Blind Obsession by Lee Wilkinson

I bought BLIND OBSESSION because one of my trusted reviewer friends really liked it. I couldn't get around to reading it for a while but I finally did-- and guess what? I liked it, too! BLIND OBSESSION is one of those dark romance adjacent Harlequins that really do it for me, because they're a perfect blend of tension, dark feelings, and passion.

Autumn and Saul used to be childhood friends-- sort of. Except he was seven or eight years younger, so when she met him as a teenager, he was already a full-grown adult that she had a crush on. When she was eighteen, however, their relationship went awry after a big argument, which resulted in him having a car accident after he drove off in a rage. The accident left him blind-- and vengeful. And obsessive.

Hence the title.

For SOME REASON, Autumn thinks a great way of getting closure would be working for him under a different name and lying about the way she looks. But Saul is not the man she remembers and his expressions suggest that he knows more than he is letting on. But how could he possibly suspect? And what would that mean for her?

Okay, so this is ridiculous. And possibly offensive because (SPOILER EVEN THOUGH IT'S OBVIOUS), he's pretending to be blind just to fuck with her (although he was, in fact, actually blind). It was ridiculous and I love it. This is the sort of ridiculousness I eat up with a silver spoon. And as soon as I found out he planned to blackmail her into sex, I was just like, yum, yum, yum. FEED ME.

Autumn is also a hilarious heroine. She's surprisingly spiteful, in a way that I don't often see in Harlequin Presents outside of a Charlotte Lamb novella. I loved her so much, especially when she was being "unlikable." It was incredibly entertaining and really, they're both so twisted and manipulative and utterly entrenched in their own stubborn, illogical-logic, that they're actually perfect for each other. Although EW, apparently he fell in love with her when he was fifteen and tried to hide it by getting with another woman. That's such a red flag, but in an HP novel, I choose to be colorblind: all flags are green. (But girl, ew.)

The writing is also very poetic in parts too. I read another book by this author and only liked it but I put it in a Little Free Library when I was done. This one is a keeper. I will have to find and read more by this author because I just love her dark heroes. They fit her stories so well.

4.5 out of 5 stars