Kidnapping Obsession

Love Theoretically meets Lights Out in this swoony dark rom-com with a morally grey lead who wants to learn everything he can about the woman he’s obsessed with, but stalking her isn’t as easy as he anticipated. Summer keeps her dark fantasies close to her chest—and between the pages of...

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...

**She saw something she shouldn't have. Now he'll never let her go.** Madison Lissemore lives for the quiet. As an art conservator, she spends her nights alone in the museum basement, peeling back centuries of decay to reveal the beauty hidden underneath. It's careful work. Controlled. Safe. Exactly the kind of life she built to escape a childhood defined by violence. Then she witnesses a murder—and the man holding the gun already knows her name. Dante is ruthless, calculating, and dangerously beautiful. He runs an empire built on blood, and he doesn't leave witnesses. But something about...

I was hired to end her life. Instead, I became her only reason for living. KILLIAN They call me the Ghost. I clean up the Syndicate's messes. I don't leave fingerprints, I don't leave witnesses, and I never leave a trace. When I received the contract for Elara Calloway, it should have been a standard termination. One bullet. Clean. Simple. But then I watched her. I watched her through my scope. I watched her through her windows. I watched her until the itch under my skin turned into an addiction. I couldn't kill her. So I took her. Now she is locked in my bunker, a pristine exhibit in my ...

From bestselling author Oona Ryda comes a high-heat, over-the-top Bratva romance featuring an age-gap, virgin heroine, forced proximity, kidnapping rescue, and a dangerously devoted, ruthlessly possessive, JP/OTT antihero. Mirella is a nobody—until a dangerous stranger pulls her from the path of a speeding car. Now she's everything—to Gavril "Grim" Volkov, ruthless boss of the Russian Bratva. She should run from the man everyone fears. Instead, she follows him—straight into his penthouse, his protection, and his arms. But when rival factions target her to get to him, Gavril faces an ...

From bestselling author Oona Ryda comes a high-heat, over-the-top arranged-marriage Bratva romance featuring an age-gap, virgin heroine, opposites attract, a gruff protective antihero, and a dangerously possessive JP/OTT obsession. Bronislav “Bron” Gavrikov never wanted a wife—especially not the daughter of an Italian mafia boss. But a political marriage is the only path to peace, and Bron is chosen as the groom. He expects a spoiled, jewels-and-furs daddy’s girl with a poison tongue and a taste for drama. Someone he’ll tolerate for the sake of his beloved brotherhood. What he ...

From bestselling author Oona Ryda comes a high-heat, over-the-top Bratva romance featuring an age-gap, virgin heroine, marriage of convenience, found family, and a dangerously unhinged, fiercely devoted JP/OTT antihero. Lev Belov is the Bratva’s most feared assassin. They call him the Demented Devil, the Creepy Clown—beautiful, bloody, and completely unhinged. Where others cower in terror, Lev laughs maniacally. Love, to a monster like him, is an impossibility. Until he finds Elena chained to a radiator in a dead man's house. Elena has survived nine years of brutality. She expects ...

I should’ve trusted him, believed him when he told me he was only trying to keep my safe. I thought the worst was behind me. Little did I know the worst was yet to come. Kidnapped by a man capable of the worst kind of evil, I am thrust into a dark and dangerous world where blood and wealth are the only things that matter. I’m a pawn in the war for power. The man I was desperate to escape from is now the only one that can save me. I’ll do anything to be back in his arms. He saved me once; he’ll do it again.

When a series of suspicious fires leaves multiple victims dead in their homes, NYPD hostage negotiator Abby Mullen knows in her bones that the terrors of her childhood have returned. As a young girl, she narrowly escaped a fire set by Moses Wilcox, a fanatical cult leader who’s been presumed dead for thirty years. These murders have his fingerprints all over them.

From bestselling author Britney King comes a hypnotic and terrifying psychological thriller about a man held hostage in a remote location by the “love of his life”—aka the woman he refuses to marry. She only wants one thing: for him to love her the way he used to. When her boyfriend hesitates to propose—and then cheats instead of leaving—she decides the relationship needs structure. Space. Consequences. A reset. Retreating to an isolated house in the countryside feels like the responsible choice. A place where distractions disappear and commitment can finally take root. He ...

