The Beauty in Ms. White by C.O.B.

A one-sided love story about obsessive fantasy gone wrong, C.O.B.’s The Beauty in Ms. White is a striking novel about the power of delusional assumptions. Carlos Castillo is an unsuccessful novelist living in Philadelphia, where he spends his days as a shoe store manager and his nights in a drunken stupor. After moving into a new apartment, Carlos becomes infatuated with a woman living next door and fabricates an intimate relationship with her. Readers should hold on tight for a wild, sharply plotted ride, as C.O.B.’s unreliable narrator sinks further and further into shocking madness, for an intriguing mixture of dark romance and thriller.