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A Deal with the Shadow King

by Anya J. Cosgrove

Sold to the Shadow King, a princess falls for a masked knight hiding a devastating curse.

3.67

5k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🖤 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💀 Cursed Immortals 🌙 Dark Sensual Romance

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A Deal with the Shadow King

Sold to the Shadow King, a princess falls for a masked knight hiding a devastating curse.

by Anya J. Cosgrove 2024 358 pages

3.67

5k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🖤 Shadow Magic ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💀 Cursed Immortals 🌙 Dark Sensual Romance

The Island

by Natasha Preston

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

3.48

38k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

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The Island

A true-crime vlogger joins five influencers on a remote island. Then the murders begin.

by Natasha Preston 2023 303 pages

3.48

38k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🔪 Teen Slasher 🎭 Hidden Identity Killer 🎬 True Crime Protagonist 💔 Betrayal By Friend

Hunt the Villain

by Rina Kent

Rival mafia heirs share one night in a cave; for four years, the wanting never stops.

4.45

49k+

🤫 Secret Relationship 💔 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Forced Proximity 😭 High Angst

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Hunt the Villain

Rival mafia heirs share one night in a cave; for four years, the wanting never stops.

by Rina Kent 2026 546 pages

4.45

49k+ ratings

🤫 Secret Relationship 💔 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🏠 Forced Proximity 😭 High Angst

Her Psycho Beasts

by E.P. Bali

A rare shifter bargains with a mad shark prince: he saves her friend, she becomes his.

4.25

10k+

🏫 Dark Academy Setting 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Morally Grey Heroes 🖤 Tortured Hero 💔 Fated Mate Rejection

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Her Psycho Beasts

A rare shifter bargains with a mad shark prince: he saves her friend, she becomes his.

by E.P. Bali 2024 543 pages

4.25

10k+ ratings

🏫 Dark Academy Setting 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💀 Morally Grey Heroes 🖤 Tortured Hero 💔 Fated Mate Rejection

Dreadgod

by Will Wight

When a Dreadgod targets his family, Lindon risks becoming a monster himself to fight back.

4.62

27k+

🪜 Progression Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚠️ Power At A Cost ⚔️ High Stakes Action 😈 Monster Within

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Dreadgod

When a Dreadgod targets his family, Lindon risks becoming a monster himself to fight back.

by Will Wight 2022 464 pages

4.62

27k+ ratings

🪜 Progression Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family ⚠️ Power At A Cost ⚔️ High Stakes Action 😈 Monster Within

Bitten

by Jordan Stephanie Gray

A wolf killed her friend. A prince turned her. Now the werewolf court wants her dead.

3.70

6k+

🏰 Werewolf Court Politics 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Secret Heir

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Bitten

A wolf killed her friend. A prince turned her. Now the werewolf court wants her dead.

by Jordan Stephanie Gray 2025 384 pages

3.70

6k+ ratings

🏰 Werewolf Court Politics 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Secret Heir

Unspeakable Things

by Jess Lourey

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

3.78

91k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence 🌫️ Creeping Dread

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Unspeakable Things

Boys vanish. A girl hunts the predator. But her father's footsteps climb the stairs toward her room.

by Jess Lourey 2020 296 pages

3.78

91k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 👧 Child Narrator 🔑 Dark Family Secrets 🤫 Conspiracy Of Silence 🌫️ Creeping Dread

It's Not Her

by Mary Kubica

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

3.94

100k+

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

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It's Not Her

A grieving father arrives at a lake rental convinced the family's teenager is his missing daughter.

by Mary Kubica 2026 342 pages

3.94

100k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Thriller 🤫 Small Town Secrets 🕵️ Unreliable Detective 📱 Social Media Fallout 💔 Obsessive Grief

A Faint Cold Fear

by Karin Slaughter

A staged suicide, a stabbed sister, and a campus where every death hides a killer's secret.

