Possessive Heart by Brighton Walsh
332 pages • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • 🌶️🌶️🌶️
I am an absolute sucker for an obsessed, yearning MMC. In real life, that reads “please stop texting me from the parking lot.” On the page in Possessive Heart, it’s perfection.
Chase Lockhart has been gone-for-her since high school. Addison McKenzie is his best friend’s little sister, which slaps a big “do not touch” sign on her. Naturally, he ignores it. What starts as off-limits tension turns into a long-running secret hookup situation. She goes off to college, he goes to the NHL, and every time he comes home, he makes a pilgrimage to her bed like it’s a holy rite.
Then one day the sex-fest stops. No calls. No texts. Just ghosted. Addison always knew she would come second to hockey, but knowing it and having it grind your heart into paste are two different things. She walks away, or at least tries to. Meanwhile, Chase is out here with ten years of feelings, house plans, and a very stubborn conviction that she is his forever. The man has emotional receipts and no shame in presenting them.
I loved the yearning. I related hard to Addison’s doubts and internal chaos. She is not being “dramatic.” She is a woman doing emotional math and refusing to accept a man who only shows up when it is convenient. We love to see it.
My favorite part: there is no third act breakup. None. Zero. Do you hear the angels singing? There is third act drama, of course, because this is a romance novel, not a vibes-only Pinterest board, but we are spared the tedious “we must now pretend you two aren’t endgame for 40 pages” nonsense.
Chase is deeply possessive, but not in a dark, morally-gray, “might accidentally kill a guy” way. He is golden retriever feral. Tail wagging, teeth bared if anyone hurts her. If you want male yearning without full-blown restraining-order energy, Possessive Heart is an excellent choice.
File under:
- Golden retriever obsession, mild psycho tendencies, maximum payoff 💋
- Brother’s best friend
- Ten years of pining
- Secret hookups
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