50 Books like The Magpie Lord

The Mercenary and the Mortician

by Alexandra St. Pierre

A mercenary breaks in to kill a mortician, then forces him into a deadly partnership instead.

4.36

14k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🧸 Trauma Recovery ⛓️ Power Exchange

The Mercenary and the Mortician 93%

A mercenary breaks in to kill a mortician, then forces him into a deadly partnership instead.

by Alexandra St. Pierre 2025

4.36

14k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🧸 Trauma Recovery ⛓️ Power Exchange

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith

by Rebecca Ide • 2025

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

3.62

973

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🔒 Closed Circle Murder 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith 94%

Sealed inside a decaying manor, an heir must trust his first love to catch a killer.

by Rebecca Ide 2025

3.62

973 ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 💍 Arranged Marriage 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 🔒 Closed Circle Murder 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Down Comes the Night

by Allison Saft • 2021

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

3.77

10k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

Down Comes the Night 93%

At a snowbound manor, an exiled healer's only patient is the enemy's most feared killer.

by Allison Saft 2021

3.77

10k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Gothic Fantasy ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 💉 Healer Heroine 🏛️ Post-War Fantasy

The Tithing

by Natasha Knight • 2023

A curse forces a reluctant heir to claim his enemy's daughter as bride; desire could destroy them.

4.14

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🤫 Secret Society 🌑 Ancestral Curse

The Tithing 92%

A curse forces a reluctant heir to claim his enemy's daughter as bride; desire could destroy them.

by Natasha Knight 2023

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage ⛓️ Captor Captive 🤫 Secret Society 🌑 Ancestral Curse

A Dark and Secret Magic

by Wallis Kinney • 2024

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

3.88

14k+

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family

A Dark and Secret Magic 92%

A hedge witch shelters the rival who betrayed her as a death god's pact comes due.

by Wallis Kinney 2024

3.88

14k+ ratings

🔮 Gothic Witch Romance 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 📖 Magical Inheritance 🏡 Found Family

A Dance with the Fae Prince

by Elise Kova • 2021

Sold to a man she cannot see, she falls for the fae prince behind the blindfold.

3.82

39k+

🧚‍♀️ Fae Romantasy 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Dance with the Fae Prince 92%

Sold to a man she cannot see, she falls for the fae prince behind the blindfold.

by Elise Kova 2021

3.82

39k+ ratings

🧚‍♀️ Fae Romantasy 👠 Cinderella Retelling 💍 Arranged Marriage 🎭 Hidden Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Other Ones

by Fran Hart • 2022

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

3.85

2k+

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

The Other Ones 92%

A haunted house, a shunned boy, and the eccentric new arrival who brings casseroles instead of fear.

by Fran Hart 2022

3.85

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 👻 Haunted House Story 🌈 Queer Awakening 🤫 Small Town Secrets

Weavingshaw

by Heba Al-Wasity • 2026

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

4.12

9k+

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

Weavingshaw 92%

To save her brother, a refugee ghost-seer sells her darkest secret to a curse-bound confessor.

by Heba Al-Wasity 2026

4.12

9k+ ratings

🏭 Industrial Gothic 👻 Ghost Medium 😈 Demonic Bargains 🕯️ Haunted Estate 🧳 Refugee Protagonist

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards

by Sara Raasch • 2025

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

4.18

17k+

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards Summary

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards 92%

Two rival wizards are forced into one lab by the grant that could save their futures.

by Sara Raasch 2025

4.18

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Academia 💥 Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💕 Chosen Family 🗣️ Banter Heavy

Spirited Situation

by Louisa Masters • 2022

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

4.13

4k+

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Spirited Situation 93%

A medium's dream job at a haunted estate has one snag: his one-night stand works there.

by Louisa Masters 2022

4.13

4k+ ratings

💕 Paranormal Rom-Com 🏠 Found Family 🔥 One-Night Stand To Lovers 👁️ Ghost Medium ☕ Cozy Paranormal

Blackthorn

by J.T. Geissinger • 2025

A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.

3.79

19k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance 🔮 Witch Family Saga 🌫️ Eerie Small Town

Blackthorn 93%

A witch returns for a funeral. The body vanishes, and only her cursed ex-lover can help.

by J.T. Geissinger 2025

3.79

19k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🩸 Generational Curse 🏚️ Gothic Manor Romance 🔮 Witch Family Saga 🌫️ Eerie Small Town

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 93%

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

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 92%

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

White Trash Warlock

by David R. Slayton • 2020

A broke warlock must save his brother's wife from a spirit devouring Denver's magical protectors.

3.91

12k+

🛠️ Working Class Magic 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Possessed Loved One 🩸 Generational Trauma

White Trash Warlock 92%

A broke warlock must save his brother's wife from a spirit devouring Denver's magical protectors.

by David R. Slayton 2020

3.91

12k+ ratings

🛠️ Working Class Magic 💔 Estranged Siblings 💕 Slow Burn Romance 👻 Possessed Loved One 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Binding

by Bridget Collins • 2019

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

3.85

89k+

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories 🖤 Gothic Romance ⚖️ Class Divide

The Binding 92%

Apprenticed to a binder of memories, a farm boy finds the book holding his lost love.

by Bridget Collins 2019

3.85

89k+ ratings

🔮 Memory Magic 🕰️ Alternate Victorian 💭 Erased Memories 🖤 Gothic Romance ⚖️ Class Divide

Salt & Broom

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2023

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

4.10

19k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🔮 Ancestral Curse 👻 Haunted Estate

Salt & Broom 92%

To break a manor's curse, a young witch must win over its skeptical, grieving master.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023

4.10

19k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 🏰 Jane Eyre Retelling 🧙 Witch Protagonist 🔮 Ancestral Curse 👻 Haunted Estate

Grimm Curiosities

by Sharon Lynn Fisher • 2024

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

4.20

6k+

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Grimm Curiosities 92%

A baron's son and a curiosity shopkeeper hunt the curse that stole both their mothers' voices.

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2024

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏮 Gaslamp Fantasy 🖤 Cozy Gothic 🗝️ Curiosity Shop 🚪 Hidden Portal 💕 Cross-Class Romance

The Shadows Between Us

by Tricia Levenseller • 2020

To steal a crown, she'll wed and kill a king. Their fake courtship turns real.

3.81

220k+

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🤝 Fake Courtship Romance 😈 Villain Romance 🍷 Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic

The Shadows Between Us 92%

To steal a crown, she'll wed and kill a king. Their fake courtship turns real.

by Tricia Levenseller 2020

3.81

220k+ ratings

🖤 Morally Gray Heroine 🤝 Fake Courtship Romance 😈 Villain Romance 🍷 Court Intrigue 🌑 Shadow Magic

Phantasma

by Kaylie Smith

A necromancer enters a Gothic manor seeking her sister and strikes a bargain with its Phantom.

4.04

352k+

🗡️ Deadly Magical Trials 🏚️ Gothic Manor 😈 Devil Love Interest 🌑 Shadow Magic 👤 Missing Sister

Phantasma 92%

A necromancer enters a Gothic manor seeking her sister and strikes a bargain with its Phantom.

by Kaylie Smith 2024

4.04

352k+ ratings

🗡️ Deadly Magical Trials 🏚️ Gothic Manor 😈 Devil Love Interest 🌑 Shadow Magic 👤 Missing Sister

Necromance

by Cora Raven • 2025

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

3.64

2k+

🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle 🗝️ Cursed Hero 👻 Vengeful Ex

Necromance 93%

A necromancer wakes a castle's cursed duke. His dead fiancée will kill to keep his heart.

by Cora Raven 2025

3.64

2k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Romance 💀 Necromancer Heroine 🏰 Haunted Castle 🗝️ Cursed Hero 👻 Vengeful Ex

Dark Rise

by C.S. Pacat • 2021

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

4.15

42k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

Dark Rise 93%

A London dockworker discovers he is the Dark King reborn, with doomed knights his only pursuers.

by C.S. Pacat 2021

4.15

42k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Chosen One 🛡️ Doomed Knightly Order 🎩 Regency London Docks 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

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 92%

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

Born in Blood

by Sadie Kincaid • 2024

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

3.83

8k+

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Born in Blood 92%

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024

3.83

8k+ ratings

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Serpent & Dove

by Shelby Mahurin • 2019

A captive thief marries a witch hunter. She hides her magic; he burns witches.

3.97

348k+

💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Witch Hunter Romance 🧹 Hidden Witch 👑 Witch Queen 🇫🇷 French Inspired Fantasy

Serpent & Dove 92%

A captive thief marries a witch hunter. She hides her magic; he burns witches.

by Shelby Mahurin 2019

3.97

348k+ ratings

💍 Forced Marriage 🗡️ Witch Hunter Romance 🧹 Hidden Witch 👑 Witch Queen 🇫🇷 French Inspired Fantasy

Of Wicked Blood

by Olivia Wildenstein • 2021

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

4.07

2k+

⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

Of Wicked Blood 92%

A thief steals a cursed ring. Survival means allying with the furious girl he robbed.

by Olivia Wildenstein 2021

4.07

2k+ ratings

⚔️ Cursed Artifact Quest 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Magical Academia

The Lord Sorcier

by Olivia Atwater • 2020

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

3.55

7k+

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

The Lord Sorcier 92%

When a surgeon's faerie comrade unleashes his magic, Napoleon's deadliest sorcerer takes notice.

by Olivia Atwater 2020

3.55

7k+ ratings

🗡️ Napoleonic Fantasy 🧚 Faerie Folklore 🖤 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship ⚔️ Magical Duel

Carry On

by Rainbow Rowell • 2015

A failing Chosen One and his vampire nemesis must solve a murder, fighting their mutual attraction.