4.03

64k+

🩻 Forensic Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🩺 Coroner Protagonist 💔 Traumatized Detective

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A Faint Cold Fear

A staged suicide, a stabbed sister, and a campus where every death hides a killer's secret.

by Karin Slaughter 2003 422 pages

4.03

64k+ ratings

🩻 Forensic Crime Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏘️ Small Town Crime 🩺 Coroner Protagonist 💔 Traumatized Detective

The Scattered Bones

by Nicole Scarano

Groomed as a goddess's vessel, she chose a thief. Now she hunts his dismembered body.

4.07

10k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🏛️ Mythological Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚰️ Resurrection Quest ⚡ Gods And Mortals

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The Scattered Bones

Groomed as a goddess's vessel, she chose a thief. Now she hunts his dismembered body.

by Nicole Scarano 2023 280 pages

4.07

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 🏛️ Mythological Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚰️ Resurrection Quest ⚡ Gods And Mortals

The Gospel Singer

by Harry Crews

A fraudulent gospel singer returns home: his lover is dead, an innocent man awaits the rope.

4.22

2k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎭 False Prophet 🪢 Lynching 🩸 Grotesque Realism 🐷 Rural South

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The Gospel Singer

A fraudulent gospel singer returns home: his lover is dead, an innocent man awaits the rope.

by Harry Crews 1968 300 pages

4.22

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🎭 False Prophet 🪢 Lynching 🩸 Grotesque Realism 🐷 Rural South

The Fifth to Die

by J.D. Barker

A frozen lagoon, a girl in another's clothes, and a killer who drowns his victims repeatedly.

4.32

45k+

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔥 Revenge 🧪 Forensic Detail ❄️ Bleak Winter

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The Fifth to Die

A frozen lagoon, a girl in another's clothes, and a killer who drowns his victims repeatedly.

by J.D. Barker 2018 543 pages

4.32

45k+ ratings

🔪 Serial Killer Thriller 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🔥 Revenge 🧪 Forensic Detail ❄️ Bleak Winter

Long Shot

by Kennedy Ryan

A point guard meets his dream woman at a dive bar. She is his rival's girlfriend.

4.16

81k+

🏀 Basketball Romance 🖤 Domestic Abuse Survivor 💫 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🧸 Single Mother

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Long Shot

A point guard meets his dream woman at a dive bar. She is his rival's girlfriend.

by Kennedy Ryan 2018 462 pages

4.16

81k+ ratings

🏀 Basketball Romance 🖤 Domestic Abuse Survivor 💫 Second Chance Romance 🛡️ Protective Hero 🧸 Single Mother

The Gone World

by Tom Sweterlitsch

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

3.91

29k+

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

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The Gone World

An NCIS agent hunts a missing girl through time, but every future is already ending.

by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 400 pages

3.91

29k+ ratings

🖤 Cosmic Horror 🔍 Time Travel Detective ⏳ Alternate Timelines 🕯️ Cult And Conspiracy 👥 Mirror Selves

A Crown of Victory and Vengeance

by Vera Raye

Betrayed at the altar, a queen weaponizes her grief to claim her fated mate's kingdom.

4.12

2k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Fated Mates 👑 Political Intrigue ⚔️ Romantasy 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

A Crown of Victory and Vengeance Summary

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A Crown of Victory and Vengeance

Betrayed at the altar, a queen weaponizes her grief to claim her fated mate's kingdom.

by Vera Raye 2025 688 pages

4.12

2k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Fated Mates 👑 Political Intrigue ⚔️ Romantasy 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Hers

by A.K. Rose

She is sold into trafficking by her mother. Her only hope: three possessive stepbrothers.

3.94

14k+

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Dark Captive Romance 👥 Why Choose 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers

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Hers

She is sold into trafficking by her mother. Her only hope: three possessive stepbrothers.

by A.K. Rose 2022 340 pages

3.94

14k+ ratings

🔫 Mafia Romance ⛓️ Dark Captive Romance 👥 Why Choose 🚫 Stepbrother Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Given

by Amy Pennza

Her brother sold her to vampires. Now their king and his general both want her.

