32 Books like Love In The Dark

Deep End

by Ali Hazelwood

A diver haunted by one catastrophic dive makes a no-strings deal with her teammate's Olympic ex.

3.84

507k+

🏊 College Sports Romance 🖤 BDSM Relationship 💔 Teammate's Ex ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🤫 Secret Arrangement

Deep End 94%

A diver haunted by one catastrophic dive makes a no-strings deal with her teammate's Olympic ex.

by Ali Hazelwood 2025

3.84

507k+ ratings

🏊 College Sports Romance 🖤 BDSM Relationship 💔 Teammate's Ex ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 🤫 Secret Arrangement

Defy

by L.J. Shen • 2016

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

3.84

49k+

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Defy 95%

When a teacher crashes into her student's car, one cover-up ignites a forbidden affair.

by L.J. Shen 2016

3.84

49k+ ratings

🎭 Teacher Student Romance 🗝️ Secret Relationship ⚡ Age Gap Romance 🥊 Underground Fighter 💔 Angsty Romance

Dear Ava

by Ilsa Madden-Mills • 2020

She returns to prep school after an assault. The quarterback who found her is hiding answers.

4.10

55k+

🖤 Dark Romance 🏈 Sports Romance ⚔️ Enemies-To-Lovers 🛡️ Secret Protector 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Dear Ava 94%

She returns to prep school after an assault. The quarterback who found her is hiding answers.

by Ilsa Madden-Mills 2020

4.10

55k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 🏈 Sports Romance ⚔️ Enemies-To-Lovers 🛡️ Secret Protector 🌱 Trauma Recovery

Beautiful Disaster

by Jamie McGuire • 2011

A bet traps a guarded freshman with a notorious campus fighter for a month.

4.00

709k+

🎓 College Romance ⚡ Bad Boy Good Girl 🛏️ Forced Proximity 😤 Jealous Possessive Hero ❤️‍🩹 Reformed Playboy

Beautiful Disaster 93%

A bet traps a guarded freshman with a notorious campus fighter for a month.

by Jamie McGuire 2011

4.00

709k+ ratings

🎓 College Romance ⚡ Bad Boy Good Girl 🛏️ Forced Proximity 😤 Jealous Possessive Hero ❤️‍🩹 Reformed Playboy

Brutal Obsession

by S. Massery • 2022

His car shattered her ballet future. Now the hockey star claims the broken dancer as his.

3.82

50k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🩰 Ballerina Heroine

Brutal Obsession 93%

His car shattered her ballet future. Now the hockey star claims the broken dancer as his.

by S. Massery 2022

3.82

50k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🔥 Enemies To Lovers 😈 Bully Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 🩰 Ballerina Heroine

Coach

by Devney Perry • 2023

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

3.94

59k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football

Coach 94%

Back as head coach, her former best friend wants a second chance their jobs forbid.

by Devney Perry 2023

3.94

59k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 👨‍👧 Single Father 💼 Workplace Romance 👫 Friends To Lovers 🏈 College Football

Voyeur

by Fiona Cole • 2018

To pay for college, a freshman performs for voyeurs, unaware her favorite client is her professor.

3.64

32k+

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 💫 Age Gap Romance 👁️ Voyeurism Kink 💔 Trauma Healing 🖤 Possessive Hero

Voyeur 94%

To pay for college, a freshman performs for voyeurs, unaware her favorite client is her professor.

by Fiona Cole 2018

3.64

32k+ ratings

🍎 Teacher Student Romance 💫 Age Gap Romance 👁️ Voyeurism Kink 💔 Trauma Healing 🖤 Possessive Hero

Only With You

by E. Salvador

A fire forces a college senior to room with the British basketball star she's hated for years.

4.20

8k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏀 College Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Tutor Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Only With You 93%

A fire forces a college senior to room with the British basketball star she's hated for years.

by E. Salvador 2024

4.20

8k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏀 College Sports Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 📚 Tutor Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing

Red Thorns

by Rina Kent • 2021

A quarterback bets he can seduce the squad's outcast. Their dark chase becomes an obsession.

3.75

39k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💌 Secret Pen Pal 🔥 Obsessive Hero

Red Thorns 93%

A quarterback bets he can seduce the squad's outcast. Their dark chase becomes an obsession.

by Rina Kent 2021

3.75

39k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏈 Football Romance ⛓️ Power Exchange 💌 Secret Pen Pal 🔥 Obsessive Hero

Flip Trick

by Amo Jones • 2018

A wild anonymous hookup. A family dinner. The stranger in her bed is now her stepbrother-to-be.

