Die for Me
A Novel
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- Expected 14 Jul 2026
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- 9,99 €
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- Pre-Order
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Publisher Description
“I'm obsessed.” —Ali Hazelwood
"I never wanted [it] to end...Stunning." —Lyla Sage
What my eyes are showing me can’t be possible. Can’t be real. Because if they are, then I have to accept that Julian Conrad has been alive for a very long time.
Too long to be human.
A stay-up-all-night, smart, spicy romance following a doctor who finds herself falling for an alluring, much-younger man with a deadly secret
Sean’s not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, she’s watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger models—and then there’s the abusive relationship she’s spent the better part of her early 30s healing from. Her passions are reserved for her best friend, her goddaughter, and her job.
Then she meets Julian. Brooding, beautiful and eleven years her junior. In short: A bad idea.
Julian pursues her in a way that sets off alarm bells in her mind, but she finds herself unable to resist their undeniable chemistry—even starts fantasizing about him in dreams that feel altogether too real. They also have a lot in common despite their age gap. So, to hell with it: If men can date younger, why can’t she? But the more Sean gets to know him, the more impossible Julian seems: He has a depth and sorrow to him that’s beyond his years, and sometimes there’s a look in his eyes that’s less than human, and leaves her feeling more like prey. Plus, Sean herself has been exhibiting odd symptoms—memory lapses, a lack of restraint that's unlike her, persistent exhaustion—that all trace back to Julian, making Sean feel more than a little afraid. Who—or what—is she falling, irrevocably, in love with?
Extraordinarily transfixing, suspenseful, and addictive, Die for Me is nothing short of a seduction.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Obuobi (Between Friends & Lovers) keeps readers on their toes with this sensual romance. Cardiologist Sean Sullivan thinks her medical colleague Brandon Penderson, the ex-husband of her bestie, Winona, is having a typical mid-life crisis when he announces his engagement to the much younger Leila. At their wedding, Sean meets a man who will be pivotal in her own story: Julian, Leila's man of honor, who is drawn to Sean after hearing her play the piano. Their chemistry is immediate, but Julian's demeanor is volatile and mysterious. When Brandon starts to make unthinkable errors with patients, Sean worries there's something sinister going on connected to both Leila and Julian. The story takes a somewhat abrupt turn to the supernatural as Sean learns the deadly truth about these newcomers in her life, including why Julian's behavior has been so erratic. The execution of the reveal is somewhat rocky, but the dark shift succeeds in raising the stakes and injecting a palpable sense of danger into the love story. Obuobi balances the paranormal elements with characters who feel real and prove easy to root for. Vampire romance fans will be transfixed. Correction: A previous version of this review misspelled the author's last name.