3.75

6k+

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 💫 Fated Mates 🥀 Blood Binding

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Given

Her brother sold her to vampires. Now their king and his general both want her.

by Amy Pennza 2024 398 pages

3.75

6k+ ratings

🩸 Dark Vampire Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage 💫 Fated Mates 🥀 Blood Binding

Wings of Snow

by Krista Street

Magic stolen by a sea king, a winged fae must ally with the dragon prince she fled.

4.10

21k+

🖤 Fated Mates 👑 Fae Courts 🐉 Dragon Shifter 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏰 Court Intrigue

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Wings of Snow

Magic stolen by a sea king, a winged fae must ally with the dragon prince she fled.

by Krista Street 2023 390 pages

4.10

21k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 👑 Fae Courts 🐉 Dragon Shifter 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 🏰 Court Intrigue

In the Gray

by B.B. Reid

She came hunting her past. The most dangerous mechanic in Mississippi claimed her instead.

4.05

6k+

👊 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

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In the Gray

She came hunting her past. The most dangerous mechanic in Mississippi claimed her instead.

by B.B. Reid 2023 440 pages

4.05

6k+ ratings

👊 Enemies To Lovers 💼 Workplace Romance 🖤 Morally Gray Hero 💔 Forbidden Love 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Hide and Seek

by Sheridan Anne

A forensic pathologist is hunted by a masked stalker. Her only refuge is her step-uncle.

4.05

6k+

🖤 Dark Stalker Romance 🔪 Masked Stalker 🚫 Forbidden Love 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Morgue Setting

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Hide and Seek

A forensic pathologist is hunted by a masked stalker. Her only refuge is her step-uncle.

by Sheridan Anne 2025 479 pages

4.05

6k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Stalker Romance 🔪 Masked Stalker 🚫 Forbidden Love 🤔 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Morgue Setting

The Pawn and the Puppet

by Brandi Elise Szeker

For her sister, she enters a brutal asylum where the deadliest patient already knows her name.

3.92

12k+

🧠 Dissociative Identity 🔬 Government Experiment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 💔 Trauma Bonding

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The Pawn and the Puppet

For her sister, she enters a brutal asylum where the deadliest patient already knows her name.

by Brandi Elise Szeker 2022 344 pages

3.92

12k+ ratings

🧠 Dissociative Identity 🔬 Government Experiment 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏚️ Gothic Asylum 💔 Trauma Bonding

Her Rabid Beasts

by E.P. Bali

A Boneweaver's death sentence binds her to five fated mates, including the lion who condemned her.

4.20

13k+

🐺 Shifter Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🔗 Fated Mates 🏰 Magical Academy 🔪 Touch Her And Die

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Her Rabid Beasts

A Boneweaver's death sentence binds her to five fated mates, including the lion who condemned her.

by E.P. Bali 2024 556 pages

4.20

13k+ ratings

🐺 Shifter Romance 👥 Reverse Harem 🔗 Fated Mates 🏰 Magical Academy 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Howling Dark

by Christopher Ruocchio

He steals an alien priest and seeks an immortal king to end a galaxy-spanning war.

4.34

29k+

🔮 Gothic Space Opera 👑 Immortal Ruler 🕳️ Cosmic Horror Beneath 💀 Death And Rebirth 🤝 Alien Diplomacy

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Howling Dark

He steals an alien priest and seeks an immortal king to end a galaxy-spanning war.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2019 688 pages

4.34

29k+ ratings

🔮 Gothic Space Opera 👑 Immortal Ruler 🕳️ Cosmic Horror Beneath 💀 Death And Rebirth 🤝 Alien Diplomacy

Twisted Pawn

by L.J. Shen

A mafia heir must give the woman he has stalked to his rival as a bride.

4.11

36k+

🕴️ Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👧 Childhood Bond

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Twisted Pawn

A mafia heir must give the woman he has stalked to his rival as a bride.

by L.J. Shen 2026 466 pages

4.11

36k+ ratings

🕴️ Mafia Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🔄 Second Chance 🖤 Obsessive Antihero 👧 Childhood Bond

Satanic Shadows

by Leigh Rivers

At a dark academy, she's bound to a masked prince who has loved her across lifetimes.

