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Scene From "The House on Black Lake" Trailer

The story of The House on Black Lake teems with jealousy and obsession.  World-weary Alexandra Brighton travels with son Samuel to visit the man who has haunted her heart for years. She seeks resolution to an obsession that has brought her former life to ruin. But the fire is only stoked by charismatic Ramey Sandeley. Ramey is a man who has never heard the word "no" and expects life to give him everything he desires. But he has never tasted the drug of love or any desire beyond the physical. The feelings awakened in him by Alexandra are twisted to jealous rage when he learns she has given herself to seductive young French artist Andre Labat.  When she returns to the house he confronts her and threatens to administer a whipping for her discretion. This is only the beginning of a battle of wills that will lead the couple to the edge of destruction and threaten the safety of those caught in their orbit.

Yet, they are not the only ones driven by obsessive feelings. The lake's inhabitants are caught in tormented web of frustrated desire and and the drive to create unity at any cost.

Christian Grey, of Fifty Shades of Grey is the latest in a long line of dark lovers.  Crazy in love, jealous, obsessive, possessive males make intense romance heroes.  The top alpha picks (taken from personal surveys and popular romance forums) can be found in the following novels, in no particular order.

1. A Rose to the Fallen by April Bostic

2. The Smoke Thief  by Shana Abe

3. Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe

4. Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

5. Dark Desire from the Carpathian's Series by Christine Feehan

6.  Halfway to the Grave Night Huntress Series, Book One by Jeaniene Frost

7. The Game Series Complete Collection by Christine Feehan

8.  Guild Hunter Series by Nalini Singh

9. Dangerous Games Tempting Seals Serices by Lora Leigh

10. Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh

11. Darkyn Series by Lynn Viehn

12. KGI Serices by Maya Banks

13. Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice

14. Bitten, Women of the Otherworld, Book 1 by Kelley Armstrong

15. Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison

16, Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

17.  A Hunger Like No Other  by Kresly Cole

18. Forever Mine The Moreno Brothers 1 by Elizabeth Reyes

18. Always Been Mine The Moreno Brothers 11 by Elizabeth Reyes

19. Under the Cowboy's Control by Lynda Chance

20. Blackmailed into Bed by Lynda Chance

21. The Madness of Lord Ian McKenzie by Jennifer Ashley

22. Tempt the Devil by Anna Campbell

23. Playing Easy To Get Immortals After Dark 1 by Kresly cole

24. Pleasure of a Dark Prince Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley Cole

25. Clockwork Angel The Infernal Devices, book 1 by Cassandra Clare

26. One Bite With A Stranger The Others Book 6, by Christine Warren

27. Submissive Desires by Carolyn Faukner -  SD chronicles a woman's journey of complete submission under control of dominant ex navy seal. The book is erotic and too extreme for most, but well written  for those who enjoy or desire insights into world of BDSM.

I was recently interviewed about obsessive, possessive love.  Here are my thoughts.

ATTENTION READERS: New Romantic Fantasy, The Chamber of Curiosities, set in a carnival in an ancient land is now available. Be the first to read, review, and comment on the love story between a beautiful aerialist and a charismatic young giant. It is a tale filled with forced love, bondage, infidelity, betrayal, obsession, and self empowerment. 

Kidnapping and forced love are popular themes in romance literature. Like with Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone  there is an allure to be desired, and drawn to vulnerability by a powerful captor. The House on Black Lake  explores the provocative themes of confinement and forced love.

Following is a list of preeminent romance novels featuring forced love. Thanks to Amazon forum for input:

Regency:

My Dangerous Duke by Gaelen Foley - she is kidnapped for him as a virginal "gift" - very much a Beauty in the Beast type plot

Captured by Love by Amber Kaye - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot

Beguiled by Heather Graham - very tame kidnap tale, he's a highwayman type that takes her off into the woods briefly

Silver Angel by Johanna Lindsey - she is kidnapped, sold into slavery, and he is her purchaser

The Last Highwayman by Katherine O'Neal - he kidnaps her to get the ransom money but her family doesn't pay - they end up working together, very passionate

The Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey - very tame kidnap tale, basically he absconds with her into the countryside to melt her heart of ice based on a bet

So Speaks the Heart by Johanna Lindsey - he takes her from her home, thinking she's a slave

Western:

Lakota Love Song by Madeline Baker - he is an injured Indian that she rescues from death, only to be kidnapped by him when he's better

The Bounty by Beth Williamson - he's hired by a psycho to find her for a bounty, so he finds her, kidnaps her and then falls for her

Diablo by Georgina Gentry - he kidnaps her based on a revenge plot but they fall for each other, very moving story

The Touch of Fire by Linda Howard - he kidnaps her to help heal a gun shot wound, but loses his heart to her

Contemporary:

Wild Orchids by Karen Robards - he's on the run in Mexico and she's in the wrong place at the wrong time, he kidnaps her to use her as a means of escape

Perfectby Judith McNaught - he breaks out of jail and uses her and her car as a means of escape

Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare - he uses her to break out of jail, then abducts her- very moving passionate story

American Historical:

Star Keeper by Patricia Potter - they're already falling in love but she learns the truth about him - that he is an enemy pirate- to keep her quiet her abducts her

Relentless by Patricia Potter - she is kidnapped for him as part of a revenge plot- very moving and passionate

Sweet Fire by Jo Goodman - he kidnaps her as part of a complex plot- she is unaware because she has amnesia - but very good passionate moving story

HISTORICAL/PARANORMAL

The Pirate Prince(Ascension Trilogy), historical pirate romance, by Gaelen Foley

A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals after Dark, Book1) paranormal vampire intrigue, by Kresley Cole

The Devil Wears Plaid by Teresa Medeiros

Bodacious by Sharon Ervin

Lord of Fire by Gaelen Foley
The Spymaster’s Lady by Johanna Bourne

Ruthless, (The House of Rohan), by Anne Steward

All Through the Nightby Connie Brockway

Honor Bound by Sandra Brown

Some Kind of Magic by Theresa Weir

Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage by Sandra Brown

Thanks to the Amazon romance forum for their input