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Of course, Teresa Denys' two books, The Flesh and the Devil, and The Silver Devil feature scarily-obsessed heroes, if you can get your hands on them.
Mary Jo Putney's Uncommon Vows isn't really a ripper, but the hero is crazy about the heroine and kidnaps her.
Lovefire by Deana James features a hero who is so devoted to his heroine, he loves her for over thirty years through two of her marriages to other men. First, he is her secret lover (so secret even she doesn't know it's him; she thinks she's making love to her husband). Then he is her captor in her later years. Not a typical alpha hero, but very obsessed.


Gutenberg has an ebook of the Sheik which should be the original.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7031
I haven't heard of The Sheik being edited before, other than Barbara Cartland's edition for her "Library of Love" series which just seems like a cash grab.
I'm a bit salty because I brought Hull's The Lion Tamer online not noticing it was the Cartland edit. I'm still looking for the original.
I'll have to give The Sheik a re-read just to see. I read the 2000 Little Brown edition the first time.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7031
I haven't heard of The Sheik being edited before, other than Barbara Cartland's edition for her "Library of Love" series which just seems like a cash grab.
I'm a bit salty because I brought Hull's The Lion Tamer online not noticing it was the Cartland edit. I'm still looking for the original.
I'll have to give The Sheik a re-read just to see. I read the 2000 Little Brown edition the first time.





I consider the decade: If it was published in the 60s-90s.
This is a loaded question and super subjective. Probably worthy of it's own post. There are some 'vintage, old school romance' authors I like, but I don't consider them bodice ripper authors. I guess context is important. There does seem to be a certain flavor to BRs, more unpc, that sets them apart from old school HR.

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What are some of the best BR featuring obsessed hero’s?