Deadly Obsession (Deadly Vices) - Kristine Cayne

When an Oscar-winning movie star meets a department-store photographer...

Movie star Nic Lamoureux appears to have a playboy's perfect life. But it's a part he plays, an act designed to conceal a dark secret he carries on his shoulders. His empty days and nights are a meaningless blur until he meets the woman who fulfills all his dreams. She and her son are the family he's always wanted--if she can forgive a horrible mistake from his past.

A Hollywood dream...

Lauren James, a widowed single mother, earns barely enough money to support herself and her son. When she wins a photography contest and meets Nic, the man who stars in all her fantasies, her dreams, both professional and personal, are on the verge of becoming real. The attraction between Lauren and Nic is instant--and mutual. Their chemistry burns out of control during a photo shoot that could put Lauren on the fast track to a lucrative career.

Becomes a Hollywood nightmare

But an ill-advised kiss makes front-page news, and the lurid headlines threaten everything Nic and Lauren have hoped for. Before they know what's happening, their relationship is further rocked by an obsessed and cunning stalker who'll stop at nothing--not even murder--to have Nic to herself. When Nic falls for Lauren, the stalker zeroes in on her as the competition. And the competition must be eliminated. 

I will be honest and say I didn’t know anything about this book when I started reading it.  I hadn’t even read the synopsis for the book.  It was gifted to me by an obviously awesome person who also hadn’t read it, so I didn’t have any expectations when I started reading it.  

Since Nic was a movie star it had a little bit of an Love Unscripted feel to it, but a bit darker.  The stalker in this book takes things those few steps further than any of the crazy fans in the LU series. 

I liked Lauren and Nic.  I liked that although Lauren had her head over heels kind of moments for the famous movie star, she mostly just wanted to spend time with the normal guy he was on the inside.  Their chemistry was well written. 

The story was a bit predictable, as in I knew who the stalker was pretty much right away.  I didn’t necessarily know how it was all going to play out, but I knew who the “bad guy” was.  It annoyed me a little bit when nobody seemed to get it sooner.

All in all it was a good read, I wouldn’t say I loved it, but I’m glad I read it.  Not sure I’ll read the other books in the Deadly Vices Series…but I wouldn’t rule anything out!