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The Recluse's Obsession

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Skye Michaels lives for two things: ballet and romance novels.

Her mother walked out when she was twelve, and her father barely acknowledges her existence. So when she’s snatched off the streets and grilled about her embezzling father’s whereabouts, she’s utterly clueless to the fact that the wickedly handsome, reclusive billionaire who sets her heart—and other parts of her body—on fire has been watching her for months.

High up in his tower overlooking the Manhattan skyline, Jared Prince dictates her new reality—he’s going to keep this innocent, neglected princess he’s grown rabidly obsessive with until her father repays his debts.

Even then…he might not let her go.

98 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2022

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Profile Image for Viv “BookVixen” Gutierrez .
1,598 reviews473 followers
July 8, 2022
could’ve been better

First time reading this author. Let me start out by pointing out the things I really liked:

1. A virgin heroine and a stern and stoic hero who is OTT. This combo is my crack!
2. Story is well-written, has an almost jessa kane feel to it.

So now for the parts I really hated and which brought down my rating since it stole the swoon

1. A hero who uses hookers from an escort agency when he has urges. Absolutely fucking grotesque.

2. WAY TOO MUCH voyeurism. It degraded their relationship—the hero had no interest in protecting the heroine in her most vulnerable but was ok exposing her and putting her on display as a sex object for other peoples titillation. He also didn’t seem to mind if other men, his staff and at one point perfect strangers (medics bringing him home after an injury) saw her naked and at her most intimate. It was gross and unnecessary and not in any way romantic or protective or OTT. Instead of a possessive hero who wants his woman’s body and intimacy to BELONG ONLY TO HIM, he’s ok bringing other ppl into their sex life by exposing it and putting her on display. Instead of sex being something meaningful and sacred between them, just for them, it was an open door for others to view and it ruined the romance for me

Without the voyeurism and use of hookers, this would’ve been a great sizzling awesome little read. I might give this author another chance as long as these ugly elements aren’t in the story.

Not safe. Others are allowed to see the heroine having sex with hero, both men and women. Hero is a scumbag who uses hookers to relieve his balls into. No cheating, no abuse. HEA with epilogue
Profile Image for april ♡ probably reading smut - safety reviews.
1,480 reviews2,605 followers
May 1, 2024
4/5

TROPES:
~age gap
~instalove
~kidnapping/captivity

I was so excited to find out there was this book by BJ Mann. I love her(?) work!

This novella is about Jared and Skye. Jared has agoraphobia so he stays in his house all the time. When a man, the heroine's father, steals from him, he takes Skye as payback. What happens then??

This book is sweet and spicy, I really enjoyed it. Give it a try if you like instalove!! <3

SAFETY:
OM/OW drama: no
Cheating/sharing: no
Triggers: agoraphobia
Kinks: daddy kink, dirty talk, exhibitionism, voyeurism, public sex, rough sex
HEA?: yes! <3
Profile Image for Chalice.
3,701 reviews111 followers
September 22, 2022
The couple: Jared and Skye

Romance trope: age gap; quasi-kidnapping
Length: 98 pages

Plot: Skye is the daughter of one of Jared's employees, an employee who has stolen millions of dollars from him. He has her brought to him - he doesn't leave his home anymore. Skye is young, just 19, and is a dancer, but doesn't get much attention from her father. She needs someone to take care of her, and that's exactly what Jared is going to do.

Commentary: Jared was rough from not being in society at all for the last few years. At first I wasn't sure Skye could handle his gruffness, but she surprised me. I wasn't a fan of them having sex while talking with the housekeeper. That seemed a little excessive, but I guess if you're paid enough you can ignore what is surely sexual harassment? It was sweet that he was willing to lose his spleen to go after her, I guess. And I liked that they finally forgave the fathers but also cut them out of their lives - see, there is a middle ground between doormat and death!

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1,737 reviews11 followers
August 1, 2023
Jared 🥹

We love an emotionally obsessed hero. This man is a modern recluse. He has 5 penthouses 👀. My man is rich rich. Jared becomes obsessed with Skye from the moment he sees her on his video feed. The moment he can't keep his obsession through a computer and the person he wants revenge from escapes, Jared decides to take Skye as his.
This book has the obsessive hero, daddy kinks, and voyageur kinks. If you love these types of stories come right in 👀😉 if you don't like the daddy/little girl trope, don't come in and say I didn't warn you. The word daddy is in most of the book, so you've been warned. Anyways, happy reading 😉
Profile Image for ziyuan ʚɞ Reads Dark Smut..
1,034 reviews1 follower
May 3, 2024
He breaks the kiss for a second and breathes heavily against my lips. “Fuck me. This mouth. Your taste,” he groans. “How the hell can I let you out of my sight now? How can I trust that this beautiful body won’t get bruised when I’m not looking? I can’t, can I, angel? I dare not because I’d rather chop off my fucking arms than have a single inch of you neglected for one more day.”





