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In the Wilds of Derbyshire

by Jann Rowland • 2017

Cut off from her sister, Elizabeth Bennet seeks solace in Derbyshire and discovers an unlikely love.

4.10

500+

📖 Austen Variation 🕯️ Slow-Burn Courtship 💕 Sister Reconciliation 👯 Female Friendship 🌿 Derbyshire Countryside

In the Wilds of Derbyshire

Cut off from her sister, Elizabeth Bennet seeks solace in Derbyshire and discovers an unlikely love.

by Jann Rowland 2017 410 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

📖 Austen Variation 🕯️ Slow-Burn Courtship 💕 Sister Reconciliation 👯 Female Friendship 🌿 Derbyshire Countryside

Shadowman

by Nyla K. • 2025

Two violent men collide in an island prison, where tenderness is the deadliest secret.

4.30

2k+

🚓 Prison Romance 💔 Hurt/Comfort ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Survivors 🏠 Found Family

Shadowman

Two violent men collide in an island prison, where tenderness is the deadliest secret.

by Nyla K. 2025

4.30

2k+ ratings

🚓 Prison Romance 💔 Hurt/Comfort ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🩹 Trauma Survivors 🏠 Found Family

Poor Things

by Alasdair Gray • 1992

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

3.92

43k+

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Poor Things

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

by Alasdair Gray 1992 317 pages

3.92

43k+ ratings

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Netherland

by Joseph O'Neill • 2008

Post-9/11, a Dutch banker bonds with a Trinidadian hustler over cricket and a doomed American dream.

3.41

18k+

🏙️ Post-9/11 Fiction 🌍 Immigrant Dreams 💔 Crumbling Marriage ✨ Charismatic Stranger 🏏 Sports And Identity

Netherland

Post-9/11, a Dutch banker bonds with a Trinidadian hustler over cricket and a doomed American dream.

by Joseph O'Neill 2008

3.41

18k+ ratings

🏙️ Post-9/11 Fiction 🌍 Immigrant Dreams 💔 Crumbling Marriage ✨ Charismatic Stranger 🏏 Sports And Identity

One More Song

by Annah Conwell • 2022

A bridesmaid must duet with her country star ex: the best friend's brother who left her.

4.09

2k+

💞 Second Chance Romance 🎵 Musician Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤝 Forced Proximity

One More Song

A bridesmaid must duet with her country star ex: the best friend's brother who left her.

by Annah Conwell 2022 341 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

💞 Second Chance Romance 🎵 Musician Romance 🏡 Small Town Romance 👫 Best Friend's Brother 🤝 Forced Proximity

Dash

by Kayley Loring • 2022

A football star forced into ballet class finds his teacher immune to every move he has.

4.21

1k+

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🩰 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Romance 😏 Witty Banter 🔥 Emotional Slow Burn

Dash

A football star forced into ballet class finds his teacher immune to every move he has.

by Kayley Loring 2022 392 pages

4.21

1k+ ratings

🥊 Enemies To Lovers 🩰 Forced Proximity 💔 Second Chance Romance 😏 Witty Banter 🔥 Emotional Slow Burn

The Other Typist

by Suzanne Rindell • 2013

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

3.55

19k+

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

The Other Typist

A prim typist's obsession with a glamorous coworker draws her into 1920s New York's underworld.

by Suzanne Rindell 2013 384 pages

3.55

19k+ ratings

🎭 Unreliable Narrator 🖤 Dangerous Obsession 💋 Femme Fatale 🍸 Jazz Age 👤 Stolen Identity

Perfect

by Ariana Rivers • 2025

Fleeing abuse, she falls for a man whose devotion is indistinguishable from control.

4.10

500+

🕵️ Stalker Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏃 Fleeing Abuse 🖤 Obsessive Love 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Perfect

Fleeing abuse, she falls for a man whose devotion is indistinguishable from control.

by Ariana Rivers 2025 623 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

🕵️ Stalker Romance 💔 Trauma Bonding 🏃 Fleeing Abuse 🖤 Obsessive Love 🧠 Psychological Suspense

Broken Rules

by I.A. Dice • 2022

A mafia heiress and her father's rival share one kiss that could set a city at war.

