10 Toxic Love Stories Like It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Skye Dearborn's life has been shrouded in darkness for years. She's forever been haunted by the memories of bloodshed and terror following the night her beloved mother disappeared. Eventually, Skye managed to pick up the pieces of her life and start again with a seemingly perfect man. Unfortunately, the horrors of her past have caught up with her. There's a man who's been obsessed with Skye since her birth, and he's determined to claim her once and for all.

It’s the 1940s. War has ravaged the nation. And Molly Tattersall's pregnant mother has disappeared, leaving behind a letter asking her oldest daughter to take care of her five brothers and sisters. Molly's abusive and drunkard father has no desire to accept his responsibilities as the head of the family. It forces Molly to choose between the man she's given her heart to and her duties pertaining to her beloved family. Things grow even more complicated when her mother's old boyfriend shows up.

Elly, Sable, Barbara Ann and Beth are best friends, writers, and women tied together by the sudden death of their friend Gabby. Elly is a spinster and academic who's grown tired of being alone. Sable is a bestseller but is overwhelmed by the pain of her past. Barbara Ann has written 26 romance novels but has lost control over her life. Beth can spin a ripping mystery yarn, which provides her with solace from her abusive husband. In the house on Olive Street, Gabby's personal papers need to be sorted through. Together, the women will find out more about themselves than they'd ever previously known.

All Anna George ever wanted was to find a beautiful place by the ocean to care for her five-year-old twins. Safe Haven, an idyllic seaside town in South Carolina, seems to have everything she asked for. It also has Sean O'Dwyer, a local contractor who offers her a place to stay in exchange for her help with renovations. What he doesn't know is that Anna and her family are on the run from her abusive ex-husband. The experience has left her with many scars, physical and emotional, but she's also a survivor. As he and Anna spend their days bringing the seaside cottages back to life, they grow closer and find solace by the sandy shores.

When Anna was 16, she saw her boyfriend Jack murdered and then she was kidnapped by his sadistic killer, the cruel and malicious Carter. It's left her a shell of her former self, and three years later, she's struggling to get over the nightmare. Carter is currently serving time for the murder of Jack–a conviction that Anna helped secure, but the retrial could see him walk free. 

Needing to ensure his daughter’s safety, presidential candidate, Senator Spencer, hires SWAT Agent Ashton Taylor to guard Anna. He wants to help her feel safe, but there's so much darkness in the world and she doesn't see a path through it. Ashton hopes to change that.

Kate Evans fell in love, but then her soulmate Shane married her best friend Rachel. So, she put aside her feelings to dedicate herself to Rachel's family. Tragedy strikes when Rachel, pregnant with her fourth child, dies in a car accident and the baby miraculously survives. Kate doesn't think twice about stepping in to help Shane with the children. 

Then on the first anniversary of Rachel's death, Kate and Shane take comfort in each other. A year later, Shane's still guilt-stricken by Rachel's death and for sleeping with Kate. When he's deployed with his army unit for seven months, Kate has a lot of time to think about what she wants for her future. Does it include Shane and the kids, or will she have to go solo?

When she was 15 years old, Amanda Grace was kidnapped. After 738 days in captivity, she escaped. Now, she's famous and obsessed over, but the PTSD has left her struggling to live a normal life. Chase Henry had the ultimate Hollywood rise and fall. Now, he's 24, sober, and unemployable as an actor. To fix his public image, Chase’s publicist comes up with a plan: surprise Amanda Grace with the chance to meet her hero, the actor whose poster kept her sane during her capture. Together, the pair strike a deal to get one another out of their ruts with a fake romance. But things soon start to become all too real.

Tarryn Fisher has collaborated with Hoover on some titles, such as Never Never, but she’s also a solo romance and thriller writer. In The Wives, Thursday finds herself becoming Seth's wife. She's completely head over heels in love with him, which is why she agreed to marry him even though he already has two other wives. She’s never met them, and she doesn’t know anything about them. Still, Seth is worth it. But one day, she uncovers a secret about Seth, one even more shocking than his polygamy and the strange revelations she already knows. Who is the man she married?

Naomi ran away from her own wedding and ended up in Knockemout, Virginia, where her estranged twin Tina lives. She doesn't plan to stay long, but after Tina runs off with all of Naomi's cash and her car, she's left to stay in this rough-around-the-edges small town with the 11-year-old niece she didn't know she had. 

Starting over again with a pre-teen in tow is tough. And then there's Knox, the town's bearded, bad-boy barber who offers to help her out of this mess. He's a loner who doesn't want to get involved in someone else's family drama, but the more time he spends with Naomi, the more he wonders if love is worth it. But then things take a very dangerous turn…

Hoover is an intensely prolific author with a dense catalog that’s sure to keep fans busy for many weeks or months. After her most famous novel, why not check out another of her most-read titles, Verity? This one is about to become a movie, starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson!

Inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, the Verity of the title is Verity Crawford, a bestselling author who is currently injured and unable to finish her latest project. Her husband Jeremy hires Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling author with mounting debts, to ghost-write the project. It seems like a dream project, but once she arrives at the Crawford home, Lowen knows that something is wrong. She discovers an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read, one full of shocking confessions that could destroy many lives. As Lowen begins to fall for Jeremy, she wonders how much of this she can keep hidden from him, and how she can remain tied to this twisted pair.