A woman begins an affair of domination and humiliation with a man she casually meets at a street fair. The film “9 1/2 Weeks” is one of my favorites, but it pales in comparison to the book – a memoir written in 1978 under the pseudonym of Elizabeth McNeill.

Precocious, petulant, middle-class Millie has been "thick as thieves" with a posse of thuggish working-class guys since she was barely a teenager. But her best friend Jamie's increasing commitment to his fiancée has created a "big dilating chasm" between them and has exacerbated Millie's tendency toward self-destructive behavior. (from Publishers Weekly)

A novel of obsession, sadomasochism, and voyeurism. Told through the eyes of the mysterious “M”, “Lunch” is the story of Olivia and Nick and their dangerous pleasure/pain relationship.

An erotic novel that crosses the boundary between pleasure and pain, a story of extreme sexual obsession and one family’s terrible secret.

Jaivin’s funny and satiric debut novel about four Australian women that will keep you guessing about what is real and what is fantasy.

Evan Hunter is a master of true dialogue in this uneasy story that I absolutely loved and didn’t want to end. Psychiatrist David Chapman rescues a dancer during a robbery in Central Park, and the chance encounter becomes an obsessive summer affair with a woman he knows little about.

The captivating story of Lucy, who breaks from family traditions when she leaves for college, and her friendship with her roommate Carolyn throws her into a tempestuous relationship with Carolyn’s stepfather, Ben. (from Library Journal)

Stella, a lovely but dissatisfied wife of a resident psychiatrist at an asylum, becomes infatuated with one of the patients, and the two begin a passionate and dangerous affair that leads to disaster and ruin, not only for Stella but for her family as well. This book is extremely well written and impossible to put down.

A series of diary entries charts the sinuous paths of marriage and sexual desire in this unusual but strangely compelling novel.

Without telling her controlling husband, a 38-year-old Manhattan housewife takes a job as a phone-fantasy therapist about which she plans to write a book.

Spencer Grant is on the run from a violent government agency. His goal is to keep away from his pursuers long enough to find the woman he met the night before, who appears to be their real target.

The main character’s fruitless search for "ecstasy” and “skinlessness" takes her through hellish liaisons and sadomasochistic encounters. Salvation comes in the form of AA and the kindness of friends.

This suspense novel is full of plot twists, mixing a little murder, some corruption, and a good bit of illicit romance. Great writing from Sandra Brown.

Hamilton’s first novel in the Meredith Gentry series that blends supernatural fantasy with detective adventure.

A woman experiences the ultimate betrayal and finds love and passion in the arms of her kidnapper.

The first in a series of short-fiction collections based on the seven deadly sins. Of these 18 stories, “Ro Erg” and “The End of It All” stood out the most for me.

After Cat receives a heart transplant, she is stalked by someone who is killing all the people who received a heart transplant on the same day she did.