Very quick read, 3/5 ⭐️ stars. Very sweet!! And the sex scenes were highly smuttttt and sooooooo hoooooot 🥵🥵🥵🥵!!!!!!




My hand skates higher, gripping and exploring. I pause when I reach the top of her thighs, my fingers kneading and caressing her flesh.
The music has ended and my breathing is harsh and agitated in the large space. My nostrils flare as I breathe her in.
Fuck me, she’s magnificent.
I can’t hold back any longer.
I brush my fingers between her legs, then the devil himself prowling through me, I grip the seams of her leggings and rip the material apart.
A squeal rocks through her body, unsettling her stance.
“Don’t move, angel. Not unless you want to upset Daddy.”






I don’t like the nonsense drama, and the cliche plot at 80% of this one. And I wish H could be more dark and possessive. He was soooo sweeeet!!! But I want H can be more OTT, twisted and darker. 🥰




slide my hand down to cup her plump ass. “The only thing I want to take up room in is you. I’m fucking obsessed with you,” I finally admit. Because I can’t not. “Tell me it’s okay, princess, because I don’t think I can stop.”
Her eyes find mine in the dark and clings, her angelic face glowing. “It’s okay, Daddy. Because I’m obsessed with you too.”
Profile Image for ☆Laura☆.
5,194 reviews60 followers
September 2, 2022
2.5⭐

No es una historia que volveré a leer o recomendaré.
Profile Image for Maya Blake.
Author 664 books205 followers
July 5, 2022
Thoroughly enjoyed this short, hot and brilliant one by BJ. Love me some age-gap goodness! Can't wait for the next.
Profile Image for Catherine.
108 reviews4 followers
August 13, 2022
OK if you’re in the mood for uncomplicated smut

If you’re in the mood for a short read with a lot of spice and enough of a plot to hold it together, this is the book for you. If you’re looking for an engrossing love story with characters you’ll fall in love with, it’s not that. It’s decently enough written (though horrendously edited), but a little oversimplified. A reasonable dose of spice if that’s what you’re looking for.
Profile Image for Tashina Fulbright.
244 reviews2 followers
July 15, 2022
Love

Such an amazing short story. Seemed kinda quick on a few of the scenes but overall a very good story. Quick and short.
188 reviews11 followers
January 16, 2024
b a s i c s :
short n spicy dual pov
would read again

s h e l v e s :
age gap
alpha
captive captor
instalust/love
moves her in
obsessed
ott
possessive
princess treatment pampering
protective
rich hero
virgin

k i n k s :
daddy talk
desperation
dirty talk
dry humping
exhibition
no condom (on the pill tho)
tss
💦

e n d e a r m e n t s :
♥︎ baby girl
♥︎ princess
♡ Daddy

e n d i n g :
HEA + baby on the way!

p l o t :
Yknow, I love me some Daddy goodness but the term little girl is such a turn off for some reason. It sounds more demeaning than cherishing, and the cherishing part between a Daddy and his baby girl is what appeals to me the most about that dynamic. So this one was a little hard to get into for me at first bc of that.

But once the plot and the smut got going, so did I lol.

Jared has been burned and betrayed too many times, and now he’s recluse who trusts virtually no one. He’s a rich recluse though so his lifestyle is still pretty fancy. But he’s pretty much reclused himself into being agoraphobic. So there’s that.

Skye’s dad works for Jared, but he’s been stealing money. As a result, Jared’s been having him watched. That’s how he comes across Skye, and having his team watch her father turns into him obsessively watching, basically stalking, her on the side. His obsession grows to the point where he essentially sends his men to kidnap her and bring her to him.

Skye resists her captivity at first, but the more time she spends with Jared the more she falls for him. And I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that he fucks her senseless all day every day. Oh and the fact that he hires her ballet instructor to give her private lessons so she can continue dancing. He had an entire ballroom renovated just for her. And lemme tell u some of the scenes in here…ballet positions have never been so hot fr.

Over time though Jared realizes he can’t keep Skye locked up forever, and he starts to panic about what to do bc he doesn’t feel like he can live without her.

*SPOILERS*

Unfortunately he doesn’t get much time to deliberate over this bc a misunderstanding turns Skye against him and she demands that he prove he’s not a monster by releasing her, and he does. He does not, however, deal with it well. He loses his mind, and desperate to see her one more time, he leave his house (big deal since he hasn’t in years, plus yknow, agoraphobia) and walks right into NYC traffic. Yikes.

He ends up in the hospital and it’s life or death but he’s basically like u know what death doesn’t seem that bad. And he won’t let the doctors operate to save his life.

