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The Divine and the Cursed

by J.E. Reed

The fae general known as a monster spares the captive princess he was meant to destroy.

3.80

13k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Mate Bond 🌿 Healer Heroine ⛓️ Captive To Lover 🧚 Fae Romantasy

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The Divine and the Cursed

The fae general known as a monster spares the captive princess he was meant to destroy.

by J.E. Reed 2022 374 pages

3.80

13k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 💫 Mate Bond 🌿 Healer Heroine ⛓️ Captive To Lover 🧚 Fae Romantasy

It Should Have Been You

by Andrea Mara

One misdirected text. Three hundred neighbours. Then a murder at her exact address.

3.80

38k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Sister Loyalty 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👶 Protective Mother 💔 Secret Affair

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It Should Have Been You

One misdirected text. Three hundred neighbours. Then a murder at her exact address.

by Andrea Mara 2026 386 pages

3.80

38k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 👯 Sister Loyalty 🎭 Mistaken Identity 👶 Protective Mother 💔 Secret Affair

Fear the Flames

by Olivia Rose Darling

A hidden queen and a scarred commander forge a bloody alliance to steal her dragons back.

3.74

42k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

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Fear the Flames

A hidden queen and a scarred commander forge a bloody alliance to steal her dragons back.

by Olivia Rose Darling 2022 571 pages

3.74

42k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🔪 Touch Her And Die 👥 Found Family ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Taken by Touch and Torment

by Maggie Sunseri

Collared as a pet in a vampire zealot's court, a succubus hides the one power he overlooked.

4.02

15k+

🖤 Succubus Romance 🩸 Dark Vampire Romance ⛓️ Captivity To Freedom 👯‍♀️ Found Sisterhood 🧎 Groveling Hero

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Taken by Touch and Torment

Collared as a pet in a vampire zealot's court, a succubus hides the one power he overlooked.

by Maggie Sunseri 2024 566 pages

4.02

15k+ ratings

🖤 Succubus Romance 🩸 Dark Vampire Romance ⛓️ Captivity To Freedom 👯‍♀️ Found Sisterhood 🧎 Groveling Hero

Wild Wolf

by Caroline Peckham

Mate stolen, turned vampire. A she-wolf and her pack burn the black market to reclaim him.

4.21

24k+

💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Violent And Tender

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Wild Wolf

Mate stolen, turned vampire. A she-wolf and her pack burn the black market to reclaim him.

by Caroline Peckham 2024 410 pages

4.21

24k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🖤 Found Family 🌑 Morally Grey Heroes 🩹 Trauma Recovery 💔 Violent And Tender

The Source

by James A. Michener

Beneath a Galilean mound, an archaeologist uncovers the violent, layered birth of a faith.

4.30

45k+

🏺 Archaeological Fiction 📜 Epic Historical Saga ✡️ Biblical History 🌍 Holy Land Narrative 📚 Scholarly Fiction

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The Source

Beneath a Galilean mound, an archaeologist uncovers the violent, layered birth of a faith.

by James A. Michener 1965 1080 pages

4.30

45k+ ratings

🏺 Archaeological Fiction 📜 Epic Historical Saga ✡️ Biblical History 🌍 Holy Land Narrative 📚 Scholarly Fiction

Slewfoot

by Brom

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

4.20

100k+

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

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Slewfoot

A widow's pact with a horned spirit brings prosperity. Then the Puritans come with a noose.

by Brom 2021 305 pages

4.20

100k+ ratings

🐐 Folk Horror 📜 Colonial Witch Trials 🔥 Vengeful Witch 🌳 Forest Spirit 🩸 Blood Pact

To Snap a Silver Stem

by Sarah A. Parker

Sold for a fleet, a bride hides lethal magic from her promised, unaware her shadow guardian stalks.

