20 Books like Fifty Shades Darker

Broken

by Sadie Kincaid

She marries a cold billionaire to save her sister. His terms are clear: passion, nothing more.

4.13

53k+

🏛️ Arranged Marriage 💰 Billionaire Romance 💪 Alpha Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Toxic Family

Broken 94%

She marries a cold billionaire to save her sister. His terms are clear: passion, nothing more.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024

4.13

53k+ ratings

🏛️ Arranged Marriage 💰 Billionaire Romance 💪 Alpha Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Toxic Family

This Man

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2012

A designer falls for a billionaire whose sex club is the least dangerous thing about him.

4.04

120k+

🏛️ Sex Club Setting 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Tortured Hero ⛓️ Power Exchange 😭 Angsty Romance

This Man 96%

A designer falls for a billionaire whose sex club is the least dangerous thing about him.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2012

4.04

120k+ ratings

🏛️ Sex Club Setting 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Tortured Hero ⛓️ Power Exchange 😭 Angsty Romance

Bared to You

by Sylvia Day • 2012

A survivor starting fresh in Manhattan collides with a billionaire whose darkness mirrors her own.

4.13

552k+

🖤 Trauma Bond Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 😩 High Angst 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero

Bared to You 95%

A survivor starting fresh in Manhattan collides with a billionaire whose darkness mirrors her own.

by Sylvia Day 2012

4.13

552k+ ratings

🖤 Trauma Bond Romance 💼 Billionaire Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 😩 High Angst 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero

This Woman

by Jodi Ellen Malpas • 2022

A grieving sex club owner meets an interior designer, and his carefully numbed world cracks open.

4.33

4k+

👤 Male Pov Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔥 Sex Club Setting 💢 Possessive Alpha 💔 Angsty Romance

This Woman 94%

A grieving sex club owner meets an interior designer, and his carefully numbed world cracks open.

by Jodi Ellen Malpas 2022

4.33

4k+ ratings

👤 Male Pov Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🔥 Sex Club Setting 💢 Possessive Alpha 💔 Angsty Romance

He Knows When You’re Awake

by Alta Hensley • 2025

A struggling jewelry designer catches a billionaire's eye. He's been watching her every move.

3.70

18k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💎 Artist Heroine ⚡ Power Exchange

He Knows When You’re Awake 94%

A struggling jewelry designer catches a billionaire's eye. He's been watching her every move.

by Alta Hensley 2025

3.70

18k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 🖤 Obsessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 💎 Artist Heroine ⚡ Power Exchange

His Gift

by Aubrey Dark • 2015

An artist delivering a cake is mistaken for a billionaire's gift, pulling her into darkness.

3.63

2k+

🏢 Billionaire Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 🔄 Mistaken Identity 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Dominant Hero

His Gift 94%

An artist delivering a cake is mistaken for a billionaire's gift, pulling her into darkness.

by Aubrey Dark 2015

3.63

2k+ ratings

🏢 Billionaire Romance ⛓️ BDSM Romance 🔄 Mistaken Identity 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Dominant Hero

Bitter Heat

by Mia Knight • 2019

A blizzard traps an heiress with her ex-husband, who demands marriage to save her family's business.

3.81

11k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⏳ Second Chance 💍 Forced Marriage 💰 Billionaire 🖤 Possessive Hero

Bitter Heat 94%

A blizzard traps an heiress with her ex-husband, who demands marriage to save her family's business.

by Mia Knight 2019

3.81

11k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⏳ Second Chance 💍 Forced Marriage 💰 Billionaire 🖤 Possessive Hero

Adam's Apple

by Liv Morris • 2013

A billionaire playboy haunted by loss falls for a Tantric practitioner as betrayal turns deadly.

3.81

2k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance ❤️‍🩹 Playboy Reformed 💔 Wounded Hero 📊 Business Intrigue 🌹 Sensual Awakening

Adam's Apple 95%

A billionaire playboy haunted by loss falls for a Tantric practitioner as betrayal turns deadly.

by Liv Morris 2013

3.81

2k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance ❤️‍🩹 Playboy Reformed 💔 Wounded Hero 📊 Business Intrigue 🌹 Sensual Awakening

Tempt Me

by Nina West • 2015

A heartbroken farm girl flees to an Alaska resort. The billionaire owner claims her as his secret.

3.90

78k+

💼 Boss Employee Affair 🌶️ Sexual Awakening ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🐺 Possessive Alpha Hero

Tempt Me 94%

A heartbroken farm girl flees to an Alaska resort. The billionaire owner claims her as his secret.

by Nina West 2015

3.90

78k+ ratings

💼 Boss Employee Affair 🌶️ Sexual Awakening ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🐺 Possessive Alpha Hero

Chasing Love

by Kat T. Masen

An engaged lawyer's world upends when her billionaire first love returns, determined to reclaim her.

3.63

50k+

🤑 Billionaire Romance 💔 Love Triangle Angst 🔄 Second Chance Love 🖤 Possessive Hero ⚖️ Safe Vs Passionate

Chasing Love 94%

An engaged lawyer's world upends when her billionaire first love returns, determined to reclaim her.

by Kat T. Masen 2020

3.63

50k+ ratings

🤑 Billionaire Romance 💔 Love Triangle Angst 🔄 Second Chance Love 🖤 Possessive Hero ⚖️ Safe Vs Passionate

The Auction

by L. Knight • 2023

To save her brother, she auctions her virginity. The winning bidder: the man who destroyed her.

