Obsession Thriller

Diane Masters enjoyed playing Words With Friends online. Like millions of online word game players, she found it to be a relaxing and challenging part of her evenings. Her lighthearted game playing suddenly turned horribly wrong after engaging into head to head competition with "Killer" - a vindictive, obsessive, psychopathic stalker.

His big music career break… …was because of a lie. Did someone know his secret? Cory struggled for years in Manhattan, but just couldn’t get a hit. It wore on him and he was desperate. Late one night at the studio, he took a chance, and it made all the difference. But was it a risk that could ruin him? Would he be able to live with what he’d done? As his career took off, the money, fame, and success came with a price he never imagined. His marriage was in trouble. And someone was out to destroy him. Would he lose everything he cared about? You’ll love this suspenseful thriller, ...

The Hale family is obsessed with status, power, and control. No problem is too big their money can’t solve. Royce Hale manipulated me into giving him everything. My virginity. My hand in marriage. My heart. And as soon as he got what he wanted, he callously sold me off for a cool $10 million. In the boardroom and the twisted game his family plays, he says the only rule is to win at all costs. Yesterday I learned a painful lesson not to trust the prince of Cape Hill. Today I’ll destroy his carefully laid plans and show him just how badly he’s already lost.

Doctor Pendergrass loved London, but the city had a dark side. Its prosperity attracted criminals from all over the world. Their handiwork - stabbings, beatings, and maimings - filled as many hospital beds as cholera and dysentery. As crime spiralled out of control, a serial killer stalked London looking for his next victim. Pendergrass and his associates at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital were working grueling days, but no matter how hard they worked the flow of brutalized Londoners through their front doors was endless.

ORGINAL STORY - WRITTEN BY A HUMAN This intriguing prequel novella introduces Detective Ange Watson, tracing her first steps into the world of crime-solving and revealing how she became the tenacious investigator readers will grow to love. A Routine Case… or the Start of Something Deadly? Constable Ange Watson’s policing career is fast unravelling. After calling out a superior for recklessly putting her life at risk, she’s been sidelined, labelled as a whinger, left questioning whether she even belongs in the force. With her resignation email drafted and her finger hovering over "send...

I thought I had a perfect life with a loving husband until… He joined a cult. I wake in the middle of a nightmare, alone in a room I don’t recognize. Far from my perfect life. And I realize my husband is not only my enemy, he’s also the worst villain in my life. He’s the reason I’m here. He brought me to this place because I refuse to follow the rules. His rules. He demands I have a son as our first child, and when the doctor announces we’re expecting a daughter, my husband accuses me of going against God’s vision for us. He thinks The Farm will put me on my path to God. And I...

Set at the turn of the century, this is one of Catherine Cookson's most unusual novels, powerfully portraying a woman dangerously driven by desire and ambition.

Obsession is just the beginning, sweetheart. Take a journey with the Obsessive Love Anthology. Fall into the dark romance of stalkers longing from afar. Let the possessive, alpha males overtake you. Put yourself in their shoes. Be the victim in Unlawful Desires, desperate to find some semblance of normalcy with the corrupt police chief. Be the innocent maiden in Criminal Obsessions, followed and watched by the mafia muscle man who saves your life. Be the bad girl in Wicked Appetites, yearning for a better life with a rich man who can give you everything. This anthology is dark, romantic, ...

Kristen Sommers and her two best friends are enjoying a weekend getaway at a swanky Santa Monica hotel when they meet Jackson Alexander, a charming and successful actor. Kristen is immediately drawn to Jackson's charisma and good looks, but she's married. Her friends tease her about the 'hall pass' they used to joke about at college if things got stale with their boyfriends. As Cindy and Sarah encourage Kristen to go with the flow and have some fun, little does she know she is betraying more than her husband. As Jackson's interest in Kristen turns into obsession, she must navigate a ...

Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, thousands of miles away from everything she's ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up - especially the determined Xander Keaton.

Paul Maloney is about to make a decision he will live to regret ... Paul Maloney, a small-time private investigator from London, reluctantly accepts a case from his married ex-lover, Dominic Allen. Before he knows it, Paul finds himself embroiled in the dark dealings of big business and the sordid world of international crime. The deeper he pushes, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear. Can he solve the mystery and protect those he loves before it's too late? Maloney's Law was shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Prize 2006 (for novels set in London) and the Royal Literary ...

All Charley’s nightmares are real. Demons. Dark witches. Her murderous uncle. With her soul bound to an ancient demon lord and her sister taken captive by a monster, hope is in short supply. But Charley will not go down without a fight. Not when it comes to her sister, and not when it comes to the vampire king who’s claimed her heart. Even if it means siding with a brutal enemy from her past. Even if it means making a choice that will alter the course of her life… for eternity.

The body of a naked woman is discovered in a Manchester park. Her murder has all the hallmarks of a notorious killer known as the Suffolk Strangler. But there's a problem—the Strangler is serving a life sentence in prison.

It all started as a game. But then again, most evil never really starts out to be evil. Yvonne is a popular high school English teacher. She revels in making a difference in her kids lives. She has a loving husband. A wonderful family. Dogs and cats. But underneath it all, she harbors a secret. She’s a serial killer. She kills with elegance and grace. Playing a game that she hopes will catch the attention of her husband, James, who is a detective with the State Bureau of Investigations. He’s a smart man, and has racked up an impressive portfolio of cases he’s solved. But Yvonne is a ...

Ella thought she was alone. Her quiet townhouse was her sanctuary, a place where she could curl up under her favorite blanket, lose herself in her favorite shows, and forget the world outside. But someone else has been watching. Someone who knows her routines, who whispers along to the lines she’s memorized, who moves her things just enough to make her doubt her own sanity. As the days blur together, her sense of safety unravels, each creaking floorboard, each misplaced mug, each shadow stretching a little too long becoming a reminder that she isn’t as alone as she thought. Because ...

Ten years ago, Lilly Carmichael left town without an explanation, breaking Braden Donnelly's heart. The death of her aunt has brought Lilly home and face-to-face with memories she thought were long buried. Still getting over a traumatic incident from her work as an NSA agent, Lilly initially dismisses the face at her window as a figment of stress-induced paranoia.

Keane Sanderson never thought he'd survive to see a day past his latest deployment with the US Marines in Iraq. That was six years ago, and he's finally ready to ease off the accelerator. A unique opportunity to work for a top-shelf security and investigations firm in Florida is right up his alley.

London, England was having an epidemic - of crime. Disgusted by the number of St. Bartholomew's hospital beds occupied by victims of crime, Doctor Pendergrass decided to do something about it. In the dark alleys and byways of London, criminals were whispering about an avenging angel that was hunting them down at night. Pendergrass could do what Scotland Yard couldn't; a criminal gone missing is a crime not committed. After dispatching two of London's most notorious criminals, Doctor Pendergrass and Sarah Shelley investigated several attacks on women by the infamous Spring-heeled Jack. ...

In Obsession, John Douglas once again takes us fascinatingly behind the scenes, focusing his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking, and sexual murder.

Evan Brown is a disturbed man. For over a decade, the tragic death of his beloved sister has tormented him. His inability to save her has filled him with grief and guilt and is slowly driving him insane. After a bizarre murder spree begins in Tucson, detectives Dan Felty and MacKenzie Bell begin investigating the case. They scramble to understand the killer’s motives and keep him from killing again. His victims appear to be chosen randomly, and the body count is rising rapidly. As the detectives get closer to the killer, he lashes out, leaving one of them fighting for his life.