⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️! Unrequited Love (stand-alone). A double forbidden romance between two lost souls; A professor & his student; A stalker & her victim; A seducer & his prey! “Because unrequited love is like a dead, useless organ. It’s functionless. It’s sicker than a disease. You can cure a disease, but you can’t fix a defective soul.” The Unrequited (stand-alone) opens up to heiress and college freshman Layla Robinson, Lay starting fresh after an crush gone bad. Poet and newly appointed Poetry Professor Thomas Abrams has moved to a new city to save a relationship.Both are suffering from unrequited love.A self-proclaimed self-saboteur with signs of an obsessive-compulsive disorder meets a brooding, aloof and off-limits professor and sparks fly. Two lost souls wreaking havoc on each other and their surroundings.A secret flirtation doomed before it begins.Layla intrigues Thomas yet he plays her like a violin. But soon the seducer becomes the seduced as lines are blurred and crossed, until you cannot tell right from wrong; truth from insanity, lust from confusion; love from... obsession. “He doesn’t even look like he belongs to this world. He is too beautiful, too haunted to be human.” Ten words to describe Professor Thomas Abrams: Mercurial, aloof, moody, volatile, non-committal, selfish, deceptive, conflicted, blunt and possessive. “Because I’m selfish, Layla. I’ll ruin you, set you on fire, and won’t even look back. I’ll take and take until you’re empty and hollow.” Ten words to describe Layla Robinson, Lay: Intense, reflective, self-saboteur, charismatic, observant, naïve, misguided, lonely, obsessive, and larger-than-life. “I was meant to live in the shadows and secrets. I can be Thomas’ secret, for a little while, at least—until I absorb all of his pain and set him free.” The Unrequited, told from Layla’s POV, sprinkled with Thomas' POV is a slow brewing intense double forbidden erotic romance centered around the theme of unrequited love. A butterflies-in-your belly secret affair you know will end in a train-wreck yet you can't walk away. The story takes us a year plus into the future with self-reflection, growth, forgiveness and healing.Spellbinding story-telling! Larger-than life-hero and heroine! Un-put-downable! One of my favorite reads this year, one of my favorite forbidden romances of all times! “You’re in my fucking blood, and I’ll tear apart anyone who dares to fucking touch you.” ***Hero: ★★★★★Heroine: ★★★★★Plot: ★★★★★Storytelling: ★★★★★Sexual tension: ★★★★★Sex scenes: ★★★★★Story ending: ★★★★★******************************************OVERALL RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Angst: | HIGH FOCUS |Darkness: | MEDIUM FOCUS |Humor: | LOW FOCUS |Kink: | MEDIUM FOCUS |Romance: | HIGH FOCUS |Sex frequency: | HIGH FOCUS |Suspense: | MEDIUM FOCUS |UPDATE! Extended epilogue: After “The End” ARC provided to me by author Saffron Kent in exchange for an honest review.