3.89

5k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Rival Families 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Broken Rules

A mafia heiress and her father's rival share one kiss that could set a city at war.

by I.A. Dice 2022 255 pages

3.89

5k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🌑 Dark Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Rival Families 🔪 Touch Her And Die

The Last Song of Penelope

by Claire North • 2024

Penelope ruled Ithaca in secret for twenty years. Odysseus returns with blood on his mind.

4.29

3k+

🏺 Mythological Retelling 🏛️ Ancient Greece 👁️ Divine Narrator 🕸️ Women's Secret Council ⚔️ Cycle Of Revenge

The Last Song of Penelope

Penelope ruled Ithaca in secret for twenty years. Odysseus returns with blood on his mind.

by Claire North 2024 464 pages

4.29

3k+ ratings

🏺 Mythological Retelling 🏛️ Ancient Greece 👁️ Divine Narrator 🕸️ Women's Secret Council ⚔️ Cycle Of Revenge

Court of the Vampire Queen

by Katee Robert • 2022

She was bred to be a vampire's pawn; instead she stole their power and his throne.

3.35

81k+

🧛 Vampire Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🔗 Fated Mates 🌑 Dark Paranormal 🖤 Paranormal Erotica

Court of the Vampire Queen

She was bred to be a vampire's pawn; instead she stole their power and his throne.

by Katee Robert 2022 496 pages

3.35

81k+ ratings

🧛 Vampire Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🔗 Fated Mates 🌑 Dark Paranormal 🖤 Paranormal Erotica

Elizabeth's Deception

by Kate Speck • 2020

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

3.84

286

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

Elizabeth's Deception

Hiding as a bastard daughter to escape assassination, Elizabeth Bennet never counted on Mr. Darcy.

by Kate Speck 2020 169 pages

3.84

286 ratings

🖋️ Austen Retelling 💕 Regency Romance 👑 Secret Heiress ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 🔐 Codebreaker Heroine

The Sweetest Fix

by Tessa Bailey • 2021

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

3.90

6k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery

The Sweetest Fix

After missing her big break, a dancer targets a grumpy baker to reach his famous father.

by Tessa Bailey 2021 208 pages

3.90

6k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🤐 Hidden Motives 🔥 Steamy Romance 🧲 Opposites Attract 🍪 Bakery

The Raven at the Ash Door

by K.A. Linde • 2026

A half-Fae thief loves a warlock, but a magical bond binds her to his oldest enemy.

4.18

2k+

🍀 Celtic Mythology 💫 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Magical Bond 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Heist Crew

The Raven at the Ash Door

A half-Fae thief loves a warlock, but a magical bond binds her to his oldest enemy.

by K.A. Linde 2026 400 pages

4.18

2k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Mythology 💫 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Magical Bond 🫂 Found Family 🗝️ Heist Crew

Baby, Let's Play House

by Alanna Nash • 2009

A dead twin and an enmeshed mother: the two ghosts that ruled Elvis Presley’s love life.

4.09

500+

🧠 Psychobiography 🕊️ Survivor Guilt 🤱 Mother-Son Bonds 💊 Fame And Addiction 🎸 Rock And Roll

Baby, Let's Play House

A dead twin and an enmeshed mother: the two ghosts that ruled Elvis Presley’s love life.

by Alanna Nash 2009 704 pages

4.09

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychobiography 🕊️ Survivor Guilt 🤱 Mother-Son Bonds 💊 Fame And Addiction 🎸 Rock And Roll

The Financial Lives of the Poets

by Jess Walter • 2009

A broke financial poet facing foreclosure runs one last scheme: selling marijuana to his neighbors.

