Caught Up: An Into Darkness Novel (Into Darkness Series) by Navessa Allen

Book Two in the #1 New York Times and instant USA TODAY bestselling Into Darkness series cranks the heat (and the danger) way up—bringing voyeurism, play-club kink, and a masked obsession you can’t look away from.

Nico “Junior” Trocci has spent years treating Lauren Marchetti like a hard no. She’s sunshine—sweet, funny, good. He’s built for violence, not happy endings. That’s why he pushed her away in high school and kept his distance… until one late-night search turns “just checking” into a full-blown fixation. Because the shy, bookish Lauren is gone—replaced by a jaw-dropping woman posting thirst traps and orbiting a nearby play club. And once Junior starts watching, he can’t stop. Soon, watching isn’t enough. He wants to claim her.

Lauren, meanwhile, is more than a little intrigued by the brooding mystery man who keeps showing up at her club and lighting up her darkest cravings. Their flirty messages start to feel dangerously real, and as the tension tightens to a breaking point, the question becomes: who’s seducing who… and who’s about to lose control?

Tropes: stalker romance, morally grey MMC, masked stalker, he falls first, kink-friendly, second chance, found family, “touch her and die.”