Haunting Adeline Reading Order (H.D. Carlton's Cat & Mouse Duet)

H.D. Carlton’s Haunting Adeline is one of BookTok’s most talked-about — and most divisive — dark romances. Here is the reading order, with a clear word of warning.

The Cat & Mouse Duet

1. Haunting Adeline (2021)
2. Hunting Adeline (2022)

Content warning first

This is extreme dark romance. It contains graphic depictions of stalking, assault, and violence that many readers find disturbing. Check a full content-warning list before starting — this is not a gentle read, and it is not for everyone.

What it is about

Adeline inherits her great-grandmother’s manor and becomes the obsession of a mysterious stalker, while also pursuing a dark mystery of her own. The duet leans hard into the morally black “villain” hero the dark-romance crowd seeks out.

Read in order

Yes — it is a two-book story; read Haunting then Hunting.

If you want lighter dark romance

For something far less extreme, try Ana Huang’s Twisted books — see our Twisted series reading order — or our roundup of villain-gets-the-girl dark romance.