3.84

14k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🌿 Fae Courts 🎭 Hidden Identity 💍 Forced Marriage 😈 Morally Grey Hero

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To Snap a Silver Stem

Sold for a fleet, a bride hides lethal magic from her promised, unaware her shadow guardian stalks.

by Sarah A. Parker 2022 538 pages

3.84

14k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🌿 Fae Courts 🎭 Hidden Identity 💍 Forced Marriage 😈 Morally Grey Hero

Midnight Mass

by Sierra Simone

A former priest keeps missing the moment. His wife is pregnant. Their marriage is on borrowed time.

3.67

35k+

✝️ Former Priest 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Religious Guilt 🕯️ Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Bdsm And Kink

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Midnight Mass

A former priest keeps missing the moment. His wife is pregnant. Their marriage is on borrowed time.

by Sierra Simone 2015 193 pages

3.67

35k+ ratings

✝️ Former Priest 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🙏 Religious Guilt 🕯️ Pregnancy Loss ⛓️ Bdsm And Kink

Mansion Beach

by Meg Mitchell Moore

A self-made woman buys a summer mansion to win back the man who chose old money over her.

3.40

11k+

🥂 Gatsby Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love 👩‍💼 Self-Made Woman ⚔️ Female Rivalry 🌊 Coastal New England

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Mansion Beach

A self-made woman buys a summer mansion to win back the man who chose old money over her.

by Meg Mitchell Moore 2025 336 pages

3.40

11k+ ratings

🥂 Gatsby Retelling 💔 Forbidden Love 👩‍💼 Self-Made Woman ⚔️ Female Rivalry 🌊 Coastal New England

We Who Will Die

by Stacia Stark

A vampire binds a bodyguard to kill the emperor inside his arena, or her brothers die.

4.07

89k+

🏟️ Gladiator Arena 💘 Second Chance Romance 🩸 Vampire Society 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Trauma Healing

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We Who Will Die

A vampire binds a bodyguard to kill the emperor inside his arena, or her brothers die.

by Stacia Stark 2025 423 pages

4.07

89k+ ratings

🏟️ Gladiator Arena 💘 Second Chance Romance 🩸 Vampire Society 👑 Political Intrigue 💔 Trauma Healing

Nobody Knows You're Here

by Bryn Greenwood

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

4.02

31k+

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

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Nobody Knows You're Here

A drugged coffee lands her captive in the woods, caring for kidnapped children whose captors kill.

by Bryn Greenwood 2025 348 pages

4.02

31k+ ratings

🏚️ Captivity Thriller ⛓️ Human Trafficking 👨‍👩‍👧 Captive Found Family 😱 Claustrophobic Dread 🌲 Remote Wilderness

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

4.29

4k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

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Grown Women

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

Those Across the River

by Christopher Buehlman

When a Georgia town ends its pig tribute, hungry things across the river come for blood.

3.71

16k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐺 Werewolf Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🤫 Dark Town Secret 🖤 Love And Monstrosity

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Those Across the River

When a Georgia town ends its pig tribute, hungry things across the river come for blood.

by Christopher Buehlman 2011 357 pages

3.71

16k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🐺 Werewolf Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🤫 Dark Town Secret 🖤 Love And Monstrosity

Court of Winter

by Krista Street

A wingless fairy becomes the captive of her family's killer and his dying continent's only hope.

4.12

34k+

🔮 Fae Court Intrigue ⛓️ Captive To Lover 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Hidden Magical Power

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Court of Winter

A wingless fairy becomes the captive of her family's killer and his dying continent's only hope.

by Krista Street 2023 354 pages

4.12

34k+ ratings

🔮 Fae Court Intrigue ⛓️ Captive To Lover 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance ✨ Hidden Magical Power

Severed Heart

by Kate Stewart

His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.