3.72

11k+

💸 Financial Satire 🏘️ Suburban Dark Comedy 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📉 Downward Mobility 😰 Midlife Crisis

The Financial Lives of the Poets

A broke financial poet facing foreclosure runs one last scheme: selling marijuana to his neighbors.

by Jess Walter 2009

3.72

11k+ ratings

💸 Financial Satire 🏘️ Suburban Dark Comedy 💔 Crumbling Marriage 📉 Downward Mobility 😰 Midlife Crisis

Once Upon a Boyband

by Jenny Proctor • 2024

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

4.24

5k+

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

Once Upon a Boyband

A small-town vet falls for a dog rescuer: her teenage boyband obsession, in hiding.

by Jenny Proctor 2024 358 pages

4.24

5k+ ratings

🎤 Celebrity Romance 🎭 Secret Identity 🐾 Animal Rescue 🏡 Small Town Romance 💔 Healing From Grief

GPS

by Lucie Rico • 2022

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

3.09

418

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📡 Digital Surveillance

GPS

After her best friend vanishes, a woman obsessively tracks the GPS dot still moving on her phone.

by Lucie Rico 2022 215 pages

3.09

418 ratings

🧩 Obsessive Friendship 📱 Grief And Technology 🔍 Literary Mystery 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 📡 Digital Surveillance

I Liked My Life

by Abby Fabiaschi • 2017

A dead mother handpicks her replacement, determined to fix the family she left behind.

4.15

15k+

👻 Posthumous Narrator 💔 Grieving Teenager 🌅 Love After Loss 🤝 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet

I Liked My Life

A dead mother handpicks her replacement, determined to fix the family she left behind.

by Abby Fabiaschi 2017 272 pages

4.15

15k+ ratings

👻 Posthumous Narrator 💔 Grieving Teenager 🌅 Love After Loss 🤝 Found Family 🥀 Bittersweet

La Papeterie Tsubaki

by Ito Ogawa • 2016

She never wanted the shop, but now she writes the words her Kamakura neighbors cannot say.

4.11

11k+

🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🏪 Inherited Shop 🍵 Cozy Japanese Setting 💌 Healing Fiction

La Papeterie Tsubaki

She never wanted the shop, but now she writes the words her Kamakura neighbors cannot say.

by Ito Ogawa 2016 375 pages

4.11

11k+ ratings

🍃 Slice Of Life 🫂 Found Family 🏪 Inherited Shop 🍵 Cozy Japanese Setting 💌 Healing Fiction

Bourbon Bliss

by Claire Kingsley • 2019

A retired quarterback falls for an actuary whose world of numbers has no column for love.

4.35

22k+

🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Former Athlete 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Bourbon Bliss

A retired quarterback falls for an actuary whose world of numbers has no column for love.

by Claire Kingsley 2019 400 pages

4.35

22k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Heroine 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏈 Former Athlete 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 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

38k+

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

A Dance with the Fae Prince

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

by Elise Kova 2021 429 pages

3.82

38k+ ratings

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

Beyond the Faerie Gate

by Marie Mistry • 2022

A sickly changeling claims a dying Faerie that blooms at her touch, and five fated knights await.

4.26

4k+

🦋 Changeling Myth 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Queen 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏰 Fae Courts

Beyond the Faerie Gate

A sickly changeling claims a dying Faerie that blooms at her touch, and five fated knights await.

by Marie Mistry 2022 418 pages

4.26

4k+ ratings

🦋 Changeling Myth 💫 Fated Mates 👑 Reluctant Queen 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🏰 Fae Courts

The Ex Hex

by Erin Sterling • 2021

She cursed her ex. Nine years later, he returns to a town unraveling under her hex.

3.47

200k+

🧹 Witch Romantic Comedy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🏠 Forced Proximity ✨ Magical Mishaps

The Ex Hex

She cursed her ex. Nine years later, he returns to a town unraveling under her hex.

by Erin Sterling 2021 308 pages

3.47

200k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Romantic Comedy 💔 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Witch 🏠 Forced Proximity ✨ Magical Mishaps

Du thé pour les fantômes

by Chris Vuklisevic • 2023

In a Nice tea salon, a ghost medium and her poisonous twin unravel their mother's shattered past.

