Halloween sets the mood in “A Bee and A Shadow” – Book 2 of Paranormal Obsessions series, that can be read as a stand-alone. (This book is for 18+ readers only.)
Get ready for suspense, betrayal, and lots of (not Pumpkin) spice in this modern version of a Headless Rider story. A dark paranormal bodyguard romance featuring a neurodivergent heroine and the man who sees every part of her.
Owen’s world is full of family curses, dark magic and paranormal beings. It’s hidden from an average human. A woman like Beatrice Foster, the target he’s hired to protect, sure as hell doesn’t belong there.
Yet with every minute he spends around her, basking in her warm light, his shadows crave to possess her, plunge her into his darkness, make her a part of his world. But how can he have her, when she already belongs to someone else? When it’s his job to protect her from any danger? And when the most dangerous thing riding the streets every Halloween – is him.
Beatrice is a woman in pieces – too much, never enough, and scarred by a love that left her hollow.
Owen is the last man she should trust – a brooding ex-military, ex-EMT, with secrets of his own and demons in his eyes.
Yet after he rescues her from kidnappers and becomes her bodyguard, his fierce devotion and relentless desire begin stitching her back together.
With him, she’s more than fragile.
She’s wanted. She’s seen. She’s whole.
But surrendering her heart may be the most dangerous choice of all – because falling for Owen comes with its own hidden undercurrents.
Not to mention, that her soon-to-be-ex-husband is far from done with her.
Owen:
She was supposed to be a job. A client. A paycheck.
Not a woman who’d crawl under my skin and nest in every fucking hollow part of me like she was always meant to be there.
If my curse has taught me anything, it’s that you take what you want – or it will be taken from you.
But how can I have her, when she belongs to someone else? And when it’s my job as her bodyguard to keep her safe?Especially from me.
Beatrice:
He was supposed to be my bodyguard. Not the man I ache for when no one’s looking.
Owen is six-foot-seven of tattooed temptation, heat, muscle, and dominance.
He’s danger in denim. Salvation on a Harley.
And completely off-limits.
Every stolen glance, every brush of his hand feels like crossing a line I can’t uncross.
I shouldn’t want him… but the more I resist, the harder I fall.
Tropes:
– Mature FMC
– Morally grey MMC
– Neurodivergent FMC
– Body positivity, plus size FMC
– Forced Proximity
– Shadow daddy
– Bodyguard
– Forbidden / off-limits
– Trauma and healing
– FMC in peril
– Hidden identity
– He fell first
– Headless Horseman retelling (Harley instead of a horse)
– Beauty and the beast
– Second chance
– Irish folklore
– Urban Fantasy
– Hidden supernatural world
– Touch her and die
– ex-military bodyguard with PTSD
– Guaranteed HEA
This is a Dark romance, so please read the
Trigger warnings:
– Explicit content, swear words, graphic description of sex
– Profanity and Blasphemous language
– Cheating husband (and general douchebag) – not MMC.
– Blood, dismemberment and lopped off heads (mostly off-page and not graphically described)
– Kidnapping (Adult-napping), FMC drugged, violence (not too graphic), gun violence, loss of a comrade, loss of a loved one, divorce, abandonment, verbal abuse, trauma.
– Mention of: death, pregnancy, correctional facilities.
– Sexual Content: BDSM, shadow shibari (read and find out), Somnophilia, Dub Con (sometimes very, very dubious)
– Mental health Representation – PTSD, PPD, depression, anxiety, ADHD, AuDHD and other co-morbid conditions