4.67

20k+

🕯️ Age Gap Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🥀 Terminal Illness 🔗 Abuse Survivor

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Severed Heart

His best friend's French aunt taught him war. He enlisted the morning after their forbidden night.

by Kate Stewart 2024 720 pages

4.67

20k+ ratings

🕯️ Age Gap Romance 🪖 Military Romance 💔 Second Chance Love 🥀 Terminal Illness 🔗 Abuse Survivor

Entwined

by Rebecca Quinn

Five men, one woman, a world of ash. Starvation brought the farmers to their gate.

4.23

7k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 🌍 Dystopian Romance 💕 Why Choose ⛓️ Power Exchange 🔥 Possessive Heroes

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Entwined

Five men, one woman, a world of ash. Starvation brought the farmers to their gate.

by Rebecca Quinn 2025

4.23

7k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 🌍 Dystopian Romance 💕 Why Choose ⛓️ Power Exchange 🔥 Possessive Heroes

Now You're Mine

by Morgan Bridges

She fell for the man who stalked her. He calls it protection. She starts to agree.

3.60

67k+

🖤 Dark Romance 👀 Stalker Hero 🔗 Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

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Now You're Mine

She fell for the man who stalked her. He calls it protection. She starts to agree.

by Morgan Bridges 2024 260 pages

3.60

67k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romance 👀 Stalker Hero 🔗 Captor Captive 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🤰 Secret Pregnancy

If Cats Disappeared from the World

by Genki Kawamura

A dying postman trades away phones for extra days of life. The devil's next price: cats.

3.79

100k+

😈 Faustian Bargain 🐱 Talking Cat 🌏 Contemporary Japan 🍃 Bittersweet 📖 Translated Fiction

If Cats Disappeared from the World Summary

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If Cats Disappeared from the World

A dying postman trades away phones for extra days of life. The devil's next price: cats.

by Genki Kawamura 2018 202 pages

3.79

100k+ ratings

😈 Faustian Bargain 🐱 Talking Cat 🌏 Contemporary Japan 🍃 Bittersweet 📖 Translated Fiction

Chain-Gang All-Stars

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

One kill from freedom in a televised death circuit, a fighter's final opponent is her lover.

4.11

97k+

🏚️ Prison Dystopia ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🔗 Mass Incarceration 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Dystopia

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Chain-Gang All-Stars

One kill from freedom in a televised death circuit, a fighter's final opponent is her lover.

by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 2023 367 pages

4.11

97k+ ratings

🏚️ Prison Dystopia ⚔️ Gladiatorial Combat 🔗 Mass Incarceration 💔 Doomed Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Dystopia

Use of Weapons

by Iain M. Banks

A broken soldier serves utopia until a new mission forces him to face his atrocity.

4.16

53k+

🪐 Military Space Opera 📚 Literary Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🚫 Redemption Denied

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Use of Weapons

A broken soldier serves utopia until a new mission forces him to face his atrocity.

by Iain M. Banks 1990 411 pages

4.16

53k+ ratings

🪐 Military Space Opera 📚 Literary Sci-Fi ⏳ Nonlinear Narrative 🎭 Stolen Identity 🚫 Redemption Denied

Last Twilight in Paris

by Pam Jenoff

A housewife finds a locket from 1944 and hunts through Paris for the prisoner she abandoned.

3.95

33k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌅 Postwar Reckoning 💎 Found Object Mystery 🤫 Silenced Woman 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

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Last Twilight in Paris

A housewife finds a locket from 1944 and hunts through Paris for the prisoner she abandoned.

by Pam Jenoff 2025 336 pages

3.95

33k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🌅 Postwar Reckoning 💎 Found Object Mystery 🤫 Silenced Woman 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth

Pretty Monster

by Sheridan Anne

Her stalker watches her sleep. Her neighbor takes her on dates. They share the same hands.

3.89

33k+

🖤 Stalker Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Fear Kink 🔪 Touch Her And Die ☠️ Serial Killer Hero

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Pretty Monster

Her stalker watches her sleep. Her neighbor takes her on dates. They share the same hands.

by Sheridan Anne 2023 440 pages

3.89

33k+ ratings

🖤 Stalker Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 😈 Fear Kink 🔪 Touch Her And Die ☠️ Serial Killer Hero

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

by Elle Cosimano

A novelist infiltrates a police academy to unmask a killer cop before the Russian mob collects.

