Not sure WHAT I'm really in the mood to read, but I suppose crossing something off an older TBR list is better than nothing? Here is Onley James's "Captivating." It's the second novel in her Elite Protection Services series.
["Jayne Shepherd has spent his life blending in. He smiles. He laughs. He’s likable. He’s also a sociopath. His emotions are limited. Love, fear, desire don’t exist in his world. Until he meets Elijah.
Elijah Dunne had everything. Third generation Hollywood royalty. Child star. Untouchable. Until one man ruined it all. Elijah fled LA to try to forget, but now, he’s back on top and back on a monster’s radar. Elijah doesn’t think he’ll ever feel safe. Until he meets Shepherd.
Elijah and Shep only have one thing in common. They both wear masks. Shep makes Elijah feel protected. Seen. Elijah makes Shep just feel. Now that he’s had a taste, he’s not about to let him go.
Everybody warns that what they have isn’t real. Shep is obsessed with Elijah, not in love. But Elijah craves Shep’s obsession. He can’t imagine life without him. In Hollywood, being a sociopath is more a life skill than a diagnosis. Could Shep be the monster Elijah needs to finally slay his demons?"]
Now JAYNE is a murder boyfriend! In all of his awkward, sociopathic, can't-figure-out-feelings, seriously-squishy-on-the-inside-glory! "I don't need to date him. I want him. I don't need to test him out. I just want him to know I've...chosen him."
And ELIJAH is the broken boy who deserves all of the love and the attention and the fluff and the death threats (owed to him--not given to him, so we're clear) and the spice and glorious, glorious karma.
Together, they were perfect. Two puzzle pieces of destruction and destructed, working so fucking hard to be worthy and to be loved. They'd fight any battle, face any foe for the other, and isn't that what we're all looking for? (minus the murder boyfriend...maybe..)
Trigger Warnings: past child sexual abuse, toxic af parents, cycle of child rape in Hollywood, Hollywood rape cover-up, and more.
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