38 Books like Layla

Pen Pal

by J.T. Geissinger

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

4.11

218k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Pen Pal 92%

Letters from a prisoner promise forever. A roofer stakes his claim. The house wants revenge.

by J.T. Geissinger 2022

4.11

218k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🪦 Posthumous Narrator 🌀 Unreliable Narrator ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Love at First Fright

by Nadia El-Fassi • 2025

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

3.61

3k+

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

Love at First Fright 93%

A ghost-seeing novelist and the actor cast in her film wage war on a haunted set.

by Nadia El-Fassi 2025

3.61

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Cozy Ghost Romance 🎬 Celebrity Romance 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🎥 Forced Proximity ⛓️ D/S Dynamics

Soul Searching

by Lyla Sage • 2025

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

3.65

45k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

Soul Searching 93%

A broke medium returns to her haunted hometown and the quiet upholsterer who anchors her there.

by Lyla Sage 2025

3.65

45k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Wounded Healers 🫂 Found Family

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

by K. Ancrum • 2025

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

4.21

3k+

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Corruption of Hollis Brown 92%

A teen in a decaying town shelters a drifter who takes up residence inside his body.

by K. Ancrum 2025

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Possession Romance 🫂 Shared Body 🌾 Rust Belt Gothic 🥖 Food As Love Language 🩹 Generational Trauma

Behind The Veil

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2019

After escaping abuse, a ghost-seer finds five fiercely protective boys in small-town Montana.

4.54

2k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤕 Hurt/Comfort

Behind The Veil 92%

After escaping abuse, a ghost-seer finds five fiercely protective boys in small-town Montana.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2019

4.54

2k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 🏠 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤕 Hurt/Comfort

A Fate Unknown

by Sinclair Kelly • 2021

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

4.15

2k+

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

A Fate Unknown 92%

A ghost with no memory haunts a house. Five men arrive. One feels what she feels.

by Sinclair Kelly 2021

4.15

2k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 💕 Why Choose Romance 🔮 Fated Mates 🤔 Amnesia Trope 🫂 Found Family

The Architect of Song

by A.G. Howard • 2016

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

4.03

2k+

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap 🌸 Deaf Heroine 🌑 Gothic Love Triangle

The Architect of Song 91%

A deaf orphan steals a grave flower and discovers the ghost who becomes her only music.

by A.G. Howard 2016

4.03

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Victorian Ghost Romance 👻 Ghost Love Interest 🎭 Twin Identity Swap 🌸 Deaf Heroine 🌑 Gothic Love Triangle

The Warlord Wants Forever

by Kresley Cole • 2006

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

4.02

65k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🌶️ High Heat

The Warlord Wants Forever 91%

A Valkyrie prisoner's touch awakens her vampire captor's heart. He will never stop hunting her.

by Kresley Cole 2006

4.02

65k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Vampire Fated Mates 🔮 Magical Compulsion ⚔️ Immortal Warriors 🌶️ High Heat

Eldrith Manor

by Leigh Rivers • 2026

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

3.85

9k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

Eldrith Manor 91%

She dies summoning a demon, wakes a ghost tethered to her killer in a cursed manor.

by Leigh Rivers 2026

3.85

9k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🩸 Fated By Blood 💔 Sacrifice For Love

The Dead Romantics

by Ashley Poston • 2022

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

3.91

268k+

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

The Dead Romantics 91%

A romance ghostwriter who has stopped believing in love meets the ghost of her handsome editor.

by Ashley Poston 2022

3.91

268k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance ⚰️ Funeral Home Setting ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏡 Small Town Return 🎪 Eccentric Family

When He’s Dark

by Suzanne Wright • 2020

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

4.04

13k+

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

When He’s Dark 91%

Marked for a sadistic killer, she finds her protector in a wolverine who has already lost one mate.

by Suzanne Wright 2020

4.04

13k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 💔 Rejected Mate 🦁 Shifter Pride 🐱 Omega Heroine 🖤 Brooding Protector

Lirio rojo

by Nora Roberts • 2005

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

4.11

44k+

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lirio rojo 91%

At a haunted Tennessee mansion, a single mother's new love awakens a ghost's deadly envy.

by Nora Roberts 2005

4.11

44k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted Mansion 👩‍👧 Single Mother Heroine 💀 Ancestral Curse 🌿 Gentle Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Gang of Ghouls

by Eva Chase • 2023

Her imaginary friends are real, dead, and now wearing the skin of her worst enemies.

3.87

1k+

👻 Ghost Protectors 💀 Body Sharing 🧠 Memory Magic 🏠 Found Family 💢 Bullies To Lovers

Gang of Ghouls 91%

Her imaginary friends are real, dead, and now wearing the skin of her worst enemies.

by Eva Chase 2023

3.87

1k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Protectors 💀 Body Sharing 🧠 Memory Magic 🏠 Found Family 💢 Bullies To Lovers

Apartment 2B

by K. Webster • 2014

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

3.82

2k+

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Apartment 2B 92%

An abuse survivor moves into a crumbling apartment and falls for the neighbor the cold follows.

by K. Webster 2014

3.82

2k+ ratings

🖤 Ghost Love Interest 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family 🖐️ Fear Of Touch 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Mind Games

by Nora Roberts • 2024

A psychic designer creates a mental trap for the killer invading her mind from behind bars.

4.28

48k+

🔮 Psychic Suspense 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👨‍👦 Single Father Hero ⛰️ Appalachian Setting 👵 Matriarchal Family

Mind Games 92%

A psychic designer creates a mental trap for the killer invading her mind from behind bars.

by Nora Roberts 2024

4.28

48k+ ratings

🔮 Psychic Suspense 🎸 Rock Star Romance 👨‍👦 Single Father Hero ⛰️ Appalachian Setting 👵 Matriarchal Family

Inheritance

by Nora Roberts

A cursed Maine manor, seven murdered brides, and a witch waiting for the eighth.

4.26

77k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Manor 🩸 Generational Curse 👥 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Inheritance 91%

A cursed Maine manor, seven murdered brides, and a witch waiting for the eighth.

by Nora Roberts 2023

4.26

77k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏚️ Haunted Manor 🩸 Generational Curse 👥 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Avidian

by Ashley R. O'Donovan • 2025

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

3.88

1k+

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

Avidian 91%

A ghost-speaking captive is ordered to solve a murder. Her captor's son has other plans.

by Ashley R. O'Donovan 2025

3.88

1k+ ratings

🌹 Gothic Romantasy 👻 Speaks To Ghosts ⚔️ Rebel Underground 💔 Dangerous Attraction 🌑 Dark Atmospheric

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

by Michelle Hodkin • 2011

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

4.01

191k+

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 91%

The accident killed her friends and spared her. Now Mara Dyer's worst thoughts are becoming reality.

by Michelle Hodkin 2011

4.01

191k+ ratings

📖 Unreliable Narrator 👻 Psychological Paranormal 🩹 Trauma And Powers 🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔪 Paranormal Murder Mystery

Promises and Pomegranates

by Sav R. Miller • 2021

The family doctor butchers her groom and forces the mafia princess to marry him instead.

3.50

76k+

🔪 Mafia Romance 🍂 Persephone Retelling 🔒 Captive Romance 💒 Forced Marriage 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Promises and Pomegranates 91%

The family doctor butchers her groom and forces the mafia princess to marry him instead.

by Sav R. Miller 2021

3.50

76k+ ratings

🔪 Mafia Romance 🍂 Persephone Retelling 🔒 Captive Romance 💒 Forced Marriage 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Midnight Prince

by Belle Harper • 2020

In a wolf-haunted town, a woman fleeing heartbreak falls for the vampire who guards the night.