3.83

85k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤪 Slapstick Suspense 🖤 Dark Humor 👶 Single Mom Life 👯 Female Friendship Duo

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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

A novelist infiltrates a police academy to unmask a killer cop before the Russian mob collects.

by Elle Cosimano 2023 304 pages

3.83

85k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🤪 Slapstick Suspense 🖤 Dark Humor 👶 Single Mom Life 👯 Female Friendship Duo

Earthlings

by Sayaka Murata

Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.

3.60

100k+

🏭 Social Horror 📚 Literary Horror 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Sexual Trauma

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Earthlings

Her body is public property. Natsuki has been hiding inside it since she was eleven.

by Sayaka Murata 2018 247 pages

3.60

100k+ ratings

🏭 Social Horror 📚 Literary Horror 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔮 Unreliable Reality 💔 Sexual Trauma

Swordheart

by T. Kingfisher

An enchanted sword binds a scarred immortal to a widow. He must protect her. He must hide his past.

4.06

46k+

💕 Fantasy Rom-Com ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine ⏳ Immortal X Mortal

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Swordheart

An enchanted sword binds a scarred immortal to a widow. He must protect her. He must hide his past.

by T. Kingfisher 2018 448 pages

4.06

46k+ ratings

💕 Fantasy Rom-Com ⚔️ Immortal Warrior 🗡️ Touch Her And Die ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine ⏳ Immortal X Mortal

Evenings and Weekends

by Oisín McKenna

Over one sweltering London weekend, four people inch toward saying what they've spent years hiding.

3.75

60k+

📋 Interconnected Lives 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🤫 Inherited Silence 🌅 Late Queer Awakening

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Evenings and Weekends

Over one sweltering London weekend, four people inch toward saying what they've spent years hiding.

by Oisín McKenna 2024 352 pages

3.75

60k+ ratings

📋 Interconnected Lives 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary 🚪 Closeted Protagonist 🤫 Inherited Silence 🌅 Late Queer Awakening

The Primal Hunter 2

by Zogarth

A tutorial king kills for sport. Jake's Bloodline defied prophecy. Poison evens the odds.

4.47

14k+

🌍 System Apocalypse 📊 Litrpg Progression 🧪 Alchemy Crafting 🐺 Lone Wolf 🏹 Archer Protagonist

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The Primal Hunter 2

A tutorial king kills for sport. Jake's Bloodline defied prophecy. Poison evens the odds.

by Zogarth 2022 740 pages

4.47

14k+ ratings

🌍 System Apocalypse 📊 Litrpg Progression 🧪 Alchemy Crafting 🐺 Lone Wolf 🏹 Archer Protagonist

Innocent by Scott Turow

by Scott Turow

A judge delays reporting his wife's death, and an old rival prosecutor takes the case.

3.99

18k+

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Marital Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father-Son Tension 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Morally Gray

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Innocent by Scott Turow

A judge delays reporting his wife's death, and an old rival prosecutor takes the case.

by Scott Turow 2010

3.99

18k+ ratings

⚖️ Courtroom Drama 💔 Marital Betrayal 👨‍👦 Father-Son Tension 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🌫️ Morally Gray

Prince's Gambit

by C.S. Pacat

A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.

4.37

92k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captor Captive

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Prince's Gambit

A slave's secret: he killed his prince's brother. War pushes them together, hatred becomes desire.

by C.S. Pacat 2013 404 pages

4.37

92k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 👑 Political Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity ⛓️ Captor Captive

The Irish Goodbye

by Heather Aimee O'Neill

Three sisters, one Thanksgiving, and a secret that sank a family twenty-five years ago.

