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Obsessive Love
Devotion that tips into fixation. Dark, consuming portrayals of love as possession.
Refreshed just now · 8 books
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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
dark romanceobsessive lovepossessive romancegothic atmospherepsychological thrillercat and mouse🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout - ›2 NEW
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
obsessive loveworkplace romancemorally grey characterforbidden romance🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›3 NEW
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
dark romanceobsessive lovepossessive romanceromantic comedybully romance🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️Explicit — very graphic sexual content throughout - ›4 ▲6
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
psychological thrillerunreliable narratortwist endingcat and mouseobsessive love - ›5 NEW
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
psychological thrillerobsessive lovecat and mouseunreliable narrator - ›6 —
Audition
Katie Kitamura · Literary Fiction
Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant.
psychological thriller · obsessive love · unreliable narrator · morally grey character
psychological thrillerobsessive loveunreliable narratormorally grey character🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus - ›7 NEW
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
enemies to loversfriends to loversdark academiaobsessive lovefound familyrevenge plot🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit - ›8 ▼6
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
enemies to loverscoming of ageslow burnobsessive loveforbidden romance🌶️🌶️🌶️Moderate — some open-door scenes, not the focus