4.10

336

🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏚️ Fixer-Upper Romance ⛓️ Forbidden Love 🖤 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Protective Hero

Midnight Prince 91%

In a wolf-haunted town, a woman fleeing heartbreak falls for the vampire who guards the night.

by Belle Harper 2020

4.10

336 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Paranormal 🏚️ Fixer-Upper Romance ⛓️ Forbidden Love 🖤 Wounded Hero 🛡️ Protective Hero

Seeing Other People

by Emily Wibberley • 2025

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

3.91

3k+

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

Seeing Other People 91%

A support group for the haunted: she's dodging a date's ghost, he still lives with his dead fiancée.

by Emily Wibberley 2025

3.91

3k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 👥 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal 💕 Second Chance At Love

Among the Living

by Jordan Castillo Price • 2006

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

3.93

11k+

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Among the Living 91%

A psychic detective's gift fails just as a soul-devouring killer stalks Chicago's gay men.

by Jordan Castillo Price 2006

3.93

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Psychic Detective 📋 Paranormal Procedural 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Detective 💔 Hurt/Comfort 🤝 Found Family

Transcend

by Jewel E. Ann • 2018

A nanny with memories of a past life discovers her employer was her first love.

4.35

14k+

🔁 Reincarnation Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn

Transcend 91%

A nanny with memories of a past life discovers her employer was her first love.

by Jewel E. Ann 2018

4.35

14k+ ratings

🔁 Reincarnation Romance 👶 Nanny Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔺 Love Triangle 🔥 Slow Burn

Murder Road

by Simone St. James • 2024

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

3.68

60k+

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Murder Road 91%

Newlyweds pick up a dying hitchhiker on a dark road with a history of murdered girls.

by Simone St. James 2024

3.68

60k+ ratings

👻 Paranormal Mystery 🖤 Ghost Story 🌑 Supernatural Thriller 💀 Vengeful Ghost 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James • 2022

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

3.78

132k+

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

The Book of Cold Cases 91%

A true crime blogger interviews an heiress acquitted of murder. Her mansion has never been empty.

by Simone St. James 2022

3.78

132k+ ratings

🎙️ True Crime Blogger 🏚️ Haunted Mansion ❄️ Cold Case Mystery 😶 Ambiguous Guilt 🗝️ Deadly Family Secrets

Thicker Than Water

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2015

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

3.59

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Thicker Than Water 91%

His mother murdered, a town needs a killer. The cop's daughter is the only one listening.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2015

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Atmospheric Gothic ⚖️ Wrongly Accused 🔮 Paranormal Mystery 💔 Forbidden Romance

Ghosts of Halloween

by Layla Fae

She walks into a haunted house to die. Three ghosts refuse to let her leave.

3.62

11k+

👻 Ghost Love Interest 👥 Why Choose 💀 Brother's Best Friends 🎭 Masked Strangers 🏚️ Abandoned Haunted House

Ghosts of Halloween 91%

She walks into a haunted house to die. Three ghosts refuse to let her leave.

by Layla Fae 2025

3.62

11k+ ratings

👻 Ghost Love Interest 👥 Why Choose 💀 Brother's Best Friends 🎭 Masked Strangers 🏚️ Abandoned Haunted House

Crazy Spooky Love

by Josie Silver • 2025

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

3.56

4k+

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

Crazy Spooky Love 92%

A psychic opens a ghost-busting agency, only to face her TV ex at a haunted mansion.

by Josie Silver 2025

3.56

4k+ ratings

🔍 Ghost Hunting Agency 🔮 Psychic Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Cozy Paranormal

The Law of Moses

by Amy Harmon • 2014

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

4.34

39k+

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

The Law of Moses 92%

A vet's daughter pursues a haunted outcast whose paintings of missing girls stir a killer.

by Amy Harmon 2014

4.34

39k+ ratings

🏡 Small Town Romance 👻 Visions Of The Dead 💞 Second Chance Romance 💔 Tortured Hero 🎨 Art As Healing

Legacy of Lies

by Elizabeth Chandler • 2000

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

3.96

4k+

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Legacy of Lies 91%

At a gothic mansion, an adoptee finds a ghost claiming they are the same murdered girl.

by Elizabeth Chandler 2000

3.96

4k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Haunted House 🔮 Past Life Mystery 👁️ Psychic Visions 🥀 Gothic Romance 🖤 Ancestral Curse

Burn

by Suzanne Wright • 2015

A sphinx demon and a ruthless Prime are bound by a psychic mate bond neither chose.

