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Obsessive Love

Devotion that tips into fixation. Dark, consuming portrayals of love as possession.

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    The Favorites

    Layne Fargo · Literary Fiction

    **To the world, they were a scandal.

    enemies to lovers · coming of age · slow burn · obsessive love · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Haunting Adeline

    H. D. Carlton · Romance

    **The Manipulator** I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout
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    If We Were Villains

    M. L. Rio · Literary Fiction

    Entreated to tell his side of the story to a detective who put him in prison a decade earlier for a murder he may not have committed, Oliver Marks…

    enemies to lovers · friends to lovers · dark academia · obsessive love · found family · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Silent Patient

    Alex Michaelides · Mystery & Thriller

    Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect.

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · cat and mouse · obsessive love

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    Misery

    Stephen King · Horror

    Novelist Paul Sheldon has plans to make the difficult transition from writing historical romances featuring heroine Misery Chastain to publishing…

    psychological thriller · survival · obsessive love · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde · Literary Fiction

    **The Picture of Dorian Gray** is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde.

    dark academia · obsessive love · gothic atmosphere

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    God of Malice

    Rina Kent · Romance

    From USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a new STANDALONE dark romance about a villain and his new obsession.

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · anti hero

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout
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    King of Envy

    Ana Huang · Romance

    ***He had everything he could’ve wanted…except her.*** Dangerous.

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · slow burn · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Audition

    Katie Kitamura · Literary Fiction

    Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant.

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · unreliable narrator · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Twisted Love

    Ana Huang · Romance

    He has a heart of ice … but for her, he'd burn the world.

    dark romance · possessive romance · obsessive love · forbidden romance · workplace romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Wretch

    Eric LaRocca · Horror

    From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill…

    dark romance · obsessive love · trauma recovery · gothic atmosphere · ghosts

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Book of Azrael

    Amber V. Nicole · Fantasy

    Amber V. Nicole’s The Book of Azrael launches the Gods and Monsters series with a dark, romantic epic of power, sacrifice, and ancient relics.…

    slow burn · enemies to lovers · paranormal romance · dark romance · morally grey character · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Lights Out

    Navessa Allen · Romance

    **“I don’t need another kink.”** That thought pops into my head whenever I pull up my favorite social media app, but alas, every time I scroll, I…

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · romantic comedy · bully romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout
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    A Dowry of Blood

    S. T. Gibson · Romance

    A dark fantasy about Dracula's first bride, Constanta, who discovers her husband's secrets and must choose between freedom and love.

    dark romance · paranormal romance · obsessive love · forbidden romance · vampires

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Fox and the Devil

    Kiersten White · Fantasy

    An obsession with a beautiful serial killer entangles a vampire hunter's daughter in an immortal sapphic romance in this mesmerising new gothic…

    gothic atmosphere · dark romance · obsessive love · vampires · paranormal romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Moby Dick

    Herman Melville · Literary Fiction

    A literary classic that wasn't recognized for its merits until decades after its publication, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick tells the tale of a whaling…

    revenge plot · obsessive love · survival · historical fiction

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    For Human Use

    Sarah G. Pierce · Horror

    An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific…

    dark romance · romantic comedy · psychological thriller · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Kingfisher

    Rozie Kelly · Literary Fiction

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION She smelled like jasmine.

    obsessive love · workplace romance · morally grey character · forbidden romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Credence

    Penelope Douglas · Romance

    From New York Times bestselling author, Penelope Douglas, comes a new standalone!

    dark romance · forced proximity · obsessive love · possessive romance · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout
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    Good Intentions

    Marisa Walz · Mystery & Thriller

    INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER • "A stunning debut with razor sharp tension and surprising twists." —Jeneva Rose, #1 bestselling author Even the best…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · twist ending · trauma recovery

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    Afterbirth

    Emma Cleary · Horror

    For fans of Nightbitch, Motherthing, and Baby Teeth, a "mommy horror" masterpiece as hypnotic as it is terrifying, from bold new talent Emma Cleary A…

    psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · trauma recovery · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Mayhem and the Mortal

    Shanora Williams · Fantasy

    Don't miss out on the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last.

    dark romance · demons · revenge plot · fated mates · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Insatiable

    Leigh Rivers · Romance

    IF HE CAN'T HAVE HER, NO ONE ELSE CAN Kade Mitchell is obsessed with someone he despises.

    dark romance · possessive romance · obsessive love · slow burn

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Heart-Shaped Box LP

    Joe Hill · Horror

    Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals .

    psychological thriller · ghosts · obsessive love · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Love

    Toni Morrison · Literary Fiction

    The epitome of a group of women's ideals about love, fatherhood, and friendship, wealthy hotel owner Bill Cosey finds his life compromised by his…

    forbidden romance · dark romance · trauma recovery · obsessive love · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Still Beating

    Jennifer Hartmann · Romance

    When Cora attends her sister’s birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame.