4.16

335k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💥 Chosen One Critique ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🧛 Vampire Romance

Carry On 92%

A failing Chosen One and his vampire nemesis must solve a murder, fighting their mutual attraction.

by Rainbow Rowell 2015

4.16

335k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 💥 Chosen One Critique ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Awakening 🧛 Vampire Romance

Bound to Fall

by A.K. Caggiano • 2023

She wields the shadows he was sworn to destroy, and now he is her captive.

4.04

4k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌑 Shadow Magic 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Trauma Healing

Bound to Fall 93%

She wields the shadows he was sworn to destroy, and now he is her captive.

by A.K. Caggiano 2023

4.04

4k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌑 Shadow Magic 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Trauma Healing

The Lord of Stariel

by A.J. Lancaster • 2018

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

3.93

10k+

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Lord of Stariel 93%

A stage illusionist wins a magical estate in a rigged ceremony. Her faerie butler knows why.

by A.J. Lancaster 2018

3.93

10k+ ratings

🏡 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🕯️ Gaslamp Fantasy 🧚 Secret Fae Identity 👑 Reluctant Heir 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Bewitching 92%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

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 92%

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

El vals de la bruja

by Belén Martínez Sánchez • 2021

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

4.21

9k+

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

El vals de la bruja 92%

A disgraced witch enters Victorian high society as a killer drains the magic from London's outcasts.

by Belén Martínez Sánchez 2021

4.21

9k+ ratings

🕰️ Victorian Fantasy 🌙 Hidden Magical World 🔪 Murder Mystery 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 💔 Forbidden Romance

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall

by J. Ann Thomas • 2025

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

3.68

1k+

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall Summary

The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall 92%

Fifteen restless ghosts, a dying father, and a stranger whose arrival awakens a forbidden hope.

by J. Ann Thomas 2025

3.68

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House Gothic 🖤 Gothic Romance 🕯️ Generational Curse 🎵 Magical Songs 🌿 Secret Lineage

Hollow Heathens

by Nicole Fiorina • 2020

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

3.88

16k+

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Hollow Heathens 92%

Returning to a witch town, a ghost-seer falls for the masked, cursed leader of a rival coven.

by Nicole Fiorina 2020

3.88

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Small Town 🧙 Witch Covens 💔 Forbidden Love 🎭 Masked Love Interest 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Paladin's Grace

by T. Kingfisher • 2020

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

4.05

56k+

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

Paladin's Grace 92%

A paladin who lost his god fakes love with a perfumer accused of murder.

by T. Kingfisher 2020

4.05

56k+ ratings

🏠 Cozy Fantasy Romance 🎭 Fake Relationship ⚔️ Wounded Warrior 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

House of Bane and Blood

by Alexis L. Menard • 2023

One stolen night of freedom ties an heiress to the stranger who crashes her wedding.

3.95

23k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚙️ Industrial Fantasy 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🏠 Found Family

House of Bane and Blood 92%

One stolen night of freedom ties an heiress to the stranger who crashes her wedding.

by Alexis L. Menard 2023

3.95

23k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚙️ Industrial Fantasy 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🏠 Found Family

The Contortionist

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

A cursed carnival steals her favorite color. The puppeteer who took it wants the rest of her.

3.89

6k+

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Body Horror 💊 Chronic Pain

The Contortionist 92%

A cursed carnival steals her favorite color. The puppeteer who took it wants the rest of her.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2020

3.89

6k+ ratings

🎪 Dark Carnival 🖤 Villain Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Romance 🩸 Body Horror 💊 Chronic Pain

Bite Me! - You Know I Like It

by Fae Quin • 2022

An abuse survivor escapes to a vampire town and falls for the vampire spying on him.

3.90

4k+

🧛 Vampire Romance 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏘️ Gothic Small Town 🕊️ Abuse Survivor

Bite Me! - You Know I Like It 93%

An abuse survivor escapes to a vampire town and falls for the vampire spying on him.

by Fae Quin 2022

3.90

4k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Romance 🫂 Found Family 🩹 Hurt Comfort 🏘️ Gothic Small Town 🕊️ Abuse Survivor

Entranced

by Sylvia Mercedes • 2021

Her words cage nightmares. A doomed city's cursed prince just bought her.

