Phantom (Cat and Mouse, #0)

by H.D. Carlton

She plagues my mind, infecting it like a parasite and overriding any autonomy over myself. My free will is indebted to her, and without her, I am nothing.

When a gambler promises to make back everything he’s squandered through

He’s breaking my heart, and the only thing I can feel for him is resentment.

If Genevieve is my end, then I open the door to death with no hesitation.

There’s nothing gentle about the way I plan to love Genevieve Parsons.

Some of the patrons are merely spooked, and some of them are dead.

I’d take his absence over his inebriated presence any day.

The things I was willing to do just to hear his name .

Who he is now—I no longer recognize him. And how could I tell my darkest secret to a complete stranger?

It’s infuriating that he’s been stalking me for over two months and doesn’t have the decency to even tell me why.

This man excites me in a way I’ve never felt before.

The sad song lulls her to sleep, but I may never find another moment of rest until John Parsons ceases to breathe.

Angelo Salvatore is a devout Catholic man, which is why he turns away his religious statues when it’s time for his cocaine fix.

“We can go as slow as you wish, mia rosa, but my love is as gentle as it is fierce. And when it comes to your pleasure, my needs are insatiable,”

I’ve heard whispers of women who give oral pleasure to men—have even heard about how they did it. But I’ve never understood it or why they’d want to. Now, I understand completely.

I moan. “Good boy. You sound so pretty when you beg.”

“I want to love you openly. I . . . I want Sera to know you exist and get a chance to love you openly, too. But what court would grant me that?”