3.72

51k+

🦃 Thanksgiving Reunion 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Sisters 🤫 Buried Family Secrets 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Homecoming ✝️ Catholic Guilt

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The Irish Goodbye

Three sisters, one Thanksgiving, and a secret that sank a family twenty-five years ago.

by Heather Aimee O'Neill 2025 288 pages

3.72

51k+ ratings

🦃 Thanksgiving Reunion 👩‍👩‍👧 Three Sisters 🤫 Buried Family Secrets 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Homecoming ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Nash Falls

by David Baldacci

When a deepfake frames him and his daughter is taken, a VP trades spreadsheets for revenge.

4.29

40k+

📊 Corporate Thriller 🏃 Fugitive Framed ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🔍 FBI Informant 🌐 Global Conspiracy

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Nash Falls

When a deepfake frames him and his daughter is taken, a VP trades spreadsheets for revenge.

by David Baldacci 2025 438 pages

4.29

40k+ ratings

📊 Corporate Thriller 🏃 Fugitive Framed ⚔️ Personal Vendetta 🔍 FBI Informant 🌐 Global Conspiracy

Soul Hunter

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

4.36

5k+

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

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Soul Hunter

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

4.36

5k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

by Katy Brent

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

3.66

49k+

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

How to Kill Men and Get Away With It Summary

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How to Kill Men and Get Away With It

She projects happiness on Instagram. At night she hunts predators. Someone is watching both lives.

by Katy Brent 2023 384 pages

3.66

49k+ ratings

⚖️ Vigilante Justice ✊ Feminist Revenge 🔪 Female Serial Killer 🎭 Dark Comedy Thriller 👁️ Stalker Mystery

The Female

by Invi Wright

Three demons buy a human woman as a placeholder. She refuses to stay temporary.

3.82

39k+

💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Demon Captor Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🤲 Touch Starved 🏠 Found Family

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The Female

Three demons buy a human woman as a placeholder. She refuses to stay temporary.

by Invi Wright 2023 397 pages

3.82

39k+ ratings

💕 Why Choose Romance 🖤 Demon Captor Romance 💫 Fated Mates 🤲 Touch Starved 🏠 Found Family

Odyssey

by Stephen Fry

Cunning Odysseus outwits monsters and gods for twenty years to reclaim his waiting wife.

4.28

24k+

🏛️ Homeric Retelling 👤 King In Disguise 💍 Faithful Wife 🐉 Monster Encounters 🎭 Witty Narration

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Odyssey

Cunning Odysseus outwits monsters and gods for twenty years to reclaim his waiting wife.

by Stephen Fry 2024 448 pages

4.28

24k+ ratings

🏛️ Homeric Retelling 👤 King In Disguise 💍 Faithful Wife 🐉 Monster Encounters 🎭 Witty Narration

Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

3.87

63k+

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

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Play Nice

Clio inherits her mother's house, and the demon in her closet has been expecting her.

by Rachel Harrison 2025 325 pages

3.87

63k+ ratings

👻 Haunted House 🔑 Family Secrets 👭 Dysfunctional Sisters 🎭 Gaslighting 😈 Dark Humor

Bourbon & Secrets

by Victoria Wilder

Back in Kentucky, a burlesque PI faces the widower who knows she buried a body.

4.09

38k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 💃 Performer Heroine 🌾 Southern Small Town

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Bourbon & Secrets

Back in Kentucky, a burlesque PI faces the widower who knows she buried a body.

by Victoria Wilder 2024 482 pages

4.09

38k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Suspense 💃 Performer Heroine 🌾 Southern Small Town

When Among Crows

by Veronica Roth

A mortal man, a cursed zmora, and a vengeful strzygoń must brave Baba Jaga's deadly trials together.

