Possessed

"Equal parts Harlequin romance, Gothic horror story and Camusian moral tale." — GLOBE AND MAIL Nominated for the 2023 ReLit Award From the bestselling author of Drunk Mom , comes a story of romantic obsession, mental illness, and self-discovery as one woman travels to a haunted quarantine island. Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed — by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything, but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, stuck in the hell that is working in a cubicle, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in the Adriatic Sea, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Intimate and erotic, Possessed is a dark and funny story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural. A RARE MACHINES BOOK "Sexual obsession and haunting collide in this erotic psychological novel. Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed -- by unrequited love for a younger man who doesn't promise anything but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in Europe, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Possessed is a multifaceted story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural."-- Provided by publisher Sexual obsession and haunting collide in this erotic psychological novel. Josephine is obsessed. Or possessed by unrequited love for a younger man who doesnt promise anything but who gives her a taste of intimacy that puts her on the brink of losing her mind. Oscillating between her elusive lover and her older former partner, and obliged to tend to her destructive, senile mother, Josephine is trapped. After a work assignment promises to deliver distraction, Josephine makes a decision to visit a former quarantine island in Europe, where she meets an enigmatic, beautiful man with a haunting story. Possessed is a multifaceted story exploring sexual obsession, mental illness, and the supernatural. A RARE MACHINES BOOK Caught between a younger man that doesn't promise anything, her older former lover, and her senile mother, Josephine travels to a haunted quarantine island, where she meets an enigmatic, beatiful man with a haunting story