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HIS SINFUL OBSESSION (Claimed by the Cloth 5) by Kelsie Calloway

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HIS SINFUL OBSESSION (Claimed by the Cloth 5) by Kelsie Calloway-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 20, 2026

I was sentenced to community service at his church. He decided I was serving him instead. Fifty hours. That’s all I have to survive under the watch of Father Bolton Alvarado, a man I can’t stand. He’s calm where I’m chaos. Patient where I’m fury. And he looks at me like he sees straight through my anger to every wound underneath.

I hate the church. I hate what it took from me. And I especially hate how this priest makes me feel – seen, challenged, wanted.

“You’re not angry at God,” he says, backing me against the sanctuary wall. “You’re angry at yourself. For wanting something you think you can’t have.”

He’s wrong. He has to be. But when he kisses me like a man breaking every vow he’s ever made, I realize I don’t hate him at all. I’m terrified of how much I need him. And he’s done letting me run.

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REVIEW: HIS SINFUL OBSESSION is the fifth instalment in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary, adult CLAIMED BY THE CLOTH forbidden romance novella series. This i thirty five year old Catholic priest Father Bolton Alvarado, and animal shelter worker / painter Taniya Quinn’s story line. HIS SINFUL OBSESSION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Bolton and Taniya) HIS SINFUL OBSESSION focuses on the building romance and relationship between our story line couple. Twelve years earlier, Bolton Alvarado pledged his life to God in the wake of a personal failure at home but Bolton never expected to come face to face with his future in the guise of Taniya Quinn, a young woman struggling in the wake of her mother’s death, and a lack of faith in the church and God. Working her community service at Father Boston’s church, Taniya struggles with her attraction to Father Bolton, a man who is battling his attraction to our story line heroine but the heart wants something it should not have, and Father Bolton will profess his love for a young woman who shows her feelings with canvas and paints.

The world building focuses on the guilt and struggle of attraction; on the forbidden feelings and emotional fall-out for two people caught between despair and happiness, struggle and love.

The relationship between Bolton and Taniya is one of immediate attraction but Father Bolton will become both mentor and lover to a young woman who continues to struggle with her belief in a higher power in the wake of her mother’s death. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

the secondary and supporting characters are colorful and charismatic. We are introduced to Boston’s brother Mateo, and his husband Paul, as well as Sister Florence and Deacon Marcus Peters. I will add that the author continues to duplicate character names between instalments making for a little bit of confusion and cohesion.

HIS SINFUL OBSESSION is a fast paced, familiar story line of secrets and lies, obsession and guilt, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is engaging and entertaining; the characters are desperate and dynamic; the romance is forbidden yet seductive.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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His Wicked Obsession /His Darkest Obsession by Kelsie Calloway

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His Wicked Obsession /His Darkest Obsession (Claimed by the Cloth 3 & 4) by Kelsie Calloway-reviews

HIS WICKED OBSESSION
(Claimed by the Cloth 3)
by Kelsie Calloway
Genre: adult, contemporary, forbidden romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 30, 2026

I ran into a church to hide. I didn’t know the priest was more dangerous than what I was running from.

Blood on my hands. Terror in my chest. Men with guns on my trail. When I stumbled through the doors of St. Michael’s, I thought I’d found sanctuary.

Father Gabriel Maynard should have called the police. Instead, he locked the doors. Cleaned my wounds. “You’re safe now,” he said. “No one will touch you.”

What he didn’t No one but me.

He watches me through cameras. Learns my fears, my habits, the way I cry when I think no one’s listening. The men hunting me are still out there, and the only thing standing between me and death is a priest with blood on his hands and salvation in his eyes.

God help me. I think I’m falling for my captor.