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · psychological thriller · trauma recovery

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Guess Again

    Charlie Donlea · Mystery & Thriller

    Behind bars, a killer holds the key.

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · obsessive love · revenge plot

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Matchmaking for Psychopaths

    Tasha Coryell · Mystery & Thriller

    Love is a dangerous game when your clients are killers…from the bestselling author behind Love Letters to a Serial Killer.

    psychological thriller · dark academia · morally grey character · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    None of This Is True

    Lisa Jewell · Mystery & Thriller

    **Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime…

    psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse · twist ending · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Kind Worth Killing

    Peter Swanson · Mystery & Thriller

    'Hello there.' I looked at the pale, freckled hand on the back of the empty bar seat next to me in the business class lounge of Heathrow airport,…

    psychological thriller · cat and mouse · morally grey character · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Bloodsinger

    Juliette Cross · Fantasy

    Juliette Cross returns with a new scorching dark romantasy in her The Fire That Binds trilogy.

    dark romance · witches · dragons · fated mates · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Psychotic Obsession

    Leigh Rivers · Romance

    LOVE IS DANGEROUS TRUST IS A WEAKNESS POSSESSION IS A TOXIC GAME Sweet and gentle.

    dark romance · paranormal romance · obsessive love · possessive romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout
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    The Mindf*ck Series

    S. T. Abby · Romance

    They took too much. Left too little. I had nothing to lose... until him. Lana I didn't expect him. I didn't want to fall in love. But I can't…

    dark romance · psychological thriller · obsessive love · trauma recovery · morally grey character

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Intrigue

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia · Literary Fiction

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which…

    dark romance · heist · cat and mouse · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    To Bleed a Crystal Bloom

    Sarah A. Parker · Fantasy

    Nineteen years ago, I was plucked from the heart of a bloody massacre that spared nobody else.

    dark romance · gothic atmosphere · forbidden romance · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Sweet Prison

    Neva Altaj · Romance

    dark romance · forbidden romance · forced proximity · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Stolen Touches

    Neva Altaj · Romance

    dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Bewitched

    Laura Thalassa · Romance

    At age twenty, Selene Bowers desperately hopes to be accepted into Henbane Coven, an academy for young witches.

    dark romance · paranormal romance · possessive romance · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Love Letters to a Serial Killer

    Tasha Coryell · Mystery & Thriller

    An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him…

    unreliable narrator · psychological thriller · obsessive love · dark romance · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Creep

    Jennifer Hillier · Mystery & Thriller

    From Amazon: Dr. Sheila Tao is a professor of psychology. An expert in human behavior. And when she began an affair with sexy, charming graduate…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · workplace romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Killing Me Softly

    Nicci French · Mystery & Thriller

    A British woman falls in love with a famous mountaineer, but after marrying him begins to feel afraid.

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · dark romance · possessive romance

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Esther Is Now Following You

    Tanya Sweeney · Mystery & Thriller

    A fresh, funny and deeply affecting thriller novel, about a thirty-something woman who begins stalking a celebrity crush - and about what happens…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · unreliable narrator · cat and mouse

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Truth of Carcosa

    Jacob Rollinson · Horror

    Evil books, shadowy corporations, and interdimensional monster collide in this dark, masterful tribute to Robert Chamber's cult classic, The King in…

    cosmic horror · psychological thriller · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    American Spirits

    Anna Dorn · Literary Fiction

    A love letter to pop music, American Spirits charts an icon’s fall—and an obsessive fangirl’s rise.

    coming of age · obsessive love · friends to lovers

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    The Final Target

    Nora Roberts · Mystery & Thriller

    A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping new thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden…

    psychological thriller · obsessive love · cat and mouse · unreliable narrator

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    Ruinous Creatures

    Jessi Cole Jackson · Fantasy

    For fans of One Dark Window and T.

    dark romance · slow burn · forced proximity · obsessive love · dragons

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    Souls in Ruin

    Jacqueline White · Fantasy

    Raven Kennedy’s Gild meets Jennifer L.

    dark romance · revenge plot · obsessive love · trauma recovery · demons

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    The Games Gods Play

    Abigail Owen · Fantasy

    THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This story is my latest obsession.” —USA Today bestselling author, Devney Perry The gods love to play with…

    paranormal romance · slow burn · fated mates · forbidden romance · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus
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    The Changeling

    Victor LaValle · Fantasy

    "The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly…

    dark academia · urban fantasy · fae · trauma recovery · obsessive love

    🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
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    Holy Monsters

    Imani Erriu · Fantasy

    BOOK III AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW The Dark has returned... and she is hunting hearts. Devour the next instalment in Elara and Enzo's epic love story

    dark romance · fated mates · obsessive love · gothic atmosphere

    🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Spicy — explicit sexual content, multiple open-door scenes
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    Wild Seed

    Octavia E. Butler · Sci-Fi

    Doro is an entity who changes bodies like clothes, killing his hosts by reflex--or design.

    dark romance · paranormal romance · obsessive love · time travel

    🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus