Behind The Shadows - J. A. Owenby - Signed & Sprayed Edges

BEHIND THE SHADOWS is Kip and Holland's story—a standalone pitch-black dark stalker romance and psychological romantic thriller with a possessive obsessive antihero, a hidden identity, a hunted heroine with a forgotten past, and twisted secrets that refuse to stay buried. A captor/captive forced proximity romance for readers who crave high-tension, high-heat dark romance with a hard-won HEA (no cheating, no third-act breakup).

Some of us were born into darkness. Others were shackled.
They drugged me.
Chained me.
Tore apart my mind until the pieces didn't fit anymore.
Then they gave me a name.
Cleaner. K!ller. Son.
Monster.

Told me the blood on my hands was hers.
Then they smiled and made me k!ll again.

And they told me she never existed.
But I've seen her.
In dreams. In flashes of red hair and blood.
And now she's real—flesh and bone and terrified eyes.

But they made one mistake.
They didn't bury her deep enough.

She crawled back to me.
And even if she doesn't remember me—
My obsession remembers everything.

She runs. I follow.
She screams. I savor it.
She looks at me like a stranger.
And I try not to laugh.

Because I know her body better than she does.
I've watched her sleep. Touched her skin. Marked her without mercy.
And now that I've found her again …

There's no version of this where I let her go.

You don't have to love me, little ghost.
Lock the door. Scream my name. Run.
I've never needed permission to take what's mine.

**Dear readers, BEHIND THE SHADOWS is a standalone dark romance with multiple storylines and many exciting moving pieces that come together in one satisfying and unexpected HEA. Featuring a masked vigilante antihero, a wounded heroine, hidden identity, forced proximity, possessive obsession, religious trauma, and revenge. If you enjoy a single storyline, this book might not be for you. Check author's website for TW/CW.