3.80

7k+

🖤 Step-Sibling Romance 🥊 MMA Fighter 💔 Forbidden Love 💫 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

Flip Trick 92%

A wild anonymous hookup. A family dinner. The stranger in her bed is now her stepbrother-to-be.

by Amo Jones 2018

3.80

7k+ ratings

🖤 Step-Sibling Romance 🥊 MMA Fighter 💔 Forbidden Love 💫 Second Chance Romance 🏠 Found Family

Forgive Me Father

by Katerina St. Clair

A trafficking ring hides in her church. The priest who claims her is her way out.

3.62

5k+

🛐 Priest Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Survivor Heroine 🖤 Transgressive Romance 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Forgive Me Father 93%

A trafficking ring hides in her church. The priest who claims her is her way out.

by Katerina St. Clair 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

🛐 Priest Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Survivor Heroine 🖤 Transgressive Romance 🏚️ Small Town Secrets

Little Lies

by H. Hunting • 2020

Her brother's best friend saved her life. Now he's her roommate and his silence is absolute.

4.03

20k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Little Lies 94%

Her brother's best friend saved her life. Now he's her roommate and his silence is absolute.

by H. Hunting 2020

4.03

20k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🤝 Brother's Best Friend 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🧠 Anxiety Rep 🩹 Hurt Comfort

Wilder

by Rebecca Yarros • 2016

Don't fall for the daredevil. Don't get caught on camera. She breaks both before leaving port.

4.02

36k+

🏄 Extreme Sports Romance 📝 Tutor And Tutee 💔 Scarred Heroine 😬 Best Friend's Ex 🫂 Found Family

Wilder 94%

Don't fall for the daredevil. Don't get caught on camera. She breaks both before leaving port.

by Rebecca Yarros 2016

4.02

36k+ ratings

🏄 Extreme Sports Romance 📝 Tutor And Tutee 💔 Scarred Heroine 😬 Best Friend's Ex 🫂 Found Family

Zvrhlá hra

by Tess M. Puffrová • 2024

He slept with her for points. Now she's the journalist who can ruin him.

3.68

418

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏈 College Romance 🎲 Betting On The Girl ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔎 Investigative Journalism

Zvrhlá hra 92%

He slept with her for points. Now she's the journalist who can ruin him.

by Tess M. Puffrová 2024

3.68

418 ratings

🕯️ Dark Academia 🏈 College Romance 🎲 Betting On The Girl ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔎 Investigative Journalism

Dance Butterfly Dance

by Reese Rivers • 2022

Shy by day, masked by night, she fake dates a quarterback, falling into four men's orbit.

4.30

21k+

🎭 Fake Dating 🦋 Dual Identity 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Sexual Awakening

Dance Butterfly Dance 92%

Shy by day, masked by night, she fake dates a quarterback, falling into four men's orbit.

by Reese Rivers 2022

4.30

21k+ ratings

🎭 Fake Dating 🦋 Dual Identity 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Healing 🔥 Sexual Awakening

Eighteen

by J.A. Huss • 2015

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

3.88

11k+

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

Eighteen 94%

To graduate, she needs her math teacher: a tattooed, off-limits man who sees past her defenses.

by J.A. Huss 2015

3.88

11k+ ratings

🎓 Teacher Student 🌑 Dark New Adult ⏳ Age Gap 💔 Wounded Heroine 🫂 Chosen Family

The Muse

by L.M. Halloran • 2017

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

4.00

2k+

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

The Muse 94%

A scarred graduate student falls for her professor, who is secretly writing her biography.

by L.M. Halloran 2017

4.00

2k+ ratings

🎓 Student Teacher Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 💔 Scarred Heroine 🩹 Trauma Recovery 😩 Angsty Romance

Her Saint

by Harmony West

Her stalker is her student and a killer. He is also the masked author she worships.

3.98

13k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🎓 Professor Student 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Her Saint 93%

Her stalker is her student and a killer. He is also the masked author she worships.

by Harmony West 2024

3.98

13k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🔥 Obsessed Hero 🎓 Professor Student 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🐱 Cat And Mouse

Until You

by Catharina Maura • 2021

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

3.86

38k+

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Until You 92%

A tech CEO returns to his best friend's sister, not knowing she's his anonymous online vigilante.

by Catharina Maura 2021

3.86

38k+ ratings

💼 Workplace Romance 💖 Brother's Best Friend 🎭 Secret Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🛡️ Protective Hero

Hopeless

by Colleen Hoover • 2012

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

4.22

690k+

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

Hopeless 92%

Sky Davis meets Dean Holder, and the bracelet on her wrist reopens a past they share.

by Colleen Hoover 2012

4.22

690k+ ratings

💞 Reunion Romance 🩹 Trauma Healing 🛡️ Protective Hero 🕵️ Dark Secrets 🌧️ Sexual Abuse Survivor

If You Dare

by Harmony West

A dare kills her roommate. Her secret lover, the dead girl's hockey brother, now hunts her.

3.79

11k+

🖤 Dark College Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Gray Hero

If You Dare 93%

A dare kills her roommate. Her secret lover, the dead girl's hockey brother, now hunts her.

by Harmony West 2023

3.79

11k+ ratings

🖤 Dark College Romance 🏒 Hockey Romance 😈 Bully Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🥀 Morally Gray Hero

Gabriel's Inferno

by Sylvain Reynard • 2011

A guarded professor is undone by the graduate student who once saw his soul.

3.98

161k+

🎓 Professor Student Romance 🌑 Dark Past 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🥀 High Angst

Gabriel's Inferno 93%

A guarded professor is undone by the graduate student who once saw his soul.

by Sylvain Reynard 2011

3.98

161k+ ratings

🎓 Professor Student Romance 🌑 Dark Past 💰 Wealthy Love Interest 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🥀 High Angst

The Wrong Quarterback

by C.R. Jane • 2024

At Tennessee, a grieving girl catches the quarterback's eye. His obsession doesn't ask permission.

3.96

33k+

👀 Obsessive Hero 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🔒 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🏈 College Football

The Wrong Quarterback 93%

At Tennessee, a grieving girl catches the quarterback's eye. His obsession doesn't ask permission.

by C.R. Jane 2024

3.96

33k+ ratings

👀 Obsessive Hero 👫 Brother's Best Friend 🔒 Captivity Romance 🕯️ Secret Society 🏈 College Football

Binding 13

by Chloe Walsh • 2018

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

4.20

9k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing

Binding 13 92%

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

by Chloe Walsh 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector 🐦 Wounded Bird Heroine 🌱 Trauma Healing

Coach

by Alexa Riley • 2015

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

3.47

15k+

⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Coach 92%

A retired NFL star moves in with his best friend and falls for his eighteen-year-old daughter.

by Alexa Riley 2015

3.47

15k+ ratings

⏳ Age Gap ⚡ Instalove 🤫 Secret Affair 🔥 Jealous Possessive Hero 💮 Virgin Heroine

Burn for Me

by Sara Cate • 2021

She put his father away. Now he's in her class, and revenge feels like obsession.

3.83

9k+

🎓 Professor Student 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔪 Revenge Romance 🔒 Blackmail ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

Burn for Me 93%

She put his father away. Now he's in her class, and revenge feels like obsession.

by Sara Cate 2021

3.83

9k+ ratings

🎓 Professor Student 🚫 Forbidden Love 🔪 Revenge Romance 🔒 Blackmail ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love

Cruel King

by Rina Kent • 2019

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

3.89

103k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

Cruel King 93%

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.89

103k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 🏰 Elite Private School 💔 Angsty Romance

When We Lied

by Claire Contreras

A hockey star blackmails his sister's best friend to solve her murder, reigniting a fatal obsession.

4.09

18k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

When We Lied 93%

A hockey star blackmails his sister's best friend to solve her murder, reigniting a fatal obsession.

by Claire Contreras 2024

4.09

18k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🔄 Second Chance Romance 🖤 Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity

Mariposa

by Lexie Axelson

She's Special Forces' only female recruit. He's her scarred instructor. And her ex's father.

3.96

16k+

🪖 Special Forces Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Mariposa 92%

She's Special Forces' only female recruit. He's her scarred instructor. And her ex's father.

by Lexie Axelson 2025

3.96

16k+ ratings

🪖 Special Forces Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Kiss the Sky 93%

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📚 Academic Rivals 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Until Friday Night

by Abbi Glines • 2015

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

3.86

69k+

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Until Friday Night 93%

A mute, traumatized girl and a quarterback losing his father collide: she speaks only to him.

by Abbi Glines 2015

3.86

69k+ ratings

🏈 High School Football 🤐 Selective Mutism 🩹 Trauma Bonding 💔 Shared Grief 🖤 Wounded Hero

Riot House

by Callie Hart • 2020

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

3.84

28k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

Riot House 92%

Sent to a gothic boarding school, a wounded girl becomes the obsession of its most dangerous boy.

by Callie Hart 2020

3.84

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Bonding 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere

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