From bestselling author Oona Ryda comes a high-heat, over-the-top Bratva romance featuring an age-gap, virgin heroine, forced proximity, obsessive devotion, and a dangerous antihero. Leonid Belov knows he’s a sociopath. Cold, surgical, and emotionally void, he is the Bratva’s silent assassin. He feels no remorse, no guilt, no shame…and certainly no love—not for anyone or anything. When he finds Anya—thin, exhausted, and hiding in a locked bedroom closet, he’s thrown into unfamiliar territory. She’s not a criminal. She’s not an enemy. She flinches when he speaks and ...

He owns her body. Her soul. Her future. Dante Severino is the devil in a suit—a ruthless, psychotic mob boss with no moral code and a darkness that runs deep. When he saw her for the first time, he knew she was meant to be his. Hannah Brightley, the innocent daughter of a family drowning in debt, becomes his obsession. He orchestrates the debt just to have an excuse to claim her—and he doesn’t just take her. He marks her. Tattoos his name across her skin. Steals her birth control and forces her to bear his child. His love is brutal. Unforgiving. All-consuming. Warning: This is a dark ...

He was hired to end my life. Instead, he stole it. NERO I am a ghost. A cleaner for the Chicago Syndicate. I don’t exist on paper, and I don’t make mistakes. Until I was hired to kill Sia Vane. For ninety-two days, I’ve watched her through the lens of a sniper rifle. I’ve watched her paint angels in crumbling churches. I’ve broken into her apartment to fix her dripping faucet while she slept. I’ve eliminated every man who looked at her wrong. I broke the first rule of the trade: Don’t get personal. When my boss sends a hit squad to finish the job I refused, I make a choice. I ...

She thought she was dating him … but he was already studying how to own her. Lily just wanted something real—something better than the endless cycle of bad dates, fake smiles, and forgettable men. When she matches with him, it feels different. Intense. Focused. Almost … perfect. But perfection has a price. Behind the charm and calculated words is a man who doesn’t fall in love—he selects. Every message, every glance, every “coincidence” is part of something far more deliberate. And by the time Lily realizes she’s not in control of the game… She’s already been chosen. ...

She destroys the men she loves—and escapes every time. The most dangerous killer James Patterson has ever created is also his most seductive. On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O’Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with...

Teddy Fay must put all his skills to the test in this electrifying new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios' business by making a deal with a young...

As a child, Abby Mullen escaped the insidious Wilcox cult when it literally went down in flames. Years later, she’s the NYPD’s best hostage negotiator and a mother. She thought the worst part of her life was behind her. Until now. Armed conspiracy theorists called the Watchers have attacked the local high school - and taken her daughter hostage. With the delusional Watchers holding her child at gunpoint, the unflappable Abby might be at her breaking point. But the clock is ticking on her daughter’s life.

Lieutenant Abby Mullen is no stranger to crisis. As the hostage negotiation instructor for the NYPD, she deals with worst-case scenarios every day. Nothing fazes her anymore. That all changes when she gets a call from Eden Fletcher, a fellow survivor of the infamous Wilcox cult. The two haven’t spoken since the night of a tragic, fiery massacre, when their paths diverged. But now Eden needs Abby’s help: someone has kidnapped her son and is demanding a $5 million ransom. As Abby throws herself into the case, she can’t help but wonder why the kidnapper has targeted Eden.

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...

Six men with no rules. Six women with no escape. One twisted collection. Welcome to the world of Caged and Claimed, where love isn’t a courtship. It’s a capture. From the lawless town of Mercy to the desolate wastelands and isolated ranches, these possessive anti-heroes don't ask for permission. They take. Whether it’s a debt to be paid, a crime to be punished, or a flower to be stolen, the price is always the same: Her. This complete set includes all six full-length novels. Prepare for rough hands, primal needs, and the kind of obsession that burns the world down. Includes: The ...