Possible Clues:

• Oriental spur giving rise to strong feeling
• Sweetheart has reason to be passionate
• Controversial reason to back drug
• Spain has reason for generating strong feelings
• Such can make one feel European with a purpose
• Controversial rationale behind energy
• Producing intense feeling
• Moving one book up, only covers seen on volume
• Upcoming book -- this writer's controversial
• Causing strong feelings in European grounds