With its sizzling romance and mystery Obsession is another winner for New York Times best selling author, Lisa Jackson. From the onset the author draws us in as we empathize with estranged lovers Zane Flannery and Kaylie Melville.

Kaylie a former child movie star currently hosts TV’s West Coast Morning with her former co-star of the movie Obsession, Alan Bently. Self-absorbed Bently is wrapped up in regaining his movie star status by romantically linking his name to Kaylie and then working behind the scenes to replay the tragic events that occurred at the premiere of the original film.

Zane and Kaylie have a long history that began when at 17 Kaylie’s parents determined that she needed a bodyguard and hired 21-year-old, Zane Flannery to protect her. For several years this arrangements worked but eventually the couple’s attraction to each other combined with the death of Kaylie’s parents resulted in their getting married during the filming of her movie Obsession. Until then, Zane had been somewhat over protective but when Kaylie was attacked by fanatical fan, Lee Johnston, at the movie’s premiere, Zane became obsessed with protecting Kaylie to the point that he made her feel a prisoner and she divorced him.

Despite the divorce, however, neither of them had been able to move on with their lives and after seven years Zane, still passionately in love with Kaylie, is once again confronted with protecting her from Lee Johnston who it is rumored is due to be released from the mental asylum where he has been housed since the original attack. Having had no contact with Kaylie since their divorce Zane nonetheless determines that he will do anything to keep her safe even it causes her to hate him for the rest of her life.

Overall, Obsession has a little romance, a little suspense, but nothing too challenging or requiring much brainpower to figure out what is going to happen next. Obsession is, however, an easy and enjoyable read for a lazy afternoon when you want the chance to just lay out in the sun and relax.

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