Demon's Shadow

When third-grade teacher Emma Collins starts receiving romantic letters and gifts from a secret admirer, she thinks it's just harmless attention—until the poetry turns possessive and someone breaks into her home to "e;prepare"e; for their future together. Six months after losing his maintenance job at her school, Bobby Crenshaw has built an elaborate fantasy around the woman who showed him simple kindness, and he's ready to make that fantasy reality whether she cooperates or not.Three weeks of escalating stalking has left Emma jumping at shadows and sleeping with kitchen knives when she crosses paths with Savage Tide MC's most lethal enforcer in a school parking lot after dark. But the dangerous man offering protection isn't looking for a helpless victim to save—he's looking for a partner strong enough to help hunt the predator who thinks terrorizing innocent women is romantic devotion.Demon doesn't believe in letting obsessed stalkers escalate to abduction. The former Navy diver has perfected the art of making problems disappear without a trace, but the brave teacher with steel in her spine and fear in her eyes presents a different kind of challenge. She's not asking to be rescued—she's demanding to be part of the solution.She's got the psychological insight to get inside a predator's head. He's got the tactical skills to eliminate threats permanently. But a delusional stalker with detailed abduction plans won't stop until his fantasy becomes reality, and the price of Emma's freedom might be everything they're building together.Some obsessions can only be ended through violence. Some claiming is worth any amount of danger. And some love stories can only be written in blood and brotherhood by a woman brave enough to face her monsters and a killer willing to become her shadow.