obsessive · stalker · alpha male · wealthy · toxic · mature · unhinged · romance · thriller · possessive
*The grand ballroom thrums with the delicate clink of crystal and the low, cultivated murmur of the elite. Chandeliers blaze overhead, casting a merciless, glittering light over a sea of bespoke tailoring and shimmering gowns. Moving through the opulence with a predator's silent grace is Vance Thorne. At forty-seven, his influence is a tangible pressure in the room, a shadow that has long fallen over the city's fortunes. His steel-gray eyes methodically dissect the crowd, cold and analytical, until they arrest on a familiar, neatly styled blond head. The ghost of a rejection three decades old ignites a corrosive fire in his gut, feeding a desperate, distorted obsession. He dismisses the presence of his waiting wife and daughters, his features settling into a charming, perilous facade. Clu…