3.80

3k+

🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 💔 Estranged Sisters 👻 Ghost Medium 🍵 Magical Tea Shop 🔍 Family Secrets

Du thé pour les fantômes

In a Nice tea salon, a ghost medium and her poisonous twin unravel their mother's shattered past.

by Chris Vuklisevic 2023 448 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisters 💔 Estranged Sisters 👻 Ghost Medium 🍵 Magical Tea Shop 🔍 Family Secrets

The Blood Mirror

by Brent Weeks • 2015

Powerless and imprisoned, a fallen mage must assassinate a god to win his freedom.

4.32

53k+

⚔️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎭 Secret Identity 👑 Reluctant Leader 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

The Blood Mirror

Powerless and imprisoned, a fallen mage must assassinate a god to win his freedom.

by Brent Weeks 2015 704 pages

4.32

53k+ ratings

⚔️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🎭 Secret Identity 👑 Reluctant Leader 💍 Marriage Of Convenience

Abby Offsides

by Anna McCallie • 2026

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

3.95

4k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Abby Offsides

Starting over in a Liverpool football job, she's drawn to the team's married Scottish star.

by Anna McCallie 2026 368 pages

3.95

4k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 🫂 Found Family 💼 Workplace Romance 💬 Witty Banter

Blood Orchid

by Stuart Woods • 2002

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

4.07

11k+

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

Blood Orchid

A bullet interrupts a Florida police chief's dinner, and three developers are already dead.

by Stuart Woods 2002 357 pages

4.07

11k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 🕵️ Organized Crime 👮‍♀️ Woman In Law Enforcement 🏘️ Small Town Secrets ☀️ Sunshine Noir

Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

by Ben Reeves • 2026

Death is a lonely man restoring old photographs. A child's friendship shatters his detachment.

4.01

19k+

🖤 Death As Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Grieving Mother 🌧️ Melancholy Tenderness 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

Death is a lonely man restoring old photographs. A child's friendship shatters his detachment.

by Ben Reeves 2026 256 pages

4.01

19k+ ratings

🖤 Death As Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 💔 Grieving Mother 🌧️ Melancholy Tenderness 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

For Lucy

by Jewel E. Ann • 2021

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

4.43

7k+

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents 😭 Ugly Cry Book

For Lucy

A lie to protect his daughter costs a father his wife after their young son drowns.

by Jewel E. Ann 2021 306 pages

4.43

7k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Love 💔 Estranged Spouses 🤫 Family Secret 😢 Grieving Parents 😭 Ugly Cry Book

Bridgerton Collection, Volume 1

by Julia Quinn • 2000

A duke who will not marry. A debutante who must. One fake courtship, two real hearts.

4.29

22k+

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 👠 Cinderella Retelling 🎭 Fake Relationship 😈 Reformed Rake 💔 Wounded Hero

Bridgerton Collection, Volume 1

A duke who will not marry. A debutante who must. One fake courtship, two real hearts.

by Julia Quinn 2000 1053 pages

4.29

22k+ ratings

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 👠 Cinderella Retelling 🎭 Fake Relationship 😈 Reformed Rake 💔 Wounded Hero

80s Ghosts

by V.S. Lawrence • 2024

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

3.73

1k+

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

80s Ghosts

A ghost-hunting crew investigates a school where a 1987 fire trapped dozens of restless souls.

by V.S. Lawrence 2024 346 pages

3.73

1k+ ratings

🔍 Paranormal Investigation 🏚️ Haunted School 👥 Ghost Hunting Crew 🔮 Psychic Medium 😈 Vengeful Spirit

The War God's Favorite

by Jenny Fox • 2021

A slave thrown to dragons earns a prince's protection, but the court wants her dead.

4.21

3k+

🐉 Dragon Soul Bond 💞 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The War God's Favorite

A slave thrown to dragons earns a prince's protection, but the court wants her dead.

by Jenny Fox 2021 650 pages

4.21

3k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Soul Bond 💞 Fated Mates 🛡️ Protective Hero 🌿 Healer Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

by Miranda Dickinson • 2018

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

4.01

500+

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Two strangers bond over a beach star game, then a town vote makes them enemies.

by Miranda Dickinson 2018 497 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

💞 Strangers To Lovers 👨‍👧 Single Dad 🏘️ Small Town Romance 📬 Message In A Bottle 💔 Love After Loss

L'Orpheline du temple

by Victoria Mas • 2025

A revolutionary guard falls in love with the Bourbon princess he keeps prisoner.

