Books like A Haunting Compulsion by Anne Mather

Caroline returns to a house she thought she could leave behind, joining it as a governess and finding herself entangled in the lives of James, his daughter, and his ailing wife, while her own feelings for James resurface.

Joanna Seton arrives as governess at the isolated Ravensgarth farm, where she must confront a scarred farmer and his unruly daughter, all of whom are haunted by past tragedies.

When a fateful plane crash leaves Jake lost in his own identity, he must navigate the twists of loyalty, memory, and love, as a dangerous secret threatens the man he thinks he is and the woman who loves him.

Jeanne, after rejecting a wealthy Italian count for her career, must confront her past when fate reintroduces the love she thought lost.

Widower Jack Connolly, still grieving his late wife, finds a spark of life when he meets the self‑contained Grace Spencer. Though drawn to her, he must confront his feelings, and the truth that Grace is already committed.

Mark Newman’s invitation to Tobago’s sunny shores pulls girlfriend Tobie into a tangled family drama when she discovers he is the half‑brother of her former lover, Robert Lang, whose memory loss threatens to stir old wounds anew.

Why do some women always manage to fall for a man who they know from the start can never be any good to them? Julie Kennedy, like most girls, had hero-worshipped the famous television singer Manual Cortez from afar, but it had never entered her head that she might meet him, let alone that he would show an interest in her. But it all happened, and before she knew where she was Julie had fallen hopelessly in love with him. Hopelessly – because, as she well knew, to Manuel she was just another in a long line of adoring women, never to be taken seriously, never to last long. Her head told her she must break away from him or regret it bitterly – but her head had no control over her heart…

Serious love, jealousy, and marital intrigue collide when Susan, engaged to the dull David, meets the celebrated and wealthy Dominic – a man she cannot resist but who is already married.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

After five years apart, widowed Raphael Madralena re‑encounters his former lover, Laura Fleming, who has come to work for him. Sparks of old passion threaten to rekindle their brief, tumultuous affair.

A Caribbean romance where forbidden love sparks when Cleo meets the dangerous Dominic Montoya, whose hidden information could change her life, leading them into a tangled web of family ties and sizzling attraction.