Haunting Adeline
When author Adeline Reilly inherits Parsons Manor, her late great-grandmother's isolated estate in Washington, she moves in hoping for quiet and inspiration. Instead she finds a house full of secrets — a long-unsolved family disappearance — and the unsettling sense that she is never truly alone. Someone is watching her.
That someone is Zade Meadows, a masked vigilante who runs an underground operation targeting human traffickers, and who has become dangerously obsessed with Adeline. As Adeline unravels the mystery buried in the manor's history with the help of her friend Daya, the line between predator and protector blurs into something neither of them can control.
Haunting Adeline is the first book in H.D. Carlton's Cat and Mouse Duet, a BookTok phenomenon known as much for its polarizing reputation as its popularity. It is an extremely dark, graphic romance built on a stalker premise and should be approached with its extensive content warnings firmly in mind. The story concludes in Hunting Adeline.
A masked vigilante targeting traffickers, dangerously obsessed with Adeline.
An author who moves into her late great-grandmother's manor and senses she's being watched.
Adeline's best friend, who helps her investigate the manor's past.
The narrative of Haunting Adeline is told from the alternating perspectives of Adeline and Zade. This dual point of view offers insight into both characters' thoughts and motivations as the story unfolds.
