Haunting Adeline By H. D. Carlton May 2026

(A vigilante fighting human trafficking by day, a predator by night) Touch Her and You Die (Protective to a terrifying degree)

This is Book 1. It ends on a cliffhanger that leads directly into Hunting Adeline . Aesthetic Post Draft Headline: 🌹 "The Shadow is watching, Little Mouse." 💀 Haunting Adeline by H. D. Carlton

A "Cat and Mouse" game between Adeline, a successful author, and Zade Meadows, a hacker-vigilante who becomes her stalker. (A vigilante fighting human trafficking by day, a

Adeline moves back to her late grandmother’s gothic estate only to find she isn’t as alone as she thought. Zade Meadows doesn’t just watch her; he stalks her, consumes her, and forces her to confront a darkness she didn’t know she craved. Popular Tropes: Adeline moves back to her late grandmother’s gothic

"When you make someone fall in love with the darkest parts of you, there’s nothing you can do that will scare them away." "Run. If I catch you, I f—k you."

("I’ll keep watching and waiting until I can make her mine.")