13 Books With Sexy Yet Horrifying Storylines You Need to Read Right Now

Set in the French Alps, Shiver by Allie Reynolds ($14) follows Milla as she embarks on a wintery getaway with four of her oldest friends only for things to go awry when they find themselves trapped in secluded lodge during a snowstorm without cell phones or transportation. Their complicated histories (and secret relationships) are soon exposed in an icebreaker game, leading them to revisit that painful day many years ago when the sixth member of their squad disappeared.

New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby is cranking up the heat in her newest gripping title, Serendipity ($15), which follows a woman who comes face to face with her ex-boyfriend after he makes a surprise visit to their hometown. Their love for one another once knew no bounds; but since that fateful accident, her and her family's life has never been the same.

When it comes to descriptive sex scenes, no one writes them better than Colleen Hoover. Guaranteed to make your toes curl and heart race, Layla ($10) follows Leeds's complicated love triangle between Layla, who he believes to be the life of his life, and a woman named Willow, who he's only just met while on a romantic getaway with Layla. As Layla's well-being comes into question, Leeds can't help but lean on Willow for support, but are Willow's intentions as pure as they seem?

If you can't get enough of You, then you'll love Jesse Q. Sutanto's The Obsession ($9), which revolves around a teenager named Logan and his unhealthy obsession with stalking the girl next door. Logan's infatuation grows dark and it's soon made clear that he has no idea who Delilah really is or just how many skeletons she has hiding in her closet . . .

Jennifer Hillier's Creep ($8) is a devilishly addicting read about a scandalous love affair gone wrong, made illicit by the fact it's between a psychology professor and her graduate student. Ethan isn't ready to let Dr. Sheila Tao go, and he's ready to do anything — even if it means killing a fellow classmate — to prove Dr. Tao made the wrong decision in breaking things off.

Chloé Esposito's debut novel, Mad ($5), is the perfect combination of bloody murder and steamy hookup scenes. After taking up her sister's offer for an all-expenses-paid trip to her estate in Italy, Alvina is forced into covering for Beth so she can have a day off from being the perfect, put-together Italian housewife her husband expects her to be. It's a good thing Alvina doesn't mind the idea of dressing up in her sister's designer clothes and pearls or doing dirty things to her husband, because Beth isn't coming back — she's dead.

Divinity and the Python ($17) by Bonnie Randall follows Shaynie Gavin, a sexy bartender who has big dreams of opening up her own furniture store and expanding her Tarot readings side hustle. Forecasting the future has always been a passion of Shaynie's and when a sexy pro hockey player named Cameron Weste walks into her life, things turn very sweet, then horrifically sour.

After hearing about The City, where every pleasure and perversion known to man is celebrated, Val sets out to the promised land, but what she doesn't know is that an old fling of hers is stalking her every move. Oh, and he's a serial killer. The Safety of Unknown Cities by Lucy Taylor ($17) will leave you breathless in more ways than one.

In Lourdes Bernabe's All of Her Men ($15), Jolene likes to live on the dangerous, erotic side, which includes a revolving door of sensual adventures and devilishly good-looking men. That is, until a stranger begins threatening her after catching her in a fatal act.

In Red by Kate Kinsey ($15), a detective is forced to reach out to an old flame of his after his newly assigned case requires knowledge outside of his expertise. Determined to keep things strictly professional and crack the case, he decides to meet up with her. However, it's only a matter of time before he can no longer resist the urge to mix business with pleasure.

The Mistress by J.E. and M. Keep ($5) chronicles the steamy sexcapades between student Eva Perkins and the many professors at Freud college, particularly Dr. Gregory Sinclair. Despite Dr. Sinclair's martial status, the two enter a reckless and passionate affair, which knows no bounds. Things get turned upside down when Eva finds his wife's dead body outside a dinner party.

If you have a thing for vampires, Love in Vein ($10), a sensual literary collection of vampire erotica by Poppy Brite, should be on your TBR list. You won't regret sinking your teeth into this blood-sucking anthology where horror and "unspeakable intimacies" are blended like never before.

Already binged every season of Netflix's You? How about reading You by Caroline Kepnes ($15), aka the book that inspired the hit sexy thriller series. Follow along as Joe Goldberg creepily inserts himself into every aspect of Guinevere Beck's precious NYC life, soon becoming her kryptonite, lover, and worst nightmare all wrapped up into one. Similar to the TV series, the book series continues with Hidden Bodies and You Love Me.