Books like Dead end by Phillips, Lisa (Romance novelist)

The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didn't return her feelings. She soon became obsessed. She followed him around, called him compulsively, and talked about him endlessly. One desperate morning, after she snuck into his apartment building, he picked up a baseball bat to protect himself and began to dial 911. Her unrequited love had changed her from a sane, conscientious college teacher and radio reporter into someone she barely recognized -- someone who was taking her yearning much too far. In Unrequited, Phillips explores the tremendous force of obsessive love in women's lives. She argues that it needs to be understood, respected, and channeled for personal growth -- yet it also has the potential to go terribly awry. Interweaving her own story with frank interviews and in-depth research in science, psychology, cultural history, and literature, Phillips describes how romantic obsession takes root, grows, and strongly influences our thoughts and behaviors.

When an estranged sister dies under mysterious circumstances, Jessica Parker returns home to uncover a conspiracy that threatens her life, with FBI agent Shane Dalton as her reluctant ally.

Clare Walsh agrees to a marriage of convenience with rancher Noah Livingstone to keep her family home and brothers, only to find herself falling for him, while Noah must confront past secrets that could threaten their fragile union.

In picturesque Goose Harbor, Michigan, Kendall Mayes launches a date‑planning business and meets Brice Daniels, a shipping entrepreneur. Their business partnership slowly turns into romance, despite looming rivalry and past wounds.

When rookie prosecutor Jessica Hughes crosses the son of a major crime boss, she's determined to bring him to justice--if his family doesn't kill her first. And with newly minted FBI special agent Zach Taylor protecting her, she believes she can succeed. Zach will do anything to stay ahead of the crime syndicate and guard Jessica while she builds her case. The more time he spends with her, the more personal the assignment becomes. It's bad timing for falling in love, but as the threats against her life escalate, Zach realizes Jessica is everything to him--and he will do everything he can to make sure she has a future.

When Claire Phillips is kidnapped en route to a Christmas tree lighting, she is rescued by Nate Torres, a former acquaintance now undercover in a drug-smuggling investigation, and together they confront a dangerous local ring threatening their town.

Colonel Graham Talbot returns from war to a small town full of courtship temptations, while his neighbor Ellie Anderson plots a sham romance to shield both of them from unwanted suitors and protect her plantation.

When race‑car track owner Veronica Spencer is framed and kidnapped, undercover FBI agent Ethan Gunn risks his cover to protect her and clear her name amid threats from killers and the bureau.

Ian Stone discovers he was kidnapped as a baby and now, with skepticism from the local police chief Sylvia Laurent, must prove his identity and reunite with his family before danger strikes at Christmas.

In New Orleans, antique dealer Esther Carlisle hires a daring pirate, Cullen Murphy, who claims her late father knew the location of a legendary chocolate diamond. When gun‑wielding thugs attack, Esther must decide whether to trust Cullen to protect herself and uncover the treasure.

Investigator Jack Grant follows a chilling stalker confession to protect his sister’s missing love‑story heroine, Abby Conroy, in a suspenseful Christmas crime thriller.

After the death of her best friend Aubrey, Dara faces her senior year of high school while grieving and navigating the painful sight of Aubrey's brother Ethan each day.