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REVIEW:HIS WICKED OBSESSION is the third novella in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary adult CLAIMED BY THE CLOTH forbidden romance series. This is former crime world fixer Father Gabriel Maynard, and twenty-four year old nursing student Cara Butler’s story line. HIS WICKED OBSESSION can be read as a stand alone, there is no connection to the previous instalments.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Cara and Gabriel) HIS WICKED OBSESSION follows nursing student Cara Butler, six weeks on the run, struggling to stay one step ahead of a psychopath, a senator’s son. Cara witnessed a murder, and the killer is determined to end Cara’s life. Seeking shelter and protection at St. Michael’s, Cara will come face to face with Father Gabriel Maynard, a man whose past has prepared him to protect Cara Butler, at all costs. In hiding, Cara finds herself falling for the forbidden, a man who pledged his life to God, but a man who believes he has come to the end of his personal penance.

The world building follows Gabriel Maynard as he struggles with his attraction to our story line heroine. A dark past mired in De@th, secrets and lies, Gabriel is determined to prove he is worthy of a second chance, and Cara is the key to his freedom.

The relationship between Gabriel and Cara is one of immediate attraction: insta-lust to love in the face of threats against our story line heroine.Gabriel will call in favors from the people, from his past, favors that ensure our heroine survives the hunt. The $ex scenes are limited but provocative and impassioned.

The secondary and supporting characters are not without some questionable history. We are introduced to Sister Agnes, as well as senator’s son Marcus Webb.

HIS WICKED OBSESSION is a story of m#rder and obsession, power and control, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic and edgy; the romance is passionate and fated; the characters are desperate and determined.

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HIS DARKEST OBSESSION
(Claimed by the Cloth 4)
by Kelsie Calloway
Genre: adult, contemporary, forbidden romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK : Release Date May 10, 2026

He’s watched me for years. Now he watches me in ways he shouldn’t.

When I come back to town at twenty-two, something has changed. The way Father Cross looks at me isn’t safe. It’s hungry. Consuming. Like he’s been waiting for something, and that something is finally here.

“I tried to stay away,” he confesses, his hands shaking as they frame my face. “I prayed for strength. For years, Mari. Years.”

He’s a priest. He’s eighteen years older than me. But when he kisses me like I’m sacred and profane all at once, I don’t feel horror.

I feel chosen.

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REVIEW: HIS DARKEST OBSESSION is the fourth instalment in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary adult CLAIMED BY THE CLOTH erotic, forbidden romance novella series. This is forty year old, Catholic priest Father Zayden ‘Zade’ Cross, and twenty-two year old Marigold ‘Mari’ Sinclair’s story line. HIS DARKEST OBSESSION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty as there is no connection to the previous instalments.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Zade and Mari) HIS DARKEST OBSESSION follows after the death of Marigold’s beloved grandmother Eleanor, a woman who is closely connected to the church. Seeking advice and friendships, Marigold Sinclair finds herself sexually attracted to the parish priest, a man who is hoping for something more. Zade never intended to fall for our story line heroine but eighteen years in service to the church, now felt like like he was missing and lost.

The world building focuses on the secrets and lies as Zade and Mari try to keep their relationship a secret but once the gossip begins, our couple find themselves at the center of a firestorm, a storm from which there will be no turning back.

The relationship between Zade and Mari is an age-gap, forbidden romance. Zade knew immediately there was something about Mari that called to his heart, and there was no turning back. Sneaking around only brought more attention, attention that threatened Zade’s remaining time as a priest. The $ex scenes are limited but intimate and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters are determined and expressive. We are introduced to Mari’s friend Cassandra; Deacon Frank Holloway: another Sister Agnes, and Zade’s sister Miriam.

HIS DARKEST OBSESSION is an another story of secrets and lies, obsession, friendships and love. The character driven premise is interesting and dramatic; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are desperate and dynamic.

