Obsessive Love

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

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

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

Audition

Katie Kitamura · Literary Fiction

Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant.

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

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

Twisted Lies

Ana Huang · Romance

He'll do anything to have her...including lie.

dark romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · forced proximity · enemies to lovers · morally grey character · psychological thriller

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Gravewood

Kelly Andrew · Fantasy

From New York Times bestselling author Kelly Andrew comes the first in a darkly romantic duology that explores disability, obsession, and the twisted…

dark romance · paranormal romance · obsessive love · possessive romance · gothic atmosphere · found family

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