H. D. Carlton

Hunting Adeline

The conclusion to the Cat and Mouse Duet is here...

The Diamond

Death walks alongside me,
But the reaper is no match for me.
I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem.
They won't keep me forever.
I no longer recognize the person I've become,
And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night.
They call me a diamond,
But they've only created an angel of death.

The Hunter

I was born a predator,
With ruthlessness ingrained in my bones.
When what's mine is stolen from me in the night,
Like a diamond hidden within a fortress,
I find that I can no longer contain the beast.
Blood will paint the ground as I tear apart this world to find her.
And bring her back to where she belongs.
No one will escape my wrath,
Especially not those who have betrayed me.

Warning: This is the second and final installment to the Duet. You must read Haunting Adeline first.

Cat and Mouse Duet Book 2

gruesome asf but addie stuffing the heel down francesca’s throat after she r*ped her w one is so good. 10/10.  

The Culling was something else in its own but reading how that night ends and then two months later breaks my heart. This is a big wtf moment with tears. 

Emily Ines 🤍

abbie danielle ☕️

“You will never hear me call myself a good man. Or kind. Or even honorable. There is very little left of that in me, and the truth is that it was never really there to begin with. I was born with a blackened soul and good intentions. And there is a difference between those who are needlessly evil and those who do bad things hoping that something good will come out of it.”

saidaa<3

"What you've forgotten is that the heart beating inside your chest isn't fucking yours. It's mine. And if my heart has stopped working, then pull that trigger, little mouse. Kill the rest of me. I'm nothing if I'm not the reason you breathe."

Ryleigh Johnson

Heaven isn't a place you go to when you die, it's inside the person that's worth dying for.

I bit my lip, feeling my chest cracked from how fucking addicted I am to this girl.

"Are you proposing because you're in love with me or because I gave you anal?"

"You will always be mine," I growl. "Even in your fucking nighmares."

"I will chase away your deacons, Adeline, and they will run and hide because I am fucking scarier."

We'd haunt Parsons Manor together, and it's undeniable how much I love the sound of that.

"Baby, if you want me dead, I'll hand you the knife to stick in my chest. Sending us both over the cliff would be a little overkill."

"Because if you fall, I'll follow after you."

He's giving me a spoonful of my own medicine, and it tastes like ass.

The little liar loves me just the way I am.

Though I'll have a lot to fucking say of he croaks before he turns ninety.

"The lengths I would go to for you are terrifying, little mouse. So easily, you could destroy me, and I would lie down and take it. I don't care if I live or die - as long as it's all for you."

I'm so fucking in love with her, and while my love is brutal and ruthless, it's also nurturing.

"Someday soon, little mouse, you will not be able to see anything else. I will be the only villan in your story, and the only one who has the power to make you scream."

"I don't ever want to be free of you, Zade. Not in this lifetime, and not in all the ones that come after."

"You and I will never end, little mouse. Even when we're six feet under, and out bones are dust, I will haunt your soul until it aches to be free of me. And then, I will hold you tighter."

Lili

Roxanne Ramirez

Cat and Mouse Duet #2

This book was something else!! How can she make something that is a literal hell make me feel like it’s so real! The second part of the book felt a bit rushed but still!

Femke

This book shouldn’t go by cathegory dark romance, but crime…. It should not be romentisized. A thousands of girls go through this every minute and it’s not something to be consider “dark romance”

Angie

I was really excited to get into this book based on how the first one ended. I though the storyline was good and I loved how much Addie grew throughout the book. It was amazing to see how much stronger she was and how confident she got and how much her relationship with her mom grew. This book just didn't have me as hooked as the first one, after Zade saved Addie it kind of fell off for me. I also wish we would have found out what happened to Sibby at the end of the book, but I think she got her happily ever after. 

Maggie Hotmer

this was your typical kidnapped-woman-gets-saved-by-tall-scary-boyfriend story. the plot was meh. but the parts where adeline was trapped in that house and all of that shit was happening to her was horrifying. i still don't like zade but at least he was respectful of addie's space for a while after she was rescued. 

the writing was pretty decent, not special but made this easier to read than a lot of dark romances, that's for sure. i get why this series was popular. 

kaii

this was your typical kidnapped-woman-gets-saved-by-tall-scary-boyfriend story. the plot was meh. but the parts where adeline was trapped in that house and all of that shit was happening to her was horrifying. i still don't like zade but at least he was respectful of addie's space for a while after she was rescued. 

the writing was pretty decent, not special but made this easier to read than a lot of dark romances, that's for sure. i get why this series was popular. 

