, he’s never spoken to me other than to order his coffee. I just can’t get over the way he sits in the corner of the shop a couple times a week slowly sipping his hot, black coffee and staring at me with intent. Why? I don’t know. I should be concerned that he’s like a lion stalking his prey, but … but all I can think of is stalk me, please.
James: I watch her every chance I get. When the time’s right, she will be mine. With every smile she tosses at a male customer, the angrier I get. Buying the shop, installing extra cameras, and visiting twice a week does nothing to calm the need to claim her for my own. She’s going to think I’m crazy, but really, I’m determined.
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Just going to say right off the bat that I wouldn’t mind having a man like James stalking me, unbeknownst to me of course ;), making sure that I was safe and glaring at every man, staking his claim without words, especially those who made me feel uncomfortable; he did that with Hailey, by the way 🙂
I loved this story so much and I can’t wait to read Nancy & Dean’s (who’s James’s twin brother) story; it sounds like its going to be fun and feisty, going along with Nancy’s personality in this story, she gave Dean a run for his money, not that he minded since they’re married and expecting their first child <3 🙂
Going back to James and Hailey's story, I loved their chemistry. You could tell these two were made for each other in every way. James is a dominant alpha who's very, very possessive of his woman and Hailey may be a virgin, innocent but she's definitely not a doormat either and she's also feisty too so this makes for awesome, hot and steamy intimate scenes; I especially like the phone call scene between these two, phew it was HOT 😉 and somehow it was funny at the same time too, at least for me, but I do have a twisted sense of humor 🙂
Now, let's get more serious for a quick minute... Hailey has been through a lot in her young age, but she's a survivor. Her mother was a horrible human being; no matter what you're feeling concerning the person, even if he's your husband, Hailey's stepfather, you always choose your child's safety first, always put your child's well being first but she didn't. Did I forget to mention to say that Hailey's stepfather had nefarious intentions with her that made her run away at 17 (3 years have gone by since then) and he's a disgusting pig. She always was on the lookout and always in fear of being found but still, she continued to go forward in her life as young as she was. I don't think I would have the strength to go through everything she did and still have that sweet and sassy personality intact.
I bet Hailey never imagined she would become the obsession and treasure of a very wealthy man, who's completely in love with her, who goes every day to the coffee shop she works at, even going as far as buying it, unbeknownst to her. For some people, this may seem insane but I liked James's OTT possessiveness and protectiveness towards his Hailey 🙂 He never did anything to hurt her, his mission was to protect her from anything/anyone who dared to make a move on her and he did <3
When these two got together, jeez louise, it was HOT, dominant, emotional and intense. James loved her intensely and a lot 😉 and Hailey loved every moment too 😉
C.M. Steele did an amazing job, as always, with writing James & Hailey's story <3
I also loved seeing that Dean (James's twin) is the same caveman as his brother towards his woman, Nancy 🙂 (also his wife and baby mama) and I can't wait to read their story next 🙂 Super excited! 🙂
The moment James saw Hailey he knew she would be his. He took his time watching her, buying the coffee shop she worked at and waited for his moment.
Hailey didn’t know why James watched her but one day he made his move and she wasn’t sure about his claim that she was his but he left her with no doubt with that indeed she was.
Fun quickie, a lot of chemistry between Hailey and James. Instalove quicky.
This book needed more details. For example, there’s a sentence about her mother and then suddenly in chapter 5 she’s glad he didn’t ask about her family. But like, I (the reader) would like to know about her family! So much detail is glossed over to the point that the climax of the story barely makes sense. I think the author wanted to keep this story short but in doing so left the out needed details.