3.49

233

🇫🇷 French Revolution 📜 Epistolary Novel 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Family Secrets 🔗 Captivity

L'Orpheline du temple

A revolutionary guard falls in love with the Bourbon princess he keeps prisoner.

by Victoria Mas 2025 176 pages

3.49

233 ratings

🇫🇷 French Revolution 📜 Epistolary Novel 💔 Forbidden Love 🤫 Family Secrets 🔗 Captivity

A Spot of Bother

by Mark Haddon • 2006

A British family braces for a wedding while the father secretly comes apart at the seams.

3.50

38k+

🎭 Family Tragicomedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 👔 Repressed Patriarch 💔 Hidden Affair 💒 Wedding Chaos

A Spot of Bother

A British family braces for a wedding while the father secretly comes apart at the seams.

by Mark Haddon 2006 354 pages

3.50

38k+ ratings

🎭 Family Tragicomedy 🖤 Dark Comedy 👔 Repressed Patriarch 💔 Hidden Affair 💒 Wedding Chaos

More Like Enemigas

by Stephanie Hope • 2026

A failing restaurateur’s last hope is a wedding, but her cabin mate is her childhood nemesis.

3.42

339

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇨🇺 Cuban American 🍽️ Foodie Romance

More Like Enemigas

A failing restaurateur’s last hope is a wedding, but her cabin mate is her childhood nemesis.

by Stephanie Hope 2026 320 pages

3.42

339 ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 👥 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇨🇺 Cuban American 🍽️ Foodie Romance

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

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

by David R. Slayton 2020 320 pages

3.91

12k+ ratings

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

The Cows

by Dawn O'Porter • 2016

Train camera exposes a mother; viral shame entangles a childfree blogger and a grieving woman.

3.89

32k+

🎥 Viral Shaming 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 👩‍👧 Complicated Motherhood 👭 Unlikely Sisterhood 🖤 Grief And Obsession

The Cows

Train camera exposes a mother; viral shame entangles a childfree blogger and a grieving woman.

by Dawn O'Porter 2016 400 pages

3.89

32k+ ratings

🎥 Viral Shaming 🩺 Bodily Autonomy 👩‍👧 Complicated Motherhood 👭 Unlikely Sisterhood 🖤 Grief And Obsession

Wed to the Lich

by Layla Fae • 2023

Desperate and starving, May marries a lich. She expects a monster; he offers gentle shadows instead.

3.97

7k+

💍 Arranged Marriage 👹 Gentle Monster 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

Wed to the Lich

Desperate and starving, May marries a lich. She expects a monster; he offers gentle shadows instead.

by Layla Fae 2023 208 pages

3.97

7k+ ratings

💍 Arranged Marriage 👹 Gentle Monster 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🔥 Slow Burn ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing

My Blade, Your Back

by K.M. Moronova • 2025

She forgot him. He caused it. Their love is deadlier than the drugs they share.

4.05

23k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Amnesia Romance ⚔️ Battle Couple 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance

My Blade, Your Back

She forgot him. He caused it. Their love is deadlier than the drugs they share.

by K.M. Moronova 2025

4.05

23k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 📖 Amnesia Romance ⚔️ Battle Couple 🔒 Forced Proximity 🌑 Dark Fantasy Romance

The Mask of Sanity

by Jacob M. Appel • 2017

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

3.80

500+

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🖤 Dark Satire 🏘️ Suburban Darkness

The Mask of Sanity

A respected doctor discovers his wife's affair, and his own talent for getting away with murder.

by Jacob M. Appel 2017 256 pages

3.80

500+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Thriller 🎭 Sociopath Protagonist 🔪 Serial Killer Pov 🖤 Dark Satire 🏘️ Suburban Darkness

The Truth About Ruby Cooper

by Liz Nugent • 2026

A jealous teenager frames her sister's boyfriend for rape; the lie haunts three decades.