But his staff are real ones who love him and aren’t about to let him die so they go get Skye and ask her to go to him. She does and they live happily ever after, all misunderstandings cleared up.

h o t  c l i p s:

SKYE

I’m still holding the pose when he moves.

I can’t help myself. I turn my head and see him lowering his fly.

That wild and feral look is back as I watch him pull out his huge, erect cock. Utterly without shame, he meets my eyes as he strokes himself. A whimper leaves my throat before I can stop it.

JARED

She stops in front of me and does the penché for the first time, one foot planted on the floor and the other pointed at the ceiling.

I lose my mind.

I drop to my knees and one arm jerks out like it’s possessed to grab her calf.

The music has ended and my breathing is harsh and agitated in the large space. My nostrils flare as I breathe her in.

Fuck me, she’s magnificent.

I can’t hold back any longer.

I brush my fingers between her legs, then the devil himself prowling through me, I grip the seams of her leggings and rip the material apart.

SKYE

Reverently, his thumb ghosts over the wet cotton shielding my feminine core.

He breathes like a man possessed, his eyes riveted between my legs. I look down and see the outline of my pussy framed against the wet white cotton.

He reaches up under the tutu and drags the panties down my legs. When I step out of them, he snatches them up and presses the cotton to his nose, groaning as he inhales me deep.

Eyes still feral, he jerks his head at the room. “Dance. Now.”


“I’m here now, baby girl. I’m here. Now this is gonna hurt but only for a little bit. Then it’ll get better, okay?”

I nod despite trepidation clawing inside me.

“Good girl.” Then with one hand cupping my nape and the other pinning my hip down, Jared surges inside me with a hoarse, animal grunt.

He groans long and deep, his cock stroking in and out with increasing desperation.

“You’re going to come all over Daddy’s cock. This tight snatch is going to cream all over my dick.”

“Yes! Yes, yes, yes! Oh God!”

“Can’t wait to put you on your hands and knees, drill this tight, young pussy from behind.” As if the words were too much for him, he groans deep and moves faster.

Faster. Harder.

Until I’m screaming again, my hands locked on his body as he fucks me across the polished floor.

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527 reviews24 followers
July 4, 2025
Thoughts : good quick read. Lots of ballet plié’ing on his d!ck… he loves it when she does ballet moves for him.

Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot / Storyline 👩🏻‍💻: 📑📑
Darkness: 🖤
Red Flags: 🚩🚩🚩
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🫣😑🙂
Ending: 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏻 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

⚠️⚠️⚠️spoilers - whole story***
He is an agoraphobe that can’t leave his building. He is also a billionaire. Her father steals money from him and flees. He takes his daughter c@ptive. He claims her for his own knowing it won’t turn out well but has to have her anyway.
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332 reviews3 followers
September 15, 2022
Unsatisfying ending

The little goody two shoes act of the FMC's was annoying with all her forgiveness cr@p. I wanted revenge n people to pay for their crimes!!! Whatever...all the exhibitionism was weird too as it was OTT.
956 reviews3 followers
January 4, 2023
Great Story

I loved the couple and they came to be. I love how he learns that there is more than money and that it needs to be nurtured. He does what it takes to make her happy. Realizes that he can be loved.
1,588 reviews18 followers
January 26, 2023
Jared Prince Princess/ Angle

This is Jared Prince a man who wants his woman Skye for his one and only forevermore. This is a quick but well put together storyline that is really captivating and entertaining. I enjoyed reading this book.
9 reviews
October 23, 2024
This PISSED ME off!!…Now I overlooked everything from the Instalove to the voyeurism but the Heroine was actually too irritating for me.

What do you mean you’re surprised his goons beat up your dad who stole that large amount of money from him and was unrepentant??!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
8 reviews
August 2, 2022
Wish this author would write faster, haha! Can't get enough of her hot, possessive alphas and her fiesty, innocent heroines. If you want a book with Jessa K vibes, I totally recommend this one! ;)
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705 reviews46 followers
August 13, 2022
🤦🏻‍♀️ utter ridiculousness all around.
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254 reviews7 followers
December 17, 2023
had everything i like but was so poorly executed :(
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2,414 reviews2 followers
May 26, 2024
“You turn me inside out every time I look at you. I’m lost, baby. Utterly fucking lost.
There’s almost nothing I won’t do for you.”
-Jared Prince, from The Recluse's Obsession by B.J. Mann
Profile Image for Georgina.
121 reviews1 follower
June 30, 2023
No se ni por donde empezar con lo malo que es este libro, supongo que si lo hubiese leído con un par de años menos podría haber funcionado para mi, pero como no es así, realmente sufrí con este libro, todo fue demasiado instalove muy forzado, las escenas sinceramente me parecían incongruentes y no sentí química con los protagonistas, definitivamente no es algo que vuelva a leer o recomendar.
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