3.72

29k+

🏚️ Slavic Folklore 👁️ Hidden Monster Society ⚔️ Redemption Quest 🤝 Found Family 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

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When Among Crows

A mortal man, a cursed zmora, and a vengeful strzygoń must brave Baba Jaga's deadly trials together.

by Veronica Roth 2024 166 pages

3.72

29k+ ratings

🏚️ Slavic Folklore 👁️ Hidden Monster Society ⚔️ Redemption Quest 🤝 Found Family 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

The Stranger in Her House

by John Marrs

A con artist carer finds the handyman moving in on her elderly mark has killed before.

3.93

52k+

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Suspense 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game ⚖️ Morally Gray Protagonist 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

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The Stranger in Her House

A con artist carer finds the handyman moving in on her elderly mark has killed before.

by John Marrs 2024 347 pages

3.93

52k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🔪 Serial Killer Suspense 🐱 Cat And Mouse Game ⚖️ Morally Gray Protagonist 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

There Is No Antimemetics Division

by qntm

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

4.10

28k+

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

There Is No Antimemetics Division Summary

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There Is No Antimemetics Division

Marion Wheeler runs a division nobody remembers, fighting a thought that kills anyone who grasps it.

by qntm 2020 220 pages

4.10

28k+ ratings

👾 Cosmic Horror 📄 Bureaucratic Horror 🧠 Memory Erasure 💡 Idea Virus 🏛️ Secret Organization

The Silversmith

by L.J. Claren

An amnesiac queen must destroy a tyrant. Her scarred protector knows who she really is.

4.00

26k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🗡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 💫 Fated Mates

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The Silversmith

An amnesiac queen must destroy a tyrant. Her scarred protector knows who she really is.

by L.J. Claren 2025 473 pages

4.00

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 🗡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 💫 Fated Mates

Disquiet Gods

by Christopher Ruocchio

The Empire calls a deathless exile to hunt a higher-dimensional god that has already marked him.

4.56

15k+

📚 Literary Space Opera 👁️ Eldritch Space Beings 🔥 Resurrected Hero 🧬 Clone Dynasties 🌑 Cosmic Dread

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Disquiet Gods

The Empire calls a deathless exile to hunt a higher-dimensional god that has already marked him.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2024 704 pages

4.56

15k+ ratings

📚 Literary Space Opera 👁️ Eldritch Space Beings 🔥 Resurrected Hero 🧬 Clone Dynasties 🌑 Cosmic Dread

Happy Wife

by Meredith Lavender

Her wealthy husband vanishes from his party, and his young wife becomes everyone's only suspect.

3.67

42k+

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏌️ Country Club Mystery 🔍 Amateur Investigation 💍 Second Wife ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

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Happy Wife

Her wealthy husband vanishes from his party, and his young wife becomes everyone's only suspect.

by Meredith Lavender 2025 320 pages

3.67

42k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Suspense 🏌️ Country Club Mystery 🔍 Amateur Investigation 💍 Second Wife ⚖️ Wrongful Accusation

To Green Angel Tower

by Tad Williams

A kitchen boy, a princess, and a broken knight besiege the Storm King's deathless tower.

4.22

57k+

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4.22

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by M.W. Craven 2024 510 pages

4.55

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Three sisters reunite for their father's funeral at a glass house on stilts built for sacrifice.

3.58

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Private Rites

Three sisters reunite for their father's funeral at a glass house on stilts built for sacrifice.

by Julia Armfield 2024 291 pages

3.58

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Master of Salt & Bones

by Keri Lake

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

3.90

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Master of Salt & Bones

She takes a job at a cursed seaside castle and collides with its scarred, magnetic master.

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3.90

40k+ ratings

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The Earth hates humanity. A mother must bring back the Moon. Her daughter could stop her.

4.28

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The Obelisk Gate

The Earth hates humanity. A mother must bring back the Moon. Her daughter could stop her.

by N.K. Jemisin 2016 410 pages

4.28

100k+ ratings

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He wants to be dominated. That confession puts you in charge, not on stage.

3.71

121

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Femdom for Nice Girls

He wants to be dominated. That confession puts you in charge, not on stage.

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3.71

121 ratings

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