4.05

35k+

🔥 Fated Mates 👑 Paranormal Politics 🖤 Alpha Hero 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Burn 91%

A sphinx demon and a ruthless Prime are bound by a psychic mate bond neither chose.

by Suzanne Wright 2015

4.05

35k+ ratings

🔥 Fated Mates 👑 Paranormal Politics 🖤 Alpha Hero 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Touch Her And Die

Wicked Ways

by Lisa Jackson • 2014

A widow fears her thoughts kill, as a stalker turns her grudges into a body count.

3.93

4k+

🧠 Psychic Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Stalker Reveal 👶 Stolen Child 🔮 Psychic Lineage

Wicked Ways 91%

A widow fears her thoughts kill, as a stalker turns her grudges into a body count.

by Lisa Jackson 2014

3.93

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychic Thriller 🏚️ Gothic Suspense 👁️ Stalker Reveal 👶 Stolen Child 🔮 Psychic Lineage

Prom Night in Purgatory

by Amy Harmon • 2012

She loves a boy from 1958 trapped in Purgatory. When he wakes in her time, he's forgotten her.

4.09

5k+

🕰️ Time-Slip Romance 👻 Ghostly Love Story 💔 Amnesia Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Narrative 🖤 Sacrificial Love

Prom Night in Purgatory 91%

She loves a boy from 1958 trapped in Purgatory. When he wakes in her time, he's forgotten her.

by Amy Harmon 2012

4.09

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Time-Slip Romance 👻 Ghostly Love Story 💔 Amnesia Romance 📖 Dual Timeline Narrative 🖤 Sacrificial Love

Raven's Cry

by Charlie Nottingham • 2022

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

4.33

1k+

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Raven's Cry 91%

A witch and her three lovers must reclaim her brother's soul from a demon.

by Charlie Nottingham 2022

4.33

1k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 Why Choose 💀 Necromancer Hero 👻 Ghostly Hauntings 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere

Trying to Live With the Dead

by B.L. Brunnemer • 2016

She sees ghosts. Five fierce boys become her shield, but the boundary between worlds is closing.

4.15

13k+

🖤 Necromancer Heroine 🫂 Found Family 💕 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Trying to Live With the Dead 91%

She sees ghosts. Five fierce boys become her shield, but the boundary between worlds is closing.

by B.L. Brunnemer 2016

4.15

13k+ ratings

🖤 Necromancer Heroine 🫂 Found Family 💕 Reverse Harem 💔 Trauma Recovery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Happy Medium

by Sarah Adler • 2024

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

3.67

20k+

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Happy Medium 91%

Faking an exorcism goes wrong when the ghost is real and the farmer sees through her con.

by Sarah Adler 2024

3.67

20k+ ratings

💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👻 Meddling Ghost 🌤️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌾 Rural Romance 🏡 Cozy Paranormal

Academy of the Fateful

by Eva Chase • 2020

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

4.03

431

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

Academy of the Fateful 91%

A cursed college's dying roses and vengeful ghosts force her to confront her darkest sins.

by Eva Chase 2020

4.03

431 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 👻 Paranormal Academy 💕 Found Family 🥀 Ancestral Curse 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Corpse in the Closet

by Lucy Score • 2021

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

4.25

38k+

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

The Corpse in the Closet 91%

A psychic helps solve a glamorous murder. The killer's reply: a glitter bomb and a countdown.

by Lucy Score 2021

4.25

38k+ ratings

🏚️ Paranormal Cozy 🔮 Psychic Detective 👻 Reluctant Psychic 💕 Established Relationship 😂 Comedic Mystery

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