4.10

9k+

🔮 Dark Magical Academy 💫 Fated Mates ♻️ Reincarnated Lovers ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

Immersive

Satanic Shadows

At a dark academy, she's bound to a masked prince who has loved her across lifetimes.

by Leigh Rivers 2024 280 pages

4.10

9k+ ratings

🔮 Dark Magical Academy 💫 Fated Mates ♻️ Reincarnated Lovers ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🌑 Shadow Magic

Mortal Skin

by Lily Mayne

A half-fae man kidnapped to the Unseelie court becomes the obsession of its deadliest prince.

4.34

10k+

🖤 Dark Fae Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Hidden Identity 👁️ Secret Watcher 🐾 Animal Companion

Immersive

Mortal Skin

A half-fae man kidnapped to the Unseelie court becomes the obsession of its deadliest prince.

by Lily Mayne 2022 359 pages

4.34

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fae Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🐺 Hidden Identity 👁️ Secret Watcher 🐾 Animal Companion

Salt Kiss

by Sierra Simone

A war-weary bodyguard falls for a kink club king, then is ordered to fetch the king's bride.

3.98

19k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ❤️ Polyamory ⛓️ BDSM Dynamics 🕵️ CIA Intrigue

Immersive

Salt Kiss

A war-weary bodyguard falls for a kink club king, then is ordered to fetch the king's bride.

by Sierra Simone 2023 354 pages

3.98

19k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ❤️ Polyamory ⛓️ BDSM Dynamics 🕵️ CIA Intrigue

Come for Me

by C.J. Sweet

Her mate is dead. Her captor, a vampire prince, says she belongs to him.

4.14

2k+

🖤 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏰 Captor And Captive 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

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Come for Me

Her mate is dead. Her captor, a vampire prince, says she belongs to him.

by C.J. Sweet 2024 411 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates ⛓️ Forced Bond 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🏰 Captor And Captive 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family

Venomous Kiss

by T.L. Smith

Revenge sex with a killer traps Lilith in a secret society where powerful men hunt humans.

3.63

13k+

🕯️ Secret Society 🎯 Human Hunting 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Morally Grey Heroine

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Venomous Kiss

Revenge sex with a killer traps Lilith in a secret society where powerful men hunt humans.

by T.L. Smith 2025 386 pages

3.63

13k+ ratings

🕯️ Secret Society 🎯 Human Hunting 🖤 Obsessed Hero 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🩸 Morally Grey Heroine

The Family Experiment

by John Marrs

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

4.03

63k+

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

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The Family Experiment

Eleven contestants raise AI children on a show where the losers watch their kids erased live.

by John Marrs 2024 384 pages

4.03

63k+ ratings

🔮 Near-Future Thriller 📺 Deadly Reality Show 👶 Virtual Parenthood 🕵️ Conspiracy Revenge 💔 Parental Grief

Realm of Wind and Vines

by Marion Blackwood

She saved her mate by making him hate her. A dragon war forces them back together.

4.01

30k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Fae Court Politics 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Broken Mate Bond 🔥 Touch Her And Die

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Realm of Wind and Vines

She saved her mate by making him hate her. A dragon war forces them back together.

by Marion Blackwood 2025 402 pages

4.01

30k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 👑 Fae Court Politics 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🔗 Broken Mate Bond 🔥 Touch Her And Die

Spark the Flames

by Ivy Asher

Escaping torture, a scarred dragoness lands in a commander's protection and his fated mate bond.