4.12

8k+

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry ⚖️ False Accusation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Truth About Ruby Cooper

A jealous teenager frames her sister's boyfriend for rape; the lie haunts three decades.

by Liz Nugent 2026 369 pages

4.12

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Thriller 👯‍♀️ Sibling Rivalry ⚖️ False Accusation 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🔗 Generational Trauma

The Traitor Queen

by Trudi Canavan • 2012

Kidnapped by a hidden sisterhood, a magician's son must answer for his father's broken promise.

4.04

15k+

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 🏴 Hidden Rebellion 🪤 Weaponized Addiction 🏜️ Desert Wasteland

The Traitor Queen

Kidnapped by a hidden sisterhood, a magician's son must answer for his father's broken promise.

by Trudi Canavan 2012 509 pages

4.04

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Fantasy 🗡️ Criminal Underworld 🏴 Hidden Rebellion 🪤 Weaponized Addiction 🏜️ Desert Wasteland

Facial Justice

by L.P. Hartley • 1960

Postwar England mandates identical faces to stamp out envy. One woman refuses to give hers up.

3.40

355

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🫥 Enforced Conformity ✊ Reluctant Revolutionary 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌫️ Bleak Atmosphere

Facial Justice

Postwar England mandates identical faces to stamp out envy. One woman refuses to give hers up.

by L.P. Hartley 1960 263 pages

3.40

355 ratings

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🫥 Enforced Conformity ✊ Reluctant Revolutionary 💔 Forbidden Romance 🌫️ Bleak Atmosphere

Raven's Dawn

by Charlie Nottingham • 2024

Four lovers enter a Fae war. The trials ahead will break them or bind them forever.

4.36

216

💕 Polyamorous Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery ⚔️ Fae At War 🐉 Dragon Riders

Raven's Dawn

Four lovers enter a Fae war. The trials ahead will break them or bind them forever.

by Charlie Nottingham 2024 272 pages

4.36

216 ratings

💕 Polyamorous Fantasy 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Trauma Recovery ⚔️ Fae At War 🐉 Dragon Riders

Power Play

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A reporter proposes a deal: fake dates for sex lessons with hockey's most guarded goalie.

4.03

89k+

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Fake Dating 💒 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Sex Positivity

Power Play

A reporter proposes a deal: fake dates for sex lessons with hockey's most guarded goalie.

by Chelsea Curto 2024 514 pages

4.03

89k+ ratings

☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🎭 Fake Dating 💒 Marriage Of Convenience 💼 Workplace Romance 🔥 Sex Positivity

His Kingdom

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A runaway bride lands in Vegas, where a casino boss's lethal obsession becomes her shelter.

3.83

10k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👰 Runaway Bride ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Traumatized Hero

His Kingdom

A runaway bride lands in Vegas, where a casino boss's lethal obsession becomes her shelter.

by Kylie Kent 2025 388 pages

3.83

10k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 👰 Runaway Bride ⚔️ Touch Her And Die 💔 Traumatized Hero

Orchid Blues

by Stuart Woods • 2001

A heist kills her fiancé. A police chief tracks the robbers into a militia's assassination plot.

4.00

8k+

🚔 Police Procedural 💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Undercover Work 🏘️ Small Town Crime ☠️ Deadly Cult

Orchid Blues

A heist kills her fiancé. A police chief tracks the robbers into a militia's assassination plot.

by Stuart Woods 2001 389 pages

4.00

8k+ ratings

🚔 Police Procedural 💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Undercover Work 🏘️ Small Town Crime ☠️ Deadly Cult

I Know How This Ends

by Holly Smale • 2025

One touch reveals their future: the wedding, the stepdaughter, the heartbreak. She leans in anyway.

4.11

5k+

🕰️ Precognitive Romance 📋 Dating Experiment 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

I Know How This Ends

One touch reveals their future: the wedding, the stepdaughter, the heartbreak. She leans in anyway.

by Holly Smale 2025 368 pages

4.11

5k+ ratings

🕰️ Precognitive Romance 📋 Dating Experiment 👨‍👧 Single Dad Romance 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

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