3.87

3k+

🔷 Fae Court Intrigue 📚 Magical Librarians 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Fae Romance 📖 Gothic Library

Entranced 93%

Her words cage nightmares. A doomed city's cursed prince just bought her.

by Sylvia Mercedes 2021

3.87

3k+ ratings

🔷 Fae Court Intrigue 📚 Magical Librarians 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Dark Fae Romance 📖 Gothic Library

Shadow's Claim

by Kresley Cole • 2012

A vampire assassin competes for a demon princess who loves the friend he must kill.

4.25

30k+

🔮 Fated Mates 👑 Marriage Tournament 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Demon Realm 💪 Survivor Heroine

Shadow's Claim 92%

A vampire assassin competes for a demon princess who loves the friend he must kill.

by Kresley Cole 2012

4.25

30k+ ratings

🔮 Fated Mates 👑 Marriage Tournament 🖤 Possessive Hero 😈 Demon Realm 💪 Survivor Heroine

Mageborn

by Jessica Thorne • 2020

An officer with stolen magic falls for the cursed mageborn prince as a queen harvests mages.

3.86

2k+

👊 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Stolen Magic 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Trauma Recovery

Mageborn 92%

An officer with stolen magic falls for the cursed mageborn prince as a queen harvests mages.

by Jessica Thorne 2020

3.86

2k+ ratings

👊 Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family ✨ Stolen Magic 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Silence Factory

by Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4k+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory 92%

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

by Bridget Collins 2024

3.42

4k+ ratings

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Last Soul Among Wolves

by Melissa Caruso • 2025

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

4.17

1k+

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

The Last Soul Among Wolves 91%

Old friends at a haunted mansion. A childhood blood oath. Only one walks out alive.

by Melissa Caruso 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎭 Deadly Inheritance Game 🏚️ Trapped Together Curse 👻 Gothic Haunted Mansion ✨ Gods Playing Mortals ⚡ Dark Wish Bargain

Chain of Gold

by Cassandra Clare • 2020

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

4.36

123k+

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

Chain of Gold 93%

Demon-plagued London. Cordelia's sham marriage to James Herondale buys one year to win his heart.

by Cassandra Clare 2020

4.36

123k+ ratings

🕰️ Edwardian Fantasy 🦠 Supernatural Plague 💍 Sham Engagement 💔 Unrequited Love 👥 Found Family

The Obsidian Tower

by Melissa Caruso • 2020

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

The Obsidian Tower 92%

Her killing touch and a sealed door: a visitor's betrayal opens it, unleashing ancient evil.

by Melissa Caruso 2020

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Gothic Fantasy 🖤 Found Family 💀 Cursed Touch 👹 Demonic Possession 🃏 Political Intrigue

Nightweaver

by R.M. Gray

A pirate serves a Nightweaver lord while hunting the shadow that murdered her brother.

3.88

5k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Gothic Romantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 👑 Secret Bloodline ✨ Hidden Powers

Nightweaver 91%

A pirate serves a Nightweaver lord while hunting the shadow that murdered her brother.

by R.M. Gray 2025

3.88

5k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Gothic Romantasy 🏴‍☠️ Pirate Heroine 👑 Secret Bloodline ✨ Hidden Powers

The Necromancer's Dance

by S.J. Himes • 2016

Boston's last necromancer and an ancient vampire must survive a plot that could destroy them both.

4.15

6k+

💀 Necromancy 🔗 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

The Necromancer's Dance 91%

Boston's last necromancer and an ancient vampire must survive a plot that could destroy them both.

by S.J. Himes 2016

4.15

6k+ ratings

💀 Necromancy 🔗 Fated Mates 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family ⏳ Age Gap Romance 🩹 Hurt/Comfort

Starling House

by Alix E. Harrow • 2023

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

3.78

169k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

Starling House 91%

A desperate woman takes a job inside a sentient house. Below the floors, old nightmares stir.

by Alix E. Harrow 2023

3.78

169k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛰️ Appalachian Gothic 🏠 Sentient House 🩸 Generational Trauma 🤝 Found Family

Belladonna

by Adalyn Grace • 2022

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

3.94

182k+

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Belladonna 91%

A deathless orphan hunts a poisoner through a haunted manor, with Death as her dangerous ally.

by Adalyn Grace 2022

3.94

182k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Manor 🖤 Death And The Maiden 💀 Death Personified ☠️ Poison Mystery 👻 Spirit Communication

Silver in the Wood

by Emily Tesh • 2019

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

3.98

24k+

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 👻 Folk Horror

Silver in the Wood 91%

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

by Emily Tesh 2019

3.98

24k+ ratings

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy ⏳ Immortal Protagonist 👻 Folk Horror

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