4.38

11k+

🐉 Dragon Shifter 💫 Fated Mates 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Scarred Heroine

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Spark the Flames

Escaping torture, a scarred dragoness lands in a commander's protection and his fated mate bond.

by Ivy Asher 2025

4.38

11k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifter 💫 Fated Mates 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🖤 Scarred Heroine

A Killer Wedding

by Joan O'Leary

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

3.56

6k+

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

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A Killer Wedding

A wedding editor at an Irish castle finds a dead matriarch and a family hiding the crime.

by Joan O'Leary 2025 336 pages

3.56

6k+ ratings

🏰 Irish Castle 💍 Destination Wedding Thriller 🕯️ Gothic Mystery 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth 🔍 Toxic Family Secrets

Vesselless

by Cortney L. Winn

To earn his freedom, a dead king must coax the tyrant's daughter into surrendering her soul.

4.01

10k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💫 Soul Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage

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Vesselless

To earn his freedom, a dead king must coax the tyrant's daughter into surrendering her soul.

by Cortney L. Winn 2024 485 pages

4.01

10k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💫 Soul Magic 💍 Arranged Marriage

Ashes

by K.G. Reuss

A coffin shatters her mind. Four dangerous men will burn the world to bring her back.

4.15

7k+

📚 Dark Academia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Brotherhood Bond ⚫ Morally Gray Characters

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Ashes

A coffin shatters her mind. Four dangerous men will burn the world to bring her back.

by K.G. Reuss 2023 432 pages

4.15

7k+ ratings

📚 Dark Academia Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🤝 Brotherhood Bond ⚫ Morally Gray Characters

Shadow

by K.G. Reuss

When broken boys in a brutal reform school claim her, love is carved in blood.

4.43

2k+

📚 Why Choose Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers 🖤 Dark Found Family 🌸 Virgin Hero

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Shadow

When broken boys in a brutal reform school claim her, love is carved in blood.

by K.G. Reuss 2025 506 pages

4.43

2k+ ratings

📚 Why Choose Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die 💔 Trauma Bonded Lovers 🖤 Dark Found Family 🌸 Virgin Hero

Wonderland

by Jennifer Hillier

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

4.06

44k+

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

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Wonderland

Four missing boys. A seaside amusement park. A disgraced deputy who won't stop asking questions.

by Jennifer Hillier 2015 432 pages

4.06

44k+ ratings

🎡 Amusement Park Horror 💀 Serial Killer Thriller 👮 Police Procedural 🏚️ Small Town Secrets 🎭 Female Predator

He Who Fights with Monsters 2

by Shirtaloon

An outcast adventurer assembles a misfit team for the lethal trials of a sunken assassin city.

4.53

28k+

🌱 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg Mechanics 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💬 Snarky Protagonist 👥 Found Family

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He Who Fights with Monsters 2

An outcast adventurer assembles a misfit team for the lethal trials of a sunken assassin city.

by Shirtaloon 2021 564 pages

4.53

28k+ ratings

🌱 Progression Fantasy 🎮 Litrpg Mechanics 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💬 Snarky Protagonist 👥 Found Family

Silver & Smoke

by Helen Scheuerer

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

4.27

15k+

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

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Silver & Smoke

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

by Helen Scheuerer 2025 444 pages

4.27

15k+ ratings

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

Never Say Never

by Brea Alepoú

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

4.27

10k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die

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Never Say Never

Undercover in the FBI, a mafia heir falls for the single-dad agent hunting his brothers.

by Brea Alepoú 2024 462 pages

4.27

10k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 👨‍👧‍👧 Single Dad Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚫ Morally Gray Hero 💀 Touch Him And Die

These Violent Delights

by Micah Nemerever

For two lonely students in a philosophy seminar, intellectual obsession curdles into a murder pact.

3.92

28k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🔗 Toxic Codependency 💀 Murder Pact 🌈 Queer Obsession 📉 Moral Disintegration

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These Violent Delights

For two lonely students in a philosophy seminar, intellectual obsession curdles into a murder pact.

by Micah Nemerever 2020 460 pages

3.92

28k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔗 Toxic Codependency 💀 Murder Pact 🌈 Queer Obsession 📉 Moral Disintegration

Claimed by Fangs and Darkness

by Maggie Sunseri

To save her brother, a vampire sells her soul to a goddess and inherits a revolution.