Beaucoup trop de trauma porn et de torture explicite dans la première moitié du roman, bien plus que dans le premier tome. J’ai fini par sauter des passages parce que c’était trop pour moi. La deuxième partie m’a parue longue et j’ai même cherché des avis pour voir si ça valait la peine de continuer. Pas mal d'autres lecteurs ont ressenti la même chose et ont abandonné. J’ai quand même lu le dernier chapitre et l’épilogue, mais là encore je me suis surtout sentie mal face à la toxicité de la relation entre Zade et Adeline. Dans le tome 1, l’enquête parallèle, l’écriture et certaines scènes de smut rattrapaient un peu le reste, mais là...

I finally read these books and the only thing living rent free in my head is the mirror scene 

Brittany Peterson

MY HELL I cried at 2am reading part one of this book. Part 2 is better but I’m emotionally scarred. Once again RAPE should never be okay even if you fall in love with the guy after MOVE ONE HONEY. Also knife play is never the right way to try and fix a relationship 

Sierra Bennett

I like this one better than the 1st book, but I don’t feel like I got what I wanted or pictured from this dark romance. 

Edna Aviles

this one was kind of predictable but i absolutely LOVED it. Zade is such a reg flag in irl but checks every box for my book bfs 

Haley Bucklin

Megs

not my fav but a satisfying end to their story

jenna

⚠️PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK⚠️ the first part of this book is -capital, bold, triple underlined- D.A.R.K DARK!!!!!! there were multiple times i had to put the book down and step away for a little bit mainly bc on the back of my head i know there is shit like what was written happening CURRENTLY… 

 and it just made my heart and soul physically HURT! it destroyed me! i enjoyed this book more than the first! once you get past the first part and when Z really kicks it into gear to get his girl, it made me love him so so much! and seeing Addie overcome the nightmare she went through and become stronger and powerful from it was super satisfying. i loved getting to know each of the characters more in this book and i fucking LOVED Sibyl!!! this whole story was a wild fucking ride to say the least and it’s one that will haunt me for a long time!!

BROOKE A

⚠️PLEASE CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK⚠️ the first part of this book is -capital, bold, triple underlined- D.A.R.K DARK!!!!!! there were multiple times i had to put the book down and step away for a little bit mainly bc on the back of my head i know there is shit like what was written happening CURRENTLY… EVERY.SINGLE.DAY and it just made my heart and soul physically HURT! it destroyed me! i enjoyed this book more than the first! once you get past the first part and when Z really kicks it into gear to get his girl, it made me love him so so much! and seeing Addie overcome the nightmare she went through and become stronger and powerful from it was super satisfying. i loved getting to know each of the characters more in this book and i fucking LOVED Sibyl!!! this whole story was a wild fucking ride to say the least and it’s one that will haunt me for a long time!!

better than the first one. but the end was painfully bad as usual 

Sara Marton

Any of Addie's chapters before 22 were a hard read, and I ended up only reading Zade's chapters up until that point. I feel like most of what Addie went through could've been implied & off-page. Other than all of that, I loved this book and I'm so sad it's over :(

Ashlee

Ok I thought the first one was intense, but then I read this. It’s on a WHOLE OTHER LEVEL, not only in terms of intensity, but also the severity of the darkness and trigger-inducing scenarios.

The spice (while hot) was still wildly intense and would probably also deserve a high trigger warning. 

If you are even slightly triggered by lack of consent, r@pe, or $exual m0lest@tion, THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU. 

Also, the writing itself is not great (slightly better than first one). 

Alyssa deRaad

Ok I thought the first one was intense, but then I read this. It’s on a WHOLE OTHER LEVEL, not only in terms of intensity, but also the severity of the darkness and trigger-inducing scenarios.

The spice (while hot) was still wildly intense and would probably also deserve a high trigger warning. 

If you are even slightly triggered by lack of consent, r@pe, or $exual m0lest@tion, THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU. 

Also, the writing itself is not great (slightly better than first one). 

aleksandra

Zade & Adeline = combustion in the darkest ways. I did not like the actual trauma in this book though. I struggled through all that to the redemption section. I understand why it was added, just not my cup of tea. 

Kristen Savage

Danny

I will admit, this one was definitely harder to read and I skimmed over some of the graphic scenes. And the smut between Zade and Adeline did not feel as, enjoyable for me this time. The ending did feel kind of rushed but I still did enjoy myself. 
Definitely heed the trigger warnings for this one because DAMN. 
Zade is still a smash in this one, and I will gladly kill Adeline's father for him.

madreadz⟢

Hmm, darker than the first book. But Zade’s God complex remains. In fact, it’s so much bigger than his obsession.

Sidney Schaffner

I took a good amount of time to decide what I wanted to say about this book. However, I don’t know if any of the feelings that I have about part two are valid, considering that I am not a survivor of sexual assault. This is not a book I would recommend for somebody with this being their first dark romance.

So much better than haunting Adeline! Could actually read it without getting bored!

Hunting Adeline

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