Reviews by Sandy

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His Sacred Obsession / The Boss’s Obsession by Kelsie Calloway

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His Sacred Obsession / The Boss’s Obsession  by Kelsie Calloway

 

HIS SACRED OBSESSION
(CLAIMED BY THE CLOTH 1)
by Kelsie Calloway
Genre: adult, contemporary, forbidden, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 10, 2026

I went to confession to cleanse my soul. I left with his eyes burning into my back.
Father Lucas Goodman has heard every sin this town has to offer. None of them made him look twice. Then I stepped into his confessional and whispered the one thing I should have kept buried – that I want a man I can never have. A man of God.
I didn’t say his name. I didn’t have to.
Now he’s everywhere. At the grocery store. Outside my apartment. Watching me through the window when he thinks I’m asleep. He knows about the engagement I don’t want. The life being planned for me without my consent.
I should run. I should tell someone. But when he corners me in the empty church and growls, “You belong to me now”—I don’t want to be saved.
I want to be his.

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REVIEW: HIS SACRED OBSESSION is the first instalment in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary, adult CLAIMED BY THE CLOTH forbidden romance series. This is Father Lucas Goodman, and librarian Eliza Thorne’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lucas and Eliza) HIS SACRED OBSESSION follows the forbidden romance and relationship between Father Lucas Goodman, and librarian Eliza Thorne. Eliza Thorne is engaged to a man she does not love, a man with a dark and secret past but Eliza also has a secret, she is attracted to her parish priest, a man who is willing to protect Eliza any way he can. Father Lucas Goodman has been lusting after Eliza Thorne for as long as he can remember but Lucas’s devotion as a priest is as of a need to atonement for sins of the past, and his need for Eliza goes against everything he has sworn to protect.

The relationship between Lucas and Eliza focuses on the forbidden but Lucas’ need for our story line heroine outweighs his need to forgive himself. As their affair becomes fodder for the public, the church itself begins an investigation, as Eliza’s fiancé takes control. The $ex scenes are passionate and intimate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are determined as Lucas and Eliza’s affair goes against everything they have been taught and know. We are introduced to Eliza’s father Richard Thorne and her stepmother Victoria; Eliza’s best friend Margot Chen, as well as Eliza’s fiancé Garrett Whitmore.

HIS SACRED OBSESSION is a fast paced, character driven story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, acceptance and forbidden love. The premise is entertaining and captivating; the romance is taboo yet seductive; the characters are desperate and determined.

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THE BOSS’S OBSESSION
Obsession of the Month 4
by Kelsie Calloway
Genre: adult, contemporary, romance

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 14, 2026

Rule number one: Don’t fall for your boss. He forgot to give himself the same rule.

Vaughn Sterling is cold. Demanding. The kind of billionaire who fires people for smiling too much. I took the job as his assistant because I needed the money. I stayed because I’m a masochist.

Then I catch him watching me like I’m a problem he needs to solve. Like I’m something he wants to devour.

He’s crossed every professional line: learning my coffee order, memorizing my schedule, sending a driver when I miss the train. When I try to quit, he tells me I’m not allowed.

Not allowed. Like he owns me. The terrifying part? I’m starting to want him to.

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REVIEW: THE BOSS’S OBSESSION is the fourth novella in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary, adult OBSESSION OF THE MONTH erotic, romance series. This is billionaire businessman Vaughn Sterling, and PA Magnolia ‘Maggie’ Osei-Wright’s story line. THE BOSS’S OBSESSION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Vaughn and Maggie) THE BOSS’S OBSESSION follows the forbidden relationship between our story line couple. For three months, billionaire businessman Vaughn Sterling has lusted after his PA but a late night at the office finds Vaughn declaring himself guardian and protector, as he begins a deep dive into her life, and the people who will try to destroy them all.A romantic relationship ensues but Maggie’s fellow employees see a woman who ‘slept’ her way to the top.

The relationship between Vaughn and Maggie begins as employee and employer but a relationship predicated upon lust to love. For months Vaughn has watched our heroine from afar, a woman completely unaware of the man who is about to upend her life. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Maggie’s fellow employees at Sterling Industries.

THE BOSS’S OBSESSION is a quick read; a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, forgiveness and love. The character driven premise is captivating and entertaining; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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