4.04

4k+

🖤 Dark Vampire Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💉 Blood Bond 🤝 Found Family

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Claimed by Fangs and Darkness

To save her brother, a vampire sells her soul to a goddess and inherits a revolution.

by Maggie Sunseri 2025 617 pages

4.04

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Vampire Romance 🔪 Touch Her And Die ⚔️ Morally Grey Heroine 💉 Blood Bond 🤝 Found Family

Wrecked

by Bree L. Mina

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

4.16

15k+

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love ✨ Starcrossed Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

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Wrecked

Stranded after a plane crash with the man who broke her heart: he's marrying her sister.

by Bree L. Mina 2025 466 pages

4.16

15k+ ratings

💔 Tragic Romance 🏝️ Survival Romance 🔄 Second Chance Love ✨ Starcrossed Lovers 🖤 Morally Grey Hero

Honey Cut

by Sierra Simone

An assassin's arranged marriage becomes a trap when she falls for her husband's bodyguard.

4.06

12k+

🫂 Mmf Polyamory ⛪ Vatican Conspiracy 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🗡️ Assassin Heroine

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Honey Cut

An assassin's arranged marriage becomes a trap when she falls for her husband's bodyguard.

by Sierra Simone 2024 434 pages

4.06

12k+ ratings

🫂 Mmf Polyamory ⛪ Vatican Conspiracy 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🗡️ Assassin Heroine

Ashes of Man

by Christopher Ruocchio

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

4.48

15k+

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero

Immersive

Ashes of Man

His Emperor is buried alive. The rescue will cost him everything he has left to lose.

by Christopher Ruocchio 2022 544 pages

4.48

15k+ ratings

🏰 Feudal Galactic Empire 👁️ Cosmic Horror ⚔️ Military Space Opera 💔 Doomed Love 🗡️ Fallen Hero

The House Saphir

by Marissa Meyer

A pretend medium faces the demon she summoned at seven inside a wife-killer's ancestral chateau.

3.80

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🖤 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🏚️ Haunted Manor ✨ Stolen Magic

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The House Saphir

A pretend medium faces the demon she summoned at seven inside a wife-killer's ancestral chateau.

by Marissa Meyer 2025 432 pages

3.80

15k+ ratings

🖤 Gothic Fantasy 📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 👻 Ghost Seeing Heroine 🏚️ Haunted Manor ✨ Stolen Magic

Lost Lambs

by Madeline Cash

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

3.84

65k+

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

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Lost Lambs

An open marriage backfires and three unsupervised sisters tumble into their town's darkest secret.

by Madeline Cash 2026 323 pages

3.84

65k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Satire 💔 Dysfunctional Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Comedy 🌊 Coastal Small Town

Sour Candy

by Kealan Patrick Burke

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

3.59

25k+

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

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Sour Candy

A Walmart candy aisle encounter costs a man his teeth, his girlfriend, and his reality.

by Kealan Patrick Burke 2015 84 pages

3.59

25k+ ratings

🌌 Cosmic Horror 🦷 Body Horror 🧬 Parasitic Entity 😵 Reality Gaslighting 👔 Reluctant Father

Her Monstrous Beasts

by E.P. Bali

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

4.32

6k+

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

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Her Monstrous Beasts

Her four mates are spelled into hunters. She was always the more dangerous one.

by E.P. Bali 2025 573 pages

4.32

6k+ ratings

🖤 Reverse Harem 💫 Fated Mates 🐍 Villain Love Interest 🔪 Touch Her And Die 🔥 Unhinged Heroine

Of Ink and Alchemy

by Sloane St. James

He forged her name on their marriage license. His dead ex just befriended her.

4.02

19k+

🖋️ Tattoo Subculture 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💍 Secret Marriage

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Of Ink and Alchemy

He forged her name on their marriage license. His dead ex just befriended her.

by Sloane St. James 2026 450 pages

4.02

19k+ ratings

🖋️ Tattoo Subculture 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🖤 Obsessive Hero 💍 Secret Marriage

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