Die for Me // A Novel

I’m obsessed.Die for Meis utterly unique and still at its core about the most universal of stories: about a woman vanquishing fear through love.Ali Hazelwood

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

Seans not in the market for love. The only female, let alone Black, interventional cardiologist at her hospital, shes watched too many of her male colleagues divorce their first wives to marry younger modelsand then theres the abusive relationship shes 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 chemistryeven 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 cant she? But the more Sean gets to know him, the more impossible Julian seems: He has a depth and sorrow to him thats beyond his years, and sometimes theres a look in his eyes thats less than human, and leaves her feeling more like prey. Plus, Sean herself has been exhibiting odd symptomsmemory lapses, a lack of restraint that’s unlike her, persistent exhaustionthat all trace back to Julian, making Sean feeling more than a little afraid. Whoor whatis she falling, irrevocably, in love with?

Extraordinarily transfixing, suspenseful, and addictive,Die for Meis nothing short of a seduction.

Shirlene Obuobiis a Ghanaian American cardiologist, cartoonist, and author who grew up in Chicago, Illinois; Hot Springs, Arkansas; and the Woodlands, Texas. Her novels,On RotationandBetween Friends & Lovers, have been featured on multiple national outlets such asTeen Vogue,The Washington Post, and Good Morning America.

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publish Date: July 14, 2026
• Pages: 400
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780143139188
• Dimensions: 8.0 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches | 0.65 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Romance