3.83

7k+

🖤 Dark Billionaire Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Possessive Hero 💫 Second Chance Romance 😤 Enemies To Lovers

The Auction 94%

To save her brother, she auctions her virginity. The winning bidder: the man who destroyed her.

by L. Knight 2023

3.83

7k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Billionaire Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Possessive Hero 💫 Second Chance Romance 😤 Enemies To Lovers

Glitch

by Briana Michaels • 2022

An online crush turns real when a gaming shop owner fixes an artist's broken computer.

3.76

31k+

💻 Online To Real Life 👫 Friends To Lovers 💭 Pining Hero 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Glitch 94%

An online crush turns real when a gaming shop owner fixes an artist's broken computer.

by Briana Michaels 2022

3.76

31k+ ratings

💻 Online To Real Life 👫 Friends To Lovers 💭 Pining Hero 💔 Wounded Hero 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Hardwired

by Meredith Wild • 2013

A tech founder's investor pitch turns personal when a billionaire hacker decides he wants her.

4.02

40k+

🖤 Controlling Billionaire 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine ⛓️ Power Exchange 🏢 Forced Proximity 😰 Angsty Contemporary

Hardwired 94%

A tech founder's investor pitch turns personal when a billionaire hacker decides he wants her.

by Meredith Wild 2013

4.02

40k+ ratings

🖤 Controlling Billionaire 💔 Trauma Survivor Heroine ⛓️ Power Exchange 🏢 Forced Proximity 😰 Angsty Contemporary

King of Wrath

by Ana Huang • 2022

An heiress and a CEO clash in an arranged marriage: she seeks freedom, he's bound by blackmail.

4.03

653k+

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🔄 Second Chance 🙏 Groveling Hero

King of Wrath 94%

An heiress and a CEO clash in an arranged marriage: she seeks freedom, he's bound by blackmail.

by Ana Huang 2022

4.03

653k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💰 Billionaire Romance 🔄 Second Chance 🙏 Groveling Hero

Praise

by Sara Cate

Broke and dumped, she takes a job with her ex's father, who demands her complete devotion.

4.10

255k+

👀 Ex's Father ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🙌 Praise Kink 🖤 Sex Club 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Praise 93%

Broke and dumped, she takes a job with her ex's father, who demands her complete devotion.

by Sara Cate 2022

4.10

255k+ ratings

👀 Ex's Father ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🙌 Praise Kink 🖤 Sex Club 🚫 Forbidden Romance

Distance

by Luna Mason • 2023

A woman fleeing betrayal collides with a boxer whose mafia world makes their chemistry lethal.

3.88

47k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥊 Boxing Ring Romance 🔒 Possessive Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 👶 Surprise Pregnancy

Distance 94%

A woman fleeing betrayal collides with a boxer whose mafia world makes their chemistry lethal.

by Luna Mason 2023

3.88

47k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🥊 Boxing Ring Romance 🔒 Possessive Hero ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 👶 Surprise Pregnancy

Once a Myth

by Pepper Winters • 2020

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

4.04

8k+

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Once a Myth 94%

On a billionaire's private island, one captive's refusal to break becomes her captor's obsession.

by Pepper Winters 2020

4.04

8k+ ratings

⛓️ Captor Captive 💔 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Morally Grey Hero 🔥 High Heat 🏝️ Private Island

Forbidden Nights

by Lauren Blakely • 2015

Two best friends draw up a no-strings deal for bedroom lessons. Rule number one: don't fall.

4.22

4k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 📝 Seduction Lessons 💼 Powerful Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

Forbidden Nights 94%

Two best friends draw up a no-strings deal for bedroom lessons. Rule number one: don't fall.

by Lauren Blakely 2015

4.22

4k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers ⛓️ Bdsm Romance 📝 Seduction Lessons 💼 Powerful Heroine 💔 Wounded Hero

The Heart You Kept

by T.L. Swan • 2026

A dead best friend's bucket list. A masked billionaire. One weekend that makes leaving impossible.

4.29

12k+

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense 📋 Bucket List ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The Heart You Kept 93%

A dead best friend's bucket list. A masked billionaire. One weekend that makes leaving impossible.

by T.L. Swan 2026

4.29

12k+ ratings

💰 Billionaire Romance 🔍 Romantic Suspense 📋 Bucket List ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Black Contract

by Charlotte Byrd • 2018

A disgraced billionaire sails his ex-fiancée to the Caribbean with a single condition: surrender.

4.19

2k+

💎 Billionaire Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 📝 Contract Relationship 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 High Angst

Black Contract 93%

A disgraced billionaire sails his ex-fiancée to the Caribbean with a single condition: surrender.

by Charlotte Byrd 2018

4.19

2k+ ratings

💎 Billionaire Romance 💔 Second Chance Romance 📝 Contract Relationship 🩹 Trauma Healing 😢 High Angst

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